Calligraphy(书法), the Summer Palace (颐和园) June 25th 2010 We have calligraphy and kong fu classes every week! Also we have Friday afternoons off to go explore the city... this week I went to the Summer Palace (aka Yi He Yuan aka 颐和园). ... read more
Asia » China » Beijing For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more
I'm studying Chinese at Beijing Language and Culture University (北京语言大学)for two months and living with a host family in Beijing. Then I plan to go to Wuhan to do atomic physics research at the Wuhan Institute for Physics and Mathematics (武汉物理与数学研究所). In between I hope to do some traveling around China!... full info