My turn for a blog entry! I've chosen, this week, to discuss local flavor and the food we've all been eating. Every morning I see people hitting the local corner store to pick up cookies, chips, dr

So far my experience with my host family has been magnificent.  They have treated me with great respect and welcomed me into their family and home.  The first weekend at home my brother and I went to

China continuously changes. It never seems to stop growing, moving, or transforming. It’s just filled with life. The streets are consumed with never ending cars and bicycles while at the same tim

I am certain that we had all anticipated that there would be astronomical differences between studying Chinese in America and learning the same language in the country where it found its origins, b

Every student and their host sibling went to the Great Wall on Sunday the 20th. The bus ride out to Jun Yong Guan was an enjoyable part of the trip.  It was fascinating to see the transition from 5