STUDY ABROAD CHINA

Savannah State University July 6, 2012

Happy Lantern Festival Yuan Xiao Jie Kuai Le

Outline
What is globalization? Knowing about China
Brief profile Why China?

Tentative itinerary for China trip Tentative cost for this trip More details about this trip
Courses required Application form and fee Passport, VISA etc.

China
Locates in Eastern Asia Bordering the East China Sea, Korea Bay, Yellow Sea, and South China Sea
Border countries Afghanistan, Bhutan, Burma, India, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia (northwest), Tajikistan, Vietnam

Brief Profile
Population
1.3 billion, the most populous country in the world

Language
Mandarin (Putonghua)

Currency
Chinese Yuan (CNY); 1 USD = 6.3 CNY

Size
9.6 million km2(3.7 million miles2), 2nd largest by land area

Capital city
Beijing (political center, 19.6 million of population)

Other major cities

Shanghai (economical center, 23 million of population) Etc.

Important Questions
Why you should learn about China? What you should learn about China? How you should learn about China?

Tentative Itinerary
Start Date: July 5th 2012 End Date: July 22nd 2012
Duration: Three weeks
Starts from June 18

Summer Term II 2012

Cities that we will visit:

Shanghai
Host: Shanghai Lixin University of Commerce VS. Shanghai Normal University

Beijing

Places to Visit in Shanghai

People's Square in the city center
Covering 140,000 m2 Surrounded by the municipal government office building, the Shanghai Museum, Shanghai City Planning Exhibition Hall and the Grand Theatre

Places to Visit in Shanghai

Nanjing Pedestrian Road
The first commercial street in Shanghai, built in 1851 The 1st site for shopping

The Bund
one of the most noted architectural symbols of Shanghai

Huang Pu River Night Cruise

Places of Visit in Shanghai

The new development zone in Pudong Lujiazui
Oriental Pearl Tower Jin Mao Building Bank of China Tower etc. Taking the elevator to the 88-storey Observation Deck of Jinmao Tower to have a bird's eye view of Huangpu River

Places of Visit in Shanghai

Cheng Huang Temple Yu Yuan Garden Shanghai Technology Museum Shanghai Ocean Aquarium

Etc

Places of Visit in Beijing

Forbidden City (World Heritage Site) Great Wall Tianan men square The Summer Palace (World Heritage Site) Ming Dynasty Tombs (World Heritage Site)

Places of Visit in Beijing

Beijing National Stadium (Birds Nest) National Aquatics Centre (Water Cubic) CCTV building

Places to Visit in Beijing

Hutong Siheyuan Peking University campus Tsinghua University campus

Tentative cost for the trip

Total cost: $4,500/student Including
Tuition of 2 courses ($842) Airline ticket (around $1,500) Application fee/deposit ($100) Money given back to you ($300=3 w$100/w) All your admission tickets, boarding & lodging, transportation, food expenses, teaching facilities, Other miscellaneous expenses

More Details
Need to register for two courses
BUSA 4999 Study Abroad- Dr. Jun Wu ENGT 4903: Special topic for science and engineering students -Dr. Lambright and Dr. Pengfei Li STAB 4101 - Individual Study/ Independent Research Dr. Naniuzeyi For G-LIB minors it will be only one course while the other course may be considered for Elective

Submit application form with $100 deposit to Colton 146 (Dr. Naniuzeyis office)

Need to do this in order to process:

Passports Visa Purchase of air-tickets

Passport & VISA

The post office on Eisenhower
(Thanks Ms. Keevy for this info.)

It takes 2-4 weeks to get VISA

Contacts: Dr. Pengfei Li lipengf@savannahstate.edu Dr. Jun Wu wuj@savannahstate.edu