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| Maria Belen Wu (Certificate/SAIS MA) presents in our Ethnic Minorities in Chinese Society course. |
9:50 a.m. – My first class of the day is Ethnic Minorities in Chinese Society taught by Professor Huatao. Professor Hua Tao starts class by finishing our discussion from last class. Then, he leads the students in a class discussion on our required reading for the day. Finally, class ends with a student presentation.
11:20 a.m. – Class is out and I head to a nearby restaurant called Jing to eat with fellow classmate Alexandra Hansen!
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| Alex and I enjoy lunch at Jing (left) and purchase succulents for our rooms (right). |
12:30 p.m. – On our way back to campus, Alex and I stop at a flower store to buy succulents for our rooms. I love the variety of flowers at the shop, as well as how close the store is to the HNC (only two blocks away!). You can buy succulents for as low as 12 Yuan!
1:30 p.m. – I head to the HNC’s gym, yoga mat in hand. I currently co-lead the yoga student group with fellow HNC’er Pawel Chrzanowski (Certificate ’18). The group offers yoga classes every Wednesday afternoon. Soon, we hope to introduce a second class that incorporates yoga, meditation, stretching, and cardio, all in the same class. Students also use the gym for boxing, dance classes, and more. There is even a group that meets daily to complete the Insanity Workouts together!
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| Dr. Benjamin Creutzfeldt (pictured above) was appointed Resident Postdoctoral Fellow on Sino-Latin American-U.S. Affairs with the Johns Hopkins SAIS Foreign Policy Institute. |
3:00 p.m. – After the gym, I attend a lecture given by Dr. Benjamin Creutzfeldt on China’s foreign policy in Latin America. Dr. Creutzfeldt shares his experience living and working abroad in Bogota, Colombia, where he was a lecturer for Chinese studies and international relations for eight years.
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| Chinese History Since 1949 class. |
4:30 p.m. – Today in our class, Chinese History Since 1949, taught by Professor Liu Woyu, students were broken up into four groups for small class discussion. At the end of class, students got to experience mock “criticism and self-criticism meeting.”
6:00 p.m. – Class is out and I am starving! A group of friends and I head to Haidilao Hot Pot, a well-known hot pot restaurant with locations all around China known for its incredible service.
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| A group of friends and I at the subway stop on our way to dinner. |
10:00 p.m. – After classes and studying are over, my friends and I meet up in the student lounge to discuss our Spring Break plans. Five of us are going to Yunnan province, where we plan to travel to 3 different cities to visit different ethnic minority villages. We plan to end our trip with a hike up the beautiful Tiger Leaping Gorge. We book flights and trains and create an itinerary for our trip.
晚安！
Written by Emily Rivera, Certificate '18
