Frank Tsai Alumni Profile: Take Risks
Frank Tsai is a 2003 graduate of the Hopkins-Nanjing Center and currently serves as the CEO and Founder of China Crossroads, the largest platform for public lectures in Shanghai. Over the past 14 years, he has organized over 600 talks on "China and the world" across several event brands, hosting academics, business leaders, and other experts. What led you to the Hopkins-Nanjing Center? What made you choose the HNC? I traveled to Taiwan a few years before applying to the HNC, and I was excited to speak Mandarin for the first time. That experience sparked my interest, and after that trip, my life became focused on studying Chinese. It made me shift gears in my PhD. At the time, I was doing my PhD in sociology when I first heard about the HNC. I wanted to transition to studying China, but I had no experience. For that reason, the Hopkins-Nanjing Center was a great way for me to experience China. Language programs were my other option , but the HNC was very attractive be...