Predeparture Orientation
The Mercy Center, Burlingame, California
June 28 - July 1, 2004

Informal wine and cheese reception

Dinner

Session I: Welcome remarks, introduction, logistics, and program details
Jan Berris, Vice President; Kathryn Gonnerman, Program Officer, National Committee on U.S.-China Relations (hereafter: NCUSCR)

Video (optional): “The Mao Years” (1994, PBS)

Breakfast

Session II: “Tips on Traveling in China Today”
Jan Berris, Kathryn Gonnerman, Craig Canning and Anne Thurston

Session III: “What is History?”
Professor Harold Kahn, Professor of History (Emeritus), Stanford University

Lunch

Session IV: “Traveling in China: Committee organization”
Dr. Craig Canning and Dr. Anne Thurston

Session V: “An Overview of Grassroots China”
Dr. Anne Thurston, Associate Professor, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University

Break

Session VI: “20^th Century China: A Historical Overview”
Dr. Craig Canning, Associate Professor of History, College of William and Mary

Dinner

Video (optional): “Not One Less”

Breakfast

Session VII: “Economics and the Chinese Financial Picture”
Michael Brownrigg, Partner, ChinaVest

Break

Session VIII: “China in a Global Age” Dr. Craig Canning

Lunch

Session IX: “U.S.-China Relations”
Jan Berris

Session X: “Modern Chinese Society”
Dr. Thomas Gold, Professor of Sociology, University of California at Berkeley

Break

Session XI: “Curriculum Projects in China”
Pete Hammer and Michael Monley, 2000 Fulbright-Hays Seminar participants

Depart by bus for dinner

Chinese dinner
Hong Kong Flower Lounge
51 Millbrae Avenue Millbrae, CA

Trip to Target

Return to the Mercy Center

Breakfast

Baggage Call

Depart the Mercy Center

Arrive at San Francisco International Airport

Check-in

Lunch at Airport

Depart for China (United Airlines Flight 857 to Shanghai)

Shanghai
Yangtze Hotel
July 2-10

Arrive in Shanghai (Pudong International Airport), met by national guide, Ms. Chen Juan , Office of International Exchange and Cooperation, Beijing Normal University (BNU), and Chen Qiong, the Shanghai Education Association for International Exchange

Check into the Yangtze Hotel, 740 Hankou Road, Shanghai; tel.: (86-21) 6351-7880; fax: (86-21) 6351-6974

Dinner in Yangtze Hotel Restaurant

Buffet Breakfast in Yangtze Hotel Restaurant

Walk to Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center

Lunch at nearby restaurant

Shanghai Museum

Dinner at Shanghai Mansions

Day of visits and outings with Shanghai students and their families

Return to Yangtze Hotel

Monday, July 5

Buffet Breakfast in Yangtze Hotel

Visit to Jingcai High School in Pudong
Met by Wei Jieyan, secretary

Lunch at Pudong restaurant

Tour of Buick factory in Pudong

Visit to the Pudong Children’s Palace
Met by Yuan Yanping, director

Dinner near Hotel

Shanghai acrobats

Tuesday, July 6

Buffet Breakfast in Yangtze Hotel

Leave for Bank of China on the Bund

Visit Pearl Orient and Shanghai Municipal Museum

Lunch at Jade Buddha Temple

Visit to the Jade Buddha Temple

Shopping at Yu Gardens

Dinner at Nanxiang Steamed Buns Restaurant in Yu Garden area

Wednesday, July 7

Buffet Breakfast in Yangtze Hotel

Visit Shanghai Publishing and Printing Institute
Hosted by Professor Chen Jingliang, vice president, Shanghai University of
Science and Technology

Lunch on campus of Shanghai Publishing and Printing

Lecture on Chinese education by Professor Xiao Chunlin at
Shanghai Normal University (arranged by Professor Hua Hua, Director of
International Exchange Division, Shanghai Normal University)

Dinner

Boat ride on Huangpu River

Walk along the Bund

Thursday, July 8

Buffet Breakfast in Yangtze Hotel

Visit Three on the Bund. Introduction to the gallery by
staff members Jiang Yipeng and Zhang Li

Lunch in Yangtze Hotel

Visit to the Shanghai Arts and Crafts Museum

Dinner near Xin Tian Di

Shopping at and enjoying Xin Tian Di

Friday, July 9

Buffet Breakfast in Yangtze Hotel

Morning free for shopping

Lunch in restaurant near hotel

Lecture on “The peaceful rise of China and its implications
for US-China relations,” at Fudan University’s Center for American Studies;
by Ni Shixiong, professor, School of International Relations and Public Affairs
and center director

Dinner with Time-Warner interns

Saturday, July 10

Buffet Breakfast in Yangtze Hotel

Depart for airport

Fly from Shanghai to Chengdu

Chengdu
Luoman (Roman) Hotel
July 10-15

Check in to Luoman (Roman) Hotel, Chengdu

Depart for Temple of Marquis Wu (and Zhuge
Liang)

Dinner in the Shunxing Teahouse

Performance of Sichuan Opera

Sunday, July 11

Buffet Breakfast in Luoman Hotel

Southwest Ethnic Minorities University
Lecture on China’s national minorities by
Professor Liang Weiwei

Lunch at restaurant en route to Sichuan Conservatory of Music

Visit to the Art School located at the Sichuan Conservatory of Music
Greeted by Ma Yiping, director of the Art School. Lecture on modern
Chinese art by He Danchen, professor and head of Chinese painting department

Visit to village family not far from the Art School
Visit to 500 mu “park” run by rural entrepreneur

Excellent meal at local Chengdu restaurant

Monday, July 12

Buffet breakfast at Luoman Hotel

Visit to the panda research center

Visit to Jinyan Middle school, Guanghan city Hosted by school principal, Fang Pingfang

Lunch at restaurant en route to Sanxingdui

Visit to Sanxingdui Museum

Dinner at Chengdu restaurant

Tuesday, July 13

Buffet Breakfast at Luoman Hotel

Visit to Dujiang Irrigation System

Lunch en route to Qingcheng

Visit to and hike up Qingcheng (Daoist) Mountain

Dinner at Chengdu Restaurant

Wednesday, July 14

Buffet Breakfast at Luoman Hotel

Depart for Du Fu’s cottage

Visit to hospital attached to Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Lunch at local restaurant

afternoon free

Dinner at Chengdu restaurant

Thursday, July 15

Buffet Breakfast in Luoman Hotel

Arrive in Xian

Xian
Purple Mountain Hotel
July 15-20

Check into Purple Mountain Hotel, No. 328
Huancheng West
Road, Xian. Phone: 029 8766-8888; fax: 029 8766-8866; purple@public.xa.sn.cn

Lunch at Yongming Qishan Noodle Restaurant

Visit to Shaanxi Provincial Museum

Dinner at dumpling restaurant in city center

Friday, July 16

Buffet breakfast at Purple Mountain Hotel

Depart for Terra Cotta Warriors

lunch at local Xian restaurant

Visit to Forest of Steles museum

Visit to tea tasting demonstration and shop

Dinner at local restaurant

Saturday, July 17

Buffet breakfast at Purple Mountain Hotel

Visit to Big Wild Goose Pagoda and Tang dynasty museum

Visit to the Xian city wall

Lunch at a local yangrou paomao restaurant in the center of town

afternoon free

Dinner and performance of Tang dynasty music and dancing at Shaanxi Opera Dinner Theatre

Monday, July 19

Buffet breakfast at Purple Mountain Hotel

Northwest University - Lecture on contemporary economics and the problems confronting China’s sustainable development by Liang Jizong, professor of economics

Lunch with Professor Liang in Northwest University cafeteria

Visit to the Han tombs

Dinner at the Yongming Qishan Noodle Restaurant

Visit to the plaza in front of the Wild Goose Pagoda

Tuesday, July 20

Buffet breakfast at Purple Mountain Hotel

Leave for airport

Arrive in Beijing

Beijing
Beijing Normal University
July 20-28

Guide: Ms. Chen Juan of the Foreign Affairs Department of Beijing Normal
University who was also our national guide

Hotel: Jingshi Hotel,
19 Xinjiekouwai Street, Beijing.
Phone: 6220-2288; fax: 6220-5481; www.ciae.bnu.edu.cn

Visit to the Ministry of Education
Briefing by Wang Daoyu, Deputy director of the Ministry of Education’s Division
of American Affairs, Department of International Cooperation and Exchanges

Welcome dinner hosted by the Ministry of Education at a
restaurant near the Ministry

Wednesday, July 21

Buffet Breakfast in Jingshi Hotel

Visit to the Temple of Heaven
Shopping (for some) and the Hongqiao pearl markets

Lunch near the Temple of Heaven

Briefing at the American embassy
Robert Laing, cultural affairs officer
Mark Jackson, economics section
Quinton Plant, political section

Visit to Friendship Hotel (and, for some, Xiushuijie)

Peking duck dinner

Thursday, July 22

Buffet breakfast in Jingshi Hotel

Beijing Normal University
Lecture on Chinese history
by Li Shaobing, Associate Professor of History

Lunch on campus of Beijing Normal University

Visit to Summer Palace

Dinner at pizza restaurant near Beijing Normal University campus

Friday, July 23

Buffet breakfast in Jingshi Hotel

Beijing Normal University
Lecture on current social trends in China
by Professor Zhang Xiulan, director of the Institute of Social Development and Public Policy

Lunch at Jingshi Hotel

Beijing Normal University
Lecture on the current Chinese economy and its challenges,
by Professor He Liping, Head of Finance
Department, School of Economics

Visit to Project Hope
Briefed by Xu Yongguang, founder and chair of Project Hope; and Huang He, founder of Xingzhi school for children of migrant workers in Beijing

Dinner at Jingshi Hotel with invited guests from Project Hope: Xu Yongguang, Gu Xiaojing, Gan Dongyu, and Tiffany Yang, as well as Huang He

Saturday, July 24

Buffet breakfast at Jingshi Hotel

Beijing Normal University
Lecture on Chinese architecture and the
Forbidden City by
Sun Yanjing, professor of history

Buffet lunch at Jingshi Hotel

Forbidden City

Dinner at Hangzhou restaurant
Guests: Wang Boyong, from the EU Village Election Training Project, and Yuan
Tiecheng, journalist with China Youth Daily (both former students at SAIS)

Sunday, July 25

07:00

Buffet breakfast at Jingshi Hotel

08:30

Set out for day at the Mutianyu Great Wall

16:30

Dinner at Yunnan Restaurant, Lotus Lane, in Qianhai
Guests: Elizabeth Knup and Alex Brenner

Monday, July 26

07:00

Buffet breakfast at Jingshi Hotel

Visit to Xingzhi school for children of migrant workers, hosted by founder, Huang He

Buffet lunch in Jingshi Hotel

Visit to Lama Temple

Dinner at Lao She Teahouse, performance afterwards

Tuesday, July 27

Buffet breakfast at Jingshi Hotel

Walking tour of hutongs in Dashalan, ending at Qianmen Hotel

Lunch in Qianmen Hotel

afternoon free

Farewell banquet at Fang Shan Restaurant, Beihai Park
Guests: Wei Liqing, Ministry of Education, Director of Special Projects, Department of International Cooperation and Exchange; Dr. Hong Chengwen, Beijing
Normal University, Director of the Office of International Exchange and Cooperation

Wednesday, July 28

Buffet breakfast in Jingshi Hotel

Arrive at Chek Lap Kok International Airport, Hong Kong

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Harbour View International House

July 28-August 1

Group pizza dinner in hotel

2003 and 2004 Fulbright group meeting and lectures
Lecture: “Hong Kong: From British Colony to Special Administrative Region (SAR)”
Professor Craig Canning
Lecture: “What You Didn’t See in China: Qinghai and Rural Areas”
Professor Anne Thurston

Thursday, July 29

Breakfast on own

Depart for Hong Kong University (HKU)

Lectures and briefings at Hong Kong University arranged by Professor Gerard A. Postiglione, Director, Wah Ching Centre of Research on Education in China
Lecture: “Hong Kong’s Economic Transformation”
Professor Xiao GENG, Deputy Director, Institute for China and Global
Development, Hong Kong University
Briefing: “Political Development in Hong Kong”
Christine LOH Kung Wai, Founder and CEO, Civic Exchange
Lecture: “Educational Reforms in Hong Kong”
Professor Julian LEUNG Yat Ming, Research Associate, Wah Ching Centre of
Research on Education in China

Lunch in the Senior Common Room at Hong Kong University

Visit the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce
Briefing: Dr. Eden Woon, CEO, Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce (assisted by Director for International Business Eva CHOW and Chloe LAM, Assistant Manager for International Business)

Visit the High Court of Hong Kong
Briefing: “Hong Kong’s Judicial System”
Chief Judge of the High Court Geoffrey Ma

2003 and 2004 Fulbright group meeting and lectures
Lecture: “A Review of Mao Zedong and the Mao Years”
Professor Anne Thurston

Dinner on own

Friday, July 30

Breakfast on own

Visit Yu Mak Yuen Integrated Services Centre, Fu Cheong Estate, Sham Shui Po, Kowloon
Welcome and briefings: “Mission of the Yu Mak Yuen and other SAR Government
Integrated Services Centres” Nigel MA, Planning and Development Officer, Tungwah Group of Hospitals Gordon TSUI Yiu-ming, Assistant Supervisor, Yu Mak Yuen Integrated Services Centre

Visit Bureau for Home Affairs, Hong Kong SAR Government Briefing: “Children and Youth Matters in Hong Kong”
Deputy Secretary Stephen Fisher (assisted by Assistant Secretary for Home Affairs Kay K. B. KWOK and Hoi-ming CHEUNG, Social Work Officer (Youth), Social Welfare Department)

Lunch on own in Pacific Place Mall

Visit the U.S. Consulate General
Briefing: “An Introduction to Contemporary Hong Kong and U.S.-Hong Kong Affairs” Jonathan Fritz, Consul, Economic Affairs Section (assisted by Rachel Dawley, Public Affairs Officer)

Observe trial in session at the High Court of Hong Kong

Dinner on own

Free day for shopping and sightseeing

Depart hotel for airport and flights to U.S. and elsewhere