Category: China
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First Few Days – 2nd Dec 2014I knew previously that China has a shady record in regards to hygiene and health standards but it was often re-enforced by friends and family: “don’t drink the tap water”, “make sure to wash your vegetables thoroughly (fear of pesticides and chemicals)”, “beware of mystery meat and fake alcohol”…
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The CRCC 3-Month internship program was definitely a life changing one. It’s one of the best spontaneous decisions I’ve ever made in my life and gave me a chance to finally live away from the family and just do whatever I wanted. PrejudicesBefore going to China I admit I was filled with a pretty weird…
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Having the experience to participate in the Sun Yat Sen University summer program has opened my horizons to potentially doing business overseas or taking up a graduate role in a different country. Having not been outside Australia in almost 8 years, it was a brilliant cross-cultural experience to be able to reflect on the differences…
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In Winter 2015 I participated in short program in China. The whole trip was a big challenge for me but more than that it was so much fun. I started my journey about two weeks prior to the commencement of the program and finished my journey about two weeks after the closure of the program.…
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My short term program has taken me to Guangzhou, China. It is one of the fastest growing cities in China at the moment. My 3 week experience has been absolutely amazing to say the least. Learning Mandarin was the highlight of the program and gaining knowledge with regards to the business in china was just…
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During the winter study break I took a three-week program to study at the Sun Yat-Sen University in Guangzhou, China. Here, I took Mandarin classes as well as Chinese Politics and Culture classes at one of the region’s most respected universities. Going into the program, I had some expectations about what a Chinese university would…
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I have always been an active student in Sydney, I am currently a City of Sydney International Student Ambassador. When I heard about the UTS: BUiLD summer program in China it was a no brainer for me to take the chance. Fortunate enough I was granted the Chau Chak Wing scholarship that funded my study…
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This year i was involved in the Sun Yat-Sen University Summer Program which was a 3 week short course in Guangzhou, China. My reasons for wanting to get involved was to help motivate me to improve my current level of Chinese as i am of Chinese Cambodianbackground but do not speak mandarin. During the program…
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Before completing this summer program at Sun Yat-sen University in China I felt that I would spend a lot of time studying business and language and not enough time experience China. Looking at the class timetable I felt that I did not have the time to put what I had learnt into practice. These fears…
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From July 5-25, I participated in the 2015 International Summer Program (ISP) at Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU), Guangzhou, along with 14 other BUILD Abroad students. SYSU is known as one of the most prestigious and top-ranking universities in Southern China. The ISP included Chinese language classes 3 mornings a week, politics and culture or business…
