2008 Trip to China

1. 18 Days in
by Dave Hite

2. So, why China?
Chance to study Asian business and culture
To explore somewhere very different
See where most of America is made ;-­‐)
Other than air fare, trip was free (sponsored
by a federal education grant)

3. Where did I go?

4. Beijing
Shanghai
Hangzhou

5. X= sh -­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐ ann)
ang = ong like in bong not like tang -­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐ Shanghai (Shong hi)
Z = j -­‐-­‐-­‐ Hangzhou (Hong Joe)
Other interesting facts about spelling:
Q = Chee (ex. Qing dynasty sounds like Ching)
C = ts
U = O

6. Who went?
Students and
Professors from UVA,
Emory and Henry, and
Virginia Intermont

7. Shanghai

8. Shanghai

9. Population: 18+ Million (over 30-­‐million
during the day when people from outside city
come to work).
Economic and transportation hub for China
Largest Port in the World
Has two of the largest buildings in the world
Home of 300 of the Global Fortune 500
businesses

10. SISU Campus where we stayed
while in Shanghai

13. The Bund: Most recognizable symbols of
Shanghai. Site of the
earliest foreign
settlements after the Opium war of
1842.

15. Did you know?

17. Smog and Growth go
hand in hand in
Shanghai

18. People
Old Rickshaws used for transportation.

19. per 2-BR apt.

20. These folks kept staring at me at the
Boat ride on the Haungpau
smile river in the Bund area.
took THEIR picture.

21. They do EVERYTHING and
ANYTHING with a
bike

22. Ride sharing
Mobile Astronomy

24. Places
Large outdoor park near SISU Campus where our group stayed.

26. My penpal Kate Professor teaching HR
and English course at her University
(SISU)
Cool fact:
prounced Dà wèi

27. The campus was very well
groomed, had lots of nice
green spaces
yet in the middle of the city.
Go U.T.
1st Vol
on SISU Campus

28. Other students and instructors meeting their pen-pals

29. Things to DO or SEE
Shopping in Yu
Gardens during the
day

32. Shanghai Museum

33. The
Olympic
torch was
passing
through the
next day.
This was the
presentation
stage

34. Garden Near
Lhasa
temple

36. Note: They catch the pole with
Acrobat Show at night
their legs..no hands.

40. Shanghai at night

41. Hangzhou

42. The Liuhe Pagoda
of Hangzhou,
built in 1165 during
the Song Dynasty.

44. Hangzhou is very similar to
East TN, terrain wise. I
either
Tea Plants
growing in one of
the oldest areas
known for Tea in
China

45. West Lake a top
10 tourist
destination for
Chinese
A lady selling funny
gag gifts near our boat.

49. Our group needed a
break in the 85-degree
heat

50. Temple of the Soul's
Retreat: One of the largest
Buddhist temples in
China
Laughing buddha

51. Laughing buddhas

52. Cool statues carved in
stone were everywhere

53. BIG Buddha's!

54. Real Buddhists

55. TEA Time. Sorting, shaking, and drying tea leaves

57. Our group Tea Ceremony
See the tea
Smell the tea
Drink the tea

58. After tea, we attended a silk show at a museum at
the heart of Silk Road which was a famous road
for silk traders.

60. Pottery Detailing by hand

62. @ Ming Tomb

63. Leaving Hangzhou
Ambulances line the
streets waiting for
Earthquake victims to
arrive by train.

64. Beijing

65. Tiananmen Square

68. Forbidden City
The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from
the mid-Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty.
Built from 1406 to 1420, the complex consists of 980 surviving
buildings with over 9,990 rooms.

71. 2000 lb fire
fighting bucket

73. A pagoda is the general term
in for a tiered tower with
multiple eaves

75. The GREAT
WALL
Built in 6th Century B.C.

76. How long? 4000+ Miles

77. It has been estimated that somewhere in the
range of 2 to 3 million Chinese died as part
of the centuries-long project of building the wall
A local guide said that they were buried in the wall.
They call it the

78. I hiked 4-6+ miles at
different points of the
Wall.

79. In the Badaling section
(touristy section) you found many
people wanting to sell
postcards.

80. So,
why
this long
of a
wall?
to protect the northern
borders of the Chinese
Empire from Xiongnu
attacks during the rule of
successive dynasties

86. I visited the
Mutianyu
section which
a very
different
section of the
wall than
Badaling.

96. Forbidden City

98. Many times English
translations were
interpreted a little
bit differently.

100. Olympic
Games will be held.

101. Bike parking
was everywhere.
There are even
special lanes
just for bikes.

102. Beijing Opera
I saw a Wal-Mart

105. Summer Palace

108. Views of Bejing from Summer Palace

109. Food

110. Cicadas and Seaweed on my plate.
Actually those were pork ribs

113. Peking Duck
Duck head

114. Hooter Hot-wings..
yumm

115. Misty Buell at entrance of
Hostel in Hutong area

117. So how much does stuff cost?
Cab ride pretty much any where in the city $4-5
Memory Card for Camera $5
Tommy Bahamas Shirt
$7
Back Massage $6
Awesome meal (Restaurant like Applebees or Cheddars)
$8
4-star Hotel
$40 per night

118. View outside my hotel
window
Train Ride to

119. My friend Tracy
(aka: professor Meow
who teaches English.
Eating stuff on sticks
at a Chinese-Muslim
restaurant.

120. One of many street
Night view outside my
hotel window vendors selling unique food

122. Last view outside my On this day, they celebrate
hotel window Kids Day
display in a local mall

123. Tour of one of the first Neolithic
villages (Banpo) which dates back to
5000 B.C. and a local terracotta
pottery factory with my guide Sarah

125. Terra-Cotta
Soldiers
(dating back to 210 BC)

126. Before unearthing, the warriors
used to be very colorful.

129. My guide took me to a small town
near the warriors where I met one
of the four farmers who discovered
the Warriors in 1974. This dude

130. a tour of the 10 mile wall around the
city.

131. 40-ft high wall 12 miles around the main city

135. Freshmen English class where I taught a lesson about our region
-- Thanks MSNBC!!!

136. Train Ride back
to Beijing

139. Sunset from the train ride home on the last night

140. Beijing Airport

141. The End