Chinese Courses in Shanghai
Take advantage of the infrastructure of a cosmopolitan city. Discover
the unique mixture of European and Chinese traditions while learning
Mandarin Chinese in an intensive study program. Immersed in
Chinese language you read Chinese symbols while strolling
down the streets. In small intensive study groups you learn about
the structure of Mandarin Chinese while playfully experiencing with
this language in your free time.
Shanghai City Guide
Shanghai was the first Chinese port open to Europeans (Portuguese
and British traders) and enjoyed a scandalous reputation of gambling,
whoring and opium smoking. Mao put away with all this sending the
city into a forced beauty sleep from which it has lately been gradually
awakening.
Jade Buddha temple with its 6foot Buddha statue made from
one block of white jade and Yu garden with its fish ponds and pagodas
offer glimpses of ancient Shanghai.
The Bund is the embankment of the city's muddy waterfront. The
Bund served as active trading center in the times of early European
involvement with European merchant houses to prove it. Nanjing
road connects the Bund with the city center and is the equivalent
of Fifth avenue with impressive neon signs and a choice selection
of shops. Like American towns feature their Chinatowns, Shanghai
has its very own center of French traditions called Frenchtown
or French Concession in earlier times and is the place to go for
food!
Study at Shanghai University
Only in 1994 four institutes of higher learning where united to
form Shanghai university. Even though Shanghai university offers
a diverse and comprehensive selection of academic programs there
seems to be a focus on technology and engineering. There is an institute
specializing in intellectual property protection.
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