French President Emmanuel Macron’s recent call for more Chinese foreign direct investments in Europe wasn’t an isolated remark. It’s another sign that long-standing American allies are beginning...
The international student population at St. Joe’s has been slowly increasing following a significant decline during the height of the covid-19 pandemic.
During the 2019-20 academic year, there were...
Students came together Sept. 29 to celebrate the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival, participating in an evening filled with traditional activities, such as mooncake tasting, lantern building and student performances.
This...
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In...
In the last five years, Shein (pronounced she-in), a multi-billion dollar global company, has become a massively popular brand among young adult buyers attracted by the company’s notoriously cheap clothing...
A lot of parents and teachers in America jokingly wish they could ban kids from playing video games. In China, that’s no longer a joke.
All children under the age of 18 in China are now banned from...
‘Democracy’ in the People's Republic of China
Protests are back in Hong Kong as the struggle to maintain democracy in the former British colony turned Chinese special administrative region intensifies...
The end of "one country, two systems"
The last time we heard about Hong Kong, in Oct. 2019, the world was a very different place. Concerns surrounding the spread of COVID-19 have inevitably shut down many...
不同的视角学习中国文化
This article was translated by Professor Fang Campbell. Read the English translation here.
我在圣约瑟夫大学学习汉语快两年了,选择在圣约瑟夫大学学习汉语无疑是我做出的最明智的决定。
仅仅课堂上约五十五分钟的学习,和每天课余约两个小时的练习,是很难学好一门语言的。与我们整天听说读写英语相比,花在汉语学习得时间实在是少之又少。
因此,出国留学对我来说是一次非常重要的学习机会。自从我开始学习汉语以来,我就计划在读大学期间选一年去中国实地体验生活,学习汉语和中国文化,而不仅仅只是学习书本上的知识。把自己完全的融入中国社会,与当地人用他们的母语交流,学习他们的行为举止,更好的掌握和使用学到的知识。这将是一次深入学习汉语的极好的机会。
努力学习一门新的语言很棒,但是不把学到的知识付诸于实践中,那就不能真正的体现其价值。
今年,我开始考虑去中国进行暑期游学。计划教小孩英语,或者参加我们大学历史系的中国暑期学习之旅。可是,一场突如其来的噩耗,使得我中国之行的实施比最初的的计划要遥远的多。
当我听到冠状病毒爆发传播的消息时,我的心一直不停地往下沉。根据世界卫生组织的报道:“大多数人在生命中的某个时刻都感染了某种形式的冠状病毒;”...
A perspective on learning about Chinese culture
I’ve been studying the Chinese language for a little less than two years now, and choosing to learn this language has been the best thing I’ve decided...
At least four Philadelphia-area colleges and universities have decided to cancel spring 2020 study abroad programs to China because of the outbreak of the novel coronavirus from China. St. Joe’s has...
Will China rise as the global hegemon?
In the most recent twist to the immigration saga that continues to politically and culturally divide the United States, President Donald Trump took to the cameras...