{"id":2272,"date":"2015-07-13T10:32:23","date_gmt":"2015-07-13T17:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogschapman.wpenginepowered.com\/business\/2015\/07\/13\/us-china-student-summit\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T06:40:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T06:40:27","slug":"us-china-student-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/business\/2015\/07\/13\/us-china-student-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"US"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s my final update on my visit to Beijing for the
\nInternational Business Travel Course<\/a>
\n to China, which took place this past Spring semester.
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\"Argyros<\/a>
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\nThe last portion of the travel course was the
\nU.S. China Student Summit<\/a>
\n. The summit united student delegates from universities throughout America and China to increase relations between the two countries. The program was heavily packed with speaker events, panels, and group activities. Many officials who work closely with China and the U.S. were at the summit.
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\nA speaker who left an impact on me was
\nCarola McGiffert<\/a>
\n, president of the
\n100,000 Strong Foundation<\/a>
\n. She works to “invest in U.S.-China Relations, one student at a time.” The foundation aims to bring American students abroad to study in China. In July of 2014, the foundation reached their goal of having 100,000 American students study abroad in China, but it is good to know that they are not stopping there.
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\nJust from this one travel course, I have realized the immense value and knowledge that comes from studying abroad. I was pleased to learn that there are organizations actively promoting studying abroad for our generation, in an effort to improve our education.
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\nAnother portion of the summit was group activities. We were assigned to a group of about 10 students, five from America and five from China. The group activities gave us the opportunity to not only meet Chinese students, but to also learn about the lifestyle in China since we were given the opportunity to ask questions in a casual setting.
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\nThere were also many activities hosted by a facilitator. They showed the following two videos, which really made an impression on me while offering a different point of view than I’ve considered.
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