Tentative Schedule

1.December 27, Saturday. Leave Chicago O’Hare International Airport for Shanghai.
2.December 28, Sunday, Beijing Time (14 hours ahead of America Central Time). Arrive at Shanghai Pudong International Airport. Pick up by SJU’s coach bus for the one-hour ride to the historical SJU downtown campus at Xujiahui, Shanghai Central Business District. Welcome banquet.
3.December 29, Monday
8am: Breakfast (the same hereafter)
9-11am: History of Shanghai and of SJU
11am-1pm: Lunch at the Faculty Lounge
1-2pm: Language class I: Learn how to do things in Chinese in 1 hour!
2-9pm: Tour of SJU campus; get to know the neighborhood and the Xujiahui area
6:30pm: dinner at Element Fresh
4.December 30, Tuesday
9-11am: Language and culture class: How to get around in Shanghai
1-5pm: Sightseeing – Yuyuan Garden, Town God Temple (Chenghuangmiao) Market
8pm: Sightseeing: Nanjing Road Pedestrian Splendor and The Bund
5.December 31, Wednesday
9-11am: Language class: The first impression
1-3pm: Guest lecture: Doing business in Shanghai and China internship opportunities
8pm: New Year’s Eve Celebration on Hengshan Road!
6.Jan. 1, Thursday
Relaxation. Catch up with your journal
7.Jan. 2, Friday
9-11am, Language class
1-3pm, Lecture: Shanghai, China, and Globalization
8.Jan. 3, Saturday
9-11 am, Chinese art
Afternoon: Shanghai Museum
9pm: Cotton Club, the best jazz band in Shanghai!
9.Jan. 4, Sunday
1-3pm: History of Hangzhou
10.Jan. 5, Monday
Board the early morning train for the one-hour ride to the most beautiful city in China – Hangzhou; tour of West Lake
11.Jan. 6, Tuesday
Longjing Tea Plantation; Qiantang River Tide
12.Jan. 7, Wednesday
Lingyin Temple; board the late afternoon train back to Shanghai
13.Jan. 8, Thursday
1-3pm, Chinese Calligraphy class
14.Jan. 9, Friday
9-11am, Lecture: Chinese Entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship
1-3pm, Chinese Calligraphy class
15.Jan. 10, Saturday
Morning tour of the Pudong Financial District and of the Pearl of the Orient
Get your calligraphy pieces finished into rolls and your seals done
16.Jan. 11, Sunday
Xin tiandi (New World): the traditional Shanghai residence and the founding of the Chinese Communist Party
17.Jan. 12, Monday
Take the one-day tour of Zhou Zhuang, the charming village on the rivers
18.Jan. 13, Tuesday
Shanghai acrobatics show; farewell banquet
19.Jan. 14, Wednesday
Fly back to the States