UMD LSBE Study-in-China 2009

In its quarter-century-long shift from communism to capitalism, China has transformed itself from a desperately poor nation into a country with one of the fastest-growing and largest economies in the world. Many reforms are the causing factor that is driving the economic genesis. The author, Doug Guthrie, highlights the social, cultural and political factors fostering this revolutionary change. It focuses primarily on how economic structural change is driving the processes, but discusses many other issues as well politics, social change, reform, international economics, and cultural change. Doug Guthrie covers the social, economic, and political factors responsible for the revolutionary changes, and interweaves this broader structural analysis with a consideration of social changes at the micro and macro levels. The book also considers the potential for further change for China.

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Hello my name is Steven, I am a junior and I am majoring in Marketing.

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Hi, my name is Andrew. I am a accounting/ finance double major and am in my fourth year. 19 DAYS and counting down!!

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Hi my name is Alex Hackworthy. I am very excited for china.

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Hey everyone my name is Ashley Walters I am a sophomore and a MIS major. I look forward to going to China with everyone 25 days and counting! :)

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Hello class. My name is Katie. I am currently enrolled in the MBA program at UMD. Still have a few years because I aslo work full time at the Great Lakes Fleet. I am very excited for China!

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View image Hey everyone! My name is Dan Korman, I am a junior and finance student. This trip should be an amazing experience for us all, I can't wait to arrive in CHINA!

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Hi my name is Cord. I am a senior here at UMD and a Double Major in Finance and Org Management. Should be a great trip! The picture is of me in front of the Trump International Hotel & Tower in Chicago.

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This is Douglas J. Charley Jr, otherwise known as DJ. I am a sophomore studying Finance here and I am looking forward to this trip. It should be awesome.

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Hey Everybody, I'm Jeff andf I'm a senior Marketing Student.

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This is a snowy day

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你好！

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Hello my name is Steven

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The first thing I am interested in learning/seeing is how different companies convert their products name, slogan, or trademark into Chinese. I have learned about a few cases throughout my marketing course that companies can have disastrous results if things are not converted and translated correctly.
I am also interested in seeing how the one child law affects kids my own age. How do they feel being an only child (in most cases)? I only have one sibling but I know of people who have 4-6 kids in their family and it would just be interesting to see the differences.
Lastly I am curious to see how intense the formality in China really is. I have always learned that the Chinese are far more formal and the power distances are much more distinct. It will be interesting to see how Chinese education system differs from the US in terms of formality.

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Hello. I am Shane.

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I love China.

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Hi we are in orientation!

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Hello my name is Troy and I am an Accounting Major here at UMD graduating in August. I enjoy visiting other locations and am excited to be going to China.

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This is the instruction. Download file

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Learn to Read News from Xinhua Net
How China has changed
Rich People's wedding
ARJ21 Made in Shanghai
Employment Pressure

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This is the official and most recently updated site about China, published by the Department of State.

See Wikepedia about Tianjin
See this file about Nankai University. Download file

How China Will Change Your Business

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You are required to post blog entries and here is the instruction about how to blog.

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Other people's experience suggests that you learn some basics of Chinese, so that you are more powerfully equipped when you are in China. Please refer to this website

Here is the word document Download file

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1. Introduction
2. Visa application form
3. Insurance card
4. Breaking the ice
5. Syllabus
6. How to blog
7. Check out the book
8. Learning Chinese
9. Q&A
a. Conclusion

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This is the modified syllabus
Download file

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