Written by Elizabeth Kennedy (University of Washington), CET Kunming Summer 2019 They told us we would get sick at some point this summer, but I didn’t expect it to happen so soon. 辣肚子 là dùzi literally translates to “spicy stomach” – a fitting name for the disease that, for many of us, had no known […]
A Chinese Food Diary: Lessons in Culture…and Dumplings
Written by Fina Short, (Tufts University) Student Correspondent Middlebury School in China: Kunming, Fall 2018 I almost spit out my first breakfast bun. The morning of my first day in Kunming, my roommate took me to the best 包子 (bāozi) place on our street before class, ordering us two steaming bowls of red bean and […]
Comfort in Confusion: Interviews in Rural China
Written by Fina Short, (Tufts University) Student Correspondent Middlebury School in China: Kunming, Fall 2018 China looked calm from the bullet train window. Gliding through rice paddies and winding mountain passages at 200 km per hour, our program was headed to the remote village of 喜洲 (Xǐ zhōu) for five days of hiking, exploring and studying […]
The Spring City, Inside and Out
Written by Fina Short, (Tufts University) Student Correspondent Middlebury School in China: Kunming, Fall 2018 Before coming to China, I took to interrogating anyone who might know something about my soon-to-be-home. “You’re from China?” “You went to China once ten years ago?” “So tell me – what do you know about Kunming?” Over months’ worth of […]
Photo Essay: CET Kunming
Photos by Peri Law, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) Student Correspondent CET Kunming, Summer 2018
Photo Essay: CET Kunming
Photos by Peri Law, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) Student Correspondent CET Kunming, Summer 2018