Cultural Insights

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has long been regarded as a treasure of Chinese  traditional science and civilization. Our expert walks students through the basic principals and diagnostic practices of TCM. Students also get to observe demonstrations of practices like acupuncture and other herbal treatments. 

Our expert will take student on a journey to respectfully draw Buddha’s figure, while giving a lecture on the story and role of Thangka in Tibetan Culture. Students will also learn to create a few of  their own.

This lesson combines Art & Writing-a deep dive into Chinese Calligraphy’s history from change of character forms to the refinement of Four,whilstlearning how to properly write calligraphy characters. Students will walk away with a better understanding of the role Caligraphyhas played throughout China’s history and in modern times.

Surrounded by mists and clouds most of the year, western Sichuan has more than 1000 years of tea production history. The nourishing moisture and the soil contribute to a series of famous teas, such as Emei Xue Ya, Emei Mao Feng, and of course our Zhu Ye Qing. We’ll follow a local tea farmer to learn  more about this fabulous tea.

As royal building groups of Beijing’s landmarks, the Forbidden City has its fame self-evident, 600 years of history, more than 20 legendary emperors, the Forbidden City is full of mystery. For the children, the imperial palace is one of the best history classrooms, its rich culture and historical stories as well as the children’s interests in learning has provided a broad space and content. Today, we are more than excited to come to the Forbidden City to experience and learn about this once forbidden royal land in a more interesting way.

Located just 6 miles away from downtown, the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding has been created and imitated the natural habitat of giant pandas in order that they might have the best possible environment for rearing and breeding. The giant pandas are not only a Chinese national treasure but are also beloved by people the world over. Students will explore first-hand on Pandas and their natural environment, learn about the connection between Pandas and Chinese culture, their unique lifestyle habits and everything else that makes them such a unique presence in China.

A deep dive into the Chinese tech scene. Noted for its ‘Unicorns’ of tech, China has a booming tech scene. In this discussion, students will have the opportunity to walk through the background and history of the tech scene with a noted entrepreneur & tech startup founder. Students will walk away with a much better understanding of the importance the tech industry plays in China’s modern economy.

The workshop is facilitated by Gabby Gabriel, founder of Gab China–a company providing Chinese social media services to foreign companies, as well as an expert/activist representing ‘young China’ (featured in one of BBC’s China documentaries). Students will be taught about the basics of China’s big social media platforms (weibo, wechat, douyin) and how social media centredbusinesses are changing the landscape of online commerce in China. 

In this course, Sara will explore some of the main challenges involved in building, scaling, and growing a technology business. Students will learn about how companies forecast and address such challenges and how students can build these skills to further their own professional development.