Watching the procession at Olvera Street

Watching the procession at Olvera Street

  8:05 PM    Jlu17

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Photo courtesy of Jessica, another GIP student. Last Thursday, GIP hosted a trip to Olvera Street to watch the Novenario procession. Día de (los) Muertos, or Day of the Dead, originated in Mexico but is widely celebrated around the world. It's often believed to be...

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Spending Chinese New Year in Beijing

Spending Chinese New Year in Beijing

  1:17 PM    Jlu17

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During the weeks preceding and following Chinese New Year ("chunjie, 春节"), the Beijing streets are heavily decorated with everything red -- red lanterns, red envelopes, red banners, etc. Half of the stores are closed because the store owners are also celebrating....

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Screening of Pelé: Birth of a Legend

Screening of Pelé: Birth of a Legend

  8:04 PM    Jlu17

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For its 2nd GIP event of the year, Poly hosted a screening of Pelé: Birth of a Legend. I had the wonderful opportunity to watch the film and hear the Q&A afterward with the co-producer, Ivan Orlic. I loved the film even though I had no previous knowledge of who Pelé...

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Five day immersion in a suburban Chinese high school

Five day immersion in a suburban Chinese high school

  1:59 PM    Jlu17

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Note: This is the first post in a series of posts that I will make about my time in SYA China. I tried spending a lot of time writing about all of my experiences in one post before realizing that I would take forever to post the entire blog post. I'm going to divide my...

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Chinese artist feature: Cao Yong

Chinese artist feature: Cao Yong

  10:12 PM    Jlu17

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There are so many Chinese artists that I discovered during my time in Beijing. I think that my discoveries are relevant to my GIP blog because the Global Scholars Program encourages the sharing of different cultures. Not only is traditional visual art in China completely...

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Researching smog

Researching smog

  11:26 AM    Jlu17

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  I studied in Beijing for my junior year. The first thing people told me when they heard I was going to Beijing was to make sure to wear a mask at all times. While I was in China, people often asked me how the air quality was, and I always became defensive....

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