By the Way

By Ruth (sorry - this is really long) I was looking forward to getting into a normal schedule, but even though it's the first full ...

Students in China are excited about the launch of China's Shenzhou 7 mission tonight. Just as we got back home after doing our "Me...

By Kevin I haven't heard from anyone in the U.S. asking about the China milk scandal , in which more than 6,000 infants have been hospit...

by Ruth On Tuesday we heard a rumor that Freshmen classes might be starting soon. The rumor was confirmed when Wes got the official call on...

By Kevin To celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival we opted to spend the evening outdoors, dining on “ethnic foods street.” Ok, maybe the whole stree...

By Kevin We were on a mission: if we are to properly know Weinan, we would need bikes. Our destination was bike row: the place everyone i...

By Ruth The freshmen have arrived on campus but are doing their military training. We expect them to start classes the end of next week or ...

By Kevin As Wes and Ruth boarded our minibus back from Hua Shan to Weinan, I hurried over to a little store to buy us some water, figuring a...

By Kevin Wes, Ruth and I slowly made our way past the peddlers selling 1 yuan gloves and entered the oddly empty temple at the base of Hua S...

By Ruth Yesterday we took a team shopping trip to Xi'an, the big city about an hour west of here. The bus there only takes about a...