{"id":23044,"date":"2018-08-22T08:59:54","date_gmt":"2018-08-22T12:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=23044"},"modified":"2019-02-25T10:54:03","modified_gmt":"2019-02-25T15:54:03","slug":"another-culture-another-world-utc-students-experience-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2018\/08\/another-culture-another-world-utc-students-experience-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Culture, Another World: UTC students experience China"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_23051\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" data-attachment-id=\"23051\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2018\/08\/another-culture-another-world-utc-students-experience-china\/china6\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/China6.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS REBEL T4i&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1531818729&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;84&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"China6\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Xiaochi Square in Nanjing, home of the Confucian Temple. Photo by Craig Laing&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/China6-1024x683.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-23051\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/China6.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/China6.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/China6-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/China6-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/China6-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/China6-580x387.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/China6-610x407.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/China6-250x167.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/China6-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Xiaochi Square in Nanjing, home of the Confucian Temple. Photo by Craig Laing<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"well span3 pull-right\">\n<h4><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>China by the Numbers<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1.38 billion<\/strong> \u2014Population<\/li>\n<li><strong>37.4<\/strong> \u2014 Median age<\/li>\n<li><strong>11.2 trillion<\/strong> \u2014 Estimated 2016 GDP in U.S. dollars<\/li>\n<li><strong>2<\/strong> \u2014 Current ranking in the world economy<\/li>\n<li><strong>1.4 billion<\/strong> \u2014 Cellphone users as of 2016<\/li>\n<li><strong>731 million<\/strong> \u2014Internet users as of 2016<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When Anna Douglas told people she was taking a 10-day trip to China, she heard a bunch of responses.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t you know it\u2019s dangerous? They\u2019re communists.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019re going to be kidnapped.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019re going to be sex trafficked.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019re going to starve; they eat dogs and cats.<\/p>\n<p>Why do you want to go to China? What\u2019s over there?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of that stuff was coming from people who had never been there, and I was like, \u2018What do you know?\u2019 Why are you saying all this to me?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When she returned to the U.S., she had her own response: \u201cIt was great and you were wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Douglas, a junior in criminal justice, and 10 other UTC students took a 13-hour flight this summer for a study abroad trip in China, a country of about 1.34 billion people; in contrast, the U.S. has about 325 million.<\/p>\n<p>All the students had some preconceptions about the country, but they came back with new respect, admiration and understanding of the country and its culture which is significantly different than the United States\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can\u2019t learn much about culture by participating in a 10-day trip, but at least something, if you pay attention, can be observed through the manifestation of cultural practices. You can understand the basic values of a culture,\u201d says Zibin Guo, the UC Foundation professor of anthropology who accompanied the students. Craig Laing, associate professor in geography, and Gale Iles, associate professor of criminal justice, also were on the trip.<\/p>\n<p>The trip was funded by a $30,000 donation from retired anthropology professor Clive Kileff and dispersed through the UC Foundation. Money from\u00a0 the Study Abroad program also helped pay expenses.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I believed the UTC students would benefit from having international travel experience and could come back and enrich the community,&#8221; Kileff said. &#8220;I believe that, as students learn about other cultures, they will be able to work together with people from diverse backgrounds and work towards world peace.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In China, the students visited\u00a0five cities\u2014Shanghai, Xi\u2019an, Louyang, Qufu and Nanjing\u2014and saw how the Chinese interact with each other, how they feel about their personal space, what the country is doing to address pollution and congestion in the cities, the food and eating practices and other cultural values. When they got back, the students created PowerPoint presentations on subjects such as sanitation and conservation, common misconceptions, the food, social interaction and China\u2019s fascination with Westerners.<\/p>\n<p>In her presentation, Lindsey Davis, a senior in anthropology, focused on the steps the country is taking to reduce pollution and stay clean; China is the No. 1 country in the world in carbon dioxide output (the U.S. is No. 2).<\/p>\n<p>But the cities themselves were amazingly trash-free, she said, and Shanghai \u201cis one of the cleanest cities I\u2019ve ever seen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLitter is a rarity and paper is conserved. If you remember, there wasn\u2019t much toilet paper in the bathrooms,\u201d she told the other students.<\/p>\n<p>Eating in China usually is a communal event with friends and family and lots of conversation, said Brandon Mitchell, a senior in anthropology. There\u2019s no tipping in restaurants and no splitting of checks. If you eat in someone\u2019s home, as many as 10 dishes may be served and, if you eat it all, the hosts may feel as if they haven\u2019t fed you enough, he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese also are fascinated with Westerners, and the students took many smartphone photos of Chinese people taking smartphone photos of them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re like unicorns,\u201d said Anna Matic, a junior in sociology.<\/p>\n<p>She didn\u2019t much like being a \u201ccelebrity,\u201d she added, but others in the group didn\u2019t mind.<\/p>\n<p>When all was said and done and the students returned to the U.S., they brought back more than souvenirs, said Brandon Layne, a senior in anthropology.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can learn something new from another country or people and bring it back to your own country or campus,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd that does a lot of good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"880\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:9,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2018\\\/08\\\/another-culture-another-world-utc-students-experience-china\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:202990556}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 880px; height: 391px;\" data-original-width=\"880\" data-original-height=\"391\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 585px; height: 391px;\" data-original-width=\"585\" data-original-height=\"391\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/China3.jpg\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"581\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"387\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"23055\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/China3.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;16&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS REBEL T4i&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1531356124&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;29&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"China3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/China3-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/China3-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/China3.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/China3.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/China3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/China3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/China3-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/China3-580x387.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/China3-610x407.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/China3-250x167.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/China3-600x400.jpg 600w\" width=\"581\" height=\"387\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"581\" data-original-height=\"387\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"China3\" alt=\"The group of UTC students in front of the Xi&#039;an Wall in the city of Xi&#039;an. Photo by Craig Lang\" style=\"width: 581px; height: 387px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> The group of UTC students in front of the Xi&#8217;an Wall in the city of Xi&#8217;an. Photo by Craig Lang <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 295px; height: 391px;\" data-original-width=\"295\" data-original-height=\"391\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/ChinaAlyssa.jpg\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"291\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"387\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"23052\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/ChinaAlyssa.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"788,1050\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1531223369&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;32&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00012599218848431&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ChinaAlyssa\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/ChinaAlyssa-225x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/ChinaAlyssa-768x1024.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/ChinaAlyssa.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/ChinaAlyssa.jpg 788w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/ChinaAlyssa-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/ChinaAlyssa-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/ChinaAlyssa-580x773.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/ChinaAlyssa-610x813.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/ChinaAlyssa-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/ChinaAlyssa-300x400.jpg 300w\" width=\"291\" height=\"387\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"291\" data-original-height=\"387\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"ChinaAlyssa\" alt=\"At 128 stories and 2,073 feet (about 600 feet less than half a mile), the Shanghai Tower is the second tallest building in the world. Photo by Alyssa DeWaele\" style=\"width: 291px; height: 387px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> At 128 stories and 2,073 feet (about 600 feet less than half a mile), the Shanghai Tower is the second tallest building in the world. Photo by Alyssa DeWaele <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 880px; height: 705px;\" data-original-width=\"880\" data-original-height=\"705\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 530px; height: 705px;\" data-original-width=\"530\" data-original-height=\"705\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/ChinaWill.jpg\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"526\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"701\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"23053\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/ChinaWill.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"960,1280\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 7&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1531217826&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.99&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;25&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ChinaWill\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/ChinaWill-225x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/ChinaWill-768x1024.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/ChinaWill.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/ChinaWill.jpg 960w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/ChinaWill-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/ChinaWill-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/ChinaWill-580x773.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/ChinaWill-610x813.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/ChinaWill-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/ChinaWill-300x400.jpg 300w\" width=\"526\" height=\"701\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"526\" data-original-height=\"701\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"ChinaWill\" alt=\"Red lanterns are hung for for good luck in the Jade Buddha Temple in Shanghai. Photo by Will Patterson\" style=\"width: 526px; height: 701px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Red lanterns are hung for for good luck in the Jade Buddha Temple in Shanghai. Photo by Will Patterson <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-3\" style=\"width: 350px; height: 705px;\" data-original-width=\"350\" data-original-height=\"705\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/China1.jpg\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"346\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"231\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"23049\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/China1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS REBEL T4i&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1531272152&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;37&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.076923076923077&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"China1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/China1-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/China1-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/China1.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/China1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/China1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/China1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/China1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/China1-580x387.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/China1-610x407.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/China1-250x167.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/China1-600x400.jpg 600w\" width=\"346\" height=\"231\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"346\" data-original-height=\"231\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"China1\" alt=\"The Terracota Warriors were discovered in Xi&#039;an in 1974. The clay army has more than 8,000 life-size figures of soldiers and horses. They depict the army of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China, and were meant to protect him in the afterlife. Photo by Craig Laing\" style=\"width: 346px; height: 231px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> The Terracota Warriors were discovered in Xi&#8217;an in 1974. The clay army has more than 8,000 life-size figures of soldiers and horses. They depict the army of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China, and were meant to protect him in the afterlife. Photo by Craig Laing <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/China4.jpg\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"346\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"231\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"23048\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/China4.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS REBEL T4i&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1531358716&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;55&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"China4\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/China4-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/China4-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/China4.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/China4.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/China4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/China4-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/China4-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/China4-580x387.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/China4-610x407.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/China4-250x167.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/China4-600x400.jpg 600w\" width=\"346\" height=\"231\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"346\" data-original-height=\"231\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"China4\" alt=\"Bicycling on Xi&#039;an City Wall in Xi&#039;an. Photo by Craig Lang\" style=\"width: 346px; height: 231px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Bicycling on Xi&#8217;an City Wall in Xi&#8217;an. Photo by Craig Lang <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/China2.jpg\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"346\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"231\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"23054\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/China2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS REBEL T4i&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1531302953&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;20&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"China2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/China2-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/China2-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/China2.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/China2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/China2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/China2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/China2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/China2-580x387.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/China2-610x407.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/China2-250x167.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/08\/China2-600x400.jpg 600w\" width=\"346\" height=\"231\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"346\" data-original-height=\"231\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"China2\" alt=\"The Chinese are fascinated with Westerners. Photo by Craig Lang\" style=\"width: 346px; height: 231px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> The Chinese are fascinated with Westerners. 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