Hutongs and Nanluo Guxiang
Last day before the holidys. Everyone was very excited – except me. I was just happy not to lay in bed but instead attending class for the first time that week.
Aimun (Asian International Model United Nations)
AIMUN (Asian International Model United Nation) ist he second important MUN in the world (right behind the MUN in New York City). It is a sort of fake United Nations Congress which is held for 4 days and lots of students from all over the world participate in it. AIMUN has lots of UN Committees such as General Assembly, Security Council, Ambassadorr Programme, IJC, UNICEF, UNEP, UN-Women, ESC, UNESCO, WHO and the Main Press Center. Each of those Committees has certain topics for example WHO had two topics which were anti-mircobiological resistance and mental health care after trauma. UNEP had nonmotorized Transportation and illegal widllife trade as their two topics.
A Stroll Through Nanluo Guxiang
During summer semester 2015, students of the course Lüyou yu Dili 旅游与地理 were asked to create short presentations about Nanluo Guxiang 南锣鼓巷. This short film was created by four students of the Julius-Maximilians University Würzburg, Germany. It provides insights into the daily life in the Hutongs of Beijing and should also give you an impression of the Chinese language level you can reach, by the mid of the fourth semester.
Excursion to Yanjing Brewery and Shilinxia
On 23 May 2014 in the morning a group of 19 German and Danish students, together with a large group of students from Thailand, Korea and Japan, who also currently study at Peking University’s School of International Studies, set out for the Yanjing Brewery and Shilinxia Scenic Area.
Excursion to Baway Education
In October 11 students from Vienna and Würzburg visited the Baway Education school in Beijing. Baway Education is a vocational school, situated in the Haidian District of Beijing, where students are taught practical skills. Students from ECLC, as well as students currently studying at Baway got together to talk about learning and living in China and the West.
Language Partners
The section Student’s Life has been updated with information on the language partner programme, which the ECLC is running in cooperation with Peking University. The ECLC bureau organises for a language partner exchange at the beginning of each semester, providing every student with a Chinese partner. Furthermore the student association of the School of International Studies does also organize meetings and events, so that our students get to know their fellow Chinese students.
Site Updated Information Excursions
The section Students’ Life has been updated with more information on excursions and field trips organized by the ECLC-bureau. A rich-cultural programme, composed of excursions and field trips, that all students who stay at ECLC may participate in, is organized each semester, including destinations such as Datong, Chengde, Xi’an, and the Great Wall.
Students Get Awarded at Mun Wuhan
At the end of May a group of five ECLC-students took part in the Second Model United Nations Conference (MUN) at Wuhan University, winning ‘Best Position Paper Award’ and three ‘Best Delegate Awards’, as well as the ‘Honorable Delegation Award’ as representatives of Peking University. Our students represented the USA in the UN-environmental programme, and in addition Libya and China in the General Assembly. Topics discussed were responsibility and compensation after nuclear accidents, and post-war recovery and responsibility.
Site Updated With New Section Students Life
The website has been updated with a new section, called Students’ Life.
This section shall give an insight into the life of ECLC-students, including reports on living in Beijing and at Peking University, extra-curricular activities and excursions, many of them contributed by current and former ECLC-students. Its main purpose is to give future students an impression of what staying at ECLC is like, and what they may expect from the one-term stay at Peking University.