High School Summer Abroad Blog

We ended our visit to Hangzhou by further experiencing the beauty of local workmanship by the famous Grand Canal. Each of us instilled creativity during the umbrella-painting activity.

During July 26-28, we had a wonderful weekend study tour in Hangzhou, a neighboring city of Shanghai. Hangzhou is renowned for its natural beauty and preponderance of greenery within the city. Its rolling hills and placid West Lake have inspired locals to to say, “Above there is heaven, and below there are Suzhou and Hangzhou.”

We continued our tour to Hangzhou by visiting another historical site-the Ling Yin Temple and ended our Saturday by enjoying a wonderful water show-the West Lake Impression Performance, which was originally designed and performed for the G20 Summit in Hangzhou.

Today was the day that students have been waiting for on the Shanghai Global Entrepreneurship program: their final pitch presentations! If you’ve ever watched the show Shark Tank, then you’d... keep reading

Yesterday afternoon, we took students to the Shanghai Volkswagen Automotive Company in Jiading District for a tour. Shanghai Volkswagen is a joint venture company founded in October 1984. It began... keep reading

This past weekend, we took students on a weekend excursion to Hangzhou. Once we arrived, we took students on a boat cruise around Hangzhou's famous West Lake (西湖). After that... keep reading

This weekend during our Hangzhou overnight excursion, students were able to eat the at a Chinese breakfast buffet including a noodle soup bar, rice cakes, fried dough, porridge, steamed buns... keep reading

This weeked our Global Navigiators traveled via high speed train from Shanghai to Hangzhou to enjoy a weekend excursion in Zhejiang province. To start off our trip, we visited the... keep reading

Shanghai is an amazing city where many tourists go to appreciate the culture and the delicious food. It’s a must to take a picture of the skyline from the Bund... keep reading

Our Global Navigators visited Allinpay Network Services Co. Ltd to tour the company building, enjoy a tea break, and learn about international e-commerce. As we arrived to Allinpay, students were... keep reading

For today’s excursion, we learned about and participated in martial arts, also known as 武术. Before doing any activities, we learned the meaning behind “武”. 武 is supposed to mean... keep reading

Duirng the weekend, our students had the opportunity to take a private double-decker bus tour through Shanghai, visiting some local areas such as Jing'an Temple, the French Concession, the Bund... keep reading

On Saturday our Shanghai Global Navigators left the city via high speed train for the city of Yiwu, a huge center of international wholesale trade for a quick day trip... keep reading

This summer, CIEE Shanghai is operating the Global Discovery: Global Entrepreneurship program for the very first time. This program is CIEE's first Global Entrepreneurship program in China! In the first... keep reading

Today after class, we visited a community volunteer center and learned about a new trash policy being implemented in China. In light of growing environmental concerns, Shanghai has begun to... keep reading