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Summer Language Program – Student from Marquette 

This past summer at The Beijing Center (TBC), students from Marquette University took TBC’s Chinese language courses for college credit. TBC’s program offers an intensive, immersive curriculum in the heart of Beijing.

American Jesuit High Schools Servicing Local School Children 

This past summer in China, TBC connected students from Notre Dame School of Manhattan and Xavier High School with some of Beijing’s local elementary students. The young children were shy at first, but they eventually loved interacting with their new American friends.

Loyola Blakefield and Boston College High Schools’ Cultural Experience in Yunnan 

This past summer, students from Loyola Blakefield high school and Boston College High School travelled to Yunnan Province with the company of TBC staff. The experience was very different from the busy metropolitan area in Beijing, as students got the opportunity to immerse themselves in a much more rural area with diverse ethnic culture and daily life practices.

Students’ Experience at Matteo Ricci’s Tomb 

This past summer, students from Loyola Blakefield High School, Boston College High School, Xavier High School, Notre Dame High School, Wah Yan College Kowloon (Hong Kong), and St. Ignatius High School (Taiwan) visited the Tomb of Matteo Ricci during their time in Beijing. Father Matteo Ricci, S.J., was a very influential figure on modern Chinese society, and he is credited for being one of the main introducers of European culture to China.

The Great Wall of China: The Most Iconic Tourist Experience

If there’s any historical landmark related to China someone remembers learning about as a young child, odds are it’s the Great Wall of China. I have distinct memories of sitting in my third-grade social studies class, learning about this ancient marvel of engineering that was large it could be seen from space.

ChinaContact: University of Lima Students Take On Beijing for the First Time

It’s not every day we get to make history! This week, The Beijing Center proudly welcomed—for the first time ever—27 curious and enthusiastic students from the University of Lima, along with Internationalization Coordinator Claudia Valencia and David Barriga, our partner from AsiaB Consulting, for an unforgettable Beijing adventure.

Library Tour: First British Embassy to China

This is the first American edition of Anderson’s fascinating account of Britain’s first diplomatic mission to China in 1792. By the end of the eighteenth century the East India Company had been trading with Chinese merchants for two hundred years, but in a strictly limited way.

Library Tour: Memoirs by the missionaries of Beijing in the 18th century 

At the dawn of the Age of Enlightenment, as the 18th century drew to a close, the Western world was eager for knowledge—driven by a philosophical movement that championed reason and science. King Louis XV of France asked for the advice of his trusted Minister of State, Henri Bertin, about how to reform the spirit of the nation, after giving it some thought, Bertin famously responded, “Sire, to inoculate the French with the Chinese spirit.”

Library Tour: Nouvelle Relation de la Chine

Imagine traveling across continents in the 1600s to reach China—a world almost entirely unknown to Europeans at the time. That is exactly the experience of Magalhães, a Portuguese Jesuit missionary who spent over 20 years in China.

TBC Donated to Casa Ricci and Bethel

Last year, The Beijing Center (TBC) celebrated its 25th anniversary with a dinner that was not just about marking a milestone but about embodying the Jesuit tradition of service and community impact.

Library Tour: A Look Inside Kircher’s China Illustrata

Athanasius Kircher was a renowned Jesuit scholar of the 17th century, he was called the “Renaissance man” and is often described as an enigmatic intellectual, due to his wide range of interests in subjects like linguistics, geology, music, etc. He is also credited as the founder of Egyptology, although later on, most of his translations needed to be corrected.