“The way of looking at the world can be so different, and there isn’t one right way. There is a beauty in the other, and there is a beauty in the Chinese way of approaching life.” – Jim Caime
TBC’s Executive Director, Fr. Jim Caime, was featured on a Limitless Laowai podcast in which he discusses the 400+ years of Jesuit history in China and what lessons travelers to China should take to heart to find comfort and succeed in China.
Listen to Jim’s podcast to hear more about TBC and how TBC engages students with China.
Original post can also be found here: http://limitlesslaowai.com/jimcaime/
Over this past weekend, some of our students enrolled at Minzu University of China took their annual Spring Outing – this year, to Gubei Water Town. Situated about a 2-hour drive northeast of Beijing, the April weather made it absolutely perfect to explore for a spring outing. It surrounds various canals and offshoots of Yuanyang lake.
If you ever want to get a taste of Old Beijing, by far one of the best ways is to visit the hutongs. They’ve conceptually been around all the way since the 1200s, and in their most modern forms exist as protected alleyways and streets surrounded by old traditional houses and neighborhoods in the heart of Beijing and are recognized in China to be an important part of cultural heritage in the city.