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• I am interested in studying abroad in south korea, china, taiwan, japan, russia, or somewhere where people speak arabic. Has anyone ever studied abroad in any one of those locations? If so, can you tell me about your experience and where you stayed, what the program you were in was... Thanks! ---IF YOU HAVEN'T STUDIED ABROAD, which place do you think would be the best to study abroad?

• Answer:

  I studied abroad in China and it was absolutely fascinating. I highly recommend it! I was able to visit Beijing and see the Forbidden city and I made a trip to the Great Wall as well - beware though! It is steep! So wear good walking shoes if you go there. And I stayed in Hangzhou. Hangzhou is home to one of the C9 colleges, Zheijiang University, which is basically like one of the Ivy league schools of China. And Hangzhou is beautiful. It's only about two hours by train South of Shanghai, and it is one of the tea capitals of China. It is also home to West Lake. It has a population of about 6 million and it is one of the more sophisticated cosmopolitan cities in China with a lot less pollution than cities like Beijing and Shanghai. It is just really beautiful. Marco Polo said it was heaven on earth in his travels there. I took classes at the law school of Zheijiang through a law school study abroad so I wasn't the typical undergrad study abroad student. The Chinese students in my classes were so friendly and nice and wanted to make friends. It was great! And they love to show you around (when they're not studying. lol. They study a lot!) I wouldn't go to Russia - too cold and Russians aren't as warm and friendly as the Chinese. Japan and Taiwan would also be cool but mainland China just has so much to see and so much history. Good luck in deciding. Zai Jian! (That's Mandarin for "good bye"). I just watched the new Karate Kid movie last weekend and it totally brought memories back from living in China. If you want a little dose of Chinese life, watch the movie. And it was really good!