| May 25th Travel Day | Providence - Detroit - Beijing |
| May 26th Travel Day | Arrive Beijing (5:35pm local time) |
| May 27th Beijing |
Morning: American Chambers of Commerce
Afternoon: Tour Beijing Topten Engineering Co. |
| May 28th Beijing |
Trip to Tianjing
Visit Tianjing High-tech Development Park Tour Bank of China, Tianjing Branch Tour Motorola Manufacturing Facility |
| May 29th Beijing |
Morning: Sight seeing at the Summer Palace
Afternoon: Visit Biology Department of the Tsinghua University (Chinese MIT), tour new biotech lab, hosted by Prof. Qungyu Wu Evening: Special Guest: Prof. William White, Special Editor, Beijing Youth Daily, English Edition |
| May 30th Beijing |
Morning: Temple of Heaven
Afternoon: National Museum of Natural History hosted by: Dr. Shaofang Wang, curator of invertebrate paleontology |
| May 31st Beijing |
Day trip to the Great Wall
Evening: Leave for Linqu by overnight train |
| June 1st Linqu, Shandong* |
Stay at the guesthouse of the
Shanwang Fossil Museum Morning: Shanwang Fossil Museum Afternoon: Geology field trip to the Shanwang Fossil beds Evening: Special lecture with Hong Yang |
| June 2nd Linqu, Shandong* |
Morning: Quinzhou Archeological museum
Afternoon: Visit local industries Evening: Discussion on conservation and environmental protection with Mr. Guanhui Fan (Director of Linqu County Economic Committee) and Mr. Bo Sun, (Director of Ahanwang Fossil Museum) |
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June 3rd Linqu to Qufu, Shandong* |
Travel; to Nanjing by bus, en route Qufu, the
hometown of Confucius, the root of Chinese culture and ancient philosophy.
Visit Qufu and learn efforts to preserve historical sites Stay in Qufu at the Guesthouse of Confucius. |
| June 4th Travel Day | Stay at the Liu Yuan Hotel |
| June 5th Nanjing |
Morning: Tour the Eastern Mountain areas
Afternoon: Confucius Temple Evening: Dinner at the Confucius Temple |
| June 6th Wuxi* |
Stay at the guesthouse of the Ecosystem Research
Center on the Taihu
Morning: Travel from Nanjing to Wuxi by bus Afternoon: Engage in scientific research dealing with environmental monitoring on lake water quality and aquatic life. Collect water and fish samples, visit water chemistry and microbiology labs at the center. Evening: Guest seminar "Taihu Ecological Research" by a local scientist |
| June 7th Wuxi* |
Morning: Visit Eastman Kodak manufacture facility,
discussing water purification control and other environmental issues with
Kodak personnel.
Afternoon: Fruit picking in Island of Taihu Lake Evening: Research data processing |
| June 8th Wuxi* |
Morning: A half day tour to visit the
Zhouzang Village (a well known historical site with traditional Chinese
architecture and a unique fishing culture)
Afternoon: travel to Nanjing Airport and fly to Guilin |
| June 9th Guilin | Stay at the guesthouse of the Guilin Geological Institute. One day boat trip to inspect the Li River and limestone topography, assess environmental problems and solutions along the river (guided by geologists from the Guilin Geological Institute) Discussion on environmental protection at the Guilin Geological Institute |
| June 10th Guilin |
Morning: Visit limestone caves and a
city tour
Afternoon: Fly to Beijing |
| June 11th Beijing |
Morning: Visit Tiananman Square
Afternoon: Sight see in the Forbidden City Evening: Guest seminar: Sino-US relationship and US investment in China (by Dr. Wei Pan, Associate Professor at the Department of International Studies, Peking University) |
| June 12th Beijing |
Morning: Beijing Zoo
Afternoon: Discussion and preparation for a poster exhibit for World Trade Day (June 16) at Bryant College Evening: Beijing Opera |
| June 13th Beijing |
Morning: Visit an ordinary Chinese family
Shopping and free time Evening: Discussion on your research paper |
| June 14th Beijing |
Morning: Visit China Environmental Protection
Foundation (hosted by the National People's Congress)
Afternoon and Evening: Farewell party at the Beihai Park (one of the emperor's palaces during the Chiang Dynasty) |
| June 15th Travel Day | Return to the United States! |