the 2005 wuyi experience

The Wuyi University Maricopa Community Colleges

ExperienceSummer 2005

John Bradley -- LI Lianhua & TANG TangAnn Brennan Lindner-- LIU Hua

Janet Robinson -- HE HilaryMonica Wadsworth -- CHEN Richard

Lisa Widowski -- HUANG Lily

Jiangmen

From Guangzhou International Airport to Wuyi University

Superhighways cut

through the countryside. China has built more than

18,000 miles of new highway during the past

decade.

Car Culture

Traffic moves slowly, closely, carefully. The street is

shared by all. The bigger the vehicle, the more it owns the

right of way.More than

5 million cars were sold in China last year. Like this Buick,

most were made in China.More were sold in only Japan

and the United States.

Wuyi University

Wuyi University• Founded in 1985.

• Located in Jiangmen City (a well-known hometown of the overseas Chinese) in Guangdong Province (close to Hong Kong and Macao).

• Two schools: (Management and Information Technology). Fifteen departments.

• More than 11,000 registered students on campus of which approximately 8,000 are full-time undergraduates.

• Four-year undergraduate programs and a Masters Degree Program.

• WYU has gained great support in its construction and expansion from overseas Chinese.

VIP Treatment

Vice President LIU Zhiyong

emphasized harmony during dinner along the Pearl River.

Wuyi University is very serious about the Faculty Exchange

Program and we were treated like VIPS.

A river runs through it. Architects use ancient water

features to accent the beauty of modern designs.

The International Cultural Center is home away from

home for VIP guests.

Francis Zheng, is Director of the Foreign Affairs Office.

Betty Song, Gerald Teng and Ma Lan mean it when they say

“Let us know if we can be of any help.”

Think Holiday Inn where Staff speak Chinese.

Guest rooms

are pleasant and Center staff anxious to serve.

Western facilities are provided and exist in many other

places as well.

Laundry service is quick, inexpensive and excellent.

Connectivity

Computers are connected via high speed cable.

There are three Internet connected machines,

wireless access for five more and five Ethernet

cables as well.

Chinese Food is Wonderful

Westernized Chinese food made us feel at home.

Chopsticks are an option.Eating slowly and enjoying

each bite is an excellent way to lose pounds.

Mesa Community College students were excellent

company. Dr. Effland is a hero.

Spectacular Views

The Chinese five-star Yucca Hotel as seen from the

door to my room in the International Cultural Center.

Multiple restaurants, four stories of shopping mall and

a theater complex. Star Wars opened the same day here it opened in Phoenix.

First Things First

The International ATM at the bank on campus makes it

easy to obtain Yuan.

Go with Ma Lan to the tailor and immediately order

custom-made clothes as they take two weeks to

make.

Tour Guide Extraordinaire

Alfred RUAN Yongjian

is outgoing Student Union President and an excellent guide.

Student volunteers practice English while serving as off-campus

escorts.

These are not cuddly kittens. Ivey, Ice and Tracy were dead serious about

safety. Give them money and let them bargain for you.

Cantonese Kung Fu

The past is honored. In 1428 Baisha Chen reformed the

education system and mastered Kung Fu. Great grandsons used

Kung Fu to fight the Japanese invasion.

Money Spoke

This student guide,

who calls herself “Money” because that sounds like her Chinese name, led us to the

cool mountain spring upon which Buddha rests.

Many people pray to

Buddha.

Ancient Sites and Rituals

Pagodas and tombs abide among the trees.

The higher a wish lands

the more it is likely to come true.

Confucius Say

The Emperor considered the lowly teacher

Confucius his equal.

How many people remember the Emperor’s

name or anything else about him?

Confucius lives.

Sunday in the Park

Sunday is the day Cantonese

celebrate in East Lake Park.

Weddings are the same everywhere.

Compare the above wedding party to that of my daughter

and son-in-law in Sedona, Arizona.

High Stake Exams

All Wuyi students carry a cell phone -- Sandy

had two. While taking us to the Exposition Center she got a call saying she

passed her graduation exams. Sandy was loud

as she talked on both phones at once. Last

semester she was the only one of her cohort to

pass on schedule and celebration would have

been rude.

Industrialization Reigns

This is the Exposition Center

where global merchants place orders for Wuyi and

Taiwan made motorcycles, appliances, industrial equipment and just about anything else

you can imagine.

New and Old Factories Everywhere

20% of all Chinese motorcycles are manufactured in Jiangamen City.

Nice new factories and family owned factories

abound. State Owned Enterprises are being privatized with

care.

Motorcycles Abound

Ms. Tang isa Motorcycle Momma.Her family owns a new

Honda automobile, too.Ms. Tang introduced me as

“Grandfather Christmas.” Students called to me as I

walk on campus.

Management School

Sixty-three School of Management faculty

share the Ma Lan Fang building.

Ms. Li and Ms. Tang decided they are my

Chinese Daughters. Their time is precious as they

teach a full load and publish research as well.

Help with research design was most appreciated.

Lectures with Ms. Tang

Ms. Tang and I present How Wall Street Works and

The World is Flat to fourth year students.

There are 85 students in each class. Personal

sound systems help us save our voices.

Lectures with Ms Li

Ms. Li and I present The American Business

Lunch and The World is Flat to international marketing students.

Ms. Li and Ms. Tang asked me to make 10 lectures.

Team Teaching

Monitors from the Student Union

make announcements and act as liaison between students, faculty, and

administration.Monitors are especially

useful in an emergency.

China is Under Construction

Old housing

is being rapidly replaced.

Old homes are

picturesque, but

unpleasant.

Construction cranes

are called the national bird.

Chinese Homes

Most people live in high rise condominiums.

There are elevators if a building is more than 10

stories high. Many buildings are only 8

stories high. Many of our Chinese colleagues are in

excellent condition.

Ms. Li’s Home

Children’s Day at Ms Li’s

Ms. Li is a first-year Lecturer with a

Master’s Degree. It will take five years of her salary to pay for

this average size home – the same as

her first-year American

colleagues.

Chinese Medicine

Registered nurses have a degree from an

intensive three-year in-length program.

Chinese medicines

are made on Site.

There is scientific proof acupuncture reduces pain, but I still think

Dr. Effland is very brave.

Zilli Village

End of the dynasty in 1911 made life dangerous.

Overseas Chinese sent money to their home villages. Villagers built

fortresses to protect themselves from warlords and bandits.

Bars keeping

Nicole and Mackenzye in

kept bandits and warlords out.

The Symposium

Professor Yiding Lee discussed China’s Cultural Traditions and

the Great Inertia. To land a good job one had to do well on the

national examinations. Math and science were not included on

the tests so they were ignored for hundreds of years.

Dinner in the Park

Mr. WU Rongzhi, a Hong Kong worthy and his

daughter who graduated from Rutgers University,

invited us to dinnerand to his private garden.According to Ms. Wu, Mr. Wu considers his park to be his “fourth daughter.”

Mr. Wu Arranged Entertainment

Traditional

Chinese music

has a beauty

all its own.

Mesa Ladies Honored Mr. Wu

Nicole Gavinssings the Mariah Carey song,

Hero.Garnet Lashley sings the Billie

Holiday Song, God Bless the Child.

Mr. WU was honored. This was the first time guests sang for

him.

Retired Persons Enjoy Life

Retired ladies meet each morning and perform Taichi.

Many people exercise on their own each morning.

The four distinguished ladies in white retired from the

President’s Office.

Faculty retire at 60.

Hong Kong is Wonderful

Kindergarten

Kindergarten teachers use song, dance and performance to

help children learn.

Kindergarten is from

ages 2 to 6.

Children love to perform, love their teachers and love

school.

Teachers complete a two year program that emphasizes

performing arts.

The Chinese Love Their Children Too.

Everywhere we went the message was always

the same.The quest for Harmony

underlies everything Wuyi University did for its

Maricopa Community Colleges VIP Guests.