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China Blog - The Great Wall

Most of our delegation enjoyed the Great Wall this afternoon.  After a bus ride of approximately an hour we arrived and began our ascent of the wall.  As I climbed the uneven steps I couldn't help asking myself, "Can you imagine building this thing?"  Just as you'd think, the Wall extends as far as you can see.  And steep!  It was all we could do to walk a short distance.  It seemed we were walking straight up.  None of us could do it in one continuous trip.  All of us were panting!  We joked that we could call it the NUL team building event only because, luckily, everyone came back unhurt.
 

China Blog - Great morning of business

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Great morning of business.  While yesterday was focused on "getting to know you" today was focused on "getting things done".  Our first meeting was with the Ministry of Education.  Unlike other meetings, we went in focused on discussing three specific proposals.  The first, creating a Confucius Institute at Xavier University and 4 other HBCU's was well received.  It was, in fact, directly in line with the desires of the Ministry.  The two proposals, including exchanges of students and teachers, was also well received.