Thirteen Things

What do our thirteen Northwestern students like about their China experience?  Here are the results of an informal survey: 

1.       The food

2.       How attentive and adoring parents are of their children

3.        Hospitality and generosity of new Chinese friends

4.       “I can’t stop looking at the adorable kids!”

5.       Being laughed at – not in a mean way - when we can’t speak Chinese (said by one of our four Hmong students, who don’t look “foreign” to the Chinese)

6.       The convenience of life in this city – everything is at our doorstep –without a car, we have bus and subway  transport, food, shopping, laundry, coffee shops  – it’s a system that really works

7.       The history of Nanjing – it’s rich and colorful and so old

8.       The architecture

9.       The humility and gentle spirit of the people

10.   The musical sound of the language

11.   The small shops open to the sidewalk and street vendors

12.   Hospitality

13.   The food