After I received my internship offer from the United States Consulate in Chengdu, I immediately started googling. Mostly, I just didn’t recognize the city, and needed to figure out where it was. When I found …
Chengdu
A Day in the Life of a Political-Economic Section Intern
6:00 AM: Wake up, turn on electric tea kettle, grumble about the lack of good coffee in China. 7AM: Finish drinking coffee, actually wake up, check personal email, reply to new comment on your last …
On Sichuan Cuisine
You may had heard of Sichuanese cuisine, or szechuan… which is an older translations of 四川. You may have even ordered the infamous Kung-pao Chicken from your favorite take-out place (which is actually pronounced gong-bao …
Whirlwind Weeks
Hello everyone! Sorry for the long gap between posts… I’m finally settling into my internship and beginning to really dig into a couple of projects (more on that soon!) For now, I will try to …
Impressions of Chengdu
I’m just going to jot off a quick post today! I’m in the middle of a slew of projects for my internships, a pile of homework, and reading a book for our intern/ Political office …
25th Anniversary of Tiananmen Square Protests
Alright. I was going to have this written up in time for the anniversary on June 4th (yesterday for me). I was going to have a big historical rant about the context from which the …
Interning with the Department of State
As much as I would like to say that I stumbled into this wonderful opportunity and that I never really intended to end up in the government, that’s not really true. I worked, really hard, …
How To Pack Like a Pro
First off, I made it safely to Chengdu. I’m settled into my (tiny) apartment, and am currently trying to work off some serious jet lag. Alright… moving swiftly along. I’ll admit, trying to figure out …
China – Take Two
Hello everyone! I am just three days away from the longest flight of my life, and I couldn’t be more excited. My name is Abby, and I will be spending my senior year as an …