Kele and Lizza gave a presentation on SAIL project, and also showed the 5-minute video “SAIL”.

The students presented to their family and friends, Price School Dean Jack H. Knott, the Global and Academic Directors of the Schwarzenegger Institute, and Chairman of the Institute, Professor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Voice from Professor Arnold Schwarzenegger

Monday, December 17, 2012

Today I had the opportunity to see the final project presentations of the first USC Schwarzenegger Institute Class, PPD 449, Celebrating Leadership for a Post-Partisan Age.

I was planning on sending out a few tweets, but after the fantastic experience of listening to these students’ passion and creative thinking, I wanted to share a little more.

All of the presentations – every single one of them – was well-researched, imaginative, and most importantly, offered real world solutions. Each student deserves accolades, so I wanted to share the projects with you, and encourage you to follow them on Twitter and Facebook and check out their websites.

Thank you to Price School Of Public Policy Dean Jack Knott, USC Schwarzenegger Institute Academic Director Professor Nancy Staudt and my great friend, Global Director Bonnie Reiss.

Congratulations to the students on this inspirational work. I am expecting big things from each and every one of you.

If you want to know more about ”Celebrating Leadership:  A Micro-Symposium” , please go to http://schwarzenegger.usc.edu/usc-schwarzenegger-institute-class-final-presentations

Group Photo of the USC Schwarzenegger Institute inaugural class

Group Photo of Professor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Chinese students

Professor Arnold Schwarzenegger gave class honor certificate to Lizza Wang

Professor Arnold Schwarzenegger gave class honor certificate to Kele Song

The coauthors of this path-breaking study—one of America’s leading China specialists and one of China’s leading America specialists—lay out both the underlying concerns each leadership harbors about the other side and the reasons for those concerns. Each coauthor has written the narrative of his government’s views without any changes made by the other coauthor. Their purpose is to enable both leaderships to better fathom how the other thinks. The coauthors have together written the follow-on analysis and recommendations designed to improve the potential for a long-term normal major power U.S.-China relationship, rather than the adversarial relationship that might otherwise develop.

Reference: http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2012/03/30-us-china-lieberthal

President Obama used his summit on January 19, 2011 with Chinese President Hu Jintao to place the issue of human rights front and center in the U.S. relationship with the world’s preeminent ascending power. And Hu, in a rare concession, acknowledged that China needs to make more progress.

On a day that combined billion-dollar deals with talks on nuclear proliferation and trade imbalances, Obama’s calls for a freer China constituted a significant shift from his previous statements playing down U.S. concerns.

In a series of public remarks made in Hu’s presence, Obama urged his counterpart to allow more freedom and to open a real dialogue with the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan leader, arguing that only countries that respect the rights of all their citizens can be truly stable. In a private meeting with Hu, officials said, Obama raised the case of Liu Xiaobo, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist currently imprisoned in China.

“Societies are more harmonious, nations are more successful, and the world is more just when the rights and responsibilities of all nations and all people are upheld, including the universal rights of every human being,” Obama said at a welcome ceremony on the White House lawn.

At a news conference later, Hu initially did not answer a reporter’s question about human rights. But prodded again, he broke with past statements made by Chinese leaders traveling outside China, admitting that his nation has work to do when it comes to building a freer society.

“China is a developing country with a huge population, and also a developing country in a crucial stage of reform,” he told reporters. “In this context, China still faces many challenges in economic and social development. And a lot still needs to be done in China, in terms of human rights.”

A new direction

Obama’s shift on human rights reflects a realization among administration officials that a rising China that remains a one-party state could ultimately be more unstable and more unpredictable than a nation moving ahead with democratic reforms.

It was only two years ago that Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said advocacy for human rights in China should not interfere  with progress in negotiations over climate change and the global financial crisis. But officials, disappointed by developments in U.S.-China relations, now believe it is worth the risk to press Beijing to liberalize its political system.

White House officials were heartened by Hu’s willingness to show some flexibility on Wednesday. They also noted that Beijing, for the first time, joined the United States in expressing concern about North Korea’s recently revealed program to enrich uranium, which can be used to make nuclear weapons. The Chinese agreed to language on that matter as part of a joint statement issued by both governments.

Obama leavened his tougher line on human rights by stating several times that the United States does not fear a stronger China and that Washington has no interest in blocking Beijing’s emergence as a superpower – a widespread belief of many Chinese.

“We welcome China’s rise,” Obama said. “We just want to make sure that . . . rise occurs in a way that reinforces international norms and international rules, and enhances security and peace, as opposed to it being a source of conflict.”

Other U.S. officials were less sanguine. Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) called Hu a “dictator” before backtracking, and Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, compared him to an ancient Chinese emperor.

Still, Sophie Richardson, the Asia advocacy director for Human Rights Watch, said the administration’s apparent shift on human rights is significant because officials had so consistently played down its concerns about China, allowing other Western countries, which often look to Washington for their lead, to do the same.

“We all know that Beijing might not move on human rights,” she said, “but if Hillary Clinton can stand up in front of the Chinese ambassador and talk about how his government is engaging in forced disappearances, without the bilateral relationship grinding to a halt, then France, Germany, and Japan can do so, too.”

Richardson was referring to a tough speech by the secretary of state on Friday that accused China’s security services of essentially kidnapping dissidents.

Obama also invited Kenneth Roth, the executive director of Human Rights Watch, to the state dinner Wednesday night, placing a leading advocate for more freedom in China at the heart of the forum on U.S.-China relations.

Trade and trips

Human rights were not the only issue the two leaders discussed. Hu invited Vice President Biden to China this year, setting the scene for a return visit by his counterpart, Xi Jinping. Xi is expected to succeed Hu in 2012.

On the economic front, the news appeared good, as it often does at summits involving the Chinese.

The Obama administration announced that China agreed to $45 billion in trade and investment contracts with U.S. companies – including $19 billion worth of Boeing aircraft – and made a series of other trade-related concessions as part of the visit.

While Obama touted the deal as one that would “support some 235,000 American jobs,” the U.S. Chamber of Commerce expressed a bit of disappointment.

“Progress on software legalization, procurement and market access for beef are two areas that fell short of our expectations, and we would like to see additional progress,” said Myron Brilliant, the chamber’s vice president for international issues.

On the hot-button issue of China’s currency, Hu essentially ignored the matter in the news conference, choosing not to engage Obama as the president made the case several times for China to let the value of the yuan rise against the dollar.

“The RMB is undervalued,” Obama said twice, using an acronym for the Chinese currency. Speaking bluntly again, he said the artificially low level of the yuan is in part responsible for a loss of American jobs.

China has allowed the value of the yuan to rise about 3.5 percent since the summer. U.S. officials have argued that a rise in its value will make American products more competitive overseas and will aid China as it turns its economy from one that relies on exports into one in which domestic demand is the catalyst for growth.

In addition to serious policy matters, Hu’s visit featured a fair amount of glitz. He arrived at the White House to a 21-gun salute and was sent off with a state dinner.

In between, during a toast at the State Department, the Chinese president clinked glasses with former secretary of state Henry A. Kissinger and singer Barbra Streisand at the head table. Hu is said to be a big Streisand fan.

(Refer to the news report from Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/19/AR2011011904733.html)

US lawmakers are going after China and accusing the country of manipulating currency. A bill recently cleared a hurdle in the Senate to impose tariffs on Chinese imports. Is this a political ploy or does Washington have a legitimate case? Could this turn into a trade war? Jim Rogers, investor and author, helps us sort through these issues.

As the US imposes far reaching sanctions against powerful countries, the provocation and aggression ratchets up towards the bombing of Iran by Israel.

We are heading towards a World War – the Nuclear Third World War.

Albert Einstein warned Humanity – he made it very clear that in this rapidly approaching war, things will become so horrific that the Fourth World War will be fought by means of sticks and stones.

The policy imperative is to try to isolate Iran by dictating the global agenda for every other country in a highly prejudicial way, placing huge pressure on CHINA & RUSSIA

Most of the public in the US are not getting ready for Nuclear World War 3

A very narrow cabal determines foreign policy within the United States [linked to the controllers of the Council on Foreign Relations ("CFR")(Chairman Emeritus: David Rockefeller) that controls the power that controls the greatest Capital flows within the US - that power is linked to the major controllers of capital of the City of London][Rothschild (London - City of Westminster Spencer House, St James + City of London: One New Court, St Swithin's Lane, just behind Mansion House, & very close to the Bank of England controlled by the "Bank Of England Nominees" non accountable corporation) & Rockefeller (New York)]

Other Reference: http://theintelhub.com/2011/06/26/united-states-vs-china-moving-towards-world-war-iii/

Barack Obama and Mitt Romney shake hands in Boca Raton, Florida.

Foreign policy takes center state in the last debate between President Obama and Governor Romney, October 22 at Flynn University in Boca Raton, Florida.

Obama says he insists China ‘plays by the rules’. Romney said the US must collaborate with China ‘if they’re willing to be responsible’.

Debate Transcript:

MR. SCHIEFFER: Let’s go to the next segment because it’s a very important one. It is the rise of China and future challenges for America. I want to just begin this by asking both of you — and Mr. President, you go first this time — what do you believe is the greatest future threat to the national security of this country?

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, I think it will continue to be terrorist networks. We have to remain vigilant, as I just said

But with respect to China, China’s both an adversary but also a potential partner in the international community if it’s following the rules. So my attitude coming into office was that we are going to insist that China plays by the same rules as everybody else.

And I know Americans had — had seen jobs being shipped overseas, businesses and workers not getting a level playing field when it came to trade. And that’s the reason why I set up a trade task force to go after cheaters when it came to international trade. That’s the reason why we have brought more cases against China for violating trade rules than the other — the previous administration had done in two terms. And we’ve won just about every case that we’ve filed, that — that has been decided. In fact, just recently, steelworkers in Ohio and throughout the Midwest, Pennsylvania, are in a position now to sell steel to China because we won that case.

We had a tire case in which they were flooding us with cheap domestic tires — or — or — or cheap Chinese tires. And we put a stop to it and, as a consequence, saved jobs throughout America. I have to say that Governor Romney criticized me for being too tough in that tire case, said this wouldn’t be good for American workers and that it would be protectionist. But I tell you, those workers don’t feel that way. They feel as if they had finally an administration who was going to take this issue seriously.

Over the long term, in order for us to compete with China, we’ve also got to make sure, though, that we’re taking — taking care of business here at home. If we don’t have the best education system in the world, if we don’t continue to put money into research and technology that will allow us to — to create great businesses here in the United States, that’s how we lose the competition. And unfortunately, Governor Romney’s budget and his proposals would not allow us to make those investments.

MR. SCHIEFFER: All right. Governor.

MR. ROMNEY: Well, first of all, it’s not government that makes business successful. It’s not government investments that make businesses grow and hire people.

Let me also note that the greatest threat that the world faces, the greatest national security threat, is a nuclear Iran.

Let’s talk about China. China has an interest that’s very much like ours in one respect, and that is they want a stable world. They don’t want war. They don’t want to see protectionism. They don’t want to see the — the world break out into — into various forms of chaos, because they have to — they have to manufacture goods and put people to work. And they have about 20,000 — 20 million, rather, people coming out of the farms every year, coming into the cities, needing jobs. So they want the economy to work and the world to be free and open.

And so we can be a partner with China. We don’t have to be an adversary in any way, shape or form. We can work with them. We can collaborate with them if they’re willing to be responsible.

Now, they look at us and say, is it a good idea to be with America?

How strong are we going to be? How strong is our economy?

They look at the fact that we owe them a trillion dollars and owe other people 16 trillion (dollars) in total, including them. They — they look at our — our decision to — to cut back on our military capabilities — a trillion dollars. The secretary of defense called these trillion dollars of cuts to our military devastating. It’s not my term. It’s the president’s own secretary of defense called them devastating. They look at America’s commitments around the world and they see what’s happening and they say, well, OK, is America going to be strong? And the answer is yes. If I’m president, America will be very strong.

We’ll also make sure that we have trade relations with China that work for us. I’ve watched year in and year out as companies have shut down and people have lost their jobs because China has not played by the same rules, in part by holding down artificially the value of their currency. It holds down the prices of their goods. It means our goods aren’t as competitive and we lose jobs. That’s got to end.

They’re making some progress; they need to make more. That’s why on day one I will label them a currency manipulator which allows us to apply tariffs where they’re taking jobs. They’re stealing our intellectual property, our patents, our designs, our technology, hacking into our computers, counterfeiting our goods. They have to understand, we want to trade with them, we want a world that’s stable, we like free enterprise, but you got to play by the rules.

MR. SCHIEFFER: Well, Governor, let me just ask you, if you declare them a currency manipulator on day one, some people are saying you’re just going to start a trade war with China on day one. Is that — isn’t there a risk that that could happen?

MR. ROMNEY: Well, they sell us about this much stuff every year. And we sell them about this much stuff every year. So it’s pretty clear who doesn’t want a trade war. And there’s one going on right now that we don’t know about. It’s a silent one and they’re winning. We have an enormous trade imbalance with China. And it’s worse this year than last year. And it was worse last year than the year before.

And — and so we have to understand that we can’t just surrender and — and lose jobs year in and year out. We have to say to our friends in China, look, you guys are playing aggressively, we understand it, but — but this can’t keep on going. You can’t keep on holding down the value of your currency, stealing our intellectual property, counterfeiting our products, selling them around the world, even into the United States.

I was with one company that makes valves in — in process industries. And they said, look, we were — we were having some valves coming in that — that were broken, and we had to repair them under warranty. And we looked them up, and — and they had our serial number on them. And then we noticed that — that there was more than one with that same serial number. They were counterfeit products being made overseas with the same serial number as a U.S. company, the same packaging. These were being sold into our market and around the world as if they were made by the U.S. competitor.

This can’t go on. I want a great relationship with China. China can be our partner. But — but that doesn’t mean they can just roll all over us and steal our jobs on an unfair basis.

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, Governor Romney’s right. You are familiar with jobs being shipped overseas, because you invested in companies that were shipping jobs overseas. And, you know, that’s your right. I mean, that’s how our free market works.

But I’ve made a different bet on American workers. You know, if we had taken your advice, Governor Romney, about our auto industry, we’d be buying cars from China instead of selling cars to China. If we take your advice with respect to how we change our tax codes so that companies that are in profits overseas don’t pay U.S. taxes compared to companies here that are paying taxes, now, that’s estimated to create 800,000 jobs. The problem is they won’t be here; they’ll be in places like China. And if we’re not making investments in education and basic research, which is not something that the private sector is doing at a sufficient pace right now and has never done, then we will lose the lead in things like clean energy technology.

Now, with respect to what we’ve done with China already, U.S. exports have doubled, since I came into office, to China. And actually, currencies are at their most advantageous point for U.S. exporters since 1993. We absolutely have to make more progress, and that’s why we’re going to keep on pressing.

And when it comes to our military and Chinese security, part of the reason that we were able to pivot to the Asia-Pacific region after having ended the war in Iraq and transitioning out of Afghanistan, is precisely because this is going to be a massive growth area in the future. And we believe China can be a partner, but we’re also sending a very clear signal that America is a Pacific power, that we are going to have a presence there. We are working with countries in the region to make sure, for example, that ships can pass through, that commerce continues. And we’re organizing trade relations with countries other than China so that China starts feeling more pressure about meeting basic international standards. That’s the kind of leadership we’ve shown in the region. That’s the kind of leadership that we’ll continue to show.

MR. ROMNEY: I just want to take one of those points. Again, attacking me is not talking about an agenda for getting more trade and opening up more jobs in this country. But the president mentioned the auto industry and that somehow I would be in favor of jobs being elsewhere. Nothing could be further from the truth. I’m a son of Detroit. I was born in Detroit. My dad was head of a car company. I like American cars. And I would do nothing to hurt the U.S. auto industry. My plan to get the industry on its feet when it was in real trouble was not to start writing checks. It was President Bush that wrote the first checks. I disagree with that. I said they need — these companies need to go through a managed bankruptcy, and in that process they can get government help and government guarantees, but they need to go through bankruptcy to get rid of excess cost and the debt burden that they’d — they’d built up.

And fortunately the president picked —

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Governor Romney, that’s not what you said.

MR. ROMNEY: Fortunately, the president — you can take — you can take a look at the op-ed.

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Governor, you did not —

MR. ROMNEY: You can take a look at the op-ed.

PRESIDENT OBAMA: You did not say that you would provide, Governor, help.

MR. ROMNEY: You know, I’m — I’m still speaking. I said that we would provide guarantees and — and that was what was able to allow these companies to go through bankruptcy, to come out of bankruptcy. Under no circumstances would I do anything other than to help this industry get on its feet. And the idea that has been suggested that I would liquidate the industry — of course not. Of course not.

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Let’s check the record.

MR. ROMNEY: That’s the height of silliness.

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Let’s — let’s check the record.

MR. ROMNEY: I have never said I would — I would liquidate the industry. I want to keep the industry growing and thriving.

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Governor, the people in Detroit don’t forget.

MR. ROMNEY: And — and that’s I have the kind of commitment to make sure that our industries in this country can compete and be successful. We in this country can compete successfully with anyone in the world. And we’re going to. We’re going to have to have a president, however, that doesn’t think that somehow the government investing in — in car companies like Tesla and — and Fisker, making electric battery cars — this is not research, Mr. President. These are the government investing in companies, investing in Solyndra. This is a company. This isn’t basic research. I — I want to invest in research. Research is great. Providing funding to universities and think tanks — great. But investing in companies? Absolutely not. That’s the wrong way to go.

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Governor, the fact of the matter is —

MR. ROMNEY: I’m still speaking.

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well — (chuckles) —

MR. ROMNEY: So I want to make sure that we make — we make America more competitive —

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Yeah.

MR. ROMNEY: — and that we do those things that make America the most attractive place in the world for entrepreneurs, innovators, businesses to grow. But your investing in companies doesn’t do that. In fact it makes it less likely for them to come here —

PRESIDENT OBAMA: All right, Governor —

MR. ROMNEY: — because the private sector’s not going to invest in a — in a — in a solar company if —

PRESIDENT OBAMA: I’m happy — I’m — I’m — I’m happy to respond —

MR. ROMNEY: — if you’re investing government money and someone else’s.

PRESIDENT OBAMA: You’ve held the floor for a while. The — look, I think anybody out there can check the record. Governor Romney, you keep on trying to, you know, airbrush history here.

You were very clear that you would not provide government assistance to the U.S. auto companies even if they went through bankruptcy. You said that they could get it in the private marketplace. That wasn’t true. They would have gone through a —

MR. ROMNEY: You’re wrong. You’re wrong, Mr. President.

PRESIDENT OBAMA: I — no, I am not wrong.

MR. ROMNEY: You’re wrong.

PRESIDENT OBAMA: I am not wrong. And —

MR. ROMNEY: People can look it up. You’re right.

PRESIDENT OBAMA: People will look it up.

MR. ROMNEY: Good.

PRESIDENT OBAMA: But more importantly, it is true that in order for us to be competitive, we’re going to have to make some smart choices right now. Cutting our education budget — that’s not a smart choice. That will not help us compete with China. Cutting our investments in research and technology — that’s not a smart choice. That will not help us compete with China. Bringing down (sic) our deficit by adding $7 trillion of tax cuts and military spending that our military’s not asking for before we even get to the debt that we currently have — that is not going to make us more competitive. Those are the kinds of choices that the American people face right now. Having a tax code that rewards companies that are shipping jobs overseas instead of companies that are investing here in the United States — that will not make us more competitive.

And — and the one thing that I’m absolutely clear about is that after a decade in which we saw drift, jobs being shipped overseas, nobody championing American workers and American businesses, we’ve now begun to make some real progress. What we can’t do is go back to the same policies that got us into such difficulty in the first place. And that’s why we have to move forward and not go back.

MR. ROMNEY: I couldn’t agree more about going forward, but I certainly don’t want to go back to the policies of the last four years. The policies of the last four years have seen incomes in America decline every year for middle-income families, now down $4,300 during your term, 23 million Americans still struggling to find a good job. When you came into office, 32 million people on food stamps — today 47 million people on food stamps.

When you came to office, just over $10 trillion in debt — now $16 trillion in debt. It hasn’t worked. You said by now we’d be at 5.4 percent unemployment. We’re 9 million jobs short of that. I’ve met some of those people. I’ve met them in Appleton, Wisconsin. I — I met a young woman in — in — in Philadelphia who’s coming out of — out of college, can’t find work. I’ve been — Ann was with someone just the other day that was just weeping about not being able to get work. It’s just a tragedy in a nation so prosperous as ours that these last four years have been so hard.

And that — and that’s why it’s so critical that we make America once again the most attractive place in the world to start businesses, to build jobs, to grow the economy. And that’s not going to happen by — by just hiring teachers. Look, I — I love to — I love teachers, and I’m happy to have states and communities that want to hire teachers, do that. I — by the way, I don’t like to have the federal government start pushing its way deeper and deeper into — into our schools. Let the states and localities do that. I was a governor. The federal government didn’t hire our teachers.

Anne was at Leipzig Train Station of Germany in 2004. It was the largest train station in Europe.

With 28 different countries on her passport, Anne Kaufman — business manager and international student counselor in the Office of International Services (OIS) — is as much of a world traveler as the students she advises.

Kaufman, a Los Angeles native, spent a semester in Bonn, Germany, during her junior year at Loyola Marymount University, where she earned a B.A. in psychology. She then won a two-year Fulbright teaching assistantship in Austria before spending two years living and working Germany.

Kaufman returned to the U.S. to earn an M.A. in German and European studies at Georgetown University. In 2008, she returned to her native California and joined OIS, initially working as a faculty-staff visa specialist.

Now, as an international student counselor, Kaufman helps international students navigate issues of paperwork, integration and anxiety. As business manager, the self-described “organization freak” is responsible for office finances and planning as well as staff support and assessment.

“International students are such a huge population on campus, and they’re going to continue to grow,” Kaufman said. “There’s a demand for more knowledge about how to support and work with them.” Ultimately, it’s Kaufman’s passion for these students that drives her work. “The most rewarding thing I do is helping individual students — the one-on-one interpersonal connection.”

Time: October 31 (Wednedsay), 2012

Location: Leavy Library 2nd Floor Study Room 202H

Event Content:

On the Halloween Holiday, we are so excited to invite three domestic students and three Chinese students to have a pleasant talk on their perception of US-China relations and their oversea experience. Yingjia Huang, with a typical Chinese name, was born and grown in Hawaii. She is responsible for moderating this event. The three domestic students are all from Price School, majoring in Public Policy. They are Matthew Bogdan, Benjamin Robinson and Ryan Cassutt. The three Chinese students are all from Price School, majoring in Public Administration. They are Boyang Xu, Lan Chen and Weilong Kong.

They first briefly introduce themselves and talked about international background. The three Chinese students tell the stories about why they fell in love with public administration. In China, the concept of “public administration” emerges in recent years and there is a lack of professionals in this area. The three domestic students talk about their policy interests. Matt has been to China for a two-week filed trip and learned a lot on Ningbo port in comparison to LA port. Ryan has been to German for six-month studies and immersed himself into the European culture. Ben, with two parents as immigrants, claimed the importance of learning from the solutions from other countries. Then the students continued their talk on their perceptions into each other’s country. The domestic students pointed out the widespread concern over China’s rapid economic growth and military power. The Chinese students then set a lot of historic examples to demonstrate that China is always a peace keeper, not a peace breaker. And it also takes time for this country to reform and some traditions and customers cannot change over night. Both the Chinese students and the domestic students think that communication between younger generations or at civilian level can build up mutual trust between these two giant nations.

Introduction:

Have you ever studied abroad? Have you ever been shocked or embarrassed by the exotic culture or people there? Shout out your personal overseas stories with us, anything interesting, embarrassing or awkward, are welcome! If your stories enjoy the most popularity, you will get a BIG surprise!

Requirement:

Participants are required to submit your stories and your personal picture when you were and are studying abroad to sail2012@gmail.com. Please send a doc format document with a file name including your name and your story title. (E.g. Lizza Wang_a day in church) The picture does not need to be closely related to your stories but should be taken when you were and are abroad. The picture will be your cover photo of your story. Each story should have a specific title and should not exceed 500 words. These stories must be real, otherwise they will not be accepted. Please list your overseas time period and program in your word document. We will not publicize it online if you want to keep it confidential. Please state that in your email.

Instruction:

Each participant’s story and picture will be posted on our website and other social media platforms within two business days after emailing. People are able to vote for their favorite stories and each of them only has three choices at a time.

Deadline: Nov. 5, 2012

Contact us:

Xiuzhi Lizza Wang  wangxz0514@gmail.com; (+1)213-453-2306

Kele Song  kele.song@gmail.com; （+1）213-400-9522

Yubei Chen was taken a photo with Donald Knuth, the “father” of the analysis of algorithms. Chen attended UGVR program at Stanford University during the summer of 2011. He is now a Phd candidate of electronic engineering in UC Berkeley.

Story One: Understand clearly about which food you will order, otherwise food monster may appear on your table.

I will always have a hard time with the names of different foods in the States. And what I get are usually not what I’ve expected.

One day, I came into a Mexican restaurant and ordered two sandwiches. Trust me, I can never remember the names. While I was still curious about why I spent $20 on them, I saw two 30cm ‘sandwiches’ on my table. They then became my two days’ food.

I mean it’s always better to look around before you begin to do something.

Story Two:  Mandarine-English-mixed language is already a habit.

One of my bad manners is that I’m used to say something with my friends from China in a mandarine-English-mixed way.  I’m comfortable with such a way and feel even some of these mixtures become natural phrases in English.

So once I explained a system problem to my lab-mate,  I cant believe that he did not even know what’s ‘Windows七’. You know, I was confident with my English, and repeated it many times, fluently.