How I Survived China's Top University as the Only American

[@OrientalPearl]

Get started learning Chinese the way I did through online lessons www.chineseclass101.com/member/go.php?r=453861&l=%2F

[@Markver1]

“Congratulations! Your degree is proof that even in a planned economy, your brilliance was impossible to redistribute!” This joke written by chatGPT. I was being lazy so why not let someone else do all the work for me and I’ll enjoy their fruits.

[@OMNI_INFINITY]

Wow, speak japanese also? That's much more useful.

[@OMNI_INFINITY]

About half way through the video and appreciate the honest parts about how much it sucked.

[@OMNI_INFINITY]

Reside in china and vaguely pondered wearing one of those hats with the red star on it in china to see what would happen.

[@OMNI_INFINITY]

*Wow, are fat or what? Why with that low tier japanese otaku? Can do better than that.*

[@RespectOthers1]

I think you studying at Fudan University was a great decision because every time you mention it to Chinese people even those not in China their faces light up with surprise and admiration! :D

[@OrientalPearl]

This is very true. It’s very hard for Chinese students to get in.

[@alimay967]

@@OrientalPearl i guess it's hard to get it not only for Chinese. I was born in another 'unfriendly' with America country (but a country that thinks that China is their friend -ha-ha-ha). I migrated to Australia long time ago. I like America, I would love to move their but it was faster for me to relocate to Australia and then i got stuck here. I don't like China (it's politics, brainwashing, and their passionate desire to conquer the world-just by slow subtle penetration from all sides ;-)) But I really admire your character, your strength, and your wisdom. I basically watch your videos because of you while I could not care less about Japan or China. It's weird but I feel proud that you are an American (I guess there is something a little bit twisted in my mind). You are a huge inspiration. Please keep up your great work!!!

[@3xtravaganzajg]

It was a nice video and I am really proud of you and your accomplishments ❤

[@zhuj.y.8903]

Fudan University is one of the toppest 7

[@alimay967]

Why my previous comment under this comment doesn’t show? What’s wrong with it? 🤔

[@daviddixon9207]

I studied Chinese at Fudan University 1989 to 1990. Later I taught English at universities in China for 16 years.

[@OrientalPearl]

Wow, that’s so cool David. Have you been to the campus recently? I’m sure it’s changed so much.

[@daviddixon9207]

@OrientalPearl I haven't been on the campus for about ten years.

[@原子小金剛-c1y]

👍👍👍

[@user-T.Baldwin]

well david, go on. . .what are your thoughts?

[@marcelbork92]

@@OrientalPearl You didn't study "communism". What you studied was the political theory that was meant & made to enable the Chinese nation to first, KICK OUT the jews (from Shanghai, by the way), and second, to build up a STRONG NEW China, after it had almost been annihilated in the years between 1839 and 1949. In fact, actually *YOU KNOW THIS VERY WELL, but you talk bowlshed* here. Are you obliged to talk that rubbish? If -- by whom?

[@dreadogastusf3548]

Daammm, Pearl! This is the best type of content on your channel. You have been places and done things that very few have accomplished. Thank you for sharing this piece of your life.

[@OrientalPearl]

I’m so glad that you like these kinds of videos the best. I’m really passionate about these topics and I want to open up about them more.

[@jennawhitecloud5680]

@@OrientalPearl agreed! This was so refreshing and interesting. Analysis and cultural differences through education and ideology is a mind engaging approach to content. I hope you do more of this.

[@roberttoodie275]

No amount of money would ever entice me to communist China or North Korea

[@CindymeCindy]

I personally would love to hear more stories of your life and decision-making. I’m a 62 year-old woman who unfortunately was raised in Christianity where I was told I was a second class citizen, (in God’s eyes) and that my only value was in serving a man. I had dreams but gave them up to put a man through school who ended up only taking electives for seven years. I then divorced him and just went to school for a two year degree myself in a female appropriate job of nursing which I had no interest in. So then I had a lifetime in a job that I hated and I watch young ladies like you who are traveling the world and doing so much before you even hit 30.

[@daviddipasquale5479]

The USA needs more true diplomats that understand other cultures like China. You have my greatest respect in the work you did to learn the language then graduate academically through that language. Blows me away. Thank You!

[@danielcanela]

she doesn't though

[@ohmaramusic]

Too bad their culture has been destroyed.

[@TTS-TP]

​@@ohmaramusicabsolutely decimated, and erased. Pre-communism, China's culture was magnificent and truly something to Marvel. Such a empty Soul less Nation compared

[@Cafeallday222]

So amazing! Imagine how much time she spent on her studies.

[@Happy_Spatula]

Its a wise choice. I'm a South African living near a university town , at least 10 years ago we noticed an influx of chinese students studying power subjects (economics, politics etc etc) to understand the local society and go back to China with insider knowledge on how our society and government works/thinks. They understand us better than we might understand them as a government from those students entering their academics, bureaucracy and politics. It's really wise to understand other countries from the inside rather than the outside. I look at China today & understand parts of how they leapt forward on so many levels

[@cokeandasmile]

I am a U.S veteran and lived in China 🇨🇳 for 7 years. It was a great experience. I am a free market Economics teacher. I often disagreed with locals but we could do so with an appreciation for each others perspectives. I can see how your perspectives were odd to them, but often appreciated, even when not accepted. That is true academia.

[@thecomment9489]

How are her propagandised perspective odd to Chinese students? At least she had freedom to say that so-called free markets are better in the Chinese university. If any Chinese or Vietnamese or any foreign student in a US university said that communism was the solution to everything that lately ails America that student would be attacked or even expelled. And indoctrinated Yankee donkey students will also be mum about what to respond or they will respond with their pre fed propaganda. Yeah so much for freedom to express. 🙄😤

[@ZhihengZheng]

After 1978, China adopted a free-market economy. In my opinion, there is not much difference in how the economies of the U.S. and China operate, except that China has a significant state-owned enterprise (SOE) sector.

[@KurniaLim]

In the west, the capitalist can control government while in china, government control the capitalist. This way the capitalist will find it very hard and almost impossible to lobby the law maker to make law for their interests (this is from what I see here in my country, some laws are created to benefit the capitalist aka oligarchs). I'm Indonesian chinese, but imo democracy is very easy to turn to chaos because every human is different and have different voices (this is also from what I see in my country, while yours maybe different) this can lead to fight very easy.. so I prefer iron hand leadership, what most people want is nothing more than nice home to live, safety and enough food on the table, if I can have all that I will support any kind of government, but different country will be different also, means what works in your country might not work in others.

[@frankmoore7292]

Do you think there is high degree of crony capitalism in both countries​@@ZhihengZheng

[@itzhakbentov6572]

Was Milton Friedman off limits in China?

[@barbarab.6818]

I really enjoyed learning about your college education in China and what you achieved. Well done! You are brave, open-minded, and a pleasure to watch.

[@OrientalPearl]

Thank you so much Barbra. I’m happy with how this video turned out. I was trying hard to find the right balance.

[@happyzahn8031]

This! Thanks for the great video.

[@yulo6376]

@@OrientalPearl When the law states that the government always has the final say, no level of legal education can change that. In Hong Kong, 47 people were sentenced under the National Security Law, which was applied retroactively after they were jailed. It's as if smoking was once legal, but a new law declares it illegal, and now everyone who ever smoked before the law is punished.

[@BijuuMike]

schools upgrading as soon as you leave is the story of my life. It always made me mad lol

[@OrientalPearl]

Hi Mike, nice to see you here. Yeah I would have loved that new subway station and cafeteria. I’m super jealous. I feel like an old person saying “back in my day we had to walk a mile up hill to school just to get to the gates.”

[@googotygame]

My school built a whole new campus just as I leave. The campus was like 10 times bigger than the first campus...

[@dongbosun6183]

mine too，haha

[@I_Will_Steal_Your_Kneecaps]

BIJUU MIKE SPOTTED IN THE WILD?!

[@khaytv6037]

Speak on it!!! Cause we need a voice!!!!

[@BigGuy8059]

This was actually much more interesting that your "surprise, blondie can speak Mandarin and Japanese" videos. Thanks!

[@OrientalPearl]

I far prefer to make video like these. They mean a lot more to me.

[@szewei85]

Keep it up haha

[@lordguan88]

@@szewei85 I second the above

[@lisaelliott3864]

Thank you and I am praying for you. I truly belive China is ready for a revival! I taught English in China and loved the students. They understood that govts. may not get along but the people can care about each other. ​You have an amazing gift and you are a strong young lady. Well done!@@OrientalPearl

[@cdiehr-xm3mc]

I couldn’t agree more! This was a great video

[@veepotter307]

Learning another language and learning about other cultures, I believe, is so important. I study German and am currently visiting Germany. It’s something American education is lacking, i.e., broadening your mind, your outlook, and seeing America from another perspective. Thank you for this video. So enlightening!!

[@davidlevine1697]

“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime”. | Mark Twain

[@JoseC888888]

Wow! I deeply admire those who take unconventional paths in life, and your decision to study law and foreign relations in China, fully embracing the experience, speaks volumes about your energy and resilience. You are truly fascinating, and I’d love the chance to learn from your unique perspective. Wishing you every success and happiness in your journey!

[@JBlake13]

I love how supportive Tommy is of your channel and adventures. Another great video. Thanks for sharing 🙃

[@OrientalPearl]

Me too. He was so helpful with this filming. You might not always see him on camera, but he does a lot to help in the background.

[@szewei85]

Great match indeed👏👏

[@seanwalker4868]

Wow, you speak Japanese too! Impressive girl! Most impressive is how you have maintained an independent mind in circumstances in which it would very likely have been much easier to adopt local attitudes. You have maintained a balanced and thoughtful perspective on both China and America.

[@luna498-h5z]

I didn’t know this part of your life, thank you for sharing it with us. The fact that you were able to do open debates in the Chinese language about such a deep subject like politics is so inspiring.

[@charliedays]

I hate political debates, and doing it in a different language in the original country is just another level.🤯 By the way, Spanish is my first language.

[@Schri1]

Very impressive! The risks and challenges you took made you into a more rounded person, contributed to your depth of understanding and appreciation of the Chinese culture.

[@stephenbell4476]

What a brave, positive, fun person! Thank you for going on an adventure and for sharing it with me and others. You clearly worked hard. Speaking Mandarin at a university level is, by itself, a real achievement. I am sure that you worked hard.

[@hdm4825]

I dont think Chinese student never heard about the free market adjustment. This is the whole point of the reform started in 1980s. It is quite accepted concept. On the other hand, government guidance is needed for critical or fundamental things. If you just let market do the adjusting, no need for high speed train in rural areas, buying is far efficient than developing somthing until they stop selling. It is hard for captalists thinking in a large scale. Even Ted Cruze, who strongly against China admitted, if a business is not good for national interests, for example national safety, the government should intervene. This makes the government of the USA behave like Chinese government. Think aount the tariff war. You are kind of self censoring.

[@danielleN101]

Yes, healthy economies have a balance of both.

[@tonypeng1815]

Yes, I'm baffled too. weird.

[@retrofuture1989]

Yeah the free market is working so well here in the states! Everything is so affordable rn and the economy is prosperous for the working class 🤡

[@BetoNova4catsjune2022]

I’m incredibly proud to see an accomplished, hardworking, and successful American woman thriving abroad. You’re truly amazing! 👏❤️

[@DavidMonierWilliams]

Love your videos! This one was especially interesting, because it revealed so much about both you and Chinese University life and teaching. You're also one smart cookie!

[@OrientalPearl]

Thank you David. I hope to make more videos like this. Up until now I haven’t given much of my background.

[@DavidMonierWilliams]

@@OrientalPearl 😄😄😄

[@szewei85]

​@@OrientalPearljust stay that way hahaha

[@honesty_-no9he]

STEM graduates in 2020 China 3.5Million USA 820K Russia 520K The population of Russia is only 147Million versus well over 330Million in the USA. So pro rata the US is producing fewer science and engineering grads than Russia. So it is not just China's massive population of 1.4Billion it is a set of policies and cultural values that go much deeper.

[@chokwoo5720]

Half of US STEM students are ethnic Chinese, when Trump initiated "China Action" program, deframed Chinese academy intellectuals, the program had suddenly revive Chinese interest to return to China, as Chinese has long egalitarian mindset and tradition, just couldn't accept US Monotheistic hierarchy culture, and arrogant attitude from nation founding with genocide and slavery

[@josemontilla-p5s]

ooph sure m8 keep comparing dictatorships fake data as much as you like esp w/ I know first hand how badly russia got you fooled. I mean I could introduce you to a few russian scientists who ran away here at my uni to give you their take on things

[@jasonhurdlow6607]

We also "import" a lot of STEM people. Something China and Russia don't do.

[@jayceh]

​@@jasonhurdlow6607that's a huge American advantage - importing talent But thanks to Trump's China Initiative, now you're giving them back in droves.

[@yulo6376]

Bill Gates and Steve Jobs would not be in the graduates statistic.

[@juliej5917]

I can’t begin to fathom getting an advanced degree in a language, a political, social and economic system as opposite as the US to China. You MUST be brilliant to begin with, never mind the intricacies of learning, understanding, and discussing/ debating academic political ideas within a Chinese system of learning. And also writing? 🤯 I did study some Marx/ Engels ideology at Smith College. Proud of you!

[@fayskelley]

I was thinking along those lines. ❤

[@havingdinneramaster]

But most scholars in China can see things in two different ideological terms: socialism and capitalism.😂 China currently has three complete ideologies, capitalist socialism and traditional Chinese values.

[@juliej5917]

@ What about Communism?

[@havingdinneramaster]

@@juliej5917 Communism is the highest ideal but not the reality. The reality is socialism with Chinese characteristics。 Socialism with Chinese characteristics incorporates Marxist capitalism and traditional Chinese values。 In short, China is a suture monster😂

[@mostevil1082]

​@@juliej5917They're not really doing communism as much as you or indeed they think. It's technically a planned economy with the party having a lot of power. But honestly as a European, China is more like the USA than anywhere else I've been. It's very capitalist in practice with health care and social safeguards we consider small s socialist not really existing there. They're also patriotic, again like Americans in a way Europe has lost.

[@allisonB123]

You have lived a very fascinating life (and you are still so young!), and you are making a valuable contribution to our world - thank you for sharing your experiences and for your hard work 🙏🌺

[@OrientalPearl]

Thank you so much Allison.

[@situveux1]

As someone who studied abroad, I really loved watching this. C'était magnifique!

[@OrientalPearl]

Studying abroad is awesome. I’m glad you had a good experience too.

[@LabGecko]

C'est vrai, n'est-ce pas ? Elle a beaucoup de courage !

[@wood-wheel-wizard]

This was an uplifting video about China. Very different than many other videos depicting china at the moment.

[@OrientalPearl]

I'm glad that you liked it. Sometimes it's more rewarding to be extremely negative on youtube, but I'd rather be more honest and balanced.

[@alex100yi]

@@OrientalPearl你乐观开朗和客观审视的态度会让你赢得一切！

[@scotth5988]

That's interesting. I haven't seen any negative videos about China

[@user-wb8mp9by9f]

​@scotth5988 It's kind of embarrassing when unfunny people try to be funny.

[@margaretcaine4219]

​@@scotth5988There is one channel ( seriously, I suspect it is CIA funded !) Which does absolutely nothing but churn out anti Chinese content. You know, the "tofu" constructions, the "failing" dams that are going to give way at any moment, the "collapsing" economy sort of content. But all the other channels seem to be far more fair and realistic, whether posted by travellers or westerners who live there. I especially like Miriam Follin's channel. She was/is a young Swedish woman who was studying in China when she met her husband. She moved to his small rural community where they live with his delightful parents. She documents life in her community, the food, the festivals and so on, and her videos are very interesting. Since having a family, she has also travelled around China posting. She gives a very fair, balanced view of both rural and city life as lived by ordinary Chinese. Another channel is from a young, African-American schoolteacher working in China. She also posts very good content. I hope I am not sending you down a rabbit hole of hours and hours of screen watching! I'm retired, so I have the time, and I'm beginning to recognise the lies that I've been raised on my whole life, especially the geo-political ones.

[@tsbrownie]

As an MBA, I would suggest you study Porter's 5 Forces, describing "free markets", then try to find one product / market that fits. Friedman is dead.

[@gelinrefira]

Friedman was an insidious idiot.

[@patricktuorto]

Great video, thanks for sharing your insight and experience at Fudan University, videos like these ad value and new perspectives about China, a real boots on the ground education for the viewer!

[@CliffCutts]

speaking of tough questions in the classroom. Are the Japanese students taught about Nanjing???

[@tonyh4392]

That's a rightful question.. but don't think u will get an answer from her 🤔

[@doppelkammertoaster]

Do you learn about Chinese aggression past and present? Does China get over it superiorty complex and learn from Japan's bad past?

[@CliffCutts]

@@doppelkammertoaster actually had this exact conversation with a few people in china last week, and yes, they knew all the same information I knew. Whether they directly blame the CCP for the death of 60+ million in the 50s is a debate, but they know about it and understand the famines caused by the early communist regime. On the opposite of this, knowledge of japanese atrocities in ww2 is completely removed from japanese schools from what I've heard. Curious to hear if more japanese learn about this after schooling though...

[@CliffCutts]

@@tonyh4392 lol, but she mentioned that she liked to ask tough questions when she was there.

[@foodparadise5792]

@@CliffCutts "death of 60+ million" is an exaggeration pushed by the western media..... Didn't anyone tell you China was under sanction/embargo by the two super powers of the time? USSR and USA? Maybe that had a little to do with the famine?

[@dailey291]

what a lovely little episode and like to see you shine some light on your life. Thanks for sharing

[@hansomat]

I watched a lot of your KZbin programs, but this is by far the best ! Very interesting ! I like when you said you can not change a country... but learn to see the world through your eyes. Bravo... good report !

[@OrientalPearl]

Thank you so much! I’m glad this video resonated with you.

[@kaytoka717]

I hope you are able to upgrade your equipment only because you want too - your videos are very good and I really enjoyed learning about Chinese University and the students. ❤😂

[@OrientalPearl]

Thank you so much. I really appreciate your help. This will help to get a new camera and lens.

[@Caffeinated_Warrior]

I've been watching this channel from when it was still taking off and it's honestly crazy to see how much this channel has grown at such a huge rate since then! What a massive amount of subscribers and views now! Good for you Anming! Very inspirational to see all of your effort pay off! Despite basically being a celebrity at this point: you remain humble and down to earth as you've always been! All the best to you and Tommy!

[@GomezBro]

Pearl you made Nomad Homeless In Japan famous!!! His growth is not normal!

[@DonnaleaSpencer]

This is such an interesting, informative video. I've followed you for a couple of years and love all you do. But this one was fascinating. Thank you.

[@johncarter8539]

Your video made my day! You are amazing! To be from USA and fluent in Mandarin + other languages and a graduate of FUDAN University! OUTSTANDING! Well done. You are talented! China is freaking amazing! The progress/growth/improvement in China from 1990 to today is nothing short of a miracle. I would LOVE to learn your thoughts but you have to give Chinese government a lot of credit for improving the lives of 1.4 billion people so quickly ... AND the future of China is very bright. The people in China are wonderful. You made a wise choice with your degree as you will be able to work between China and USA and Japan for the rest of your life. What a wonderful position. Well done! Thank you for all of your videos and looking forward to many more. Ganbey! :).

[@davidcassity6593]

I remember when Nixon went to Red China, and all of a sudden, it was the People’s Republic of China.

[@rhannalewis9406]

Fascinating insight into what looks like a beautiful university. I admire your adventurous spirit An Ming, together with your thirst for balanced knowledge.

[@tommycollier9172]

For me this was by far the best video you've done

[@ugaryludwig4057]

Wow, out of all the videos I have watched, this one really stood out for me. Why? Because it explained to me how you got involved studying first in China then Japan. Worked for the Swire Group in the USA and spent limited time in Hong Kong, but the history of the Swire Group in Asia since the early 1800’s and how they grew to a world wide company is impressive. Your outlook and prospective of the US, China and Japan is one reason I watch your videos. Retired now, but thanks for helping me and others see another side of the world and its views. Again thanks.

[@OrientalPearl]

I’m glad that you got to see this video! That’s awesome that you got to spend time I’m Hong Kong. I’m studying Cantonese now.

[@chintham2861]

@@OrientalPearl You married a Japanese. You planning to be a spy for Japan in China?

[@chintham2861]

@OrientalPearl You married a Japanese. You planning to be a spy for Japan in China?

[@chadwickyang7885]

@@OrientalPearl Are you serious ? I think Cantonese is much harder to learn compared to Mandarin. Cantonese is Greek to me; I don't understand it at all. But if anyone can, you can do it !

[@user-pg5rt7ju4f]

@@chadwickyang7885 Some different words which sound almost the same in mandarine have distinct pronounciations in Cantonese. Tang & Song dynasty poems rhyme better in Cantonese, meaning it was the "dialet" of Sian & Haifung . the capitals in those eras

[@jennawhitecloud5680]

I really enjoyed this video and nice to hear your more intellectual side. You do a lot of content on reaction (emotion), so it was nice to hear about cultural differences through intellectual ideologies.

[@henryleung2087]

You should be extremely proud of your amazing achievements graduating as a foreigner from the Yale of China (more competitive to get in!). I hope videos like these can help to change mindsets and breakdown cultural barriers. 😊

[@TennZen77]

I lived in China while working for Disney. One thing I learned, China is changing so much and fast, it can be hard, if not impossible, to keep track of.

[@albertoborrero8306]

I am amazed as to how hardworking this young lady is. Getting a law degree in mandarin..being the lone foreigner in her class.. WOW! Keep it up.

[@BarryBohnow]

Wow , I Did Not know you went to Northwood University !! I was Born and Raised in Midland , and lived there for my first 43 years of life !!! I used to work for A Pizza Shop that made Pizza`s , and I have delivered Pizza`s to Northwood many many times !!! I have friends who went there and Graduated from there !!! I Graduated from Delta College and have a 2 year degree in Machine Tools , and used my Knowledge to become A Journeyman Machinist !!! Midland is My HOME , even though I now live in Tennessee !!! Midland WILL ALWAYS be My Home !!! All of My Family and Many Friends and acquaintances still live there !!! I watch ALL of Your KZbin Videos , and wish I Too could speak A Foreign Language !!! Keep Making Your Videos , I Thoroughly Enjoy Watching them !!!

[@eaglestar2962]

Learn languages using duolinggo apps. Its free and quite helpful.

[@OrientalPearl]

What a small world. Yeah I was at Northwood for 4 years. I really enjoyed the school and the city.

[@feifei888]

It's no longer free markets when the government is intervening directly or indirectly through monetary policies and tariffs. The key is the right amount of control and the right amount of freedom, which doesn't necessarily has to be capitalism or communism. Correct me if I'm wrong.😂

[@cooledcannon]

Yes but i think more capitalisf the better usually

[@wf-mz8nk]

Beliefs and facts are two different things. Free or otherwise, the difference is almost inevitably in the leader and his team running the show. Singapore and China if considered less free, their progress do shine through and liberal US if not for the USD being a world reserve currency is already in the S***house given its unrepayable debts and perennial trade deficit.

[@Richardbsl-z1k]

@@cooledcannon only capitalist big in USA , the rich control the government there

[@mtemwang6701]

The US has homeless people then what is the use of the name developed or rich country?

[@VoiceTotheEndsOfTheEarth]

Yes, pure laissez faire capitalism leads to exploitation and extreme class disparity due to avarice while pure communism leads to indifference and poverty due to indolence. Centralized planning combined with privatization for inefficient government entities is probably necessary to jumpstart an economy but because governments can print as much money as they want, they end up allocating money to the wrong places, whereas companies, especially small ones, in a capitalist economy have to be careful how they spend the limited funds they have to ensure they bring the maximum return and if they can't do that, the business is pruned from the marketplace so that no more money is wasted on making products the customer doesn't want or need. A prime example of misallocation of capital was when the central planners in China demanded the provinces get their GDP up and so the local governments incentivized the real estate market as they could lease the land to fund the government. Too many ghost cities were built and too many families or at least too much of their wealth was tied up in these ghost cities. So when these real estate companies started failing, it had a massive domino effect on the economy w.r.t domestic consumption, and with the one-child policy the government had in place for so many years coupled with the high cost of living, there is a looming population collapse which does not bode well for the future of Chinese domestic consumption let alone production. Then on top of international companies pulling out and trade wars on the horizon, the Chinese government cannot count so much on exports any more to make up the difference.

[@jimross7648]

I had to watch the video again to catch the few minutes I missed and it was worth the rewatch. University is an experience no matter where you go. In many ways Fudan sounds like it was very open learning experience. I remember taking courses where was required to purchase expensive text books written buy the courses professor. So orthodoxy in university is more of an educational thing, than solely a function of where the university is located. I have a strong Don Quixote streak that is core to my belief system. By that I mean, I will tilt at windmills knowing that my lance will get tangled in the arms of the windmill. Ultimately, I was smashed into the ground, exactly as I knew would be. However, as you said you have to know your limits on pushing against group think. I wrote papers that I didn't believe, in order to get the grade. Again that is a factor of the system. I believe I gained, because being the devils advocate prepared me to see all sides of an argument, but it didn't change my core beliefs. It did challenge those beliefs and modified how I viewed them in an overall context. You taking your degree in Mandarin Chinese, put a whole other level on just succeeding academically. The subtleties and nuances of language add an inherently degree of difficulty that you obviously mastered in order to succeed. I enjoyed you showing this slice of your alma mater. It definitely gave off that university vibe. A very fancy and far updated facility to any that I attended, but even I went, damn I'd like to take a few classes in that place.

[@keithammleter3824]

Interesting. At the university I went to (in Australia) some of the teaching staff had written textbooks. But we didn't use them. They were not on the subject book lists. The university considered it unethical for teaching staff to push or recommend their own books - which it is.

[@OrientalPearl]

Luckily we didn’t have to buy any books at all. The library provided every book we needed, or we could usually find it pirated on the Chinese internet. Somehow this school helped me find Tommy because they sent me to Japan.

[@goaticorn8702]

@@keithammleter3824 Yeah, I think in the US that might depend on when you went to University. When I started university everyone was still on that you gotta pay for the book crap but about halfway through the profs legit just made readers, free downloads, owned copies of the book/s they'd lend out, etc. By the end of my time in university most books were either very cheap or available totally free from various places provided by the prof, school, or otherwise.

[@BlissLovePeace]

Very impressive! Thanks for the insight & sharing!

[@davidlevine1697]

what a great story/life. i first visited Asia through Hong Kong and Guangzhou, moving on to SE Asia and getting stuck in Thailand because China was not as open at the time and working in CN was a no go. i am now a permanent resident who worked decades in the Thai Hospitality industry, and i will be retiring there soon. i can fully appreciate why you chose to live as you do. IMO, not enough Americans travel far from home. Mark Twain said it best: “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime”. ☮❤🙏

[@少康战情妇]

最伟大的美国人在中国建立了燕京大学做为校长在中国工作，从文化上间接的帮中国人建立了现代中国，他的大部分学生成为了中国的领导阶层。现在的美国人在也没有那么伟大的理想了，吸毒已经把脑子吸坏了。

[@billycheung8836]

Really enjoyed watching your experience in Fudan University. Thank you so much 🙏❤️

[@alexandracastillonunez2238]

I love seeing Tommy’s English get better and better each vlog 🤗

[@OrientalPearl]

He’s making so much progress!

[@lckillingsworth]

It was nice to hear your insights about studying at Fudan! I'm planning to apply for my masters there in 2025 to study Public Policy! 🌟

[@OrientalPearl]

No way! That’s so cool. I know you’re going to have an amazing experience.

[@Mike-e4z7c]

I hope you go there open minded to learn and share your experiences and thoughts. But you should not act like Pearl who thinks young people in China are brain washed (on the contrary, people in West are more likely brainwashed by its MSM). She didn't say it outright, but she can't hide her superiority over her fellow Chinese students. Remember no matter which country you choose to go to study. Your main mission is to learn and exchange ideas, not to lecture people or teach people how they should think or behave.

[@marymimouna]

@@Mike-e4z7cnonsense. She was not acting or feeling superior at all. Stop projecting your own feelings.

[@Mike-e4z7c]

@@marymimouna Nothing to do with feelings. These are facts which you obviously can't deal with. Just look at her video title picture. If you can't get a clue she belittles her Chinese classmates, then you are either blind or lack of basic human humbleness.

[@Userof-d4b]

​@@Mike-e4z7c superiority made her blindness, China have thousand of art living history. Without blindness the time will lecture her if she have smart enough, 😂

[@rsmithp51]

Very well done. I had a Korea friend while I attached Bible college in Florida and helped him understand his assignments because he barely knew English. He’s been a Korea pastor since graduating in 1989. His church is in Tampa Florida

[@Anakianaj]

When you said any topic was up for discussion I had to think about something that some of my older teachers said - mainly when it came to the relationship between France and the UK in the past. The personal antagonism and the "I don't like you, I don't talk to you - I hope something bad happens to you" attitude was reserved for the "common people". At the top universities and among the higher echelons of society you would find people discussing these topics quite openly and being quite open about a lot of things that you'd think were considered "taboo" or "off limits" in their society. It's very much as you said when you brought up the market regulating itself: how do you respond to that if you never had a meaningful discussion about it with someone who didn't agree with you? Someone who can get into a top university usually already has the background, the knowledge and the intelligence to form their own opinion. Not letting them openly discuss controversial topics isn't going to help the government that wants to use them for its own good. The inflluence is more subtle; as you pointed out with the Japan example. It's not so much that you're forbidden from taking certain positions, it's just that taking those positions in a serious way will hinder you. You're encouraged to find justifications, explanations and defenses of the desired positions.

[@DR-by2md]

Thank you, one of your most interesting videos for me. I was in Shanghai and Hong Kong in October of this year and it was a real eye opener…..loved China…we will return 2026

[@OrientalPearl]

I’m really glad that you liked this video the most. These are the topics I’m most passionate about. I hope you enjoy visiting China.

[@pakhoe888]

I love your optimism and a great vlog. Best of luck with your future endeavors.

[@williamnelson2228]

It sounds like it was beneficial and thought provoking for everyone to have contrasting ideologies discussed.

[@OrientalPearl]

Thanks William. I think we all learned a lot from each other.

[@sola4393]

That was pretty good for all students learning something outside their vacuum. If they don't know what is out there, they will never know what is best for them.

[@桃桃之夭]

Shanghai is very international and capitalist. There is no vacuum whatsoever. And students in FuDan are among the most talented and they have plenty opportunities to go abroad for exchange programs . They know what’s going on in the world. But universities are for learning and it’s always great that they learn some new things.

[@DonnaleaSpencer]

agreed. Folks do a lot of poking about how different we all are. I wish more could meet, discuss, and realize the ways we are similar.

[@isaiahkilgo3491]

⁠@@OrientalPearlyou speak a lot about valuing alternative perspectives but don’t seem to engage with actual Chinese commenters

[@stephanieallangarman5598]

Wow 🤯 when I heard your presentation…I could hear a very distinct MANDARIN North East accent. Now, I hear the JAPANESE accent..so it’s more pronounced because of residing there full time. You’re an incredible student and I’m proud of your accomplishments. Thank you for sharing this background journey. I remember when you were anxious about not being allowed to return to CHINA and you were stressing. I tell my grand daughter all the time…don’t stress it always works out, maybe not how you want it to but we pray and do our best. Merry Christmas ANMING & TOMMY. 🙏🏽✨🎁🎄🕊️

[@tdav225]

Absolutely fascinating and love your channel. Personally I think you are a rockstar and wish more people would have the open mind you have on your travels.

[@ShaunHall-i7e]

Just wanted to send love to China from the US. Thank you Pearl for this video and your wonderful channel. This is what we need to understand other cultures and find connections with one another.

[@biglance]

Suggestion: Do a video about how your learned Chinese, how long etc. and what HSK level you needed to get into that program. Also suggestions for people considering going to China to study Chinese. You might have done this before, but a new one would be great. I knew your Chinese was good, but I did not realize you did that program all in Chinese, MUCH RESPECT as a fellow Chinese language learner, U DA WOMAN!!! peace.

[@chivato72]

Very fair and centered perspective. Appreciate the video and your honesty. Keep it up.

[@roberttoodie275]

They will only show the "foreigners" a fabricated good side..but the organ harvesting, hidden prisons, monitoring will not be openly displayed

[@Jamonpapas]

Fudan alumni here too, did my masters also during the COVID era -what a time. There were a bunch of Unitedstatians in my program as well, in the end only of them managed to attend the graduation ceremony.

[@polako215]

You’re fluent in Japanese and Chinese that is truly impressive. Love your videos keep em coming 😊

[@sprocket8662]

Thanks for sharing your journey.

[@OrientalPearl]

Thanks for watching!

[@xander9460]

6:29 That's the perspective a lot of Europeans have of the USA. I mean. Just as an example. Singing the national anthem in class and saluting the flag? I mean. We had one European country do that in the past. Until this man with a funny mustache came along. We tend to see US Citizens as... Indoctrinated. And I also tend to get that impression when I meet US Citizens.

[@Jack-cx6xv]

The result of a socialistic education system. Governments own and control all the public schools.

[@CyberMonkey03]

Your views on us are outdated sadly, the democrats removed a lot of patriotism from our schools

[@scox0005]

Great video!!! You described a situation wherein a Chinese student was confronted with new ideas, specifically the idea that markets "efficiently" mediate crises, disasters, etc,(which is in itself a kind of neoliberal dogma), but did you find yourself confronted with any new ideas, specifically when learning about Marx, that surprised you or changed any long-term beliefs you may have held in regards to Capitalist economics?

[@donaldgaudette4252]

Great job. Congratulations for all your hard work.

[@zfekete74]

Amazing video. Thank you for that. I think you are one of the smartest persons I've ever seen on screen.

[@OrientalPearl]

Wow, thank you! I’m honored.

[@lassam333]

Thanks for the insights into the Fudan University and your curriculum.

[@OrientalPearl]

Thanks for watching. I hope it was fun for you.

[@i6power30]

Americans like to lecture other countries about free markets at the same time imposing tariffs on things they are not competitive at. Before you throw that subsidy argument, the US government subsidizes plenty of their own from agriculture to Boeing to big oil and yes also auto manufacturing. Yet they still make the worst quality food, cars and crashing Boeings.

[@beingfooled9199]

The US new generations have been spoiled. They enjoy easy life styles. Because they have slaves in China to make everything cheap for them.

[@vitalis]

Yes, western governments subsidize woke organizations for one

[@tkcha888]

So that's why Chinese students don’t understand what she meant by free market. In fact, Chinese students are not stupid and they don’t think there is a free market in the United States.

[@entjaz930]

Trump is imposing retaliatory tariffs. Big difference as you will soon find out.

[@braveshine2579]

there is a term coined with a book name too "kick the ladder". US yelled at other developing countries not to subsidize industry to gain competitiveness in a market. They did but teach other not to. Thus, kick ladder off for new developing countries. US yelled other not to tariff and open for Free market. Nasty US gov kicking ladders around.

[@Nordic_Sky]

4 years to build a new subway station? In the US they couldn't do the permitting paperwork in 4 years.

[@hermesliteratus882]

They couldn't even fix a pothole on the road in 19 years in the US.

[@jayceh]

No way it took 4 years 1.5 years max, it's probably been there a while

[@Nordic_Sky]

@@hermesliteratus882 In San Diego they recently completed an extension of the trolley line. They started working on it in the 1980s.

[@kaycox5555]

Fascinating blog here! By the way,, you two (you and Tommy) LOOK like you go together!

[@LancsLass623]

This is wonderful content! Thanks so much for sharing this unique and educational experience at Fudan University. Hi Tommy!

[@OrientalPearl]

Thanks for watching. I love to share videos like this the most.

[@MartijnHover]

I think calling China a "communist" country is a bit of a stretch. It may be different form America, but in practice it is very much a "capitalist" country.

[@AnlinYang]

The Chinese called it capitalism with socialist characteristics.

[@MartijnHover]

@@AnlinYang That wouldn't be so different from European social-democracy then. 🙂Except for the "democracy" part of course. But maybe that just doesn't fit into the Chinese mindset (yet). That being said, western democracies still have to find a way to deal with the populism that has always been the greatest danger it faced, even back in the day when it was first invented by the Ancient Greeks.

[@AnlinYang]

@@MartijnHover democracy is not binary and voting doesn’t automatically equal to democracy. As the western echo chambers keep on telling its people they are a democracy, the westerners deeply believe democracy can only exists in one form. Westerners need to “wake up” one day and really examine if their government represents the interests of its people and if they can hold their government officials accountable.

[@LL-xf9kf]

Why care about what system is called? it is the good governance that matters! CPC is supported by over 90% of its people, because it Delivers!

[@MartijnHover]

@@LL-xf9kf Or maybe because the Chinese are traditionally very much inclined to accept and obey authority?

[@Darkbluedevil]

Your so brave..it must have taken alot of courage to leave Michigan, travel to china by yourself to follow your career and life path! You're a great ambassador for the USA!

[@SamuraiSx19]

what's so brave about it? XD Europeans do this thing all the time thou.

[@Darkbluedevil]

@SamuraiSx19 alot of Europeans leave and go to China? Other than Russians...who?

[@user-pg5rt7ju4f]

@@Darkbluedevil Russians & Ukrainians and others; some wish they could marry into China. By the way , "Europeans" never think of R&U as Europeans, hence the white dg fights.

[@Darkbluedevil]

@@user-pg5rt7ju4f Russian is Europe and if you've ever been to china they are everywhere!

[@annakoller5382]

​@@Darkbluedevil yes, of course, some for shorter, some for longer, i know several.

[@richardc020]

Duply impressed with your intellect, dedication, and clear explanations all thru, congrats & thank you!

[@barbaraoztas3686]

Thank you so much to you and your companion 🌹 This is so instructive and interesting. Congratulations, you are very precious as a person and yes, I will definitely follow you on youtube. All the best in your life

[@bluesky-ui7qf]

凡事都有两面性，举个例子，如果全部交给市场经济，可能就不会新建这个18号线和“复旦大学”地铁站了

[@starstenaal527]

that's more of a question of how authoritarian the government is. A strong state could decide to build better infrastructure even if the economy is based on free markets.

[@jay8235]

@@starstenaal527if that’s a free market, then companies go for profit right? What type of company would invest on infrastructure that will definitely lose money?

[@starstenaal527]

@@jay8235 not companies... I said the state (the government) could invest in infrastructure. That's a common practice all around the world.

[@jay8235]

@@starstenaal527 right, can you provide some examples that really works well with a true free market?

[@jay8235]

@@starstenaal527 and free market means small government with little government intervention, how does your so called strong state create your so called free market?

[@unctravzack]

Some of your best content. Well done.

[@OrientalPearl]

Thank you. This was a passion project for sure, though I’m not sure that my audience will appreciate this video. It probably doesn’t mean nearly as much to them.

[@unctravzack]

@@OrientalPearl you're very welcome! With regards to your audience, you may be right of course. However, I believe these personal touches are compelling. Also, shout out to Tommy for being supportive! Anyway, we can have our opinions about the US or CCP, capitalism or communism etc, but the take away for me is that wherever you go, (common) people are the same. I wish you (& Tommy) all the best, & I hope you continue making great content!

[@aikotoba99]

Good job on opening people's minds. I'm an American and I love what you're doing. We don't have to have constant bickering back and forth as countries. People are people everywhere. Thank you for doing this.

[@sandy_sd10]

I have been following you for a long time. This is a video that needs to be viral. Your impressive for being young. Keep up the great work!

[@xiuzhongwang4954]

In Japan, the downing of the capital of China and massacre of 300,000 in 1937 is called 'incident'.

[@giftcardbill]

Wow. Thanks for sharing this. I'm subscribed and on discord. Great experience.

[@OrientalPearl]

Thanks for being part if my very small and special group on discord.

[@jimcarlson2252]

I’m a 68 American, a worker, an earner who made it into the middle class. I plan to retire when I expire. Kudos to the Chinese for becoming the only Superpower in commercial manufacturing worldwide making many exceptional products. Kudos on the CCP’s commonsense energy policies using all sources of energy. As an American in America I miss today truth, common sense and meritocracy in the USA of my youth. Our US politicians today, both parties, are living in an echo chamber of their own making, believing we as a nation can only be ruled by one party lib or con and the other is inconsequential to be destroyed, so we live in a divided nation and as old Abe said, “a nation divided cannot stand”. Young lady whatever you do make us all proud, go forth multiply, make this a better more productive and prosperous world, seek truth and thrive for justice for all. That’s a good start for your long life and career from this video! My two cents on the matter, China is in it to win it in worldwide commerce and for possessing most of the world’s resources but with 1.5 billion citizens and mouths to feed they need the CCP. If for a second they become as divided as my America, it can all come down like a stacked house of cards.

[@George-k6o9t]

Thank you for your open mindedness and broad thinking about the world at large. Not enough Americans have such a mindset - unfortunately.

[@windsong3wong828]

You are right. American democracy is loud, chaotic, contentious. In any other country,it would end up as civil war with ethnic ,racial and religious conflicts. But…..America had 300 years experience in such conditions.

[@brianquinn5060]

Loved all your stories, Thanks.

[@PMerriwether]

Hello from Nebraska, USA! How easy is it to pick the Americans out of the comments section?! 😅

[@OrientalPearl]

Sending love to Nebraska. Thank you so much for your support. I’ll put this towards the new camera fund.

[@Zerpentsa6598]

Well, you statement about "free market" better at regulating prices is clearly wrong. Just look at the prices of medicines in the USA.

[@sfukuda512]

I think anyone who is serious about studying Marx also needs to study the "free market" philosophers. I assume most schoolchildren who live in communist countries probably don't get a deep background in liberalism. Liberalism is the philosophy, according to Marx, that failed the working classes. It is important to understand both sides of that argument. It is odd that education in capitalist countries emphasize the failure of communism while communist countries do the opposite. That's quite a dialectical relationship.

[@Humanistic_]

Its not odd at all that capitalist countries teach us to hate communism and Marxism without accurately explaining with either are. That's how indoctrination works. Its because Marx's critiques of capitalism are so accurate that we are taught to fear it

[@bonaudi]

Don't you realize China did that in practice? In theoric conversations, yes some may praise the socialist ideas and be groupies of Karl and Mao but in practice, China became a blend of socialism and capitalism, left and right hand working together, it can not be cataloged as one or the other, try!. The country is always trying to pick and apply the working parts of each system. China is ultra-capitalistic and it is visible, it has a free market approach in the middle-high to low levels of its economy, only when a company grows too much that could negatively impact the well-being of thousands to millions of people, then the state can intervene if needed (not always)... it is a Capitalism with a leash. Without those state interventions, when companies generated troubles, Ponzi schemes, or massive layoffs, China could have collapsed a few times just in the past 2 decades, but it didn't and it won't. I think for the sake of the Western audiences' understanding of what China is actually doing, they should rebrand the Communist Party as... Whatever Works Party. ¨In China you can not change the Party but you can change the policies¨... an old saying that every Chinese knows.

[@sfukuda512]

@bonaudi Yes. I understand your greater point. I was referring to a specific point in this video where Anming is debating a student in one of her classes. She says she opened with a statement to the effect of "the free market distributes goods most efficiently" and her counterpart had no answer to that. I was wondering why someone raised in China and having an all Chinese education would not know how to answer that. I think it is because we are raised in our individual systems. Until Anming came along this Chinese student had never met someone who was gung-ho free market. I think the same thing would occur if a die-hard Marxist-Leninist went to the USA and said something to the effect of "state run agencies and price controls are the most efficient form of goods distribution." Someone like Milton Friedman would be able to counter that argument, but an undergraduate may struggle to articulate why that statement is incorrect, or at least incomplete.

[@bonaudi]

​@@sfukuda512 I could have had a chat of 3 hours dropping her facts about how bad is that "efficient" distribution of the free market, the sweet spot is in the middle of both systems and that's what China has been experimenting (still a WIP but with visible results). A silence from the student doesn't mean she is right or that the student has not faced a counter-argument before. We don't know who he /she was or how capable to answer to pressure he or she was. It is a misconception that all the Chinese are "brainwashed" or can not have an adult unbiased argument because they grew here (We grow brainwashed and have our own biases too in the West but many can break free from that). I'm a foreigner but lived in China for decades and have amazing political conversations with hundreds of Chinese, old and young (including my wife). You can find chineses within the whole spectrum of ideologies in China, Fudan and specifically her college might be more leaning towards hardcore communist ideas, because most of the alumni will finish working in the government if they do well, but you can pick Sun Yat-Sen University and find more liberal ideas there, or any other. In China the dialog and exchange of polarizing ideas exist everywhere, but most of the consensus and collectivism wins. China accepted the free market idea back in 1979 and the vast majority of Chinese is aware about its good parts and its bad parts... that's why the commi parti interventionism never gets much questioning, they don't have to suffer the bad part we suffer in the west if they fix the situations on time... They won't always agree with the policies but they know they can change them gradually with consensus, the Chinese also agree with the concept of Democracy (believe it or not) but they explain it in that way... stability, security and prosperity for everyone to grow within your own capabilities, but nobody should be let down to benefit a few (still a WIP). Read the Chinese constitution it's all written there since 1980. Cheers!

[@NoSugarThanks]

Fascinating story, thanks for that)

[@OrientalPearl]

Thank you so much for listening.

[@nwpa771]

Thanks!

[@OrientalPearl]

Wow, thank you so much. This will go towards the new camera fund.

[@HimalayaBear]

At the end, I realized that your skills in sales are surprisingly good. Good work!

[@whushaw]

It’s so neat to learn about where you studied and very admirable you went to Fudan University. You definitely learned a lot by going there and having classmates that think very differently than you do. I liked hearing what you thought about it and learned along the way. It’s wonderful how upgraded the campus is now even after little time passing and even the new train station! Thank you for sharing 💜💜💜

[@OrientalPearl]

Thanks for watching Whushaw. I was shocked at how much things had changed. They even built an whole new subway line, it wasn't just that one station.

[@mamusichmilan7729]

Fudan University is one of the best universities in the world. Congratulations. Fudan is also building a campus in Hungary, which is where I live. Hungary has some of the oldest universities in the world.

[@billdoodson4232]

I'd suggest that, that new university is the thin end of a very thick wedge. I'd be looking at where the money is going. And I'd oppose it if I could.

[@mamusichmilan7729]

@@billdoodson4232 There are several US universities in Hungary as well. Do they also worry you? Besides, the future of capitalism and increasingly the present is in China, not the US. Learn to live with it.

[@billdoodson4232]

@@mamusichmilan7729 It's the ccp I'm bothered about. If you think they have the good of Hungary at heart, I think you heed to take a longer look.

[@mamusichmilan7729]

@@billdoodson4232 Don't make me laugh. At present time the US government is doing more harm to the entirety of the European economy than Adolf Hitler. The CCP cannot possibly be worse than Washington.

[@KunieStenzel]

DOYOUDRINKZWACK

[@SpiritsBB]

You just got a taste of what it’s like to be a foreigner in a western country speaking English and have to compete in English. Btw, you will undoubtedly sound like a “robot” no matter how intelligent you really are inside. It’s a matter of whether they accuse you of it. Mass respect for you for going through what I did in Canada. But honestly, there are so little of you guys around, you can probably be a diplomat whereas it’s not the case vice versa. For every one of you, there are thousands of us in your place with your experience living in the west. Still does the US gov really want someone who understands China or do they want someone who doesn’t and just repeats their talking points? I don’t think it’s the former cause nothing they say about China is spoken in good faith.

[@Capt-tn9be]

You are absolutely correct!

[@joeardan7620]

One of your best videos. So interesting.

[@jeremiahcomer]

This was a fascinating video! One of my favorites you’ve done!

[@voongnz]

Information is often rephrased or omitted to their population. As your example from the "incident"/massacre. Also to note that no country is immune to it, I have met many japanese that have no idea what the nanjing massacre was, what unit 731 was or "comfort women". Happens with many countries over the world with their version of truth. People need to do their own research with credible sources and with an open mind, not just take what they've been spoon fed.

[@apachekafka773]

US with all their propaganda media is at the top of that. They are still killing or sponsoring one yet the vitue signalling is crazy.

[@user-pg5rt7ju4f]

The history of what japan did in China was totally altered in japanese sch. text books. The "research" records were wholly retained by the americans & taken to Fort deTr__ in MD & none of the unit 731 was punished. There was another unit of equal notoreity. During the 3 yr & 8 month occupation of HK, the population drindledby 600,000, some were taken north to Guanzhou for human experiments. Some one has been abbatting w__ar _ cr__mes when the same had done sth to P harbor earlier.

[@doltecbyal]

Happens in the USA and other western countries too. American people are constantly being force-fed certain narratives and sometimes outright lies. Noam Chomsky wrote a whole book about it.

[@gaobili]

5:12 The process that every student has to go through: the school begins a major renovation the day after graduation

[@OrientalPearl]

Story of my life lol. The same thing happened to me in undergrad.

[@willengel2458]

you can repeat that question at least 100'000 times. how Chinese students survived in US universiities.

[@thebluriam]

Pearl is one of two people who inspired me to begin studying Mandarin, glad to see more behind the scenes perspectives content

[@moter2179]

This seems really impressive Pearl! The fact you went through it very cool. I would love to be so acquainted with modern Chinese culture

[@BadatMando]

Your stories are really interesting and I was wondering what kind of program you were on and how did you find out about it?

[@OrientalPearl]

I was in the international relations masters program taught in Mandarin. I found out about Fudan when I was applying to universities in China. I also applied to Tsinghua in Beijing.