By BRIC Program | October 11, 2015
Post by Allana Nelson and Eduardo Polonsky, Babson College Class of 2017. From Wednesday to Thursday, we had our first visit to a second tier city in China, Nanchang. We were not completely sure of what to expect, as were used to the city of Shanghai, a New York equivalent, thus we went in with…
By Tim Booker | September 23, 2015
Post by Molly Ronan, who recounts her experiences traveling alone in Taiwan, China. Click here to learn about the many opportunities to travel abroad at Babson. I studied abroad for a semester in Shanghai but took a week trip to Taiwan during the Chinese October Holiday. I traveled to Taiwan with my friend Roxy, but one…
By BRIC Program | September 29, 2014
Post by Nicole Carli & Jasmaer Sandhu Our first full week in Shanghai was packed with exploration, bonding, classes, and company visits. As we delved into the culture of Shanghai, we quickly noticed the contrast with what we had seen in Beijing. Moving from the political capital to the financial capital we’ve seen a larger…
By BRIC Program | September 22, 2014
Post by Kim Dvorak & Arjun Murthy This week, the BRIC 2014 group went to two major locations: Yiwu and GE. Yiwu is a third tier city located south of Shanghai, and is home to many small commodity factories as well as one of the largest commodity markets in the world. Spending a night there…
By BRIC Program | September 16, 2013
Post By Kseniya Pulido(’15) and Ryan Diplock(’15). It’s been a great first week of official classes in Shanghai. We celebrated our first birthday, conducted our second ethnography project for our business ideas and met local Fudan students at a mixer. While the Shanghai air quality might be undesirable, it is safe to say everyone is…