Study in China

Earn 3 graduate credit hours
May 18- 31st, 2009

Inside the China Miracle

Led by

Professor Lu Wei, USTC Business School,
Dr. Robert Rogowsky, Adjunct Professor of International Trade and
Director of Operations, USITC
Michal McElwain Malur, Director of External Programs, School of Public Policy, GMU

When China awakes," Napoleon is said to have warned, "the world will shake." China is awake and the entire world feels the effect. China is projected to be the world's largest economy by 2025. A communist polity with a distinctly capitalist economy, China is the perfect case study for public policy students. Where better to study it that from within, in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong? And how better to study it than with experts in China able to give insights and experiences unavailable from outside? This will be an education experience of a life-time in a nation in active transformation from isolated autarky to global leadership.

The Study in China program is designed — to encourage experiential learning regarding Chinese perspectives on economic change and trade strategies; to interact with practitioners, academics, and policy specialists; and to visit sites in Beijing, Hong Kong, Hainan, Shanghai . PROGRAM FEE: $3,400 Applications will be accepted starting December 1st 2008 Itinerary Application Homepage of Chinese Embassy/VISA info Why Study Abroad? A Message from the GMU Provost School of Public Policy's Study Abroad Programs Chinese Phrases Currents, a Web journal on the activities of George Mason University's School of Public Policy, features the Study Abroad program.

Comments from Program Participants: "I wouldn't trade this experience for anything. I hope GMU will continue it in future years." "I thought the program was great and run perfectly. This program really helped me understand China and the impacts of rapid growth." "Lu Wei was so wonderful and really made the trip terrific. He and Michal planned a trip that did exactly what I expected." "Outstanding speakers, great professors."