Today I woke up feeling a little better so I got ready for class and managed to eat a piece of toast for breakfast. We left the hotel at 8:25am and had a morning class session about the Chinese economic environment. It was a really interesting lecture because most Chinese citizens will not be so candid about all the problems that China has but this professor was really upfront about all the issues going on and how China should be dealing with them. We had our usual lunch break in the cafeteria – I only ate a tiny bowl of rice as I slowly get back into the swing of eating things.
After lunch we had a guest lecture from a lady who is not a professor but runs some sort of executive education (I think?) and used to work at McKinsey in Beijing for a while. She gave a lecture on the labor crisis in China – despite the massive Chinese population businesses have trouble finding the right talent due to various issues. After that lecture we had another session on the Chinese macroeconomic environment with the same professor as the morning. It was very interesting again, just a very long day. Overall we ended up having class from 9:00am – 5:30pm except for our lunch break (a longer day than any of us Americans are ever used to!).
After class we took the bus back to the hotel but it took a while because it was rush hour. There is a reception tonight with the UVa Club of Beijing at a Mexican restaurant (I could really go for some guacamole right now, but not sure how good Chinese guac would actually be?). As good as it sounds, I probably wouldn’t be able to eat anything there and I am just starting to get better so I am taking one night off to not over-exert myself. There is still a lot of trip left so hopefully I’ll be better for the rest of it!
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