Last weekend, we went to the Great Wall, which was epic. We rode on a bus for about two, maybe two and a half hours to get out to this particular section of the wall. To access the wall itself, we had to ride a gondola (essentially a ski lift) up part of a mountain and then climb what seemed like hundreds of stairs. And then more stairs once we hit the wall. Way too many stairs. But it was worth it, and people were selling popsicles at the top, so that made everything okay.
In terms of more educational outings, a few days ago we visited CCTV's soon-to-be-old headquarters. As a guest speaker (Dean of Tsinghua's School of Journalism and Communications) described to us today, they have more money than they know what to do with, so they're building fancy new offices for themselves. Many say the new building looks like a pair of pants. The tour of the old building was largely uninformative and very short.
As for guest speakers, we heard from Dean Xiguang Li today, along with Yong Wang, a lawyer in Beijing who deals with copyright and has worked with the Motion Picture Association of America. Earlier in the week we had Stan Abrams, another lawyer, who works at a foreign firm in Beijing and specializes in IPR.
And I'm going to stop there for today!
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