Chinese - Business, Language and Culture at SDU

Would you like to travel in the countryside of China, but you are unsure about where to start? You can get some inspiration from the Chinese note bills, check this website for some help:

http://travel.sina.com.cn/china/2014-12-09/1302288434.shtml

1yuan- Santanyinyue in Shangcheng
5 yuan - Taishan Mountain
10 yuan - Kuimen in Chongqing
20 yuan - Guilin Scenery in Guangxi
50 yuan - Potala Palace in Tibet
100 yuan - Great Hall of the People in Beijing

围观186元人民币风景 你去过几个 媒体来源：哈好网186元人民币风景，你游了多少钱？我们平时使用的人民币，你能够寻找到众多熟悉的风景！如100元人民大会堂、50元布达拉宫、20元广西桂林漓江山水、10元长江...

Are you interested about M.A. in Business, Language and Culture (Chinese) in SDU? You can hear about it from Danke's experience.
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Which Master did you choose - and why?
I chose the program M.A. in Business, Language and Culture (Chinese) because I wanted to get a better understanding of Chinese culture and business practice. I did a Bachelor in Marketing Management at the Shanghai Business School and decided to focus more on China in my Master’s program in order to be more specialized in the subject area.

What did you gain from the Master and what can you use it for?
When I started the Master’s program at the University of Southern Denmark, my Chinese language skills and understanding of the Chinese culture were still limited. Although I have lived and studied in China before, my Bachelor’s program only contained normal business related classes and when people asked me questions about China and Chinese culture, I often could not fully explain it. When I started this Master’s program, I was having difficulties in the beginning understanding Chinese literature and some of the subjects that are related to Chinese culture and politics. However, I learned very quickly and soon I was able to read the Chinese literature and keep up with my classmates. This made me become a lot more confident about myself and my Chinese skills and abilities. Now, after I have successfully finished this program, I am happy to say that I have a way better understanding of Chinese culture, politics and business practice than any book about China can teach me. I have learned how complex China is and that it is not enough to just read a single book or travel to China. In order to gain a comprehensive understanding about China, it is necessary to thoroughly study the language, culture, politics and business practice and combine this with a longer stay in China. This is exactly what this program offers and I am grateful that I (as a lateral entrant) had the opportunity to be part of this program!

What opportunities do you see and what are your plans for the future?
I think this program is perfect for anyone who is interested in China and wants to work in or with China. Since I have “only” studied marketing management in my Bachelor’s program, I had great fear and anxieties of not finding a good job and I therefore think that this Master’s program was a great enrichment for me and my career. There are thousands of other students out there who also just study marketing, business management or other related subjects. With a specialization on China and comprehension of the Chinese language, you’ll have a significant competitive advantage compared to other job applicants. In my experience, there are many companies who are specifically looking for candidates with such skills and those are hard to find. Personally, I plan to work for a company or non-governmental organization that has relations with China. I do not plan to live in China for the rest of my live, but I wouldn’t mind going there on business trips on a regular basis.

Info about the Master Program
The program consists of 50% humanities and 50% social sciences classes and is therefore a combination of business related classes and classes related to Chinese culture, politics and business practice. Some of the classes are taught in both English and Chinese. In the beginning, I was scared of the classes taught in Chinese because of my limited Chinese language skills. However, I put enough effort into it and must say that it is challenging, but totally doable! The teachers are great and always willing to help and listen to you if you have any problems or difficulties. Also, there is no tuition fee or other costs for EU citizens and health insurance is free, too. Within the program, you’ll have the chance to do an exchange semester or internship abroad. Personally, I ended up staying in China for 1.5 years and combined my exchange semester at Fudan University in Shanghai with a summer school program in Taiwan and an extended stay in Shanghai where I also wrote my Master Thesis.

The students in the second year of our programme will be excited to bits, after every one of them knows whether they are going to be sent to the Normal University in Tianjin or the Donghua University in Shanghai. Guys, we hope you are all sent where you wish, your adventure in China will be starting very soon! 祝你们好运啊！

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天津印象-Tianjin Impression Tianjin is the fourth largest in China, after Shanghai, Beijing, and Guangzhou. Tianjin is a dual-core city, with its main urban area (including the old city...

Everyone is busy celebrating the Spring Festival, also known as Chinese New Year! We have entered the year of the monkey, and the monkey symbolises cleverness in the Chinese Culture.
And clever as the monkey or not, our students in the Business and Chinese programme at SDU are very busy learning the words and characters related to the most important Chinese period of the year. If you are also interested, you can check the link:
https://www.writtenchinese.com/chinese-new-year-greetings-useful-cny-words/
So, 恭喜发财! (gōng xǐ fā cái): Have a prosperous New Year!

Chinese New Year Greetings and Other Useful CNY Words Learn some essential Chinese New Year greetings to try out on your friends and understand the cultural reasons for giving money and paper cutting!

In love with 熊猫 (xióngmāo, panda)? Have you ever thought of taking care of pandas as a job? Some centres in China, like the China Giant Panda Protection and Research Center, count on caretakers, both employed and volunteers, for these lovely animals. Among their duties, caretakers must hug pandas very much!
If you have writing skills and can take good pictures, perhaps this can be your next job! To know more about it, check: http://www.payscale.com/career-news/2015/08/jobs-to-thrill-your-inner-child-panda-nanny

Jobs to Thrill Your Inner Child: Panda Nanny

Have you been in a busy train station? Cool! Now try to picture 2,91 billion commutes... Or go to China instead! Because this year, the numbers of commutes in China are estimated to reach a new record during the Chinese Spring Festival. Check out more about Chunyun in the links:
http://shanghaiist.com/2016/01/24/chunyun_spring_festival_cny_2016.php
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/chinese-new-year-2015-chunyun-largest-annual-human-migration-world-1488516

The largest migration in human history begins today, 2.91 billion journeys expected over Spring... With Spring Festival drawing ever closer, the busiest time of the

January is the month of examinations for the students in our program at SDU. We wish you a high success with your exams, so we bring you this relaxing video about how to brew Puer Tea.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3tA3fFCP34
Enjoy!

The Chinese Tea Company - Brewing Puer Cha Juyan, the owner of The Chinese Tea Company demonstrates how to brew Puer tea. The tea we are brewing is called 'Lao Hei' Cooked Puer Tea (2007) from Yunnan ...

Since the Chinese government introduced the One-Child policy in 1979, the structure of the Chinese demography has changed dramatically. This controversial policy has come to an end this January. See the evolution and projection of its effects in this interesting article by National Geographic: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/11/151113-datapoints-china-one-child-policy/

See How the One-Child Policy Changed China China recently announced the end of its one-child policy—here’s why that’s a big deal for the country and what it says about the rest of the world.

I am sure you know which is the currency used in China... Yes, it's the Renminbi, counted in yuan. But... do you know which is the currency used in Zimbabwe? Well, if you guessed it is the Zimbabwe Dollar, the South African Rand or the US Dollar you might want to read about Zimbabwe shifting to Renminbi... http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/china/Zimbabwe-to-adopt-Chinese-yuan-as-its-main-currency/articleshow/50329164.cms

Zimbabwe to adopt Chinese yuan as its main currency - Times of India Zimbabwe has announced it will soon adopt the Chinese yuan as the main currency for use. Zimbabwe is the first country apart from China to use the yuan as its currency in the domestic market; it has been the legal tender along with the US dollar and South African Rand for the last couple of years.

This week's post is dedicated to our students in the 3rd year, who are currently studying in China: today we would like to bring you some cheese... Cheese! Because of the high price of this product in China, some of the students have told us that cheese is what they miss the most.
We hope you like this post, where Liu Yang, also known as Le Fromager de Peking, explains how did he get to learn how to make artisanal cheese, and how does he sell it to both Chinese and Westerners in the Long Guan district in Beijing. Enjoy! https://munchies.vice.com/videos/munchies-presents-artisanal-cheese-in-china

This Cheesemaker Is Changing Chinese Food Culture China may seem like the least likely place to find locally made artisanal cheeses—such as camembert, ricotta, and blue cheese—but Chinese cheesemaker Liu Yang is changing that.

圣诞节快到了！Now that Christmas is right around the corner, do you know where Christmas comes from? If you guessed China, perhaps you're not totally wrong! Meet Yiwu, a Chinese town where the majority of Christmas decorations that we buy is produced. Careful, you might not see as it as you imagined! Ho, Ho, Ho! http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/architecture-design-blog/2014/dec/19/santas-real-workshop-the-town-in-china-that-makes-the-worlds-christmas-decorations

Santa's real workshop: the town in China that makes the world's Christmas decorations Inside the ‘Christmas village’ of Yiwu, there’s no snow and no elves, just 600 factories that produce 60% of all the decorations in the world

Yesterday evening the government of China decided to issue the red alert in Beijing, which will be up until Thursday. Keeping highways and schools closed, are some of the precautionary measures that the government has adopted.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-35026363

China pollution: Beijing issues first red smog alert - BBC News Schools in Beijing are to close and outdoor construction to stop after the Chinese capital issued its first "red alert" over smog levels.