Friday, June 22, 2007

While preparing for departure to Beijing for the China Bridge trip, I contacted Dr. Xiansheng Tian in History regarding his involvement in the Confucius Institute initiatives. As background and being very practical, Professor Tian warned me to take light clothing, as it currently extremely hot in Beijing. Tian just returned from Xian, where he has been involved in research about U.S. and Chinese involvement in World War II.