1. Winter CHIP 2012 Pauline Ng Bao Ling Chen Hui Tan Li Min
Chia Boon Siew
Elaine Yeo Yi Lin
Hong Zhen Yi Ayers

2. To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.
Aldous Leonard Huxley – English writer of the famous novel “Brave New World”
中国 china

3. what our family and friends tell us What we really see & experience
What’s there to see in China?
There are no doors in the toilets one.
You cannot find chili sauce in China.
China got many people.
China has a lot of imitation goods.
Which one to see? (Jia Lat… TOO many scenic areas…)
Got door… But where are the locks?
The food is already spicy, oily and salty (at some restaurants).
China has TOO many people.
You mean they sell authentic ones? (Actually they do but it is TOO expensive)

4. Too much to share… Too many places. Too many pictures.
Too much information.
Group them.
Choose the nicer ones.
Input our experiences.

5. What we discover China is multicultural and has a long history.
China has many beautiful Gardens and Lakes.
China has an effective Education system.
China has many excellent Businessmen and women.
China has a lot of good Food.

6. 园 Gardens

7. Gardens that we had visited:
Zhanyuan 瞻园
Bamboo Garden 个园
Humble Administrator’s Garden 拙政园
Lingering Garden 留园
The Master-of-Nets Garden 网师园

8. Humble Administrator’s Garden
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Consists of three major parts set about a large lake: the central part (Zhuozheng Yuan), the eastern part (once called Guitianyuanju, 归田园居), and a western part (the Supplementary Garden 补园).

9. Lingering Garden 留园
Stonemason Zhou Shicheng (周时臣) designed and built the East Garden (东园) as it was initially called
Ownership passed to Liu Su, another official in 1798, then Sheng Kang in 1873
In 1876, the garden was renamed to Liu Yuan (留园)
divided into four distinctly themed sections; East, Central, West, and North ; central area as the oldest part of the garden

10. Winter CHIP 2012
湖畔 Lakes

11. 西湖 West Lake Freshwater lake in Hangzhou capital of Zhejiang province
UNESCO World Heritage in 2011
Influenced garden design in the world
Idealized fusion between humans and nature

12. 西湖 West Lake
Numerous temples, pagodas, gardens, and artificial islands within the lake
Fish Viewing at the Flower Pond (花港觀魚) park,
Orioles Singing in the Willows (柳浪聞鶯) park
Lingyin Temple (灵隐寺)
Three Ponds Mirroring the Moon (三潭印月)
Curved Yard and Lotus Pool in Summer (曲院風荷) park
Exploring Plum Blossoms at Ling Peak (靈峰探梅)

13. 瘦西湖 Slim West Lake Origin of the name
Slim shape of the lake compared to the West Lake (round)
Western suburb of Yangzhou
Marked for its natural elfish beauty

14. 瘦西湖 Slim West Lake
A number of buildings have been erected on the lakeside
White pagoda
Five-pavilion bridge
Bridge Twenty-Four, a moon-watchers' observational deck
Square pavilion, which have all incorporated the grace of southern gardens and the grandeur of northern ones

15. 食物 Food

16. 好吃的 The good
‘Sheng Jian’ bun
Fried chicken noodles
‘Xiao Long’
bun

17. 好吃的 The good
Soup bun
Fried rice cakes
Scallops

18. 似曾相识 The familiar
Mango pudding
Cai Fan
Spaghetti

19. 奇怪的 The weird
Corn
Dog meat
Donkey meat
Pigeons

20. 教育 education

21. Education system:
Similar to Singapore in which university is the tertiary education of a student’s school life
Independent learning
Encourage students to have a healthy lifestyle

22. Special Features of the school:
Natural Scenery of Suzhou-lakes
Old buildings preserve in the school campus
Unique environment of the school which makes the school a better place to study

23. 公司与企业 company and industries

24. Company visits Labour-intensive industries
Nongfu Spring, Super Food Tech
Entrepreneurship
Xiami.com
Research institutes
- Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry,RISUN Technology, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics

25. Super food technology
Produce and export non-dairy creamer – substitute for milk/cream
Unique selling point: Customization in various features of the product
Made use of spray-drying technology
Common technology to produce dried dairy products
Technology also used in pharmaceutical and semiconductor industries

26. Suggested improvements
The enjoyable
Suggested improvements
Balanced, well-executed plan – sightseeing, school and company visits
Great exposure!
Tea appreciation class
Lecture slides in classes to illustrate main points
Translation needed for technical terms. Would be good if teachers or students don’t insist Chinese to be spoken.