Shaxi Village: A Hometown
By JIALEI TANG, 2/18/2016. This is not my hometown, it is the neighbor to mine. I discovered the richness of this place — its artisan [...]
Jataka Tales – World of the Buddha
By SHIRIN MAZDEYASNA, 2/13/2016. The Jataka Tales are native literature stories about Buddha’s previous lives in forms of human or animals. They’re mostly insightful and [...]
Urban Villages
By Darcy Bender, 2/8/2016. What is an urban village? The term seems to defy an exact definition as each urban village has a different story [...]
Dalang and Dafen
By Darcy Bender, 1/25/2016. I ended my time in Guangzhou a bit short so that I could attend a discussion led by members of ICI [...]
Waste Management in Guangzhou
By Darcy Bender, 1/25/2016. While observing the waste management of Guangzhou I was most surprised by how similar it is to the American system. In [...]
Nansha New Area
By DARCY BENDER, 1/10/2016. Nansha turned out to be a very intriguing urban situation. My first morning I was awoken by the sounds of construction [...]
Hong Kong and Ferry Ride
By DARCY BENDER, 1/06/2016. After over 17 hours of air travel, one bus and a ferry, I have arrived in China. I first arrived in [...]
Meet Our New Student Fellows (2016)
We are excited to announce the final list of Starr Foundation Student Fellows for 2016. These are students that applied to the Student Travel [...]