2014 Student Fellows Announced
We are happy to announce the final selection of students for the 2013-14 India China Institute Student Fellows. The Starr Foundation supports ICI Student Research [...]
Update from Xining, Qinghai
"'Nomads', I want to visit nomads." Xining, the capital of the Qinghai Province in China is considered a pit-stop for backpackers traveling to Lhasa and [...]
The Roof of The World
Whenever I am visiting a new place, I like to look at the geological statistics of the place which is not limited to the climate [...]
Preparing for China
I’m excited as my time in China approaches. In preparation, I’ve bought 100 rolls of Kodak Portra 400 (ISO) color film for the two film [...]
Chengdu and Sichuan
By NICHOLAS KREBS, 7/19/2012. My intuition was correct that I would find a more immersive experience in Chengdu than in Beijing. Ir started with the [...]
Habitat for Humanity – Sichuan Province
By NICHOLAS KREBS, 7/10/2012. My attempt to write one post dealing with my Chengdu experience and my Habitat experience has failed, so I'm breaking them [...]
I Could Live Here
By NICHOLAS KREBS, 6/30/2012. It has been 10 wonderful days in Beijing and am taking in a nice sunny afternoon in the garden cafe before [...]
Friendship
By NICHOLAS KREBS, 6/22/2012. Things have continued to go very well in the early days of my travel. I've become closer with a lot of [...]