Update Saturday, January 25, 11:50 p.m.: As of 10:53 p.m. Beijing time on January 24, 1,377 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus have been found in China, with 1,983 suspected cases and 41 deaths. 39 individuals have recovered from the virus, a few in Beijing. The virus has now spread Read more…
Update Friday, January 24, 8:15 p.m.: As of 8:30 p.m. Beijing time on January 24, 894 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus have been found in China, with 1076 suspected cases and 26 deaths, including individuals in Hebei and Heilongjiang Provinces. The city of Wuhan and 12 other nearby cities Read more…
Update Thursday, January 23, 10:18 p.m.: As of 9:30 p.m. Beijing time on January 23, 634 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus have been found in China, with the virus extending to Hong Kong, Macau and out west to the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Today, Chinese health authorities released the Read more…
Travel Precautions – Thursday, January 23 As a result of a recent outbreak of a novel coronavirus in Wuhan, the Chinese government and international health experts are closely monitoring its spread, especially in the wake of the Spring Festival travel period. Many of our CET students plan to travel for Read more…
Update Wednesday, January 22: As of 7:30 p.m. Beijing time on January 22, 473 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus have been found in China, with the virus extending to Hong Kong and Macau. Patients in cases outside of mainland China had traveled to Wuhan in the past 60 days. Read more…
Tuesday, January 21, 11:21 p.m. Beijing time: We are aware of and are actively monitoring an outbreak of pneumonia originating in Wuhan, Hubei Province, preliminary identified as caused by a novel coronavirus. This coronavirus is similar to previous MERS and SARS infections. According to Chinese state media, as of 10:30 Read more…
Greetings from snowy Beijing! I’m going to make it a goal to write as often as I can from China these next few months, as long as workload and new content will allow. We are currently enjoying the third snow of the year and everyone is freaking out. Snowmen roam Read more…
Happy Holidays to all! Tomorrow, I will be leaving on my 19th trip to the Middle Kingdom. My longest expedition yet, this trip will spend the next six to eight months advancing my Chinese proficiency and studying both historical and contemporary China. Here is a preliminary itinerary. Learning the language Read more…
Next week, I will be in China on my 18th trip to the Middle Kingdom. This trip will combine visits to urban and rural areas in an effort to gain more insight into a changing China. Like most trips, this trip will have a few phases and purposes. Expedition Phase Read more…
The last day of my Xinjiang trip was spent in Urumqi, the region’s capital. Once a major hub on the Silk Road, Urumqi has seen large amounts of economic and infrastructure development to become the largest city in Western China. Highway development is evident everywhere in the city — overpasses Read more…