48 min
Window to the World: From Chinese pen pals to partners What Do We Call This?
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Listen to how 2 Chinese language students created a pen pal program, to strengthen the ways we learn and communicate with people in China. Don't underestimate the power of penpal friendships!
William Yuen Yee is a junior at Columbia University studying Political Science and East Asian Languages and Cultures. He was a 2019 CLS Chinese participant and co-founded Window to the World, a volunteer-operated organization dedicated to creating international pen pal partnerships between students in the United States and in Chinese-speaking regions. He also conducts research on US-China relations and international law for Professor Thomas Christensen and Dr. Maria Adele Carrai at the Columbia-Harvard China and the World Program.
Jessica Jue is originally from the Seattle area and participated in CLS (Changchun, China) in 2019. She graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in 2018 with a B.S. in Biological Sciences and an Additional Major in Chinese Studies.
Listen to how 2 Chinese language students created a pen pal program, to strengthen the ways we learn and communicate with people in China. Don't underestimate the power of penpal friendships!
William Yuen Yee is a junior at Columbia University studying Political Science and East Asian Languages and Cultures. He was a 2019 CLS Chinese participant and co-founded Window to the World, a volunteer-operated organization dedicated to creating international pen pal partnerships between students in the United States and in Chinese-speaking regions. He also conducts research on US-China relations and international law for Professor Thomas Christensen and Dr. Maria Adele Carrai at the Columbia-Harvard China and the World Program.
Jessica Jue is originally from the Seattle area and participated in CLS (Changchun, China) in 2019. She graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in 2018 with a B.S. in Biological Sciences and an Additional Major in Chinese Studies.
48 min