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Study Abroad Beijing/Singapore 2005

• Miscellaneous Issues
• Chen Zhou
• April 4, 2006

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Agenda

• Recap of academic issues
• Miscellaneous issues in Singapore and NUS
• Power and Communications
• Money
• Daily life
• Transportation
• Recreation
• Miscellaneous issues in China, Beijing and
  Tsinghua
• Travel

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Schedule in Singapore
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History 2602 Asian in the Modern World

• Professor Hanchao Lu, School of History,
  Technology, and Society (HTS) in Ivan Allen
  College
• Primary Textbooks
• Borthwick, Mark. Pacific Century The Emergence
  of Modern Pacific Asia. Second Edition. Boulder,
  Colorado Westview Press, 1998.
• Richard Gunde, Culture and Customs of China.
  Westpoint, CT Greenwood Press, 2001.
• This book is assigned for writing a take-home
  book report as part of the final examination.
• GET THESE BEFORE DEPARTURE
• Students may choose one of the alternative
  readings for the take-home book report
• Noriko Kamachi, Culture and Customs of Japan.
  Westpoint, CT Greenwood Press, 1999.
• Donald Clark, Culture and Customs of Korea.
  Westpoint, CT Greenwood Press, 2000.
• Mark Mcleod and Nguyen Thi Dieu, Culture and
  Customs of Vietnam. Westpoint, CT Greenwood
  Press, 2001.
• Paul Rodell, Culture and Customs of Philippines,
  2001.
• Carol Henderson, Culture and Customs of India,
  2002.
• Arne Kislenko, Culture and Customs of Thailand,
  2004.
• Grades Quizzes (50), Take-home Final Exam
  (40), Attendance (10)

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ISyE 3039 Quality Improvement

• Faculty
• Prof. Loo Hay Lee.
• Ph.D Eng Science Harvard
• Textbook
• D.C. Montgomery, "Introduction to Statistical
  Quality Control", 5th Edition, John Wiley,
• 2005. WE WILL ORDER THIS FOR YOU IN CHINA. IF
  YOU DO NOT WANT, YOU MUST INFORM US BY APRIL 4TH.
• Email iseleelh_at_nus.edu.sg
• Grading 2 midterms (20 each), 1 presentation
  20, Final 40.

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Schedule in Beijing
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ISyE 3103 Supply Chain - Logistics

• Professor Joel Sokol, GT ISyE
• Textbook
• Johnson, Wood, Wardlow, and Murphy Contemporary
  Logistics, 8th edition. Prentice Hall, 2004. WE
  WILL ORDER THIS FOR YOU IN CHINA. IF YOU DO NOT
  WANT, YOU MUST INFORM US BY APRIL 4TH.
• Grading Homework Participation (10), Quizzes
  Exams (75), Course Project (15)

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ISyE 3104 Supply Chain Mfg Ware

• Professor Chen Zhou
• Textbooks
• Production and Operations Analysis, by Steven
  Nahmias, 5th edition, Irwin, 2005. WE WILL ORDER
  THIS FOR YOU IN CHINA. IF YOU DO NOT WANT, YOU
  MUST INFORM US BY APRIL 4TH.
• Warehouse Science, by John Bartholdi and Steven
  Hackman, release 06, Aug 8, 2005, available at
  Professor Bartholdi's website.
• Grading Exams (75), Assignments
  (15), Participation (10 )

International Edition 25
US Edition 128, bn
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China and Beijing
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Arrival

• Group flight June 23, 0930, Air China 976
• Others Go to Taxi line, do not follow
  solicitaters, last year, one student paid 4 times
  more.
• Ask for Tsinghua University, you need to enter
  ????(East gate near subway line), turn right to
  new dorm building 20.
• Call one of us for help (number to follow)
• Chen Zhou to be given
• Chien-Hung Chen to be given
• Nan Jie

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Bell and drum towers
Embassies
Train stn (1)
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Tsinghua
Dorm Canteen
Pool
Food square
IE Dept
Electronics
Market
shops
Subway
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Power and network in China

• Power plug
• Type A, similar shape that used in US with
  smaller gap
• No difference between 2 prongs (the fat prong in
  US has problem)
• Network and computer
• Ethernet connection in dorm room, need cable
• IE, library and computer labs monthly account,
  unlimited access
• Chinese operating system

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Money in China

• Exchange at airport or anywhere, same rate
• Some ATMs only work with Chinese cards, look for
  your familiar signs.
• ATMs that work
• Zhao Lan Yuan
• Outside of 10th cafeteria
• Less outside of Beijing, Shanghai or Xian
• Travelers cheques
• Credit cards
• Debt cards

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Zhous cost model in China
Cost
US
China
Quality Reputation

• Quality and price
• Quality and its control

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Zhous guide to exchange rate
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Cost

• Dorm about 80 RMB/day (TBD)
• Food
• About 10 RMB/day in cafeteria
• About 25 RMB off campus
• About 50 RMB in a sit down restaurant
• About 100 RMB in a good restaurant
• Accidental insurance about 200 RMB/person
• Health insurance try to get it in US or
  Singapore
• Visa application

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Dorm

• A a sink and an electric kettle to heat water in
  each room
• Shower and toilet
• Laundry service in building 20
• Basketball, tennis course
• Bike shop nearby

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Student Laundry Service

• Dorm 20
• Attendant on-duty
• Drop off then pick up
• Bring your own detergent
• 8 RM B/load
• Schedule
• ?

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Mobile phones in China

• GSM 900, 1800 herts
• US Xingular (ATT) and T-Mobile uses GSM with
  1900 Mhtz
• Started CDMA in 2004
• If you plan to use the set in China
• You must have the right frequency
• Have it unlocked
• Buy a SIM card (about US6)
• Your card works there but it will cost a lot to
  make a call

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Phone

• Dorm phone is
• A pay phone for outgoing
• Free for incoming
• By Beijing 201 card
• Many IC phones on street, OK with domestic calls
• IP card for international calls. You can buy at a
  small flower shop behind the bank at Zhao Lan
  Yuan (or many other small stores off-campus). You
  normally pay less than 50 than face value

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Communications
Post box
Internet Cafe
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Daily life

• Water
• Bottled water
• In IE building, well prepare cooler (does not
  cool much)
• Ice is scarce
• No refrigerators
• No Microwave
• Restrooms
• Dorm western style
• Classroom building like simple ones in
  engineering blocks in Singapore

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Access (paid for by the program)

• You will get an ID, but will not be able to check
  out booksjust read them inside the library.
• Computer access
• IE computer lab day time
• Chinese OS, IE plans to install English OS
• Internet access separate Students share the same
  account
• You are STRONGLY encouraged to bring your own
  laptop
• Logistics class will assign computer assignments
• Internet café available just outside of campus
• Gym, swimming on FIFO registration, may charge a
  small fee
• Health hospital. Students have insurance.

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IE building, computer lab and classroom
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Vending machine in IC some buildings
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4-story food court and Pizza shop
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Food courts
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Ching Ching (fake McDonalds)
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Food square

• Student like this one the best

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ID, dinning card and work permit
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Market on campus
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Other services at zhao lan yuan

• Super Market
• Drug store
• (Department store)
• Grocery market
• Bank
• Post office
• Photo shop
• Book store
• Police station

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Transportation

• Taxi
• RMB 10 start, 1.2, 1.6 or 2.0 after 2 3 KMs
• Airport to Tsinghua RMB 85 10 toll, please
  wait in the taxi line (or RMB 250, 450).
• To city center RMB 40
• Taxi without passenger are not allowed to enter
  campus. Go to West gate, east or south gate, Zhao
  Lan Yuan, etc.
• Light rail 0.5 KM east of East gate
• Shuttle from the hotel
• Bike park at the station
• Bike 150 RMB, return for about 50 RMB

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Bike

• Bikes
• There are many stores off west gate or south gate
• New and sometimes used
• RMB 130 and up, you need to opt for a better lock
  at extra cost of 10 30. You can get a good lock
  at RMB 10 nest hotel. Bargain for buy back at
  around 50 RMB.
• Bus companies
• Xin Yue (New Moon), private 8192-9867, 133 1107
  7938, Manager Kou4 ?
• Beijing Bus, public 6497-5508, Manager ?
• Beijing Automobile Leasing company RMB 1,200/day
  in city. (10) 6467-4461.

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Wo dao ko
Travel Agent
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Recreation

• Swimming
• Basketball
• Bowling
• Tennis
• Ping-pong

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Travel
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Where we have been or will go

• Book your travel early
• Shanghai
• Book Hangzhou before you depart Beijing
• Xian
• Inner-Mongolia
• Mount Tai
• Cheng De
• Wu tai shan
• Guilin
• Use agent

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Nap in taxi and Asian soccer game
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Places in Beijing

• Great Wall (ba da ling) and Ming Tomb
• Great Wall (ci ma tai???, mu tian yu, with sled)
• Forbidden city and Tianan Men Square
• Summer Palace
• Xiangshan
• Acrobat, Circus,
• Many temples
• Bell tower (performance at bottom) and drum tower
• Xiu shui jie ??? Market

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Bike outting
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Bus at qian men??
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Shanghai, Suzhou and Hangzhou
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Xi an Terra Cotta Warriors
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