- China
About Program
LIU Global’s China Center immerses Global Studies students in contemporary China, the world’s emerging economic and political giant. From a home base in Hangzhou, a city that is both one of China’s ancient imperial capitals and a leading center of entrepreneurship and business innovation; students engage in a year-long program of intensive language learning, country-wide study travel, and coursework in Chinese history, politics, and social change.
Hangzhou is a city famous both for its classical beauty and its livability. The program’s integrated fieldwork allows students to engage with both Hangzhou and nearby Shanghai. During the course of the program, students also take extended study trips to Beijing and to culturally diverse Yunnan, the western province adjacent to Vietnam, Laos, and Myanmar.
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China is the most populous country in the world and has one of the fastest-growing economies. China's landscape is vast and diverse, ranging from the Gobi and Taklamakan Deserts in the arid north to subtropical forests in the wetter south. China has over 34,687 species of animals and vascular plants, making it the third-most biodiverse country in the world, after Brazil and Colombia.
