How much can Americans know of China

Foreigners who have never set foot on the Chinese soil might have only a blurred impression on China, a distant land lying beyond and far away from their own home. They can hardly form a realistic mind picture of China's politics, economy and culture. Yin Weizhi, a lecturer of School of Journalism and Transmission at China University of Political Science and Law, went to the U.S during the 29th Beijing Olympics working as a visiting scholar in the University of North Carolina (UNC). She later published an article depicting her experiences accumulated from her two-month stay in the U.S, during which she reached out to communicate with the local people and, as a scholar on journalism, she also closely observed the strange land and viewed from the perspective of a foreigner anything that is going on there. First impression The... [read full story]