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Volunteer Intern: An Interview With Priscilla
An interview with Volunter Program China participant – Priscilla Azofeifa Please introduce yourself: What’s your name? Where are you from? My name is Priscilla Azofeifa. I am from Costa Rica, Central America. Why did you choose to come to China with ImmerQi? ImmerQi offered options that were really valuable for the foster home and for me. […]
MoreVolunteer Intern: Celebrating Children’s Day
China welcomes Children’s Day with the crackling of fireworks at six in the morning until the very next day. At least it drowned out the sound of the roosters crowing in the morning, no? (Volunteers at the orphanage will understand). It’s a day where children are celebrated and recognized… and also stuffed with one too […]
MoreMarketing Intern: My First Week In China!
My first week in China was too busy and I like this place although it is completely different from Italy. I left Milan on Wednesday and I arrived in Beijing on Thursday. Jodi, my intern manager was waiting for me at the airport and took me to my apartment straight away. I met other interns […]
MoreFirst Impressions Of Beijing From An Intern’s Perspectivefirst Impressions Of Beijing From An Intern’s Perspective
My expectations of Beijing before arriving was that of an over-populated, heavily polluted city where every native was out to take advantage, in one way or another, of my “foreigness”. I’m fully aware this sounds reminiscent of a Hollywood setting for a dystopian future, but for some time this is honestly what I thought. During […]
MoreMarketing Intern: Our Weekend In Chengdu
Before I came to China, I knew it was big but it is hard to grasp the size until you arrive there. Fly 4 hours south from Beijing, you fly three hours west, still China. Having lived in Beijing for the last couple of weeks, I wanted to explore more of China and see how […]
MoreEngineering Intern: My Goals And Accomplishments
To be honest, I would have never expected myself to come to China, even now as I sit here writing this it seems almost surreal to be thousands of miles (or kilometers) away from my friends and family. I think traveling makes you realize who you are as a person with your different strengths and […]
MoreProject Intern: My Day 5 In Chengdu
It was a normal day interning at my host company. Until that lunch, I met a very nice man named Zao Jang who kindly took me to a luxurious Chinese restaurant, accompanied by his wife. I didn’t realise who he really was until I got out of his new model Mercedes Benz car. He was […]
MoreFinance Intern: Business Trip To Tianjin
I got set to partake on a business trip on the first day of my internship, it was a very humbling moment to get firsthand experience on what entails of an investors meeting. This trip broke the ice on what I might expect during my time here in China with my host organization. Although the […]
MoreFinance Intern: One Month Internship In Beijing
I am Raffaele. I am at the last year of my Bachelor’s Degree in Economics at Universita’ Cattolica in Milan. I have spent one month in Beijing as an intern in the Chambers. I have decided to go to China because I am very interested in Chinese market and I think China has a super […]
MoreTeaching Intern: Day Time Activities In Beijing
When you think about Beijing, these typical places probably spring to mind: Tiananmen Square, the Great wall, the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace and so on. If this is your first time in Beijing, by all means go and check out these places. You could even go to see ‘frozen Mao’ if you happen to […]
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