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Xian, Xi'an Technological University
Welcome back to my travelogue of Western Peace, the ancient capital of China.
I enjoy college. I enjoy studying in university, and I enjoy visiting them. So I've chronicles SFASU in Texas, IPFW in Indiana, and Peking U in China. So now trip to Xi'an would be complete without visiting a great college in that neck of the world: Xi'an Technlogical University.
Formerly Xi'an Institute of Technology
Check in at the guardhouse...
and come on in!
Polluted sky but green courtyard
Tree lined sidewalks with University buildings
Students walk to lunch
No vending machines, but fresh fruit instead
Public chalkboards gave important messages.
In one, the Communist Youth League urged members to remember the May 4th Movement. The 5-4-1919 protests were against the Beijing-based ROC ("Beiyang") government and the Versailles peace treaties.
While the KMT would eventually defeat the Beiyang regime, the day has been coopted into a Communist celebration on the mainland.
The campus movie theatre is a former church
The campus bookstore has both periodicals and textbooks
Xi'an, a tdaxp travelogue
Prologue, The Last Express
Old Town
Terracotta Army
Xi'an Technological University
Big Wild Goose Pagoda
Epilogue, "I'm ----ing tired"
13:55 Posted by Dan tdaxp (Webmaster) in Beijing 2007 | Permalink | Comments (3) | Email this | Tags: xian, universities
Comments
Wow, what do you do in this uni? That was my uni too. Now I am in Australia.
Posted by: W | Monday, June 18, 2007
That is my school too :) I took him there.
Posted by: Fei | Monday, June 18, 2007
W,
You heard her -- Lady of tdaxp took me to visit in May. :-) I was impressed by the campus. The courtyard area was very cool, and the restaurants nearby are pretty good.
The converted church was sad, though. I hope religious freedom can return soon to China.
Posted by: Dan tdaxp | Tuesday, June 19, 2007