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Shanghai - Wednesday, March
22, 2006
Jianping High School in Pudong
Pudong is the very newly developed, high tech district of the
city of Shanghai and Jianping is its high school. Upon arriving at the high
school, after our flight from Beijing, we were pleasantly surprised to see that
the school symbol was a “Golden Apple” – which we pointed out to them was also
the symbol of Westchester County. In the Chinese context, the Golden Apple
refers to a folk story about striving to the highest goals and, of course,
obtaining increasing prosperity – since finding a golden apple is not easy.
This picture is in front of the school’s new multi-story
building, which is under construction.
The school has about 2,000 students and about 150 faculty
members, half of whom are from outside of China. This includes American
teachers who are helping the students learn to speak conversational English.
The school already has an active program of
international exchanges.
The whole delegation met with Mr. Cheng Hong Bing, the
principal, and Mr. Qian Jing, the local government’s Director of the
International Cooperation Department of the Social Development Bureau, which
oversees the schools among other aspects of society. There were very
interested in cooperation and exchanges with Briarcliff. In general, the
Briarcliff staff felt the atmosphere at this school was less intense than at Beijing 101, so it offered a good balance.
You can see excerpts of the meeting by
clicking here.
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March 2006 Report
by Norm Jacknis, Westchester
County Chief Information Officer
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