From Ryan Holowach

Ryan Holowach
May 14, 2010

When we first got here Beijing was a lot of fun because I learned a lot of culture and I got to visit great places like the Great Wall of China, Tiananmen Square, and the Forbidden City. Getting to Chongqing has opened up all sorts of new doors for the students of Widener: for example interaction with the students, the spicy food, and a whole different view of China that is very different compared to Beijing. For starters, Chongqing is a beautiful city that is on a great rise. The city of Chongqing is prospering at a high rate of speed. Yesterday we got to visit a Bio-Medical facility that implements technology to destroy tumors. We watched a lady give us an example with the laser that they use that cuts through glass but would not affect the human’s skin. This new technology allows for the patient to have the surgery without a big incision. I found this area of Chongqing to be very beautiful and I could tell that it was growing. At the outset the nation of China comes across as a place that suffers from pollution and poverty, but the experience that we had yesterday allowed us to see how China is growing economically. Above is a picture of Chongqing.