The George Washington University chapter of Global China Connection hosted a delegation of student leaders from Beijing’s prestigious Tsinghua University, widely considered to be one of China’s top universities last weekend. The 13-member delegation, including the Secretary General of the Graduate Union of Tsinghua University, current and former presidents and vice presidents of the Tsinghua Graduate Union and Tsinghua Student Union, and other Student Union ministers, arrived at Union Station last Saturday night, February 12 after touring New York and Boston for the preceding week. They were met by the Executive Board of GWU Global China Connection, who escorted them back to the Marvin Center where a meeting was held to introduce the delegates to their student hosts for the weekend.
The delegates were housed by volunteer members of Global China Connection for two nights in student dorms and apartments. The following Sunday the Executive Board accompanied the Tsinghua delegation on a tour of sites of interest in Washington, DC, going to the Supreme Court, the Capitol, stopping at the American Indian Museum for a Native American lunch, before continuing on to the Air and Space Museum, American History Museum, Washington Monument, and White House.
That night, Global China Connection and the Organization for Asian Studies jointly hosted a reception in honor of the Tsinghua delegation in the Lindner Family Commons Room at the Elliott School. The reception was open to the entire student body and the general public. Among those in attendance were a delegation from the Chinese embassy lead by Counselor Wang, Director of Public Relations; Tsinghua University professor Wang Lei, George Washington Professor David Dickson, leaders from other George Washington student organizations, such as Behnam Tabelu, president of the International Affairs Society; and several U.S. government officials, area Chinese residents, and students.
