{"id":4888,"date":"2013-09-26T05:54:03","date_gmt":"2013-09-26T10:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/goglobal\/?p=4888"},"modified":"2013-09-26T05:54:03","modified_gmt":"2013-09-26T10:54:03","slug":"china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/goglobal\/?p=4888","title":{"rendered":"CHINA!"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4889\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4889\" style=\"width: 599px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/goglobal\/uncategorized\/china\/attachment\/dsc_1003-2-copy\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4889\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4889 \" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/goglobal\/files\/2013\/09\/DSC_1003-2-Copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/goglobal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/DSC_1003-2-Copy.jpg 666w, https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/goglobal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/DSC_1003-2-Copy-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/goglobal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/DSC_1003-2-Copy-408x270.jpg 408w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4889\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Small Street right outside Campus West Gate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ever since I can remember, I&#8217;ve wanted to go to China. From pictures of the Great Wall to watching Mulan about a million times, I was determined to one day stay in China for a few months. I&#8217;d heard wonderful stories from Chinese friends since Elementary school. Be it learning the language of a billion people, embedding myself in the culture that holds thousands of years of history, or living in the country with one of the fastest growing economies in the world, I was determined to see a country that is sure to be one of the most influential components of this worlds future. I cannot even believe this is real. Honestly. But I&#8217;ve been enjoying every minute, and have fallen in love with China.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Me and the Semester to come:<\/strong><br \/>\nI am studying abroad at The Beijing Center and am a current Loyola Student, a Junior to be specific, with Molecular Biology and French as my two majors.<br \/>\nI am studying in China for Fall Semester 2013 at University of International Business and Economics Campus.<br \/>\nI am ridiculously passionate about traveling and learning new languages and cultures.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Let the adventures begin!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever since I can remember, I&#8217;ve wanted to go to China. From pictures of the Great Wall to watching Mulan about a million times, I was determined to one day stay in China for a few months. I&#8217;d heard wonderful stories from Chinese friends since Elementary school. Be it learning the language of a billion &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/goglobal\/?p=4888\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4889,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/goglobal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/goglobal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/goglobal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/goglobal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/goglobal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/goglobal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4888\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/goglobal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/goglobal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/goglobal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/goglobal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}