{"id":879,"date":"2006-08-11T03:29:59","date_gmt":"2006-08-11T07:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chinacenter.net\/?p=879"},"modified":"2023-04-07T13:45:08","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T17:45:08","slug":"asia-and-china-opportunities-expand-for-georgia-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chinacenter.net\/2006\/china-currents\/5-1\/asia-and-china-opportunities-expand-for-georgia-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Asia and China Opportunities Expand for Georgia Students"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AsiaNot long ago, Georgia students had to look far afield to get to China for short study courses. No more. Georgia’s state and private universities now have numerous programs with a wealth of subject choices for students. This past spring and summer at least seven different programs took over 100 students to China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and other destinations in Asia.<\/p>\n

With a comparative development focus, Georgia Tech Professor and China specialist John Garver led a new program on East Asia hitting all of greater China as well as Japan. Organized around the concept of an \u201cEast Asian developmental state,\u201d the 6-week program studied the development paths of Japan, Taiwan, Mainland China, and Hong Kong. Beginning with a week in Japan under the direction of Georgia Tech professor and eminent authority on Japan\u2019s political economy, Dr. Brian Woodall, the program first studied Japan\u2019s post-Meiji and post-WW II developmental experience. The group then traveled by ship to Kaohsiung, stopping en route in Naha and Ishigaki in the Ruyuku archipelago. Intensive classes were held aboard ship while at sea.<\/p>\n