Transcript Shanghai Listening Summit

Listening Summit
Fall 2015
Wuzhen, China
About Pepperdine
University
• Pepperdine University is a medium-size university
enrolls approximately 8,300 students.
• Location: Malibu, California, the United States.
• The university includes 4 undergraduate college and 4
graduate schools: Business School, Law School, School
of Psychology and Education and School of Public
Policy.
• Additionally, the university has 6 international
programs around the world: London UK, Heidelbourg
Germany, Lausanne Switzerland, Florence Italy, BA
Argentina and Shanghai China.
Previous Subjects
• Subject of Spring 2012
• Past, Present and Prospect of the Sino-American Diplomatic
Relation (Guest Speaker: Professor Ni Shixiong, Former Director
of Center of American Studies from Fudan University)
• Subject of Fall 2012
• Comparison of the Chinese and American Education System (Guest
Speaker: Professor Chen Yuan, Deputy Director of School of
Social Sciences, Fudan University)
• Subject of Fall 2013:
• Urbanization. (Guest Speaker: Dr.Pan Tianshu, Professor of
Anthropology at Fudan University, Dr.Robert Williams, Professor of
International Relations from Pepperdine University)
Subject of Fall 2014 & 2015
• Theme: Climate Change (Economics, Politics and
Environment)
• Speakers:
• -Mr.Charlie Engelmann, Director of the Pepperdine
Shanghai Program and Former Corporation Spokesman of
Exxon Mobil.
• -Professor Zhong Yang, Dean of the Graduate Schools of
Fudan University and Biologist
• -Professor Ni Shixiong, expert in international relations and
geopolitics and former Director of Center of American
Studies, Fudan University.
Who will attend?
• 10 students from the Pepperdine Shanghai
Program and 10 students from Fudan
University’s different schools will be selected.
How to Apply?
• Submit a letter of motivation with your resume
to William Wu: [email protected]
• Deadline of Application: October 18th 2015
Goal of Listening Summit
• Cultural exchange: opportunity of better
understand the cultural difference between
China and the US/other countries.
• Knowledge: to have deeper understanding on
the topics.
• Skills: develop capabilities in analyzing,
debating and speaking.
• Opportunity to make Chinese friends
What do we provide?
• Expenses during the listening summit are
covered by university.
• We provide over hotel rooms, meals,
transportations, visit to local sites.
• Two students from each university will share a
room.
Discussion Questions
 What is culture?
 What is cultural difference?
 What are the major differences between the American cultural
and Chinese culture?
 Why cultures are so different?
 Why is cultural exchange important?
 What are the cultural exchange activities that you would suggest?
 Any good examples or experiences of cultural exchange across
the history?
Discussion Questions
What is climate change?
What are the current issues of climate change?
Why is the impact of climate change important
for China and the globe?
What are the major differences between the
Chinese and western perspectives regarding
climate change and environment protection?