Continuing our series of interviews with students in OTHER COUNTRIES this summer, GS student Tao Yang participated in the first ever Global Scholars Program Research Workshop. Tao and 10 other students have traveled in Beijing, Shanghai, and finally Mumbai for 6 weeks studying urbanization and environmental issues (as well as enjoying their fair share of the local *ahem* culture). An international student from China, the India portion of the trip has proved for Tao a challenging, uncomfortable at times, and wonderfully eye-opening contrast from the much more familiar first portion. We caught up with him while he was overseas, and he took some time to answer our questions.
Tao shows off his Yankees pride before eating some New York pizza...in Shanghai. Courtesy of Mike Darmstadt
1. Where are you right now and what are you doing there?
I am in a place where chaos co-exists with order peacefully, and hope grows in desperation. I was trying to make my summer have some perspective, but now I am overwhelmed with the things I've seen and desperate for enlightenment.
