我要回去中国！！！（I'm going back to China!!!)

I'm extremely excited about this. Four other Sewanee students and I are headed to Shanghai with a Political Science professor to do some research on the sociology of urbanization/modernization. (Dad read the press release and thought it sounded kind of pedantic...which it is, I suppose. But I think it will definitely be interesting research.) We'll be there 5 weeks, paid for by AsiaNetwork, looking at how life has changed for the residents of 4 different streets in different parts of the city. We'll be doing a good bit of filming, and lots of interivews (with a translator, thankfully) with the residents. I am definitely excited about this. We'll also be going to Hong Kong for 2 days. It should be a really great trip!