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Internships run from 9 AM to 5 PM Monday through Friday. In the evening and during weekends, students enjoy recreational and sightseeing activities. Sample Weekly Schedule Students begin their days with breakfast in the residence. After breakfast, students will head off to their respective summer internships. After dinner, evenings will include several ThinkChina activities. Activities include:

• Chinese language workshops are available two to three days a week (hour sessions)
• ThinkChina Seminar Series with speakers covering a wide range of interesting topics from life abroad in Shanghai to the ThinkChina career night. After each seminar, students will have a chance to interact directly with each speaker through a Q&A session. Please click here to see more information on seminars.
• Weekly Townhall open discussions led by resident assistants where students can discuss and interact about what they've learned throughout each week, their various experiences at their internships or just exchange information on the newest lunch locale they found.
• Fun nights out on the town where we explore various parts of the city, learn about Chinese culture through shows or hit up a few museums along the way.

During free time, students can use the Fitness Center located in the residence facility or hang-out in the private residence common area complete with computers, a pool table and comfy couches. Students are also free to sign out and explore the city on a buddy system. On the weekends, ThinkChina hosts a number of program-sponsored events including:

• Volunteer events done in conjunction with local organizations. Whether we volunteer a day to help out in an elderly home or spend a day working at the local orphanage, we will work together to make a difference for our host city.
• Weekend excursions are day trips we'll make to various interesting sites in and around Shanghai. World-renown cities such as Hangzhou and the scenic West Lake or Suzhou and its mysterious canals are all calendared destinations.

Sample Weekly Schedule