- The Beijing Center for Chinese Studies
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The Beijing Center for Chinese Studies (also known as TBC), originally The Beijing Center for Language and Culture, was established by Fr. Ron Anton, S.J., Ph.D. in 1998. TBC aims at educating the academic community about China. Currently, it offers programs for undergraduate students, faculty members, and administrators, plus tailor-made programs for special academic groups.
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About TBC
The initial focus of TBC was on undergraduate study-abroad in China. TBC introduced a unique mix of (a) language training, (b) extensive content courses, (c) immersion experience with Chinese students which included host students, language tutors, roommates and home-stay opportunities, plus (d) extensive educational travel to the far corners of China.
The Beijing Center offers nearly 75 courses each year across 13 different fields of study, all taught in English. Such a wide variety allows you to take courses that you need to begin to understand the complexities and challenges of modern China, as well as to advance your degree and prepare you for a variety of careers in the global marketplace.
The center itself is set up to show Chinese culture and the history of East-West relations. When one first enters its Beijing location at the University of International Business and Economics, one is in a replica of an old Beijing alleyway or “Hutong”. There is a water garden featuring 4,000 years of Chinese water jars, the conference room displays original copies western maps of China from 1584 to 1745, and the director’s office replicates an old Ming scholar’s studio.
ChinaContact
The ChinaContact division runs short-term, non-credit programs all year long. Several times a year there are programs for faculty members and for university administrators including special programs for university presidents. There are also tailor-made workshops and courses for special undergraduate classes, MBA groups, and graduate humanities classes.
ChinaVoice
ChinaVoice is the 8-week summer Mandarin program which combines rigorous language classes with independent experiential learning. ChinaVoice offers four different levels of Chinese for beginning students to those at advanced level. During the program there is one independent excursion to one of 15 cities in China, 4 guided field trips and 6-7 study tours in Beijing. Students will get a personal tutor as well as the option for a Chinese homestay or a Chinese roommate.
TBC Research Center
TBC Research Center specializes in supporting primary source research and helping young Chinese scholars in the doctoral or post-doc years. The center’s scholar-in-residence helps TBC students with academic projects during their stay in Beijing.
TBC Library of Chinese Studies
TBC Library of Chinese Studies houses a main collection of over 18,000 English-language volumes about all aspects of Chinese life and society. Special collections include a small rare book collection of 17th century volumes that first revealed China to the West, a collection of approximately 1300 older books from 1800 to 1949, and a multi-lingual collection on the history of the Catholic Church in China.
How The West Learned of China Collection
Long before The Beijing Center for Chinese Studies (TBC) began its mission to educate the academic community in the West about China, the western countries learned about China from the writings of the early Jesuit missionaries, the merchants, and the diplomats. The TBC Library of Chinese Studies has obtained a few original copies of these works in its collection entitled: "How the West Learned of China". This collection dates from 1588 until 1840 (with a few later exceptions).
How The West Learned of China Collection List
Historical Collection
This collection contains over 1,200 books from the early 19th century to the founding of the Peoples Republic of China. Many books were published in the Qing Dynasty and some are considered rare or collectors items.
Christian History Collection
This is a multilingual collection mainly of primary sources from around the world on early Christian history in China. Works here are in Chinese, Latin, Portuguese, Dutch, German, Spanish, French, etc. (not English). It contains the work of early Dominicans, Franciscans, Jesuits and others as well as works from the early local church in China.
Christian History Collection List
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Categories:- Education in China
- Study abroad programs
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