Diversifying US-Asia Relations
When I joined NABEA less than two years ago, I was a senior in undergrad with only a strong interest in nuclear policy and a bit of Mandarin—though no direct experience in China—under my belt. I couldn’t anticipate then, where
I was at my desk at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing when a small entourage whizzed by. I had to do a double take to confirm who I just saw. “Was that Jackie Chan!?” A half hour later, after sitting
When I was 12 years old, I was presented with the opportunity to be one of the first students in my suburban school to begin studying Chinese as part of a brand new county-wide foreign language curriculum. What began as
Stranger: Where are you from? Me: America. Stranger: No really! Where in Africa? Me: I’m from Texas. Stranger: Oh, where in Africa is that? This was a frequent conversation I’d have with strangers in China…