Eric's Beijing Diary

This morning I met a young lady who is a student from Bulgaria. We were waiting for the bus. She is studying at the Beida medical school. Beida (Beijing University) is right down the road, but the medical school, the distinguised "Peking University Health Science Center" is right across the street from the Beihang main gate, where the BICF bus picks up. Students come from all over the world, spend a year of intensive language study, then plunge right into their medical studies. I met a guy from the States a few weeks ago who was doing the same thing. He is from Seatle, but he grew up in a Chinese family, so he already has the language thing figured out. He plans to go back to the States to establish a medical practice after he finishes here, though I imagine he will have some hoops to jump through when he gets back.