{"id":4011,"date":"2024-10-15T01:57:46","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T01:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valpovic.org?p=4011"},"modified":"2025-03-16T16:58:13","modified_gmt":"2025-03-16T16:58:13","slug":"october-2024-fourth-friday-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valpovic.org\/?p=4011","title":{"rendered":"October 2024 Fourth Friday &#8211; China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Valparaiso International Center presented its October 2024 Fourth Friday event, featuring three distinguished visiting scholars from Zhejiang University, China. The presentation offered a unique opportunity to explore China&#8217;s rich geography, history, and culture.<\/p>\n<p>Featured activities:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A comprehensive overview of Chinese geography, history, and culture.<\/li>\n<li>An interactive game on Chinese pictographs (characters) with small prizes for participants.<\/li>\n<li>A presentation on traditional Chinese festivals and a chance to taste authentic Chinese dumplings.<\/li>\n<li>An open Q&amp;A session with the scholars, offering insights into life in China.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This event provided a rare opportunity for the local community to engage with scholars from China and gain a deeper understanding of the country&#8217;s traditions and way of life. All are welcome to attend.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/valpovic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/applepicking.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4012 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/valpovic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/applepicking-876x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"876\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/valpovic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/applepicking-876x1024.jpg 876w, https:\/\/valpovic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/applepicking-257x300.jpg 257w, https:\/\/valpovic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/applepicking-768x898.jpg 768w, https:\/\/valpovic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/applepicking-335x392.jpg 335w, https:\/\/valpovic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/applepicking.jpg 911w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 876px) 100vw, 876px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Featured Presenters:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tang Qin (<\/strong><strong>\u6c64\u6c81<\/strong><strong>)<\/strong> \u2013 Master\u2019s Degree, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University<\/li>\n<li><strong>Xiaoqian Hu (<\/strong><strong>\u80e1\u5c0f\u5029<\/strong><strong>)<\/strong> \u2013 Master\u2019s Degree, School of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ye Wen (<\/strong><strong>\u53f6\u6587<\/strong><strong>)<\/strong> \u2013 Master of Philosophy, Wuhan University School of Philosophy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/valpovic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/img_5640-scaled.jpg\">Friday, October 25, 2024<br \/>\n7:00 PM<br \/>\nTrinity Lutheran Church, 201 N. Washington, Valparaiso, Indiana<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Valparaiso International Center presented its October 2024 Fourth Friday event, featuring three distinguished visiting scholars from Zhejiang University, China.read more<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4015,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fourth-friday","post_format-post-format-video"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/valpovic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/vic-4th-friday-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valpovic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/valpovic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/valpovic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valpovic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valpovic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4011"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/valpovic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4011\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4020,"href":"https:\/\/valpovic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4011\/revisions\/4020"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valpovic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valpovic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valpovic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valpovic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}