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This morning Prof. Dr. Rüttimann surprised us with a visit to the cashmere production company – Artwell. Artwell is one of the biggest suppliers of cashmere products for companies like Ralph Lauren, Burberry, Globus and Grieder. After a warmly welcome by the CEO of Artwell, Mr. Alfred Lee, followed an introduction about the company which […]
Our second day in Shanghai started already at 7.15AM as we had planned a tight schedule for the day. The focus on today’s program was laid on leather. A 2.5-hour bus ride took us to Hangzhou. There we met Mr. Bi and Mr. Frank Chan who accompanied us throughout the day, which consisted of […]
Day seven was a transfer day from Lanzhou to Shanghai. We got up early to check out before 8 am when we boarded the bus to the airport. As a little detour we visited a scenic spot, from which we were able to see the Huang He (yellow river) in his name-giving yellow colour […]
Day number seven on our trip in Lanzhou started with a bus ride to the university of Management of Lanzhou, where the group met international students from different postgraduate. After a very warm welcome, the faculty has been introduced to us briefly, until Dr. Prof. Rüttimann hold his lecture about innovation. In small groups we […]
Our second day in Xiahe started officially at 11:30 am, however some of us went up very early to do different kind of activities. A few of us met at 5 am to go back to the Labrang Tibetan Monastery to attend a praying ritual by sunrise, which was an unique experience for all of […]
After a short night in Lanzhou we checked out in the early morning. Prepared with a small bag for one night, we got on our way to Xiahe. After a two hours long bus ride we stopped by at the Hezheng Ancient Animal Fossil Museum where we got an attractive tour with our professional tour […]
The day started earlier than expected in Lanzhou. Our group went by bus to the Waterwheel Park, where Lanzhou’s history of waterwheels has been shown. In 1556, various wheels were invented by Mr. Duan. Steadily improvements allow to establish a system that raises water with skip buckets up to the canal and therby uses the […]
After an early check-out we took the subway to the Mao Tse-Tung Mausoleum. A short briefing respectively a presentation by Prof. Dr. Rüttimann and Florian Gitzelmann about the specific building itsself enlighted our minds. Leaving our luggage and especially cameras behind, we started queing in front of the Mausoleum. Luckily, there weren’t too many people standing […]
After having arrived in Beijing the evening before the official program of the study trip started on Wednesday, June 26 2013. A quick bus ride brought us to the Olympic Village where we visited the famous Birds Nest designed by the Swiss Architects Herzog & De Meuron for the 2008 Olympic Games. After some […]
Finally the day has come and our China Field Trip can take off. After approximately 9 hours flying, we arrived in smoggy Beijing where the mixture between car horns, asian people and loudspeakers in front of uncountable stores make you realize that you finnally arrived in the 23 million population city.