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08/04/2010—	I flew back to Indiana University.
07/25/2010—	I played golf with Professor Kennedy and Edwin. The first time playing golf! And went to the bar on the 65th floor of the Yintai Building.
07/23~25 2010—	I attended and served at the Workshop on China and Global Governance in Beijing.
07/17~18 / 2010—	I invited Professor Kennedy and Edwin to visit Baoding.
07/16/2010—	I met the US Embassador at the Chinese Industry – American Government Roundtable Dialogue in Beijing! (Photo)
07/25/2010—	I accompanied Guang Yang and Endong Zhu in Beijing.
06/30/2010—	I came to China to work for two RCCPB events.
06/08~16 / 2010—	Summer vacation trip: Niagara Falls - New York - Washington, DC - Orlando - Key West. (Photo)
06/01/2010—	My paper, with Tan Jiangtao, “Another Invisible Hand – Elinor Ostrom and the Theory of Polycentricity” was published in Open Times. No.6.
05/22/2010—	We celebrated Zhang Lu's completion of the postdoctoral fellowship at Professor Kennedy's house.
05/07/2010—	Seeing-Off party for leaving SPEA folks.
04/02~03 / 2010—	I presented two papers at the Annual National Conference of Midwest Political Science Association in Chicago.
04/01/2010—	My paper, “A Discussion about Ostrom’s Institutional Analysis and Development Framework” was published in Economic Perspective. No.4.
03/31/2010—	I attended the Symposium: “Chinese Workers: Under Threat or a Threat to American Workers?”
03/23/2010—	I watched Ma Yoyo's solo performance at the IU Auditorium.
03/13/2010—	Dinner and Karaoke in Indy.
03/01/ 2010—	My paper, “The Features of Chinese Classes at Indiana University Bloomington” was published in Journal of College of Chinese Language and Culture of Jinan University, Vol. 35, No.3: 1-4.
02/27/2010—	I attended the SPEA PhD Students Annual Conference at IMU.
02/12/2010—	Dumpling Party at my apartment. Over 20 people came!
02/05/2010—	I met with CSSA Professor Chu Songyan.
01/27/2010—	I won the Department of Political Science’s Greenough Memorial Fund.
01/27/2010—	NBA Game: Pacers vs. Lakers!
01/24/2010—	I received an OIS Financial Award for International Students.
12/21/2009—	Farewell party for Liu Wei.
12/18/2010—	First-year SPEA PhD student semester survival party at Dave's house.
11/25~27 / 2009—	Chicago trip during the Thanksgiving.
10/18/2010—	SPEA trip to the State Park in Brown County.
10/02/2009—	Birthday Celebration with SPEA friends.
09/30/2009—	About 60 IU students watched China's 60th Anniversary Parade at SPEA.
09/12/2009—	SPEA Chinese Speakers Party!
08/25/2010—	SPEA Faculty/Student Social Event at Deer Park Manor.
08/17-21 / 2009—	I volunteered for the International Student Orientation.
07/27/2009—	Back to the USA!
05/08/2009—	I arrived in China! The first time in the last two years and a half!
04/27/2009—	My Conference paper "The Administrative Reform in China" was chosen for publication in Journal of Comparative Asian Development.
04/15~17 / 2009—	I worked for the Conference - "US-China Business Cooperation in the 21st Century: Opportunities and Challenges for Entrepreneurs" at Indiana University. I was also invited to two dinners.
04/12/2009—	I was offered an AI-ship by SPEA. I am going to teach K300 (statistics) in the fall of 2009.
04/09/2009—	I drove to Chicago to apply for a new passport because the last one was expired.
03/20~22 / 2009—	I presented a paper at the International Symposium - “China’s Rise and Its Impact on Asia: Democratization, Development and Culture” at University of Louisville.
03/12/2009—	I was admitted to the Ph.D Program in Public Policy!
02/25/2009—	I participated in SPEA's International Night.
02/10/2009—	I attended the Spring Festival Celebration.
01/31/2009—	My essay, "The Incredible Americans" (《不可思议的美国人》) was published in Baoding Evening News.
12/09/2008—	I was offered an AI-ship for the spring semester of 2009!
10/08/2008—	My paper proposal was accepted by the International Symposium on China's Rise and Its Impact on Asia, organized by the United Society of Chinese Studies.
09/27/2008—	I attended ACC's Moon Festival Party.
09/20/2008—	I attended the third SPEA Chinese Speaker party.
09/18/2008—	I went to Professor Jing Zhang of Peking University's talk, "How Do People Define Justice in Transitional China".
09/18/2008—	The Disaster Relief Association was inaugurated. Professors Leslie Lenkowsky, Jing Zhang and Zengzhi Shi, and Mrs. Sue Gulley, Executive Director of the Monroe County Red Cross, attended the meeting.
09/03/2008—	I taught the first Chinese class of the fall semester.
08/30/2008—	My Essay, The Heritage Students in My Chinese Class, was published at Baoding Evening News.
08/27/2008—	I attended the Volunteer Appreciation Party at the International Center. I was awarded a certificate for my work as Marketing Assistant.
08/25~29/ 2008—	I participated in the Chinese AI Training Workshop. It's rather intensive.
08/18~22/ 2008—	I worked almost full time for the international student orientation. I met a lot of students from China. And I was in charge of the luncheon.
08/15/2008—	I was informed of the offer of a full AIship for the fall semester. I will teach first year Chinese to two heritage drills.
08/15/2008—	It is the first day of international student orientation (mainly for undergraduates). I had a good time.
08/08/2008—	I attended Professor Kennedy's gathering seeing off Professor Deng.
08/02/2008—	I hosted a party seeing off some visiting scholars and welcoming a new visiting scholar and SPEA faculty member.
07/23/2008—	I attended the meeting for volunteers for international student orientation.
07/18/2008—	I attended the Course Development Workshop.
07/08/2008—	I will be shooting a video for the Office of International Services this week.
07/08/2008—	The Disaster Relief Association website is open for consultation.
07/07/2008—	I was admitted to the China Future Leadership Project (CFL), the world leading overseas exchange project.
07/04/2008—	I won the "who can chew most bubble gum" at a party by chewing 54 pieces of bubble gum at one time in less than 10 minutes.
06/18/2008—	Disaster Relief Association was approved by the Student Activities Office!
06/15/2008—	I saw fireflies the first time in my life!
06/09/2008—	I together with Zhang Yi and Lin Yimei were interviewed by the GreatChina International Education, a leading educational organization engaged in US-China cultural and educational exchanges and Chengdu TV Station for a TV series fovcusing on Big 10.
05/30/2008—	I designed a website for Lambda Alpha Phi, a multicultural interest fraternity at IUB.
05/28/2008—	I was offered the Marketing Internship by the Office of International Services, IUB.
05/27/2008—	BUSP Information Commons raised my wages!
05/15/2008—	I donated money for the people affected by the earthquake in China.
05/06/2008—	My cumulative GPA for the last three semesters is 3.804.
04/30/2008—	V621 (Seminar in Teaching Public Affairs) Presentation on Ethics in Education, with Mike, Richard and Marcus.
04/26/2008—	I went fishing with Professor Yan Haifeng.
04/23/2008—	V541 (Cost-Benefit Analysis) Presentation, "A Cost-Benefit Analysis of China's Three Gorges Dam Project".
04/17/2008—	I attended IU Library's Retirement and Recognition Reception and officially received the Student Employee Recognition Award for 2008.
04/17/2008—	I participated in the "Support 2008 Beijing Olympics" Rally at Sample Gates, IUB.
04/13/2008—	I attended Mr. & Miss Asia.
03/29/2008—	I participated in the Relay For Life event to raise money for the American Cancer Society.
03/28/2008—	I attended the Taste of Asia, an Asian Cultural event hosted by Asian American Association.
03/26/2008—	I attended the Taiwan Night at SPEA Atrium.
03/12/2008—	I won the Library's Student Employee Recognition Award for 2008. Many THANKS to the library folks!!!
02/14/2008—	I volunteered to teach Chinese culture with Helen Liu and Haiying Long at Harmony School.
02/10/2008—	I attended IU's Chinese New Year Celebration.
02/01/2008—	I was chosen as Project Director for the Across-Cultural Study of the Marital Communication Patterns, by School of Psychology and Brain Sciences. The purpose of this research is to examine marital communication and marital satisfaction across cultures, and one of the cultures we are examing is the Chinese immigrants to the United States.
01/19/2008—	SPEA Mandarin-speaking people's second party! A lot of fun! (Photo)
01/10/2008—	I was offered a summer internship by Humanistic Olympics Studies Center at Renmin University of China.
01/06/2008—	It is the first day of class tomorrow. I am not feeling ready for a new semester at all...
01/04/2008—	I volunteered for the Spring International Student Orientation.
01/03/2008—	I volunteered for the Spring International Student Orientation. And I supervised EALC's Chinese placement test.
12/19/2007—	Thank professors! I got two As and one B+. This semester's GPA is the same as last semester.
12/17/2007—	I will work at BUSP Information Commons throughout the winter break.
12/15/2007—	Last exam due! Eventually... I have time to rest... It has been a crazy semester.
12/06/2007—	V502 (Public Management) Presentation on "Trash in New York", with Maureen Mitchell and Thomas Parr.
11/27/2007—	V596 (Sustainable Develpment) Presentation on "Project Act on Climate Change", with Cordell Eddings and Justin Naab.
11/02/2007—	I had a good time at GSA's Halloween party. (Photo)
10/31/2007—	I took photos of trees on IUB's campus (on my way from IMU to Atwater Garage). (Photo)
10/27/2007—	I attended Dalai Lama's lecture "Compassion: The Source of Peace". (Photo)
10/23/2007—	I took photos of trees around my apartment. (Photo)
09/28/2007—	I had fun in the Moon Festival Celebration.
09/20/2007—	I attended the SPEA Student Ambassador meeting.
09/15/2007—	24 SPEA-related Mandarin-speakers got together! (Photo)
09/07/2007—	My article, Wo Yu Ka Te Li Na Ca Jian Er Guo, was published at Baoding Evening News (09/08/2007 issue, Life Edition).
09/07/2007—	I had supper with IU's Vice President Patrick O'Meara, Robert Kapp, former president of the US-China Business Council and RCCPB staff at Mark Pi. Wonderful!
09/01/2007—	I bought a CELL PHONE! I am not isolated any more!
08/26/2007—	I got C1, the highest level, from last week's Test of English Proficiency for International Associate Instructor Candidates (TEPAIC). Below is an excerpt from the confirming email: Your results for the August, 2007 TEPAIC were as follows: C1 (Outstanding Certification) Your score means that you have successfully completed the TEPAIC and your English is certified for the purposes of teaching undergraduate students at Indiana University. Congratulations and good luck! For more information on the grading scale, please refer to http://www.indiana.edu/~deanfac/tepaic/goals.html.
08/25/2007—	Attending the IUCSSA Massmeeting and speaking as SPEA Reprensentative.
08/23/2007—	SPEA Annual Picnic.
08/21/2007—	I registered my car this afternoon! I can drive from tomorrow!
08/20/2007—	AI training workshop started today. It will last five days.
08/17/2007—	I Passed the written exam and vision test and got the learner permit today!
08/14/2007—	I bought a used car, 1994 Honda Accord EX, black, 4-door, 2.2L, 110,500 miles, manual transmission. It looks good and runs great. I will buy a parking permit soon. Finally... (Photo)
08/14/2007—	Being selected as International Student Representative, GSA, SPEA
08/14/2007—	Volunteering for the International Student Orientation Program
08/13/2007—	Volunteering for the International Student Orientation Program
07/27/2007—	Being awarded the Associate Instructorship by EALC. This means I am going to teach the second year Chinese language from this fall.
07/19/2007—	Attending the Int'l Student Orientation Volunteer meeting
07/15/2007—	Having completed my IU Homepate
07/05/2007—	Having Completed the official website for the RCCPB
06/2007—	BUSP Library BBQ (See the cool photos)
06/2007—	BUSP Library Festival at the Sports Bar (See the cool photos)
06/2007—	Becoming Information Technology Assistant of the RCCPB
06/2007—	Being Research Assistant of Associate Professor Scott Kennedy
05/2007—	Being awarded the Starr Fellowship, $8,000 plus reduction to in-state tuition and health insurance
05/2007—	Being Research Assistant of Associate Professor Joyce Man
05/2007—	GPA of the spring 2007 semester: 3.767

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