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     of workers were housed here. 
     
    
     Now, after the universities have been closed for a 
     
     minimum of three years, and some as long as ten, China is 
     
     re-establishing the importance of education. Students and 
     
     professors have been restored to a position of esteem. When 
     
     some young shoe factory workers found out the Canadians 
     
     were students, their attitude changed. Students are important 
     
     peonle and should be treated as such. 
     
    
     The university’s tiny budget still can’t cover the cost of 
     
     broken desks and tables, so many lay empty during class. Yet 
     
     to the‘Chinese, appearance is important. New foreign student 
     
     dormitories were built last November. Unfortunately, 
     
     because of poor materials and unskilled workers they have 
     
     already deteriorated and look twenty years old. The top floor 
     
     is closed off for no apparent reason. 
     
    
     China has lost a generation of students, professors and 
     
     knowledge. Consequently, the country has fallen behind, and 
     
     is struggling to catch up. 
     
    
     Beijing Unviersity’s Geography department is still mainly 
     
     concerned with descriptive techniques, identifying landform 
     
     regidns, and climatic zones. They did not show off their 
     
    
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     equipment. Nanjing University. (considered progressive in 
     
     China) has a computer centre consisting of one Chinese 
     
     computer, and a Radio Shack ‘home computer’. The latter 
     
     is the more impressive. 
     
    
     Yet, there is progress. 
     
    
     Nanjing University has a image projector-manipulator in its 
     
     urban studies department. By buying satellite images from the 
     
     United States, they can plot city expansion and trafﬁc flow. 
     
    
     To quicken their re—education, China has encouraged 
     
     exchange with western countries. On many campuses they 
     
    
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     Despite all their hardships, 
     
     the Chinese students are 
     
     intelligent, ambitious, and 
     
     surprisingly patriotic. 
     
    
     have constructed quality housing for visiting professors and 
     
     technical personnel. They also send an increasing number of 
     
     professors and graduate students abroad. But as yet, mainly 
     
     because of ﬁnancial difﬁculties, undergraduates have been 
     
    
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     restricted from study abroad. - 
     
    
     They want western knowledge but prefer to limit the in 
     
     of western culture. Still, the odd student wears jeans 
     
     western style sneakers. This is especially prevalent in 
     
     south. where ties to the central government are stretched i 
     
    
     When Fang Zhou Min tried to enter university, she had i 
     
     better than average. All students must pass difﬁcult entr 
     
     exams to get one of the few available openings. But 
     
     also have help from parents holding prominent position 
     
     the government, the Party or the Military. Fang does 
     
     have these advantages. Fang is from Suzhou where her fa 
     
     is a tea tester. She enjoys living in the dorms because I 
     
     are more spacious than home. When she returns home for 
     
     summer, she must travel 30 hours by train on a wooden 
     
     where often more tickets then seats are sold. 
     
    
     Bubbly yet reserved, her quick wit reveals her keen in 
     
     She took great fun in disarming people in games of rep 
     
     and counter, even in English. Fang’s personality is lively 
     
     bright, it pulls you in. 
     
    
     With serious conviction she considers the country and 
     
     future. This is very appropriate since they will be wrappe 
     
     together. Fang explains, “Leaving home is an unbear 
     
     thing to me, and yet it is good for my future. My futu 
     
     not so ideal, but I can say it’s very plain. Perhaps life is 
     
     so romantic as we think -— many young people dream so 
     
     day they will become very important men in the w 
     
     Anyhow, I want to contribute my tiny energy to my peop 
     
    
     In a country where no one chooses their own job, and w 
     
     university graduates make up less than two per cent of 
     
     pepulation, she is off to a good start. 
     
    
     Financial 
     
     Aid 
     
     Column  
     
    
     with Sylvra Crawford 2»; . 
     
    
     Financial Aid (located in Student! Services,  Buil‘ 
     
     provides the student with many Service‘s: Tofind out wh 
     
     available, in either under-graduate or graduate ﬁnancial 
     
     come into the ofﬁce and have a look through the binder li i 
     
     all the scholarships and bursaries on file. If you come ac 
     
     any you are eligible for, just ask me for more informatio 
     
     an application form. 
     
    
     Or, you can come and speak to me personally. I’ll 
     
     you in on anything you may be eligible to apply for in 
     
     next few months. ‘ 
     
    
     Another service of Financial Aid is this article, written a 
     
     week for your information. For example: 
     
    
     Bernardine Hall Bursary — (Deadline: end of January) 
     
    
     This bursary, ﬁrst established 'last year, is once 21 
     
     available to Junior or Senior female students living 
     
     residence for two years. Students must have an averag 
     
     70% or more and write an essay on their participatio 
     
     and contribution to residence life over the years. Applica' 
     
     (available in Student Services) will be judged by the Sch 
     
     ship Committee and two people from Guidance Services. 
     
    
     Soroptimist Foundation — (Deadline: January 31) 
     
    
     The Soroptimist Foundation of Canada has decide 
     
     use a portion of its funds each year to make $5,000 g 
     
     available to women either for graduate study or for a I' 
     
     year of a four-year undergraduate program in ﬁelds W 
     
     will lead them to direct work with other women to imp 
     
     the quality of life for those women. 
     
    
     UPEI Memorial Bursary Fund —- (Deadline: ﬁrst week of 
     
    
     Full-time students in any year may apply. One of the 
     
     requirements to be considered will be need. Application '1 
     
     available in Student Services or the Registrar’s Ofﬁce. 
     
    
     _ Finally, I would like to remind you of a great oppo 
     
     for a student‘interested in studying in another country 5' 
     
     year: Rotary Foundation Scholarship ’85-86 (Dea 
     
     March 1, 1984) ‘ 
     
    
     There are five scholarships available from the R 
     
     Foundation of Rotary International for which students 
     
     apply. The purpose of these scholarships is to further ' 
     
     national understanding and friendly relations among P 
     
     of different countries. The scholarships are awarded 
     
    
     student in any field in another country. Applicants of 
     
     awards must not be Rotarians or dependentsbf Rot ‘ 
     
    
     Bulletins about "these Scholarships hay: been sent to  
     
     departments on campus to be posted on local bulletin b 
     
     for your information, and I will be glad to provide you 
     
     any additional information you need. Since the applic 
     
     process takes time, it would be a good idea to look " 
     
     soon. My office hours are: Tuesday and Thursday 1 P' 
     
     4 p.m., Student Services, ﬁrstfloor, Main Building. 
     
    
     ./ January 19‘