China Program

MindVISA uses a combination of carefully-chosen international travel and specialized pedagogy to help young minds know themselves more. (MindVISA is a travel-based education provider, and not a travel agency. Please read the About us and our Approach sections of this website).
 

Why China?

Can a land of billion people economically develop, really? China has confounded the world by proving that it is possible. We invite young Indian minds to experience China – so familiar because of its billion plus population like India – yet so unfamiliar because of China’s unprecedented growth. Straddling between tradition and modernity, combined with its unaccustomed social and political milieu, China will make young Indian minds question themselves like never before.

Our China program takes you to Beijing, Shanghai and Guilin. Between visits to the Forbidden City, the Great Wall, and Shanghai bund; experiencing Chinese tea ceremonies, watching an opera, taking a gorgeous Li River boat trip, and exploring Buddhist temples, we mix history, arts, culture, and nature, with lessons on economic development. These visits are carefully interwoven with MindVISA’s experiential learning program, to let young Indian minds learn about themselves and develop critical leadership abilities. (See program itinerary below)

Please use the registration form to enroll in the program, if you are in the age group of 14-18 years.

 

Day	City	Places to Visit	Group Work and Special Events
1	Kuala Lumpur	Flight to Kuala Lumpur City tour	Ice-breaker games Self-discovery games Learning about the Silk Road
2	Beijing	Flight to Beijing Tiananmen Square	Chinese opera
3	Beijing	Forbidden city Hutong tour Drum & Bell towers	Story of the Chinese Empire Games to observe oneself in a group setting
4	Beijing	Summer palace Taoist Dongyu temple	Folk music and dance Learning about religions in China - Taoism, Confucianism, Buddhism
5	Beijing	The great wall of China	Visioning exercises – imagining the future
6	Shanghai	People’s square Shanghai museum Shanghai bund	Stories about Chinese inventions Creative problem-solving games
7	Shanghai	Jade Budhha temple Yuyuan gardens & bazaar Flight to Guilin	Tea-tasting ceremony
8	Guilin	River walk Solitary Beauty peak Shan lake - Sun and Moon twin pagodas Night market	Tai chi Team building games
9	Guilin	Li river tour Yangzhou city tour	Games to learn how to listen to nature Impressions Sanjie Liu show, the world’s largest natural theatre - using Li river and the surrounding 12 hills as the stage
10	Guilin	Dragon Backbone rice terraces	Imagining what kind of cities to build as we grow Leadership games
11	Kuala Lumpur	Flight to Kuala Lumpur	Decision-making games
12	Kuala Lumpur	City tour Flight to Chennai	De-briefing about the journey