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Virtual China Bikers Group #3 Interviews

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Virtual China Bikers Group #3 Interviews
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Subject:        Virtual China Bikers3 (03/24/96)
VIRTUAL CHINA '96 participants:

The following messages come to you from Mrs. Sherry Zahn's group of 25
student bikers who began their week long study tour of rural Southern China
on Sunday, March 24th. This is the first set of an anticipated 5 sets of
messages we expect to come from the students in "Bikers Group 3" from Hong
Kong International School.
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Author: Morgan Drutchass
Date: March 24, 1996
Location: Village of Nam Bat, Southern China
Interview with: A local person from the village Nam Bat

These are questions we asked a local villager.

Us - When was your village built and by who?

Him - It was built around 1837 by overseas Chinese.

Us - About how many people are in the village?

Him - About 500 people.

Us - Do you have a school?

Him - Yes, we have a local school. It is about 1 km away from the village.

Us - Are there any doctors?

Him - 5 doctors, my grandmother is one of them.

Us - What do you do with your garbage?

Him - We put it in our garbage cans, than once a week a person from the
city comes to take the garbage away.
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Author: Billy Mounce, Chester Hui
Date: March 25, 1996
Location: English school in Tai Shan, China
Activity: Interview with an English School Teacher

As we were going on a tour of Tai Shan we passed many schools. We decided
to accept a young lady's invitation into her school, and while we were
there we found out a fact box of information. We decided that we would ask
the most important question: "How many students are in your school?" This
provided a variety of answers. The first answer was the most direct., there
were 120+ students over a day shift , and a night shift. The average
student took five 45 minute classes a day, five days a week. We also found
out that besides the weekends, there were two vacations, summer, 12 weeks,
and winter, 1 month. We asked our final question: "How is the school
funded?" The response had two parts. The first was by tuition, 1200 RMB per
year (approx. 8 RMB/$1 US), then the local government paid the rest. Due to
time we had to leave the Tai Shan English school.
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Author: Weisen Janet Li and Caroline Eliot Editor: Mr. Dratz
Date: March 26, 1996
Location: White Earth Village
Activity: Interview with Mak "surname"

Message: Caroline and I were rather lucky to get a little information from
a villager in the Bak Tou Village. They told us that the village was
300-400 years old and there are about 3000-4000 people living there. In Bak
Tou, all the people are farmers. Bak Tou is split up into 3 parts. They are
Chuang, Huang, and Mak. We met a lady with the surname Mak. She says that
she is 20 years old, and also said that she has lived in the village for 25
years.
All the people in the village seems to enjoy seeing the cameras and having
their pictures taken.
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Author: Caroline Poon, Ilias Panayioto
Date: March 27, 1996
Location: Near Siuhing China
Activity: Interview with Banker in town

Message:
Passing through a fairly large street in Sun Que we chanced upon some
ladies on a corner. Having a slightly hard time communicating, we were
introduced to a young man. We asked this young man questions about himself.
Q- Where do you work?
A- "In the Bank of China," he responded, "I am a teller here." Q- What are
your working hours?
A- "8:00 in the morning until 5:30 at night. " Q- Where do you live?
A- "In that building (he pointed) across the street from the bank. (The
building was light blue, and quite probably one of the tallest buildings in
town, although it's only a low-rise.)

Now we asked him some slightly more personal questions, just for fun.

Q- How old are you?
A- "Guess."
Ilias answered, "Twenty."
A- "About!"
Q- Are you married?
A- "No, not yet."
Q- Do you want to get married?
A- "Yes, very much."
Q- So, do you have a fiance' or girl friend? A- "no."

He was very curious about us and it seemed at times that he was the one
conducting the interview. We gave him a Polaroid photo of himself and left
with a feeling of having done a good interview. As we were leaving, though,
we realized we didn't know his name!
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The following messages come to you from Mrs. Sherry Zahn's group of 25
student bikers who are coming to the end of their week long study tour of
rural Southern China. Their itinerary has taken them from the coastal town
of Kwang Hai (approximately 100 miles west of Hong Kong) through Tai Shan,
Hoi Ping, then Sun Hing, and today in and around the Pearl River city of
Siu Hing. This is the fifth set of messages from the students in "Bikers
Group 3" from Hong Kong International School. At 7:00 p.m. this evening
this group of tired bikers will board the overnight ferry in Siu Hing,
bound for an early morning arrival in Hong Kong.
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Name: Sayako Kawata and Jackson Hall
Date: March 28, 1996
Zahn, Biker Group 3
Location: Seven Stars Crag Park, near Siu Hing, China
Activity: Interview with Mr. Ken Yamamura

We interviewed a Japanese tourist. We picked out one person from a group of
few people. He told us his name was Ken Yamamura. We asked him many
questions about himself, and why he was here, in China. He was very kind,
and helped us answer most of the questions.
Mr Yamamura came to visit China with his wife, to celebrate her birthday,
and came to the Seven Stars area. He said he enjoyed hiking, and made it to
the top of the crags. He loved the view. He had also been to Hong Kong,
taking the ferry to Kwang Hai. He found China very interesting and
different compared to Japan, mostly the technology.
After the interview, he and his wife wanted to take pictures with Jack, for
he had blond hair, and there aren't many foreigners in Japan.
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VIRTUAL CHINA '96 participants:
March 29th, 1996
Bikers Group 3, Mrs. Zahn's group ..... this group's last messages!
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The following messages come to you from Mrs. Sherry Zahn's group of 25
student bikers who are coming to the end of their week long study tour of
rural Southern China. Their itinerary started at the coastal town of Kwang
Hai (approximately 100 miles west of Hong Kong) then north through Tai
Shan, Hoi Ping, Sun Hing, and finally Siu Hing. At approximately 8:00 a.m.
this morning they arrived back in Hong Kong having taken an overnight ferry
from Siu Hing. This is the final set of messages from the students in
"Bikers Group 3" Hong Kong International School.
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Author: Tyler Wilson and Taylor Bradford Date: March, 29, 1996
Location: Hong Kong International School, Hong Kong Activity:
Interview with: Jack Hall, HKIS student, Hong Kong

Message:
Q: "What was your general feeling for the trip? "
A: "It was hard and fun, but different then I expected."
Q: "What did you like?"
A: " I liked the night market, but not the villages."
Q: "What will you do after this?"
A: " I can't wait to take a shower and see my dog."
Q: "You like the groups?"
A: "I liked my group leader."
Q: "Did you think the trip was too long or too short?"
A: "I would have liked more biking and the trip was too short."
Q: "What did you think of the night market?"
A: "I liked bargaining but there wasn't much variety."
Q: "What did you think of the rules and regulations?"
A: "I didn't like to give up my caps for my cap gun." Q: "If you could go
again which would you choose, biking or Xian?" A: " BIKING!"
Q: "What would you change?"
A: "I would have less backtracking."
Q. "Did you like the hotels?"
A: "They were OK.
Q: "What didn't you like?"
A: "I didn't like journal writing and there wasn't any shower on the ferry."
Q: "Do you think you packed enough?"
A: "I think I packed enough except for food."
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