Beijing and Tsinghua
Chen Zhou
15 June, 2010
Outline
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Internet connection in Tsinghua
Locations of interest
Dorm and check in
Initial schedule
Activities
Transportation
Food
Shopping
Money
Power
Phone
Internet access
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Download access software before departure
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To change your password, go to
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http://netsupport.tsinghua.edu.cn/
Click this symbol near left top corner
Click this symbol on the bottom
Click OK to download, a new icon will appear on your
desktop
To log in, click the new icon on your desk top
Enter your user ID and password, check the box for “open
log-in” (go outside Tsinghua network)…
https://usereg.tsinghua.edu.cn/
Students will be given 2 internet access cards. Be
sure to log-off after use, or you will run out of your
quota very quickly.
Where is what in the city?
Yuan Ming Yuan
Summer Pallace
Bar District
W Train
Stn
Embassy
District
Downtown
Train Stn
If you go on your own
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Take a taxi from airport, be sure to wait in the
queue, or may get ripped off by a solicitor
Tell the driver for Tsinghua University Northeast
gate or 清华大学紫荆东北门19楼 (building 19)
The cost is about 100 RMB
Insist to use the meter
There is a toll charge 10 RMB
Dorms
Campus
East
gate
Yuan Ming
Yuan,
group tour
on June 25
IC 6
Market
Restaurants
Food court
West
gate
Zhong Guan Cun
Electronics market
Main
gate
Market
Bike,…
IE Dept
Classroom
Subway
Station
Market
Convenience, food, phone, …
Northern campus
Dorm Canteens
Qing Qing Pizza
Dorm
mgt
Canteen
Northeast
Gate
IC #6
Classroom 6A 309
Southern campus
IC #6
West
gate
IE
computer
Markets
Main
gate
South
gate
Alternative to buying a bike - lease
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RMB 400 deposit
RMB 60/month,
100/year
Advantages
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Deter stealing
Many locations for
pickup/return (see map)
Clean up daily
Call 400… 3 days before
turn
IE building and computer room
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舜德楼 Shun De Lou room 512, near IE office
IE contact: Nan Jie +86 10 6277 2989, address
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北京清华大学舜德楼北511工业工程系办公室 南婕 转
Name, 邮编 100084
Classroom, Instruction Center 6
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6A 309
Dorm check in for GT students
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Dorm management is in Zijing building 19, 1st floor
(entrance is at the ground floor)
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Passport, and 200 RMB deposit (refundable), can use credit card
with a small fee
Your room will be in one of the buildings nearby
Dorm check in for NUS Students
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Those did not stay in the dorm regret last year!
You need to pay for your stay at check in
Dorm management is in Zijing building 19, 1st floor
(entrance is at the ground floor)
Passport, deposit and room charges
房型
单人间
AB间
双人间
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Refund will be given to early check out
天数
价格
1-30天
150元/天/人
31-89天
130元/天/人
1-30天
140元/天/人
31-89天
120元/天/人
1-30天
80元/天/人
31-89天
70元/天/人
Dorm at Tsinghua University
Dorm
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Single or double, AC
Mattress, sheets
Private or shared shower, toilet in double
Hot water 7-9 AM, 3-5 PM, 8PM-12AM
Ethernet socket
TV, only English channel CCTV 9 (17)
201 phone (need a phone card to dial out, but
can receive calls)
• Electric kettle (do not cook in it), sink
• Laundry: service available in building 18
• Many floors has self-serve machines, you need to
buy a transponder
Schedule
Monday, June 28, 2010
29-Jun
C2 Final,
4 Tour
Monday, July 05, 2010
6-Jul
c3 4
4
Monday, July 12, 2010
13-Jul
c3 4
30-Jun
1-Jul
2-Jul
3-Jul
AirChina
Campus Tian An
9:30 - 3:30 tour, YMY Men
7-Jul
8-Jul
9-Jul
10-Jul
2
Lenovo
4
14-Jul
15-Jul
16-Jul
17-Jul
4-Jul
11-Jul
18-Jul
4
21-Jul
4
22-Jul
23-Jul
24-Jul
25-Jul
C3 Final
C4 4
Monday, July 26, 2010
27-Jul
28-Jul
c4 4
4
4
Monday, August 02, 2010
3-Aug
4-Aug
4
29-Jul
30-Jul
31-Jul
1-Aug
6-Aug
GT grades
7-Aug
8-Aug
Monday, July 19, 2010
c3 4
c4 4
20-Jul
4
4
5-Aug
C4 Final,
4 Farewell
Return,
13:00
GT
commence
ment
Thursday, 1 July
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Air China
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9:30 – 3:30
Check in and dinner nearby
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Do some IE: parallel processing
Try to get building numbers, and put the luggage in the
correct lobbies
Friday, 2 July
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8:30 Gather on sidewalk near building 22
Campus tour
11:00 Zhao Lan Yuan, SIM card, and lunch
13:00 Yuan Ming Yuan
Sat 3 July Tian An Men Square and city center
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No slippers, do not bring heavy bags or valuables
8:30 at entrance of building 23
Walk to Wu Dao Kou 五道口 (5th railroad crossing) subway
station (or you can be there at 9:00 AM)
Take subway line 13, then line 2, line 1 to Tianmen Dong
Visit Mao memorial, required for HTS 2602
Self organized tours.
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Forebidden city, Renovated city center, Wangfu Jing, flee market
Monday 5 July
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Classes begin
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9 – 11
2-4
Sat - Sunday
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Self organized activities
In the past, people organized tours to Great walls,
etc.
You can also consider other places, temple of
heaven, silk market 秀水街, etc.
Check out the travel agent
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In Beijing (or Singapore), the use of travel agent often
leads to savings
Ticket can run out, so plan your trip early
Transportation
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Taxi: stay in queue and use meters: 10 RMB start, and
about 50 to city center
“Cabs” at the dorm are unofficial, fix price before you go
Subway: convenient and no traffic jam
Bus lines are many. It take studying
Bike
Travel
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Weekend to Great Wall: your group is large, it is
possible to rent your own bus
Plan your out of town trips early, e.g.
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Train ticket may not be available closer to departure
date
In Shanghai tour, many go to Hanzhou and Suzhou,
you may not find the ticket when you get there!
Visa extension or multiple entry
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Some culture suggestions
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Cultural minutes,
before 2nd part of PM
class
Activities
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Bowling
Basketball
Soccer (foot) ball
Ping pang after the
class
Beijing Acrobat (Chao
Yang theater)
Karaoke
What story does this picture tell
Other recreations
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Tennis
Basketball
Swimming, 1.5 hour
intervals, a small charge
Ping-Pong
Clubbing
Food
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Canteen at the
dorm
Qing Qing Pizza in
the basement of
the canteen
Get cash cards,
normally at drink
stand, a 10%
charge
Better canteen at food square
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Food square: a better
liked canteen
Food court at the
market
Others
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Qing Qing (similar to
McDonald’s)
Qing Qing Pizza, basement
of the dorm canteen
Food
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Restaurant between bldgs 20 & 21, 18 & 19
Campus restaurants near two of the dorm blgs
Many have food there often and liked it
Cost no more than GT cafeteria
Nearby
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Out of Main gate: Two Italians,
We could not find Indian, Mexican nearby last
year (one Mexican moved away)
Nearby
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Wu Dao Kou: hot pot, Korean BBQ (several), Pizza
hut, KFC,
Travel agent
Farewell at Peking Duck near Tsinghua
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Peking duck out of main gate where we had
farewell receptions
Shopping
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Market near dorm: convenience store,
phones, SIM card, …
Market in Zhao Lan Yuan, near classroom:
fruit, miscellaneous,
Electronics and others from Main gate to
Wu Dao Kou
Wal-Mart on Zhi Chun Lu, 15 min bike
ride (1 stop from Wu Dao Kou) from Main
gate (cheese, peanut butter, etc.)
Silk Market, Wang Fu Jing, Qianmen,
Chao Yang Embassy district
Money
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Exchange rate basically identical anywhere,
and normally good, about 6.8 now
ATMs on campus or tourist locations in
Beijing normally support one of the systems
with logos on the right. Check on your ATM
card
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Zhao Lan Yuan, outside banks
Travelers cheques may have better exchange
rate, but there is a fee
Power in China
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220 Volts. Check your device
before you plug it in since US
uses 110 V
Power plug
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Type A, similar shape that used in
US with slightly smaller gap
If your plug has 2 prongs of the
same size, there is no problem
If one is bigger, or you have 3
prong, you need a adapter. The
simplest way is to buy a power
strip with universal sockets,
available in the market near
dorm
Phone landlines
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Beijing
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Special prepaid card operated phone in dorm
Free for incoming calls
Get Beijing 201 card from newstand near canteen or
along street
Broad band connection in dorm
Phone cards, available in many convenience
stores
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A little more expensive than US
You do not pay face value, 50% or more discount is
common
Cell phone in China
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Mostly GSM although CDMA networks becomes available
You can get SIM cards
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In market near dorm
Small general store in Zhao Lan Yuan
Post office on campus
Small electronics shops near main and south gate
The cost depends on
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Number: 8s are good, 4s are bad.
Minutes included
How long has it been retired
You normally can pick from a list of numbers
I have seen from RMB 50 – 130 ($7 – $18), some has more air
time than others.