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Welcome to the MIT Club of Beijing!

We are a diverse group of individuals who share the unique experience of "drinking from the firehose," i.e., studying at MIT, and working/studying in China's capital. This site is designed to provide useful information about our club, events, and the city of Beijing.

[edit] News

• MIT Innovation Summit has been postponed to 2010.
• Young Alums in Peking has started a cross-university mailing list serving young alums.
• Opportunities to get involved with the club now posted!
• Join the club now if you haven't already done so.
• Profile support added to MIT Beijing, fill out your profile today!

[edit] Events

Upcoming Events:

• Dinner with Marjorie Yang, March 3 (Tentative)
• Saturday April 24th: Hutong Tour
• Wednesday May 19th: MIT Social Event

Past events:

		Sunday, Feb. 7 Volunteer Meeting
		Saturday, Feb. 6 WSRA MIT Chapter Event
		Sunday Nov. 8th, Intra-Club Networking Roundtable
		Nov. 5th, Dinner with T. Allan Hatton
		October 17, 2009 Zhuangdaokou Hiking Trip
		Monday, September 21, 2009 6PM Prof. Zue and Prof. Khoury visit Beijing
		August 29, 2009, Visit to Head of MIT's Architecture Dept, Professor Chang Yung Ho's studio in Yuan Ming Yuan
		Wednesday, June 24th, 2009: All Universities Alumni Networking Mixer
		Wednesday, June 17th, 2009: Monthly Young Alums Pub Night - Special appearance Prof. Jing Wang (former Chair of the Foreign Languages Dept.) , Sean Gilbert, Director for the MISTI China Program at MIT, and Melissa Marquardt, special envoy from the MIT Alumni Office.
		11AM Saturday, May 24, 2009: Yale Club Brunch - Featuring Lijia Zhang,author of "Socialism is Great," her memoir on life in a Nanjing Rocket family and escape.
		7PM-9PM Wednesday, April 15, 2009: Scarlett Bar Night, free drinks at Scarlett Bar.
		Saturday, March 28th 2009: MIT club welcomes Class of 2013. Club members welcome admitted students from Beijing to meet alumni. Club members share stories of their undgrad experiences.
		Friday, January 23rd 2009: Prof Deborah Fitzgerald Visits Beijing. Club members meet Kenan Sahin Dean of the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at MIT, and Professor of the history of technology in the Program in Science, Technology and Society.
		Sunday December 28th 2008: MIT Beijing Club Annual Holiday Brunch. Beijing club members meet over brunch, several current students as well as alums were in attendance.

More Events.

[edit] Video

In the below video MIT President Susan Hockfield hails a new era of collaboration between the Institute and China, and Zhou Wenzhong, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China, discusses the larger relationship between his country and the U.S., particularly in light of the economic crisis enveloping the world.