By Ruojin Qi

Washington, DC -- On Tues-day, July 26, 17 high school students from China visited the White House, a symbol of beauty and freedom. It was pretty cool to see this and all the students were excited. The White House has a long and rich history. For more than 200 years, the White House has been more than just the home for the United States presidents and their families. Throughout the world, it is recognized as the symbol of the presidency, of the president’s administration and of the United States.

The building has a unique and fascinating history. Built between 1792 and 1800, it suffered a fire at the hands of Britain in 1814 and anoth-er fire in the West Wing in 1929 while Herbert Hoover was president. During Harry S. Truman’s presidency, the first two floors of the house were completely destroyed and needed to be renovated. The stone walls outside are the same ones first built when the

White House was constructed two centuries ago.

The modern-day White House is very complex. The executive residence contains the West Wing, East Wing and Eisenhower Executive Office Building, which now houses offices for the president’s staff. The executive residence is made up of several stories: the ground floor, state floor, second floor, third floor and a two-sto-ry basement.

The term “White House” is usually used for the Executive Office of the president and for the president’s administration and advisers. For instance, official statements from the president come from the White House and begin with: “The White House has decid-ed that...”. The property is a National Heritage Site owned by the National Park Service. It was listed second on the Amer-ican Institute of Architects list of “America’s Favorite Archi-tecture” in 2007.

Past presidents and first ladies have left their personal touches on the White house. In

1801, Thomas Jefferson moved into the White House. In 1909, William Howard Taft created the Oval Office and in 2016, First lady Michelle Obama

joined students to plant the White House Kitchen Garden and celebrated community and school gardens.

Student Ada Zhang from

China said, ”I enjoyed visit-ing the symbol of freedom in America, and it was a beautiful architectural building which deeply impressed me.”

By Mathilda Meng

New York, NY -- The Statue of Liberty, one of the most famous monuments in the world, was presented to the United States by the people of France in the 19th century.The Statue of Liberty was given by the French people to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the U.S.’s independence. Among all of America’s symbols, it is the most famous statue around the world. Designed by sculptor Auguste Bartholdi, it took 10 years to complete and was built by Gustave Eiffel. By the end of October of 1886, it was officially presented to the American people by France.

The Statue of Liberty’s full name is the “Bronze Statue of Liberty National Monument,” and the formal name is “Liberty Enlightening the World.” The statue’s nickname is Lady Liberty and is located on Liberty Island in the New York Harbor, near the Hudson River in Manhattan.

Lady Liberty is 46 meters high atop a 93 meter high

base which weighs 225 tons (490,000 pounds). The lady of the Statue of Liberty wears ancient Greek-style clothes and a radiant crown with seven points to symbolize the seven continents. The right hand holds the torch of freedom and the left hand holds the Declaration of Independence. The foot has broken handcuffs and chains, a symbol of the break free from the tyranny of constraints and freedom. In 1984, the bronze statue was named to the world heritage list.

My classmates from China took a cruise in New York to see The Statue of Liberty. Now I truly under-stand the meaning of this sentence: If you didn’t go to see The Statue of Liberty, you haven’t been to New York. The Statue of Liberty symbolizes the American people ‘s pursuit of democracy, freedom, peace and a vision of a happy life. It is a symbol of the United States,but also the pride of the people of New York. I was fond of this trip and liked seeing this symbol of American freedom and independence. She is a radiant lady in the harbor.

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By Zongyuan Liu Washington, DC -- The Lincoln Memorial is one of the 10 most

popular scenic spots in Washington, D.C. It is located on the west-ern end of the National Mall, across from the Washington Monu-ment. Designed by Henry Bacon, the Lincoln Memorial construc-tion took place between 1914 and 1922.

Approaching it through the front gate, you can see the giant statue of president Abraham Lincoln, which is very impressive and magnificent. From the chamber of the memorial, you can appreciate the different stones used in its construction. The terrace walls and lower steps are granite blocks, which were transported here from Massachusetts. The upper steps, outside façade and columns contain marble blocks from Colorado while the interior walls and columns are limestone from Indiana. The floor is composed of Tennessee marble and the Lincoln statue is comprised of 28 pieces of Georgian marble. We learned on our tour, these building materials may seem random, but Henry Bacon specifically chose each one to tell a very specific story. A country torn apart by war can come together, not only to build something beautiful, but also to explain the reunifica-tion of the states.

The Lincoln Memorial is constructed in memory of President Abraham Lincoln, one of the most celebrated figures in American history. Lincoln was born into an impoverished family, so he had little formal schooling. However, he taught himself by reading a small stack of books. Later, he strived to improve his education, and he studied law.

Lincoln was elected the 16th President of the United States on November 6, 1860, and he was the first president from the Republican Party. He led the American Civil War from 1861 to 1865. Unfortunately, he was assassinated on April 14, 1865. From the perspective of many Americans, he is the greatest president in American history.

In view of the Lincoln Memorial, I interviewed fellow visitors. I asked them where they were visiting from, why they had come to visit and what they liked about this monument. First, I interviewed a businessman from New York. “I come here just to walk around. I like it here very much,” he said. A woman from Ireland said, “The Lincoln Memorial is extremely meaningful and you can learn a lot just by visiting.” The Lincoln Memorial is absolutely worth explor-ing and I enjoyed my visit immensely.

Lady Liberty represents freedom Seeing the historical Lincoln Memorial

The White House: a symbol of American democracy

Photo courtesy of Alpha CaiStudents learn about the White House during a trip to Washington D.C.

Photo courtesy of Perry GoldmanStudents visit the Statue of Liberty, an historical American monument.

By Sawyer Wang

Ewing, NJ -- On Tuesday, July 19, a group of 17 Chinese high school students and two teachers arrived in New Jersey to study and tour select cities in the United States. Our home for the next two weeks would be The College of New Jersey, or TCNJ as it is called. The school, located in Ewing, N.J., and it 112 kilometers from New York City. The school was founded back in 1855. At that time, it was called the Teacher’s College of New Jersey. In 1958, the school’s name was changed to Trenton State College. Finally, in 1996, it became The College of New Jersey.

The 200-acre campus is made up of many brick buildings and some have been renovated many times and there is still a lot of construction today, including a new Science, Technology, Engineering and Math building which will open in August of 2017. Construction of Campus Town, a 12 acre shopping, dining and residential complex has been going on since 2015. There is so much building on the campus students jokingly call the College “The Construction of New Jersey.”

In 2006, TCNJ was awarded a Phi Beta Kappa chapter—an honor shared by less than 10 percent of colleges and universities nationally.

TCNJ has seven well-respected schools and 6,500 undergraduate students attend the College every year. The College is enriched by an honors program, extensive op-portunities to study abroad and its award-winning First-Year Experi-ence, which have all helped to make its retention and graduation rates among the highest in the country.

Having spent a week at TCNJ, I feel TCNJ is a friendly college and the large campus is covered with grass and trees, and beau-tiful lakes and fountains. To my surprise, there are many animals at TCNJ. I have seen squirrels, geese, deer and so many birds,

which is unusual in China. There are not only many animals here, but fresh air and a clean environ-ment as well.

What I like the most is that the life of TCNJ students seems really wonderful. There are many different clubs and ath-letics at this school. There are different kinds of activities, such as beach volleyball, football, swimming, frisbee and billiards. It seems really a wonderful place to live and learn.

I will miss my experience at TCNJ because it is the most at-tractive college that I have visited so far.

By Yiming Fang

Jackson, NJ -- On Saturday, July 23, our group of 17 high school students visiting from China went to shopping at Jackson Outlets in Jackson, N.J. I quickly found out that there are many differences between the way people shop in China and America.

One difference is that Chinese mer-chandise is much more expensive than that

in America. For example, a COACH bag costs about $100 in the U.S., but is over $280 in China. One reason is that there is a fixed tax in China in addition to and other kinds of taxes, so in order to make a profit, merchants have to increase the retail price. Also, because of the different cultures in China, people think imported goods are more valuable than domestic goods.

Another difference in the shopping experience is that salespeople in China

follow shoppers around the store and can be very aggressive. In America, there are fewer salespersons and they are more easy-going with shoppers.

“The salesperson is very kind,” said Xavier, a Chinese student on the trip. “Although I don’t know what she says, she isn’t angry,” he added.

Finally, returning items in America is easier. Yesterday, Xavier bought a T-shirt that was not suitable for him and

he decided to return it. His return went smoothly and successfully. “When I returned goods in China, it usually takes me several days,” he said. This example shows that shoppers in America are given more freedom than in China.

Before I came to America, I thought going shopping was a boring and painful thing. After shopping in the U.S., I think it can be a very enjoyable thing—more enjoyable than in China.

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Pokémon Go makes gaming a life changer

How can Chinese football compete with other countries?

By Zhou Quan

Pokémon Go is the most recent, popular game produced jointly by Nintendo, the Pokémon company, and the Google Labs Niantic company. The mobile game is an example of Augmented Reality (AR), can be downloaded for free and has taken over the world with its popularity in just two weeks.

Most people like this game because of the AR technology. It can make you feel that everything you see on the phone appears in real life, and it combines the virtual with reality.

There is a shop in the game where players can buy the props that they need to catch the Pokémon. The point of the game is to catch Pokémon and battle with other players.

While the game is free, the company can make money by selling the supplies to help you catch more Pokémon. Addie Xueliang said she uses this app often and has fallen in love with the game. Wher-ever she goes she always puts her phone in her hand and moves it everywhere to try and capture a Pokémon pet. Everyone I have talked to cannot stop catching Pokémon because it is so fun.

“I think what attracts me the most is the game’s special idea that you can see the Pokémon in your real world. ” Addie said. “In this way, we can have fun anywhere.”

“You can do many things in this game,” Wang Shuo said. “But sometimes if you are always watching your phone, you don’t know where you are.”

There were reports that three teenagers playing Pokémon Go in Russia accidentally broke into a nuclear power plant and were chased away by the police in Russia.

In all, Nintendo’s game does not disappoint. The app not only combines the virtual with reality, but is suitable to everyone and makes it so that they can play anywhere.

By Hongtu Lyu

On March 29, 2016, the Chinese men’s football team beat the Qatar men’s team by two points. The win qualified them to be in the top 12 of World Cup Asia, and gave them a chance to compete in the World Cup Finals.

Based on these results, Chinese football appears to be moving in the right direction. But is that really the case?

China and Japan are neighboring countries. There are about 150 football schools in Japan, but only 30 in China. In Japan, you can pay about $1,000 to join a good football school, but in China, you have to pay about $10,000.

China and the U.S. are both powerful countries, but many Chinese schools don’t have a school soccer team while almost all American schools have one.

Compared to China, the U.S. pays more attention to

soccer education. Teams around the country focus on train-ing and competing; many U.S. children will start playing as early as four years of age.

Many Chinese parents don’t allow their kids to be football players because if they were injured in the game and couldn’t play anymore, their parents’ money would go to waste.

In order for national teams to compete, China needs to make football training more affordable and accessible to more children in the country. A lot of money is spent on foreign talent for their teams. For example, Brazilian star Hulk recently joined the Shanghai Shanggang foot-ball team. His salary is 16 million euros, and he is ranked eighth in the world. Last week, ShanDong Luneng football team acquired the Italian national team star Pelle, whose salary is 15 million euros.

By acquiring foreign talent, teams may perform better in competition. It is important to acknowledge the high price of international football players. After all, in order for a Chinese football team to be made up of Chinese native players, Chinese soccer education should be emphasized.

For example, the GuangZhou Hengda is a football team which won the CSL championship five times and the AFC Championship two times. This is a real Asian football team. But does it represent China? No! Heng Da’s success is due to the acquisition of foreign talent and the coach’s effective tactics. Hengda can’t be representative of a China football team.

The situation of Chinese football is different from that of the United States and Brazil. Leaders need to put in more effort to revitalize China’s soccer, and Chinese foot-ball will become better and better.

Life at The College of New Jersey

Differences between shopping in America and China

The group enjoys the beautiful scenery on TCNJ’s campus.Photo courtesy of Addie Wang

By Shuhan Wu Ewing, NJ -- Perry Goldman, our kind counselor at Junior

Journalist Summer Camp in the U.S., as well as a talented game maker, once made a RPG (role- playing game) named VetQuest. He worked on his game at home for over 100 hours and finished it in November 2015. Perry said he designed the game for an AT&T Civic App Challenge in New Jersey and for his own personal reasons.

In the game, you first wake at a dormitory, about to return home from the Army. You meet a friend named Michael. You join

an organization named Veterans Affairs, which helps affected veterans with their mental prob-lems. You need to fight monsters in a veterans’ mental land. As the action of the game progresses, your team grows and grows.

According to Perry, VetQuest was made by RPG Maker, a software program which helps you create a game without a tutorial. “A friend of mine had a great influ-ence on the game,” he said, “and I want people to understand that sometimes people will have lots of

problems, which aren’t their fault. Maybe every action you make can save them.”

Perry won third place in the contest. “I wasn’t satisfied with the result, but I put the game on my website,” he said. It isn’t the first time that he has cre-ated games and in the future, he would like to create a game in which players don’t need to stare at screens. To try Perry’s award-winning game, VetQuest, you can visit: www.barrieranxi-ety.com/VetQuest.

VetQuest: a video game based on veterans’ experience

VetQuest puts the player in the mindset of a veteran.VetQuest

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American-born Chinese culture identity

The freedoms and challenges of life as an ABC

There’s something about Perry

By Yiming Li (Helena)

Ewing, NJ --The Chinese children who were born in America are called Ameri-can-born Chinese or ABCs. They have a different life than Chinese-born Chinese teenagers, but are their lives the same as American teenagers?

Anyi Qian and Anais Hou are in 11th grade. Before speaking to a student of Chinese descent, you can already tell which group they’re in. That’s how I felt when I first met Anais. Because of the way she was dressed, in a casual T-shirt and jeans, I could already tell that she was an ABC.

“Students in America tend to wear simpler clothing with fewer designs and colors. We also dress less conservatively. In contrast, Chinese students do the opposite.” Anais said.

After school, Anais works at a local aftercare program for primary school

students. Unlike students in America, stu-dents in China don’t have part-time jobs.

“I think I lead the life of a fairly typical American teenager, except that I focus a lot on school,” Anyi said. The differences seem to stem from her family background—Chinese culture emphasizes the value of education. Furthermore, unlike many of her American classmates, Anyi’s reunions with her extended family are few and far between because most of her family members still live in China. When Anyi’s family celebrates Chinese holidays, they gather with friends instead of family.

“Having gatherings with [close] family is fun, but it still feels like there’s a missing piece sometimes. You miss out on a lot of things when your family lives so far away,” Anyi said.

Having grown up in America, both Anais and Anyi feel more American than

Chinese in terms of culture. However, the immigrant experience is something that they think is quintessential to the true American experience; there will always be a blend of cultures in their

everyday lives. “I might always feel like a bit of an

outsider in both cultures, but I’m also not opposed to creating something completely my own,” Anyi said.

By Haoyu Zhang

Ewing, NJ -- This July, I was lucky enough to come to America. While I was there, I learned a new term, ABC: American-Born Chinese. The first time I met an ABC was in our English class. Our assistant was an ABC. Her name was Anyi Qian.

Many of my classmates from China envied her be-cause Chinese high school students have to study very hard, but her workload is more relaxed so she has time to do other things. Anyi is very optimistic. We could see this in class because she appeared much freer than us. While we sat upright she shook in her chair. Every

time a teacher asked a question, most of the students didn’t say anything, but Anyi answered questions first even if her answers were sometimes wrong. In Ameri-ca students are encouraged to speak up and share their thoughts and opinions.

When we watched a video about the U.S. elections, Anyi had the courage to accuse a politician of bad behav-ior. The other students were astonished at this because in China, nobody could do that in class. If a student acted that way, their teacher will discipline them. I learned that America has something called “freedom of speech,” so ABCs don’t have to worry about being disciplined for their opinions.

Even though they have freedom, ABCs do have diffi-culties in their life. For example, Anyi said she often feels that she can’t assimilate into a country of white people well because of her skin color. When she comes to China, she also can’t assimilate into Chinese culture because of her American identity. So, she is very confused. Chinese students don’t have this problem. They can associate with other Chinese very easily, and don’t have to worry about being isolated.

ABCs are different from other Chinese people, but their challenge is to find out how to feel comfortable in they fit into their parent’s birthplace and their home country.

By Weipeng Liu

Ewing, NJ -- My two new American-born Chinese (ABC) friends are named Anyi and Anais. Although we come from different countries and have never met one another before, we became friends easily. I interviewed Anyi about her academic life in high school.

Anyi is a top student in Hopewell Valley Central High School in Hopewell, NJ. She

has always liked going to school to learn, so she has never thought school to be boring. She works hard and frequent-ly stays up late to do school work. “I stay up much later than I should,” Anyi said. “Most American teenagers stay up very late, whether it’s because of schoolwork or procrastinating. Because both of her parents have high expectations, getting good grades is important in their

eyes. At her high school, she is a bit unique. She is bilin-gual—she can speak English and Chinese fluently. She can choose the classes she wants to take, but she is interested in more challenging subjects, so there is more homework and assignments in these courses. In America, she has to write a lot for every class. Even in her chemistry and physics classes, they write papers, while they

also have essays in her English and history classes, too. “Once I learn something in my study life, I feel so happy and satis-fied. I think it’s really a nice thing in my life.”

American students also do more analysis by themselves. They don’t just memorize facts, they have to take it a step further by coming up with their own theories. Although their classes are shorter, the workload for each

class is heavy and requires more time to complete.

“The difference between Chinese and American educational systems is that in America, students are required to draw their own con-clusions from the material that they learn,” she says. We rely mostly on note--taking and memorization, so the idea of taking your own perspective is foreign. To me, their way is more difficult but maybe that’s just their normal.

ABC’s study life is challenging and difficult

By Yuxin Liu

Ewing, NJ -- Perry Goldman is the tallest foreigner I have ever seen. Now he is my teach-er. At 6-foot-3, this recent college graduate is good at working with computers and fond of martial arts fiction books. In 1997, he learned Chinese when he joined the military for a job he had for six years. Perry is always energetic and funny and his expressions are exhilarating. I was interested in his legendary life experienc-es so I decided to interview him during my visit to the United States and discovered a lot.

At 21, Perry served as a soldier in the U.S. Army. As a soldier, Perry had a strong spirit

and still does. Everyday in the army he got up at 6:30 a.m. and would do physical training for one hour. He said it was very tiring.

In the army Perry had two jobs. He had to learn Chinese for 18 months and then translate Chinese into English. Sometimes he still had to use his dictionary because he thought his Chinese was not very good. The second job was guard duty, which I think sounds very cool. Perry spent seven hours working each day. All this experience in the Army made him very tough.

On our recent trip to Princeton University, I noticed him accidentally tripping and when he stood up again, he didn’t even examine his legs to see if he was injured. My own father dreamed of being a soldier, but he couldn’t fulfill the army’s qualifications because of his near-sightedness.

My other teacher is Tom Athan, 23, thinks Perry is very funny and energetic like me. My classmates also think he is really interesting and warmhearted, so we all enjoy hanging out with him. From his actions, we can feel his enthusiasm and optimism.

Because Perry has experienced many things, his attitude on life is different from others. I can learn a lot from him. From my trip to America, not only did I make more friends, but it also expanded my horizons. I was amazed by the beautiful sceneries, got some new life experiences and met a new optimistic friend named Perry.

By Mingyu Zhang

Ewing, NJ -- The first time I saw Tom Athan was at the JFK International Airport right after our plane from China had landed in the United States. I thought he must be someone else’s counselor because he was so sunny, energetic and easygoing. I soon found out he was also very intelligent.

Athan, 23, is a recent graduate of The College of New Jersey in Ewing, N.J. where he studied finance. While in college he read business newspapers for his courses and noticed a lot was written about China. He became more interested in the country and the Chinese. In 2014, he went to Shanghai to study Chinese during a semester abroad. “I learned a lot of things,” Athan said. “I learned many words and I learned about myself. Athan fell in love with the country and the culture.

Two years later, he is helping me and my high school classmates from China learn English at a summer journalism camp. In doing so, he gets to practice his Chinese as well. In September of 2016, he will go to China to teach college freshmen English in the Hunan province for nine months. He is looking forward to many things about the experience but especially the spicy food in the region.

But Athan doesn’t just want to live in China forever, as he dreams of living all over the world, including South America and Japan. He also dreams of re-launching his clothing business he started during his sophomore year of college with a friend. The two bought a sewing machine to make trousers, pants and shorts to sell. Although they ran the business for just six months, they still made clothes for family, friends and themselves in their spare time. Yesterday, Athan wore shorts that he made by himself. He hopes that after he returns from his travels, he would get funding to start the company again.

His other passion is conserving the environment. “The Earth isn’t just for people, it is the home for animals and plants as well,” Athan said. When he walks along the street and sees some garbage, he will pick it up and throw it into the trash bin to protect the en-vironment. His actions earned him the name “Garbage Tom” from his Chinese friends.

Garbage Tom isn’t garbage at all. On the contrary, he is very valuable to the students he has met and helped.

Photo courtesy of Jennifer Wang

‘Garbage Tom’ loves China and the environment

Photo courtesy of Yiming Li (Helena)

The ABC students live different lives than Chinese students.

The students miss Perry (left) and Tom (right).

Visiting NBC: an unusual, exciting experienceBy Xavier Gong

New York, NY -- “How do you feel

about your first time coming to New York?” “I think New York is so, so exciting and beautiful.” When I sat on the seat and was facing 4 cameras, I was very excited but it was unable to suppress my nerves.

On July 23, 2016 my classmates and I visited New York City and it was an unusual experience for me. It is some-thing I will never forget.

When we got to NBC, the Nation-al Broadcasting Corporation, as part of our tour we took part in a performance on the television set of the Jimmy Kim-mel show, a popular night time enter-tainment show. While we were working on the performance, we were given a clear division of responsibilities so everyone played a different role in the performance and acquired various experience and feelings. I played the

part of a special guest and my teacher was the host.

At first, I thought it was so exciting because it was my first time that I was being interviewed. I was very nervous and I had never seen this kind of scene. Also, I was a little camera shy so I spoke in fragmented sentences. Because I am Chinese, I had difficulty under-standing the interviewer. Sometimes, the interviewer translated what she said into Chinese. Even then, I could not organize my thoughts into words. The microphone recorded every sound, every bit of it. How embarrassing it was. I actually blushed. At this time I wanted to find a hole and stay there forever.

Afterwards, I thought the experience was terrible but my friends and teach-ers thought I was very good. They gave me encouraging words and someone smiled and said I would be famous. OK, that is enough.

Through this experience, I deeply

understood what a television interview-ee feels like. How do they overcome the their nervousness and how do they organize their beautiful sentences? I will

never know. I think everyone has the ability to

show their best side, they just didn’t have the courage to do so.

By Alpha Cai

Washington, DC -- NPR, or National Public Radio, sounds like a “public” radio station, but is actually totally independent because listeners donate money to support

the station. The station includes great storytelling and rigorous reporting. Their reporters are in Washington D.C., and other major cities around the U.S. and the world. They are writers, editors, engineers and producers at NPR.

NPR produces news, music and entertainment pro-grams. Two of the most popular programs include Morn-ing Edition and All Things Considered. With hundreds of member stations nationally, NPR focuses on both domes-tic and foreign news. Moving forward, NPR continues to embrace digital formats of news and offers many options for listeners beyond the traditional radio dial.

During our visit to NPR headquarters in Washing-ton D.C., we saw how a news program is produced. The first place we visited was a big, quiet room with soundproof walls to keep voices contained and keep out all outside noises.

On the fifth floor there is a roof garden, which helps to regulate the temperature of the entire building. The green-ery also energizes the staff when they see it. We also went to a recording studio and got to know the time schedule of the NPR programs. There is a special part in the studio that I’m very interested in; the wall of this room is also a soundproof wall, with tiny cubby holes built in. Inside the holes were items such as small glasses and other souve-nirs, making it resemble an upright chess board. When I asked where these items come from, I learned they are all donated by the listeners of NPR. I decided to put in a train ticket to leave behind my own personal memory, so others know that I, too, was there.

By Yuang Mei

New York, NY -- Today, I’ll introduce one of the most famous newspapers in Ameri-ca—The New York Times.

The New York Times is an American daily newspaper established in 1851 and contin-uously published in New York City by Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones. It is issued all around the world and has a big influence. For a long time, The New York Times had credi-bility and authority in the U.S. Named for its staid appearance and style, “The Gray Lady” is regarded as a national newspa-per of record.

The paper’s printing

site was formerly built on marshland in the borough of Queens in New York. In order to support the weight of the building and all of the machinery, some of the piles had to be driven more than 200 feet into the ground.

The control room over-looks the assembly area and loading dock. Since the entire printing process is monitored and operated via the internet, the plant’s managers know as soon as something goes wrong with a piece of machinery so they can fix the problem as soon as possible.

The building was designed to be expanded, as needed. About a decade ago, 50,000

square feet was added when a plant in Edison, N.J. was closed and operations were consolidated in Queens, N.Y. The largest section of the plant is where the papers are assem-bled. This one room contains more than 150,000 square feet of space—almost the size of three football fields.

Daily, 1.3 million cop-ies of the paper are printed in 27 printing plants around the world. Six hundred fifty thousand to seven hundred thousand copies are printed daily in the Queens facility. I think anyone would be amazed at how this paper is printed and distributed to its readers around the world.

NPR: Story by story, we bring you the world

Behind the scenes: printing The New York Times

Visiting Xinhua, a Chinese news agency, in America

NBCStudents learn how to interview one another.

By Meijing Lu

New York, NY -- Xinhua is the larg-est news agency in China, and the most influential North American branch is in New York.

China’s Xinhua News Agency has 174 bureaus worldwide. This agency uses different types of news release for-mats and media tools, including news-papers, database and search services,

mobile phones and networks to distrib-ute the news.

The agency has a unique form of interaction and a flexible way of cover-ing major events and incidents. Special newswire features reported from the field are divided into domestic and internation-al features.

Xinhua’s North American branch in New York was introduced in October of 2008. Other locations include: Washington

D.C., Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, San Francisco, Ottawa, Toronto and Vancou-ver. All of the branches have Chinese and English newsrooms. These newsrooms are responsible for distributing Chinese press releases and news according to global international Beijing time.

All of the branch reporters are also re-sponsible for covering the New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ and other interna-tional financial news markets, and regional

news in the greater New York area.We learned from our visit it is difficult

to work at the agency. Reporters have to be fluent in English and Chinese, and have a knowledge of the field of journalism and global journalism. I also feel they need a love of the motherland, China. I feel reporters who want to work at Xinhua should strive to acquire professional knowledge to enrich the lives of their audience with the stories they write.

Photo courtesy of Addie WangEveryone learns about the newspaper’s printing process.

Photo courtesy of Jennifer WangStudents visit NPR, the station that produces shows like Morning Edition.