my chicken sandwich from Grandma’s Kitchen. It looks American.

After being exhausted after our really busy free day, we were allowed to sleep in a little bit today because the first thing we had was lecture at 9:30. The lecture was on the Chinese economy, and it was much more boring than the other history lectures. After the lecture was over, we went to a little Japanese/Korean restaurant in the hotel that none of us knew was there. It was surprisingly good, despite most of the meal being served cold when we all thought it was supposed to be hot. We had chicken stuffed with cheese (delicious). After lunch, we had to get changed pretty quick to go to our company visit at Tsinghua Solar. Tsinghua Solar is a surprisingly small solar energy company that designs and sells equipment to harness solar radiation. They invented a machine made out of a series of tubes that captured heat from the sun to heat water in your house. We were given a presentation on how their machine worked, and then taken to a room with the machines and all of their parts to really get an idea of how they work. Tsinghua Solar takes up only one floor of the business building they are in, but they have invented a machine that is being implemented all over China. After we left Tsinghua Solar, we went back and were on our own for the rest of the night. A few of us decided we were going to try out a restaurant called Grandma’s Kitchen to see what Chinese American food is like. We were really there to see if Chinese American food is as different from real American food as American Chinese food is from real Chinese food. I got a chicken sandwich and onion rings, and it turned out to be really good and not much different from actual American food. After that, we just decided to hang out for the rest of the night. I know, not too exciting.