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A Yale student shows off a Fudan University T-shirt during the American university's visit to the city's top college on Thursday.[Photo: Shanghaidaily.com]
A delegation of 100 students, faculty members and administrators from Yale University visited Shanghai's top college on Thursday.
Led by Yale's Vice President Bruce Alexander, the delegation is engaged in an 11-day trip to China in response to an invitation issued by Chinese President Hu Jintao during his state visit to the United States last year.
During a visit to Fudan University yesterday, the delegation was welcomed by a student playing the zither, a traditional Chinese instrument.
Fudan, which has signed a four-year collaboration deal with Yale, presented its US partner with a colored-glaze souvenir with the two university's logos on it.
Yale students and professors also toured the Fudan campus, talked with their Chinese counterparts, and attended interactive seminars that focused on topics such as cultivating leadership, integrating international students, extracurricular activities and campus alcohol issues.
Tisha Hooks, a third-year student in Yale's department of African American and American Studies said that US students think of China simply as a growing economic power.
"But we are treated more than friendly by Chinese people here," she said. | 
