Knee deep in the Beijing Experience
� Morten Lykke Olesen at The Great Wall.
MSc-student Morten Lykke Olesen reflects on his arrival in Beijing
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s a Dane arriving in Beijing, I quickly noticed that this place was and would be worlds apart from what I was used to and knew of back in Denmark. I sort of felt as if I had just landed on another planet,” Morten explains. September 2012
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Morten Lykke Olesen is preparing for the start of the SDC-programmes. He is studying Public Management, and chose to travel to Beijng a month in advance: “Beijing could be described as a city of extremes. Within your first trip around the city, you are sure to encounter the ancient and modern architecture standing side by side”, says Morten. He also experienced a
significant cultural difference when he arrived in China: “You are sure to experience things, large and small, that will fascinate you. The good manners of queuing and standing in line that I knew from Denmark are basically non-existent here in Beijing. Shoving and pushing is apparently normal, and you will learn quickly 5
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