Prior to beginning a graduate degree at the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University, Kate Murray was a Manager of Entrepreneur Selection & Growth at Endeavor, Detroit, a global nonprofit that supports high-impact entrepreneurs in emerging markets worldwide. Kate enjoys working in the world of economic development, but her one true love will always be the fascinating relationship between the United States and China.
Kate learned her first Chinese words at age ten from a “Big Bird in China” song. Since then, she spent ten years studying Mandarin in the classroom and one semester living in Beijing during her junior year of college. She dug further into U.S.-China relations during her senior year, researching and writing a thesis titled Bashful or Brash: An Examination of the Chinese Response to the Pivot.
Today, Kate tries to keep up with her Mandarin as much as possible, and to use her understanding of Chinese language, culture, and politics to help the entrepreneurs that she works with.
Kate is a proud Boston College Eagle with a Bachelor’s degree in International Studies and Chinese.
Prior to beginning a graduate degree at the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University, Kate Murray was a Manager of Entrepreneur Selection & Growth at Endeavor, Detroit, a global nonprofit that supports high-impact entrepreneurs in emerging markets worldwide. Kate enjoys working in the world of economic development, but her one true love will always be the fascinating relationship between the United States and China.
Kate learned her first Chinese words at age ten from a “Big Bird in China” song. Since then, she spent ten years studying Mandarin in the classroom and one semester living in Beijing during her junior year of college. She dug further into U.S.-China relations during her senior year, researching and writing a thesis titled Bashful or Brash: An Examination of the Chinese Response to the Pivot.
Today, Kate tries to keep up with her Mandarin as much as possible, and to use her understanding of Chinese language, culture, and politics to help the entrepreneurs that she works with.
Kate is a proud Boston College Eagle with a Bachelor’s degree in International Studies and Chinese.
Everything from Dragon's Well Tea to meditation by the lake
Hangzhou has so much to offer that it is hard to encompass everything.
Sino-Immersions attempts to showcase the beauties and delights of this wonderful city - everything from the row upon row of tea plantations and pork belly delicacies to the Buddhist temples and the scenic backdrop skirting West Lake - but quite simply it is not possible. This is why we love to keep visiting again and again!
The streets of the ancient capital interweave history with contemporary art, and e-commerce with street vendors haggling over artisanal wares. In the evenings there is also the magical performance called Impressions West Lake, a truly wondrous display of story-telling using the very waters of the lake as a canvas.
Hangzhou is a stunning contrast after the bustle of Shanghai and is a place of rare beauty.
 Temple blossoms |  Hangzhou's Railway Station |  West Lake at dusk |
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 Dragon's Well tea |  A Buddhist grotto |  Impressions West Lake |