John Wells in China

In April 2000 Prof. John Wells visited China, at the invitation of Prof. Gao Weizheng of Nanjing Normal University. (Prof. Gao recently spent a year as a visiting scholar at UCL.)

Prof. Wells visited Shanghai, Nanjing and Beijing. He gave a number of lectures and workshops at Nanjing Normal University and Beijing University of Foreign Studies.

He also managed to do some sightseeing. Click on an image for a larger version.


Prof. Wells and Prof. Gao at Nanjing Normal University

On the Great Wall of China, at Badaling

The Summer Palace, north of Beijing

Tiananmen Square

Photos: Gao Weizheng


JCW 2000 June 03