G-Net is a mutual support group organized by alumni and friends of Dr. G

to help its members make consumer, investor, and career decisions.

We also have social and cultural activities, as well as

educational trips, and seminars.

a Traveling Seminar to China, Tibet, and the Giant Panda Reserve,

moves into its 11^th year. Don’t get left behind on this incredible adventure. Go before Tibet is destroyed! Dr. G is telling his friends and family that this could be the last trip. No promises about the future, so sign up now!!!

This two-week seminar will include discussions with Chinese professors, students, and villagers; business meetings with executives and US Embassy officers; visits to the great port city of Shanghai, the magnificent Terra-cotta Warriors in Xi’an, and the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, and Tian An Men Square in Beijing. And by special permission, we will enter the Giant Panda Preserve in Chengdu and journey to Tibet, the "roof of the world".

If you plan on attending the 1999 China with Dr. G trip, we need you to reserve your spot by sending in the $20 Tibet Entry Permit fee as soon as possible. Follow the directions on the Arrangements page of the pink flyer.

If you are an alumnus or alumna of the China with Dr.G experience, you know that it truly is the trip of a lifetime. Why not invite a friend or family member to join us? Don’t let China with Dr.G be one of the world’s great secrets! We need your help to promote this year’s trip. If you need extra flyers or information contact Steve immediately !!!

If we had your e-mail address in our database, you may have saved a tree, or at least a stamp. G-Net is now using e-mail to correspond with members in over thirty countries (it really helps when you can bypass the Russian mail system). You can send an e-mail at anytime to get more information about G-Net or any of our events. So, if this flyer came with a stamp, send us your e-mail address, and we’ll add you to the database. We also have a site on the World Wide Web. The site is maintained (or not maintained, as the case may be) by Steve Ekstrand and will contain information on the China trip as well as other G-Net events and updates on Dr. G and his teaching around the world.

G-Net updates

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If your decision to attend is made after this date, please contact Steve or Marty as soon as possible.

The Longmen (Dragon Gate) will be our base in this great, legendary, port city. We will visit the Shanghai Community Church and exchange ideas at the English Corner of the Peoples' Park; drive down Nanjing Road, on the Bund (waterfront), and over the remarkable Nanpu Bridge; and see the Jade Buddha Temple and the Yu Gardens. We will spend Sunday night on an Iron Rooster (train) to Qufu.

Qufu (Chu•fu) is the birthplace of Confucius and the world's first university. Professors will conduct seminars on the sage’s life, philosophy, and influence on modern Chinese culture, social customs, and business practices. They will also instruct in calligraphy and Chinese painting. We will visit and exchange gifts with students from the Qufu University English Department. If available, we will visit renowned physician Jiang Jian at her clinic. We will have a lesson in Tai Ji Quan in the Que Li Hotel courtyard at sunrise, and enjoy the ancient music and dancing performed by the hotel staff. We will stay with villagers in Liu Jia Chun on Tuesday night.

TAI'AN Day 6

Taishan is the great sacred mountain of China where many emperors built their temples to get closer to heaven. We will climb to the top and take in the spectacular view. Then it’s back on a train Thursday night, arriving in Xi’an before noon.

For some, the breathtaking sight of the Terra-cotta Army, buried and lost to the world for over 2,000 years, will be the highlight of their trip. These 7,000 bigger-than-life clay warriors were built by Qin Shi Huang (Shi Huang Ti) to protect himself in the hereafter from the spirits of the thousands he had killed in building the Great Wall and burning every book in China to force its unification. We will pause to photograph Dayanta (Big Wild Goose) Pagoda, climb Xiao Yanta (Small Wild Goose) Pagoda, and see the magnificant Shaanxi Historical Museum, the archaeological digs of Bampo, the Forest of Steles Museum, the enormous citadel wall, and the Hua Qing Hot Springs (where Chang Chi Shek was captured). We plan to stay at the Sino Pearl Hotel.

We will fly to the Sichuan capital, arrive in the afternoon, and visit the world renowned Giant Panda Research Base, restricted to a very few scholars and philanthropists. We plan to stay at the Lhasa Grand Hotel, and leave early the following morning for Lhasa by plane.

The modern and medieval worlds meet in Tibet. The "roof of the world" was closed to foreigners (and to most Chinese) for many years, and American students are rarely admitted for political reasons. Potala, the spell-binding palace of the Dalai Lamas, is an E-ticket attraction. We will gaze at the Drepung monks living in their 7th century time-warp, and possibly join in the Sera Monastery debates. Then, subdued by the awesome Rámoche Jonkhang Temple, the Barkhor bazaar will rattle our senses and test our bargaining skills. We are billeted at the Tibet Hotel. This will be the high point of our trip, one way or the other.

Tian'An Men Square typifies this city of mystery and tragedy. The Square is bounded by the Great Hall of the People (built in ten months) and the Forbidden City (Palace Museum). We will also visit the Summer Palace, the incredible Yong He Gong Lama Temple, and the Temple of Heaven. We will see a cloisonné factory, an acrobatic show, the Peking Opera, and the Ming Tomb, more vast than even the tombs of ancient Egypt. No trip to China would be complete without a walk on the Great Wall, a five-goose-bump experience, and a delicious dinner of Peking Duck. We will stay at the Xi-Yuan Hotel (near the zoo), be briefed by an American Embassy officer, and still find time to shop. We leave early Monday morning and rest when we get home.

China with Dr. G

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This adventure is arranged by G-NET, an independent organization of

Pepperdine Graduate Business Students, and is not sponsored by Pepperdine University.

The trip itinerary is subject to change without notice.