TheTsinghuaUycampusinBeijingissohugeariver,calledtheWanquan,runsthroughit.TheuyislocatedihWestofBeijing,inHaidiandistriearthefamedSummerPalace.AformerimperialgardenoftheQingDynasty,TsinghuaUyboastsseveralformerpaladmanystrikingpagodas.Theonlywaytoeffectivelygetaroundthecampus,ifyouweren’tdriving,wasbybicycleorbyrentingatwo-wheeltransporterattheuy’ssedgate.CaldwellandMeiLinstoodattheWestGateasuystudentswhizzedinandoutofthecampusontheirbikes.Afewofthemoreathletieswereoric-poweredskateboards.

    MeiLinsuggestedthattheyehecampusonfoot.Shefiguredtheywouldlookmoreliketouriststhatway.Tsinghuawasohetry’sleadingeducationalinstitutionsanditreceiveditsfairshareofvisitors.They’dboughttheusualtouristparaphernaliahehotel,adisposabledigitalcameraandanaugmentedrealitysystemboughtfromastreetvendor,aftersomeprotractedhaggling,outsideahugemulti-storeyputermall.TheARsystemwassolelyforCaldwell’sbe.MeiLinhadassuredhimthatshekhecampuslayoutreasonablywell.Thesystemsistedofapairofcheapplasticdisplayglassesandasmallunitthatclippeduntoabelt.Acartoon-characterscribedescribedthevariousbuildingsastheyheadedtowardsthelibrary.CaldwellreedthelibrarysystemwouldberelativelyeasytohadthattherewasagoodcethatVickyZhaLinhadanatoem.MeiLinagreed.

    “TsinghuaUywasfoundedin1911asapreparatoryschoolforesestudentswhomthegoverplaosendtotiheireducationatuiesiedStates.TheuycampusissituatedonreviouslyusedtobeQingdynastyroyalgardehenameQingHuaderivedfromQingHuaYuan,whichmeansQingGardens,”thescribeexplainedinasquea