CEMS Weekly丨2024 Fall No.5

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【Introduction】

Xiaomi is one of the world's leading smartphone brands, with smartphone shipments consistently ranking in the top three globally. At the same time, Xiaomi has established a leading consumer AIoT (AI+IoT) platform globally. The group's business has entered over 100 countries and regions worldwide. In August 2024, the company made the Fortune Global 500 list for the 6th time. Now, let's take a visit to this company!

Details of the event are as follows:

【Date】 Thursday, Oct 24

【Time】 14:00 PM to 18:00 PM

【Location】Xiaomi Headquarters - Charter bus transportation will be provided.

【Number of Participants】 25-30 (First come, first served)

Scan the QR code below, and fill out the registration form before Oct 18, 23:59 PM.

 After checking the registration results, a WeChat group will be created for successful applicants. 

【Introduction】

Exciting news! This semester, the CEMS Club Awards will be live-streamed on Zoom, so no matter where you are, you can join the celebration! Tune in to find out which awards your clubs will take home.

Details of the event are as follows:

【Date】 19th October 2024

【Time】 9am Irish Standard Time (10am CET)

【Access】Zoom link, meeting ID and passcode were provided in wechat group

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【Speaker】WANG Danqing, Assistant Professor, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

【Topic】Global Meets Local: Community Political Ideology and Chinese Cross-Border M&As in the U.S.

【Time】Monday, October 21, 13:30-15:00

【Venue】Room B227, Lihua Building

【Language】Chinese/English

【Host】Department of Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Strategy, School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University

【Speaker】Christopher M. Barnes, Professor and Provost's Chair, National University of Singapore Business School

【Topic】Human Sustainability

【Time】Friday, October 25, 14:00-15:30

【Venue】Room B252, Lihua Building

【Language】English

【Host】Department of Leadership and Organization Management, School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University

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Peking Roast Duck

Peking duck is a dish from Beijing that has been prepared since the imperial era. The meat is characterized by its thin, crisp skin, with authentic versions of the dish serving mostly the skin and little meat, sliced in front of the diners by the cook. Ducks bred specially for the dish are slaughtered after 65 days and seasoned before being roasted in a closed or hung oven. The meat is often eaten with spring onion, cucumber and sweet bean sauce with pancakes rolled around the fillings. Sometimes pickled radish is also inside, and other sauces can be used.

Duck has been roasted in China since the Southern and Northern Dynasties. A variation of roast duck was prepared for the Emperor of China in the Yuan Dynasty. The dish, originally named "shāo yāzi" (烧鸭子), was mentioned in the Complete Recipes for Dishes and Beverages (饮膳正要) manual in 1330 by Hu Sihui (忽思慧), an inspector of the imperial kitchen. The Peking Roast Duck that came to be associated with the term was fully developed during the later Ming Dynasty, and by then, Peking Duck was one of the main dishes on imperial court menus. The first restaurant specialising in Peking Duck, Bianyifang, was established in the Xianyukou, close to Qianmen of Beijing in 1416.

By the Qianlong Period of the Qing Dynasty, the popularity of Peking Duck spread to the upper classes, inspiring poetry from poets and scholars who enjoyed the dish. For instance, one verse of Dūmén zhúzhīcí, a Beijing local poem was, "Fill your plates with roast duck and suckling pig".

In 1864, the Quanjude (全聚德) restaurant was established in Beijing. Yang Quanren, the founder of Quanjude, developed the hung oven to roast ducks. With its innovations and efficient management, the restaurant became well known in China, introducing the Peking Duck to the rest of the world.

By the mid-20th century, Peking Duck had become a national symbol of China, favored by tourists and diplomats alike. For example, Henry Kissinger, the Secretary of State of the United States, met Premier Zhou Enlai in the Great Hall of the People on July 10, 1971, during his first (secret) visit to China. After a round of inconclusive talks in the morning, the delegation was served Peking Duck for lunch, which became Kissinger's favorite. The Americans and Chinese issued a joint statement the following day, inviting President Richard Nixon to visit China in 1972. Following Zhou's death in 1976, Kissinger paid another visit to Beijing to savor Peking Duck. Peking Duck, at the Quanjude in particular, has also been a favorite dish for various political leaders ranging from Cuban Fidel Castro to former German chancellor Helmut Kohl.