Zhijiang Campus, Zhejiang University

This guide to the Zhijiang Campus of Zhejiang University in Hangzhou starts with the Qiantang River itself, tracing the double bend below the bluff that gave the school its name. It follows the school's roots to an 1845 Presbyterian academy founded by Divie Bethune McCartee in Ningbo, its move to Hangzhou in 1867, and its 1911 expansion onto this hilltop overlooking the river. Along the way it covers the red brick halls, dormitories, library, and neo-Gothic chapel built here between 1910 and the 1930s, blending American structure with Chinese setting. Stand at the bluff's edge and look south to see the bend that lends the campus its name.