Head of Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs International Relations program, Ambassador Donald Planty paid a visit to Tsinghua SPPM as part of the inaugural ‘Happy Hour’ session for the international MID and IMPA students. More than 70 students attended the session and listened to Ambassador Planty’s professional experience of foreign affairs and talk about his time as US Ambassador to Guatemala. It was a lively discussion with many questions asked by students concerning United State’s foreign policies.