FosteringC BusinessHINA and Cultural HarmonyINSIGHT between China and the U.S. VOL. 10 NO. 9 www.chinainsight.info October 2011 Chinese American Veterans of WWII, Chinese Minnesotans of Note, 2011 By Chinese Heritage Foundation Friends y the time the United States was stationed in China. entered World War II in 1941, Another family that sent three of its Bthe Chinese population in the sons into service was the Wen Wong fam- country stood at 78,000. Eager to show ily. William (ROTC), Thomas (Navy), their allegiance to their adopted country, and Robert (Army) all discharged their nearly 20 percent of Chinese adult males duties honorably. Two other Wongs, enlisted or were drafted into the U.S. from the same home village in China, also armed forces. The enlistment average served: Albert and Alexander. for the general population was 8.6 per- Walter Hong, brother of veteran Hol- Superman is coming to China cent. Despite the still existing Chinese lywood actor James Hong, graduated Exclusion Act, Chinese Americans found from Pillsbury Military Academy in Owa- Page 9 themselves being promoted as friends on tonna and enrolled in the Army, serving government-issued posters and propa- as a general’s aide in China. ganda materials.1 Archie Hum (l) with fellow serviceman at company Many China-born sons of Chinese In Minnesota the adult sons of Chi- headquarters in Manila in 1945 Americans also served. Fred Wong had nese immigrants followed the national training for the imminent invasion of Japan only been in this country for six years trend. Many enrolled for training at the War that was called off only after atomic bombs when he enlisted in the Army at age 18. Department’s Military Intelligence Service were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Alone in this country with a father who was Language School at Camp Savage and later His older brother, Fred, was serving in the working constantly, he had felt adrift and at Fort Snelling. Others enlisted in different Army in North Africa at the time. Another homeless. But the Army made him feel he branches of the Armed Forces. Archie Hum older brother, Albert, had enlisted in the Air belonged, and he enjoyed the camaraderie served in the infantry in the Philippines, Force, becoming a bombardier in a B29, and Veterans continues on Page 5 China sticks to peaceful development Teaching Chinese teachers: Editor's note: The Information Office of make more contribution[s] to the progress of world, making major contribution[s] to the Jan Kittok the State Council issued a white paper on human civilization. China will unswervingly progress of human civilization. Page 6 China's peaceful development on Sept. 6, follow the path of peaceful development. In the mid-19th century, Western powers 2011. Following is the full text: forced open China's door with gunboats. Internal turmoil and foreign aggression ituated in the East, China, a coun- I. The Path of China's Peaceful gradually turned China into a semi-colonial try with an ancient civilization Development: What It Is About and semi-feudal society. The country and a population of more than Over the past 5,000 years, people of all S became poor and weak, and the people 1.3 billion, is making big strides in its ad- ethnic groups in China, with diligence and suffered from wars and chaos. Facing im- vance toward modernization. What path of wisdom, have created a splendid civilization minent danger of national subjugation, one development has China chosen? What will and built a unified multi-ethnic country. The generation of patriots China's development after another fought bring to the rest of hard to find a way to the world? These is- reform and save the sues are the focus of nation. The Revolu- the whole world. tion of 1911 put an China has de- end to the system clared to the rest of of monarchy which the world on many had ruled China for occasions that it several thousand takes a path of peace- years, and inspired ful development and the Chinese people to Gastronomic Tour is committed to up- struggle for indepen- holding world peace Page 8 dence and prosper- and promoting com- ity. However, such mon development efforts and struggle and prosperity for ALSO IN THIS ISSUE failed to change the all countries. At the nature of China as beginning of the sec- Announcements..................2 a semi-colonial and ond decade of the Events............................3 semi-feudal society, 21st century and on A container port in Qingdao, eastern China’s Shandong province. China has become the or lift the Chinese Education............................4 the occasion of the world’s second-largest economy. people out of mis- Community..........................5 90th anniversary of Yu Fangping / For China Daily ery. Living up to the Arts................................6 the founding of the people's expectation, the CPC led them in Culture...........................8-9 Communist Party of China (CPC), China Chinese civilization has a unique feature carrying out arduous struggle, and finally Government...................10-14 declared solemnly again to the world that of being enduring, inclusive and open. The founded the People's Republic of China peaceful development is a strategic choice Chinese nation has endeavored to learn from Business............................15 made by China to realize modernization, [to] other nations and improved itself through Peaceful Development continues on Celebration........................16 make itself strong and prosperous, and [to] centuries of interactions with the rest of the Page 10 PAGE 2 > OCTOBER 2011 announcements www.chinainsight.info CHINAINSIGHT Publisher: Gregory J. Hugh [email protected] Minority Enterprise Development Week, 2011 Editor: Jennifer Nordin BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA [email protected] A PROCLAMATION Manager of Operations/ Our Nation is guided by the simple promise that no matter our origins, we can provide a better life for our children. We have long Circulation: believed in a fair America, where, with hard work and determination, anyone can succeed. 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