07 ChinaInstitute AnnualReport Mission

China Institute in America was founded in 1926 by a group of distinguished American and Chinese educators, including , Hu Shih, Paul Monroe, and Dr. Kuo Ping Wen. It is the oldest bicultural organization in America focused exclusively on China. China Institute is a non-profit cultural and educational institution that promotes the understanding and appreciation of Chinese civilization, and provides the historical context for understanding contemporary China.

1 Letter from the Chairman & President

We are very pleased to present the 2007 Annual Report, which marks another year of Board of Trustees extraordinary achievement for China Institute. As we enter the ninth decade of our work China Institute in America promoting a deeper understanding of China to the people of the , it is clear that the relationship between the two countries is more relevant and important than ever before. 2006–2007 Through the depth and reach of our many programs, exhibitions, courses and events, China Institute contributes significantly to advancing this critical relationship. Virginia A. Kamsky, Chairman Chien Chung Pei, Vice-Chair In our education work, we initiated and hosted the inaugural national meeting of 21 Patricia P. Tang, Secretary U.S.-based Confucius Institutes in January, to foster closer collaboration and learning among Jeffrey Forbes Buckalew, Treasurer these organizations. We were honored to have Director of the Office of Chinese Language Council International (Hanban) Xu Lin participate in this important gathering. At the opening Susan L. Beningson of the Beijing Headquarters of the Confucius Institutes in April, our President Sara Judge Douglas L. Brown McCalpin gave a keynote speech in Mandarin and English, following State Councillor Chen David Chu Virginia A. Kamsky Zhili. We expanded our Confucius Institute education programs in collaboration with the Sharon Crain Hanban and East China Normal University, providing U.S.–based teachers the opportunity to John R. Curtis Jr. take Masters level courses in Chinese language — addressing the growing need in this country Jane DeBevoise for trained and certified Chinese teachers. We were also delighted to further strengthen our Julie Nixon Eisenhower Teach China education programs, and to expand our Summer Study Abroad program for high Eric Hotung school students with increased funding from the U.S. Department of State. Anla Cheng Kingdon John M.B. O’Connor The China Institute Gallery broke new boundaries with Shu: Reinventing Books in Contemporary Morris W. Offit Chinese Art, our first original exhibition of contemporary art. Curated by Mary Lawrence Porter scholar Dr. Wu Hung, the exhibition presented artist’s books, paintings, drawings, prints, Diane H. Schafer installation and sculpture from some of the most important Chinese artists working today, Sophia Sheng including Cai Guo-Qiang, Zhang Xiaogang, and Xu Bing. We staged our Annual Gallery Washington SyCip dinner to celebrate the opening of Shu in honor of Wan-go H.C. Weng, renowned scholar Miranda Wong Tang and former President of China Institute. Oscar L. Tang Gene Theroux In our fast expanding role in corporate education, we held the third annual China Institute John L. Thornton Sara Judge McCalpin U.S.–China Executive Summit, sponsored and hosted by Credit Suisse. Keynote addresses were Shirley Wang offered by Ambassador Zhou Wenzhong; China Institute Trustee Zhang Xin and her husband, Marie-Hélène Weill Pan Shiyi, Co-CEOs of Soho China; and Paul Calello, then CEO of Credit Suisse, Asia Pacific I. Peter Wolff Region. This meeting was groundbreaking in its success, with 175 leading executives from across Yvonne L.C. Wong the United States and China congregating to share their experiences of the most forward-looking Zhang Xin business trends that are developing in and between China and the United States.

Under the guidance of the Board of Trustees, and through the work and expertise of a talented and committed staff, China Institute has built a solid financial foundation for our work, with Trustees Emeriti increased support from many sectors, including individuals, corporations, foundations and government agencies. We wish to pay tribute to the generosity of the community of supporters C.T. Shen of China Institute, without whom our work would simply be impossible. Wan-go H.C. Weng 2007 has been a very special year for China Institute. We invite you to read our report and trust you will enjoy learning about our work, about the new directions it has taken, the new audiences that we have served both in the United States and in China, the new organizations and individuals to whom we have given guidance, and the new honors and praise that we have received along the way. Our commitment to this work is unflagging, and the satisfaction we derive from it is a constant encouragement. It is our great pleasure to share it with you.

Warm regards,

Virginia A. Kamsky Sara Judge McCalpin Chairman of the Board of Trustees President 2 3 Exhibitions In connection with the exhibition, we organized both an academic symposium on December 16, 2006, and a short course on contemporary Chinese art, which took place in four sessions on January 9, 12, 16, Showing China to America and 18. Both were “It is amazing, in the world The China Institute Gallery attracted an international audience of 10,000 visitors extremely successful. during the year. Forty-five hundred students — drawn from every tier of education The symposium of contemporary Chinese from kindergarten to university — participated in the Gallery’s dedicated Discover attracted 100 scholars China Through Art education program which hosts students from public and private and specialists who art, to be able to have such schools and other special interest groups. heard a keynote presentation by the show’s curator Wu Hung, plus papers by a meaningful exhibit as in Philip K. Hu (of the Saint Louis Art Museum), Bettie-Sue Hertz (from the Shu. Viewers are treated to San Diego Museum of Art), Robert E. Harris, Jr. (of ), Shu: Reinventing Books in Contemporary Chinese Art and Wen C. Fong (of Princeton University), and a conversation between works of many artists, with One of the Gallery’s true highlights of the year was Shu: Reinventing Books Wu Hung and contributing artist Xu Bing. in Contemporary Chinese Art, a remarkable, wide-ranging, and groundbreaking so many different mediums exhibit —‘Shu’ is the Chinese word for books. The exhibition animated the entire Predictably the day concluded with an animated and memorable debate between represented. Especially Institute in two overlapping components: part 1 from September 28 through speakers and audience. The entire proceedings were video recorded and have been November 11, 2006, and part 2 from December 13, 2006 through February 27, 2007. released on a very popular DVD funded by the W.L.S. Spencer Foundation. meaningful to me are some The first major exhibition of contemporary art to originate at our Gallery, it played a crucially important role in expanding our exhibitions into the contemporary era, The short course, which attracted almost 90 participants (whose profiles ranged special earlier works of the broadening our constituency, and contributing to our core mission of rendering from interested members of the public to specialists in the field), was led by now very famous artists.” Chinese culture more comprehensible via its artifacts. Curated by Wu Hung, the Beijing-based Philip Tinari, and received an overwhelming response and created respected Harrie A. Vanderstappen Distinguished Service Professor of Art History a demand for similar courses in future. sophia sheng at the University of Chicago, Shu: Reinventing Books in Contemporary Chinese Art examined Chinese artists’ reconsideration of books and the language and information they carried during the tumultuous years of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. It presented more than thirty paintings, drawings, prints, books, sculptures, and installations, many of them on display in this country for the first time. Works were made by 23 Chinese artists since the 1980s, and included key pieces by some of the most celebrated Chinese artists working today, including Xu Bing, Liu Dan, Yue Minjun, Cai Guo-Qiang, and Zhang Xiaogang.

photos opposite page, left to right this page, top to bottom Wu Hung, Curator of Shu: Reinventing Books in Contemporary Discussing The Book of Humanity by Lü Shengzhong Chinese Art giving a talk in the Gallery The show was a major critical and popular success and led The New York Times in Wan-go H.C. Weng, former President of China Institute, its glowing review to declare that “China has metamorphosed from an isolated, Yuan Chin-taa, Piling up Books, 2005 was honored at the Gallery Dinner intellectual desert into fertile ground for cultural exchange. It is in this soil, not The Members opening for Friends of the Gallery including Yue Minjun, Garbage Dump Virginia A. Kamsky, Chairman, China Institute; John R. Curtis, Jr., Trustee, making a toast in the post-Tiananmen world of the early 1990s, where the future of Chinese Yvonne L.C. Wong, Trustee; Daniel Shapiro and Agnes Gund contemporary art lies. China, after all, now more than ever, is a superpower.” Text Inset: Willow Hai Chang, Gallery Director, with 4 Oscar Tang, Trustee, Peggy Danziger and Patricia Tang, Trustee Tea, Wine and Poetry: Qing Dynasty Literati and their Drinking Vessels We hosted this exquisite exhibition of almost 50 teapots, wine ewers, cups, hanging scrolls, fans, seals, calligraphy, albums, and ink rubbings, organized in collaboration with the University Museum and Art Gallery of the University of Hong Kong, from March 24 through June 16, 2007. Exploring the wine and tea-drinking culture in China between the 17th and 19th centuries, the exhibit focused on that period of the Qing dynasty when teapot makers were no longer anonymous craftsmen, but rather respected polymathic artists who signed their work. Of the 14 artists included, some “As the accoutrements of tea and wine were refined by were celebrated primarily as potters, others as scholars, but all embraced the classical ideal of the man of letters who excelled in different artistic areas, simultaneously scholarly taste, potters using the purple clay of enjoying acclaim as designers, potters, poets, painters, calligraphers, and seal engravers. Works in the show were drawn from private collections in San Francisco, produced works to the scholars’ specifications. Some London, Shanghai, and Taipei, and many of them had never been displayed in this scholars began to create their own vessels. Tea, Wine, country before. and Poetry: Qing Dynasty Literati and their Drinking Vessels So enthusiastic was The New York Times review of this exhibition in the June 1, 2007 issue that it was translated and reprinted in the Chinese newspaper Can Kao Xiao Xi opened up this world of refined taste…One could leave on June 5, 2007. the exhibition understanding how the Chinese literati In addition, and to coincide with the opening of our exhibition, we received a special invitation from the International Asian Art Fair to mount the companion exhibition had perfected the art of living.” Tea, Wine and Poetry: The Art of Drinking Vessels at their fair, which took place March dr. david sensabaugh, curator of asian art, yale university art gallery 23 through 28 at the Seventh Regiment Armory, Park Avenue at 67th Street. This more focused loan exhibition presented a number of outstanding Yixing teapots from the Qing dynasty and examined their role in literati society. In addition, it presented fascinating and revealing comparisons between these originals and their English replicas. The organizers of the Fair concluded that Tea, Wine and Poetry: The Art of Drinking Vessels was “the most elegant show in the fair.” As a special program to complement the exhibition, Sebastian Beckwith — tea authority and founder of In Pursuit of Tea, Inc.— presented an illustrated lecture about the history and connoisseurship of tea while guests participated in a tea tasting.

photos opposite page Top, Left to Right: A companion exhibition to Tea, Wine and Poetry: The Art of Drinking Vessels was mounted at the International Asian Art Fair; Willow Hai Chang, Gallery Director, with Friend of the Gallery Member and Trustee, Marie-Hélène Weill Row 2: Purple clay teapot of qin-zither shape encased in pewter by Zhu Jian (1790 – unknown) Row 3: Folded fan, ink on gold paper, calligraphy in running script by Qu Yingshao (1780 –1850) Bottom, Left to Right: Pewter water dropper of melon shape by Shen Cunzhou, 1656; Young artist in Discover China Through Art; 6 Yixing teapot, 18th century by unknown Education Art Connects Fourteen talented young artists’ artwork submissions distinguished them from a competitive pool of underprivileged New York City Department of Education students and earned them the opportunity to spend sixteen days traveling through China in August 2006, in a program titled Art Connects. This trip was organized by China Institute staff and generously supported by Millennium Hotels. Highlights of the trip included daily Teaching America about China taiqi lessons (with one lesson given on the Great Wall!), a day workshop with a Beijing Opera troupe, a day spent Confucius Institute with folk ‘peasant painters,’ and calligraphy, painting, paper-cutting, and chop-carving lessons at various schools Having formally launched the Confucius Institute at China Institute last year, and colleges in Beijing, Xi’an, Shanghai, and . Daily visits to museums or we wasted no time in galvanizing and coordinating the efforts of our colleagues cultural sites were followed by art lessons on various Chinese art traditions. The in Confucius Institutes across the country. On January 19– 20, 2007, China Institute trip culminated in an exhibition of the students’ artwork in Shanghai, highlighting hosted the first annual meeting of U.S.-based Confucius Institutes, attended by their newly developed Chinese techniques. The trip gave these young artists a Xu Lin, Director General of the Office of Chinese Language Council International better understanding of their potential, bolstered their confidence as artists and as (Hanban), and representatives of 21 Confucius Institutes from as far afield as individuals, and challenged their ideas about the artistic process. Participants have Oklahoma and Illinois. A wide range of philosophical and practical questions were continued to be involved with China Institute through a mentorship program with discussed, from expanding the opportunities for Chinese language teaching outside our Young Associates, and some have taken up the study of Mandarin Chinese. of this country’s urban centers, to raising American public recognition of the role of Confucius Institutes, to sharing experience and resources. Sara Judge McCalpin summed up the mood of the delegates when she said, “With China playing an increasingly significant global role, and America’s growing desire to understand China, organizations like ours have a historic opportunity to provide the foundation “I’m sorry the class ended after only a week! This is the for that enhanced understanding.” We look forward to fulfilling that role. best/most interesting class I have taken from any of the In addition, the Confucius Institute at China Institute organized a pilot “Mandarin different institutes/societies in the city.” for Future Mandarin Teachers” program at our partner university in Shanghai, anonymous ethnic diversity workshop participant East China Normal University, which enabled 16 New York teachers to successfully follow an intensive six-week summer course in Chinese language and literature. In addition, East China Normal University has agreed to grant the participants a master’s degree when all their requirements are fulfilled. This program helps provide Teach China qualified, certified Mandarin Chinese teachers for U.S. schools and continues with Teach China, generously supported by the Freeman Foundation, is the groundbreaking recruitment for 2007. professional development program that we offer to educators from elementary through high school. Refined over the years in direct response to the needs of teachers, and Summer Study in China supported by our unique holdings of books, bibliographical material and electronic A unique highlight of our education work, this pioneering six-week U.S. State resources, our program includes several specific components, all of which fulfill “I cannot express the Department-funded immersion program, which this year hosted 30 young people, particular professional needs and are enthusiastically received. Courses in traditional furnishes high school students with an unmatched experience of Chinese culture and modern Chinese history, literature, art, and culture are offered at every level elation I felt attending this and language. Living, studying, playing, and traveling with a ‘host-sibling’ and their from beginner to advanced, and from five to fifteen weeks in length. In-depth morning’s Renwen lecture in family in the uniquely exciting metropolis that is Beijing, the 15 to 17-year-old study institutes, which allow educators to tackle specific topics over a concentrated students attend small-group daily intensive language classes, designed specifically for period, or during school vacations, are offered regularly. We also organize half-day memory of my father. What their existing, though fast-developing, skill levels. It is estimated that these classes and day-long Staff Development Seminars directly related to the current curriculum offer the equivalent of an entire academic year of study. What they learn from their standards, prepare Curriculum Development Units, and — for those educators who riveted me was the audience day-to-day experience of contemporary Chinese life is, of course, immeasurable. are qualified — lead multi-week China Study Tours which provide direct experience you were targeting. These of Chinese life and visits to key cultural and historical sites that provide the basis for preparing curriculum materials. During the summer of 2006 our teacher’s study tour are cutting-edge people, examined the theme of China’s waterways, and featured a cruise down the Yangtze eager to learn and discuss river through the Three Gorges. They also visited the Southern coastal cities of Shanghai and Suzhou and contrasted those cities with two urban centers in the drier China through serious study, Northern region of China — the ancient capital of Xi’an and today’s capital city, Beijing. photos this page, top to bottom opposite page, top to bottom with no limits imposed. China Institute President Sara Judge McCalpin joins Zhaodan Huang, Children’s Program Manager on the Great Wall State Councilor Chen Zhili, Minister of Education Zhou Ji, Gifted New York City Department of Education students who Sincerely, Mei-Mei” and Board members of the Confucius Institute at the unveiling participated in the Art Connects Program in China which was ceremony of the Confucius Institute Headquarters in Beijing daughter of paul meng, supported by Millennium Hotels Xu Lin, Director General of the Hanban, The Honorable Ambassador Terra Cotta Warriors, Xi’an, China president of china institute Liu Biwei, China Institute Board Chair Virginia A. Kamsky, and 1930-1967, and author of history President Sara Judge McCalpin gather with the attendees of the first Art Connects student Sehrish Mehreen with members of of china institute annual meeting of U.S.-based Confucius Institutes at China Institute Beijing Opera troupe Key Educators’ Delegation to China As part of our ongoing mission to catalyze and coordinate the efforts of other organizations to expand their Chinese language programs, we arranged this leadership delegation visit between March 30 and April 9, 2007. China Institute President Sara Judge McCalpin, Dr. Nancy Jervis, Vice President and Director of Education, Kevin Lawrence, Assistant Director of Teach China, and Jianru Xue, Teaching “This summer has been Director of International Programs, Suzhou High School accompanied an executive-level delegation of our colleagues in the education sector: Concepcion an inspiration for me. Alvar (Marymount School), Jim Best (Dalton School), Dr. Valencia F. Douglas (Nyack Public Schools), Dr. Jennifer Eddy (Queens College, CUNY), Dr. Jennifer I now feel that I want Goodwin (New York City Department of Education), Peter Nelson (Facing History China to be a major and Ourselves), Elizabeth Penney Riegelman (Newark Academy), Maria Santos Teaching Through Cyberspace (New York City Department of Education), and Dr. Judson R. Shaver (Marymount Teach China also published two web-companions on our website. Accompanying part of my life. I love Manhattan College). Our 10-day visit took us to Beijing, Xi’an, Shanghai, and the recent gallery exhibitions, they provide K–12 educators with gateways to the Suzhou, and enabled us to meet and discuss issues with educators and students from online resources available for understanding the art on display. the Chinese language, kindergarten to university level, as well as to take in a unique exposure to the social culture, and history. and professional lives of our Chinese colleagues, and visits to key cultural sites in each The web-companion for Shu: Reinventing Books in Contemporary Chinese Art is divided of the cities we visited. into sections on writing, paper, and printed books. It focuses on the importance Thank You Very Much, of writing in Chinese culture and provides background for understanding why Children and Families: After-School Programs and Summer Camp contemporary artists draw upon (and react against) this three thousand year history. Rebecca Nardi” Educators agree that childhood is an ideal time to learn about other languages and The second web-companion is for Tea, Wine, and Poetry — Qing Dynasty Literati and chinese bridge for american cultures. China Institute’s programs for children stimulate an awareness of cultural Their Drinking Vessels. It looks at the broad cultural contexts surrounding Yixing schools summer camp for diversity and foster an appreciation of Chinese language and culture, which aims to pottery, with sections on ceramics, wine and tea drinking, and Chinese tea in the language and culture keep them exploring China throughout their lives. non-Chinese world.

During the school year, we offer small Chinese language classes for toddlers to middle-school students, taught by skilled native Mandarin speakers with extensive experience teaching children. Age-appropriate, interactive games and activities — from naming colors, animals, and family members to writing their own books — help children communicate comfortably in Chinese. We also teach off-site classes to students at Nightingale-Bamford and the Berkeley Carroll School. Throughout the year we present arts workshops in the New York City public schools and families are invited to the Institute for a variety of interactive workshops such as dumpling making, lantern making with red envelopes, calligraphy, and our Mid-Autumn Festival with moon cake making.

In summer, a month-long Day Camp for young children engages them in Chinese culture through their participation in language lessons, arts and crafts, martial arts demonstrations, musical and theatrical performances, storytelling, and games. Contemporary Art Study Trip “Truly, those ten Last fall China Institute hosted a contemporary art study trip to Beijing and Shanghai. Participants were provided an insider’s perspective on the vibrant contemporary art days I was in China scene in China while visiting artists, critics, academics, and museum directors in photos settings arranged to stimulate interaction and discussion. opposite page have changed my life!” Beijing Olympic Stadium valencia f. douglas, this page Top Left, At Art Warehouse of Collector Guan Yi (from left to right): I. Peter Wolff, Trustee; Joseph Dooley Allen III; Leng Lin; superintendant of nyack Caroline Cronson; Collector Guan Yi; Peter Reed; Mary Sharp Cronson; Agnes Gund; Amabel James; Doreen Pao Cheng; public schools Jane Debevoise, Trustee; Patricia P. Tang, Trustee; and France Pepper, Director Arts and Culture Programs Top Right: Art Connects students participating in a Taiqi lesson on the Great Wall 10 Above: Students in Children’s Program practice writing Chinese characters 11 Corporate Programs

China Institute’s Corporate Programs offer a forum for the exchange of the most China Briefcase up-to-date information about U.S.–China trade and investment, and address the In addition to the annual China Institute U.S.–China Executive Summit, corporate interests of those involved in U.S.–China business. programs include the China Briefcase, a series of lectures and panel discussions open to corporate members. These events provide networking and educational China Institute U.S.–China Executive Summit opportunities with U.S. business leaders and representatives from China. Recent programs have included: From Fortune Cookies to Fortune: Understanding Business Culture Highly regarded and generously praised since the in China; Building an Innovative Economy: Science and Technology in China; and Talk the outset, the China Institute U.S.–China Executive Talk or Walk the Walk: U.S.–China Trade Imbalance and its Future. Summit provides an opportunity for American and Chinese business leaders to exchange ideas, debate best practices, and share their visions for the future Corporate Language Program of U.S.– China business relations. The Summit With China’s recent emergence as a world economic power, speaking Chinese has is an invitation-only event designed to foster become an invaluable asset to anyone involved with international business. The dialogues between American and Chinese demand for our individual and group classes, taught by experienced, native-speaking business leaders, economists, and academics. faculty, has increased exponentially over the last few years. China Institute’s long 2006 marked the third anniversary of the Summit, history and reputation in China and the U.S. continues to draw students from the and was “the best Summit ever” according to fields of finance, manufacturing, law, architecture, and engineering. Ambassador Liu Biwei, Consul General, Chinese Consulate General in New York, who has participated in every Summit since its inception. The 2006 event was focused on the future of U.S.– China relations. Among many other topics, panel discussions addressed the issues of U.S. investment in China, China’s real estate boom, capital markets in China and the U.S., and China’s economic and policy environment.

The 2006 Summit was attended by 175 executives from over 20 companies, including Credit Suisse; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP; Lehman Brothers; IBM; The Carlyle Group; AIG; and Bank of China. The 32 speakers came from both private and government sectors and included the Honorable Zhou Wenzhong, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to the United States; Wilbur L.Ross, CEO of W.L. Ross & Co., LLC; Pan Shiyi and Zhang Xin, the husband and wife team behind SOHO China; James B. Rogers, author and independent investor; and David Rubenstein, Co-Founder & Managing Director, The Carlyle Group.

photos Science and Technology in China: Dr. Denis Simon, The Levin this page, top to bottom Institute; Dr. Wuqiang Li, The Chinese Consulate in New York; David Frank, Managing Director, Credit Suisse; Dr. Daxi Li, Chinese Association for Science & Business; Al Lenzmeier, Vice Chairman, Best Buy; Wilbur L. Ross, CEO, Dr. Jie Wang, East China Normal University W.L. Ross & Co., LLC; Douglas L. Brown, Managing Partner, second row, left to right DLB Capital LLC and Trustee, China Institute David M. Rubenstein, Co-Founder & Managing Director, Jay Goffman, Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP; The Carlyle Group Julie Nixon Eisenhower, Trustee Jay Goffman, Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP; Paul Calello, CEO, Asia Pacific, Credit Suisse; Maurice R. Greenberg, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, Trustee; Virginia A. Kamsky, CEO, Kamsky Chairman and CEO, C.V. Starr & Co., Inc.; Virginia A. Kamsky, Associates and Chairman, China Institute; Peter Atkins, Sr. Partner, CEO, Kamsky Associates and Chairman, China Institute Skadden Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP; Maurice R. Greenberg, His Excellency Zhou Wenzhong, Ambassador of the People’s Chairman and CEO, C.V. Starr & Co., Inc.; Douglas L. Brown, Republic of China to the United States and Maurice R. Greenberg, Managing Partner, DLB Capital LLC and Trustee, China Institute; Chairman and CEO, C.V. Starr & Co., Inc. His Excellency Zhou Wenzhong, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to the United States; Paul Calello, CEO, Asia Pacific, Text Inset: Guest speakers, Co-CEOs, SOHO China, Pan Shiyi and Credit Suisse; Sara Judge McCalpin, President, China Institute Zhang Xin, Trustee, China Institute Wilbur L. Ross, CEO, W.L. Ross & Co., LLC opposite page

first row, left to right third row, left to right James B. Rogers, author and independent investor Jim Liang, VP, IBM Global Services, receiving the Education Award from Sara Judge McCalpin, President, China Institute Lulu Wang, CEO, Tupelo Capital Management, LLC Business Breakfast Briefcase at China Institute Bill Owens, CEO, AEA Holdings ASIA; Mark Irwin, Sr. VP, Continental Airlines, Inc. Special Events

This year was filled with celebratory events bringing old friends of China Institute together with many new friends. Our well-attended events included dinners, receptions, tea and wine tastings in our Suzhou Scholar’s Garden, film previews, and poetry readings.

Ambassador’s Dinner A distinguished group of Trustees and business executives were invited to our annual Ambassador’s Dinner, held in the China Institute Library. The Honorable Wang Guangya, Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Chinese Mission to the United Nations, was Guest of Honor and he spoke on U.S.–China relations.

Annual Gala China Institute’s most important fund-raiser, the Annual Gala, was held at Gotham Hall, a beautiful gilded turn-of-the-century building, which provided a dramatic backdrop for the evening’s festivities. Over 400 China Institute friends came together to support our mission and present the Blue Cloud Award to Wilbur L. Ross, distinguished businessman, investor and Chinese contemporary art collector.

photos this page: ambassador's dinner opposite page: annual gala top to bottom clockwise from top Virginia A. Kamsky, Chairman, China Institute; Julie Nixon Carolyn Hsu-Balcer, Vivenne Tam, Emily Chang Eisenhower, Trustee; The Honorable Wang Guangya, Ambassador Abel Sheng; Sophia Sheng, Trustee; Wilbur L. Ross; and Permanent Representative, Chinese Mission to the United Hilary Geary Ross Nations; Sara Judge McCalpin, President, China Institute Chien Chung Pei and Virginia A. Kamsky, Trustees Sally Bliss, Merrill Lynch; Hamburg Tang; Bill McCalpin, Rockefeller Brothers Fund Harold Newman and Miranda Wong Tang, Trustee, dancing to the music of the Michael Carney Orchestra Paul J. Fribourg, Chairman, Contigroup Companies, Inc. Sara Judge McCalpin, President, China Institute; Lucy Chan, IBM; Madame Cong Jun; Corinne Buckalew; Dr. David Ho Miranda Wong Tang, Trustee Ruth Newman dining with Ming and Angel Sheng Text Inset: The Honorable Wang Guangya, Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Chinese Mission to the United Nations Argie and Oscar Tang, Trustee Chinese New Year China Institute hosted the third annual Chinese New Year celebration on Friday, February 23, 2007 at the Puck Building. The event drew over 700 guests of all ages, and as they enjoyed a three-course dinner (including dim sum and roast suckling pig), calligraphers, fortune tellers, and a traditional lion dance all contributed towards the festivities. Lead sponsors Chopard and Saks Fifth Avenue donated a “Year of the Pig” watch for the live auction, while a Blanc de Chine little black dress and a Divalicious Chocolate tasting were the subject of spirited bidding wars during the silent auction. Additional Chinese New Year events at China Institute included the annual Lion Dance on East 65th Street including martial arts demonstrations and special workshops for children and families.

Gallery Dinner The annual Gallery dinner for our most supportive patrons, the Friends of the Gallery, was held in honor of Wan-go H.C. Weng at the Harold Pratt House following the VIP opening of Shu: Reinventing Books in Contemporary Chinese Art. Curator Wu Hung and many of the Shu artists joined in celebrating China Institute’s first full-scale contemporary art exhibition.

photos The Young Associates this page 2006– 07 was a year of growth for the Young Associates, which is comprised Top: Sara Judge McCalpin, President of China Institute, introducing the evening’s festivities for the celebration of of students and young professionals whose goal is to sustain a vibrant network of the Year of the Golden Pig long-term members. We offered many new and unique programs to serve and engage Center Row, Left to Right: Laurie Ying, member of The Friends of the Gallery and Chang Tsong-zung at this group. We celebrated Chinese New Year with our soirée, “1930’s Shanghai Casino the Annual Gallery Dinner. The Annual Traditional Lion Nightclub,” and enjoyed a traditional Autumn Moon Festival with moon cakes and a Dance on East 65th Street thrills children and families on Chinese New Year. Children and families participate special viewing of Shu: Reinventing Books in Contemporary Chinese Art. In collaboration in the Year of the Pig workshops making red envelopes, with the Institute of Culinary Education we offered several cooking classes with lanterns and dim sum well-known restaurateurs and culinary experts. Finally, our scheduled tours and opposite page, clockwise Chinese art previews at Christies and Sotheby’s were among our most popular events. The Northern Lion does his powerful dance at the Chinese New Year Celebration for the Year of the Pig at the Puck Building Young Associates try their luck at games of chance during the Chinese New Year soirée. James B. Rogers and Paige Parker celebrated Chinese New Year at the Puck Building in style. Ashley Brenner, Nancy Brenner and Karen Hsu enjoying the festivities Young Associates celebrate their winnings Virginia A. Kamsky, Chairman, and Marie-Hélène Weill, Trustee Statements of financial position Statements of Activities

Year ended June 30, 2007 2006 Temporarily Permanently Temporarily Permanently June 30, 2007 June 30, 2006 Unrestricted Restricted Restricted Total Unrestricted Restricted Restricted Total Assets Public Support and Revenues Cash and Cash Equivalents $292,322 $272,473 Public Support: Pledges Receivable, Net 585,666 1,041,738 Foundations and Corporations $666,268 $666,268 $1,149,140 $1,020,228 $2,169,368 Individuals 293,938 200,738 494,676 367,840 60,150 427,990 Investments 1,697,980 1,429,291 Government Grants 327,354 188,896 516,250 223,490 223,490 Inventory 104,757 86,426 Special Event 640,602 640,602 801,060 801,060 (Net of direct benefit to donors of $248,804 Prepaid Expenses and Other Assets 276,100 95,271 and $215,624 in 2007 and 2006, respectively) Property and Equipment, Net 373,863 406,931 Membership Dues 234,590 234,590 213,593 213,593 In-Kind Donations 285,500 285,500 59,010 59,010 Donated Artwork Held for Auction 79,302 79,302 Total Public Support 2,448,252 389,634 2,837,886 2,814,133 1,080,378 3,894,511 Total Assets $3,409,990 $3,411,432 Revenues: Lecture and Tuition Fees 753,974 753,974 612,508 612,508 Gallery Catalogue and Book Sales 67,812 67,812 67,423 67,423 Interest and Dividend Income 58,525 58,525 50,282 50,282 Liabilities and Net Assets Net Realized and Unrealized 151,607 151,607 (15,889) (15,889) Gains (Losses) on Investments Liabilities: Other Income, Net 6,417 6,417 61,675 61,675 Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses $307,577 $262,061 Total Revenues 1,038,335 1,038,335 775,999 775,999 Deferred Tuition 152,900 121,668 Total Public Support and Revenues 3,486,587 389,634 3,876,221 3,590,132 1,080,378 4,670,510 Total Liabilities 460,477 383,729 Net Assets Released from Restrictions: Satisfaction of Program 781,713 (781,713) 0 86,105 (86,105) 0 Commitment and Contingency (Note J) and Time Restrictions Net Assets: Total Public Support and Revenues $4,268,300 ($392,079) $3,876,221 $3,676,237 $994,273 $4,670,510

Unrestricted 946,817 632,928

Temporarily Restricted 604,694 996,773 Expenses Permanently Restricted 1,398,002 1,398,002 Program Services: Total Net Assets 2,949,513 3,027,703 Education Program $1,189,390 $1,189,390 $1,056,480 $1,056,480 Teach China Program 576,393 576,393 523,487 523,487 Total Liabilities and Net Assets $3,409,990 $3,411,432 Gallery Program 815,685 815,685 647,420 647,420 Corporate Program 296,374 296,374 472,251 472,251 Total Program Services 2,877,842 2,877,842 2,699,638 2,699,638 For a complete copy of the audited financial statements, please contact China Institute. Supporting Services: Management and General 402,457 402,457 388,912 388,912 Fund-Raising 559,237 559,237 500,514 500,514 Capital Campaign 114,875 114,875 58,605 58,605 Total Supporting Services 1,076,569 1,076,569 948,031 948,031 Total Expenses 3,954,411 3,954,411 3,647,669 3,647,669

Change in Net Assets 313,889 (392,879) (78,190) 28,568 994,273 1,022,841 derived from financial statement audit by: Net Assets, Beginning of Year, 632,928 996,773 1,398,002 3,027,703 604,360 2,500 1,398,002 2,004,862 as Restated (Note I) Eisner LLP Accountants and Advisors Net Assets, End of Year $946,817 $604,694 $1,398,002 $2,949,513 $632,928 $996,773 $1,398,002 $3,027,703 18 – Morris W. Offit Sharon and C. William Crain John H.J. and Polly W. Guth Donors 2006 2007 - - Quad C Management, Inc. Mary Sharp Cronson Amanda Haynes Dale The Rosenkranz Foundation, Inc. Catherine Gamble Curran The Henry Luce Foundation, Inc Paul Sa Elizabeth Strong De Cuevas Victoria Hertz and Rod Greenwood Diane H. Schafer and Jeffrey A. Stein George Desko Robert Hoerle/Hoerle Foundation Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts Hart and Nancy B. Fessenden Ta Chun Hsu Washington SyCip Christopher Forbes Karen K. Hsu Dana Tang and Andrew Darrell Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. Hyman, Jr. JP Morgan Chase & Co. Miranda Wong Tang J & H Weldon Foundation, Inc. Annette L. Juliano and Joseph L. Geneve China Institute Board of Trustees and staff extend their deepest appreciation Time Warner, Inc. Chiu-Ti Jansen William W. Karatz to the individuals, foundations, corporations, and government agencies who Lulu C. and Anthony W. Wang J.M. Huber Corporation Angela H. King contributed generously between July 1, 2006 and June 30, 2007, to support the Marie-Hélène Weill Miani G. Johnson Laurel Hill Capital Partners, LLC Institute’s exhibitions, educational and public programs, publications, corporate Xinhua Finance James J. and Helen D. Lally Jacques Leviant programs, special events, and annual operations. Jack and Joyce Yang Margro R. Long Dorothy Lichtenstein Chee Ping and Wing Tek Lum Live Oak Foundation As we enter our ninth decade, we continue to draw on the strength of the $5,000–$9,999 Robert W. and Virginia Riggs Lyons William E. and Helen Y. Little past while building a future that embraces the rapidly changing landscape of Business Council for International Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. Warren A. Mackey U.S.–China relations and innovative models in cross-cultural education. The Understanding, Inc. Mechlin and Valery Moore Marlborough Gallery continuing generosity and vision of our supporters allow us to remain at the Doreen Pao Cheng and Joe Allen III Theresa M. Reilly Susan K. Mays forefront of our field, and we are deeply grateful and fortunate to have such Chopard USA LTD. Alexandra Munroe and Robert Rosenkranz James S. McDonald dedicated and loyal benefactors, members, and friends. Dr. Richard and Ruth Dickes Kathryn Scott Gregory McLaughlin In addition to major financial assistance from its Board of Trustees, the Institute Eskenazi Ltd. Oriental Art Stuart Skalka Clare Tweedy McMorris receives funds and in-kind donations from many dedicated supporters. Eugene V. and Clark E. Thaw Charles J. 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Wu Linda Dai Joe Lu Cynthia Yang Time Warner, Inc. Wan-Fai F. Yung David Dennis Gavin McFarland Joe-Hynn Yang W.L. Ross & Co., LLC Hao Zhang Amanda Douglas Sarah McKune Lester Yen Xinhua Finance Jiaxuan Zhang Elliott Doyle Matthew H. Medearis Laurie and David Y. Ying Michael Dwork Allan J. Medwick Qing Yu In addition, China Institute is grateful William C. Ellis Sehrish Mehreen Wendy Yu for the support of its General Members. Elizabeth Emrich John Mikus George Yu Michael Feder Cheryl Mui Edward Yuen Jose Feliciano Karen Ng Janet Yuen Lee Frankel-Goldwater Caroline Nguyen George Zeng Qian Gao Yi Elizabeth Nie Eric J. Zetterquist Daniel Gerschel Michael Paas Tristan Zhang 24 Seth M. Ginns Gary K. Pai 25 Staff 2006–2007 Ben Wang Born in Chongqing, China, and brought up and educated in Shanghai, Taiwan and the U.S., Ben Wang is one of the most important, and highly respected, of those key individuals upon whose contribution the work of OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT Ben Wang RECEPTION the China Institute has always Sara Judge McCalpin Senior Lecturer in Language & Humanities depended. For over twenty years Susan Cheng President a senior lecturer here at China Peng Zeng Lillia Chrysostome Institute, and co-chairman (with Nicholas Pei Program Coordinator Angie Cintron Ho Yong) of the Institute’s Renwen Administrative Coordinator Katheryne Choi Society, Ben is a true polymath, an & Executive Assistant to the President DEVELOPMENT Xing Yun Liao inspirational teacher (and teacher Suzanne Antonelli of teachers), and an award-winning EDUCATION Adminstrative Assistant for Development Language teachers translator (in 1988 he received Martin Amster Judy Deng Elizabeth Bryan the National Prize in literature Program Coordinator, Teach China Fan Guan Manager of Corporate Development translation awarded by the National Janet Lai Literary Association of Taiwan). Anna Ansari Erin Gilhooly Ping Wang His scholarship is internationally Program Associate, Teach China Research & Development Associate Ben Wang recognized and he has stimulated Wesley Chaney Hailong Wang academics and exhilarated public Ningyu Li Program Assistant Wendy Wang audiences at key universities around the world and at the Smithsonian Institution, Corporate Affairs Coordinator Hong Wu the National Gallery of Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Lincoln Center. Larry Chang Jenny Liao Anna Wu He also teaches Chinese at the United Nations. Assistant Director, Study Abroad Programs Development Associate Jiao Xiao His colleagues see Ben as a classical Chinese scholar “born in the wrong century,” Dominique Chiu & Membership Coordinator Lin Yue but, they add quickly, “we’re very lucky to have him in ours!” He conceptualized and Program Assistant Steve Zhang Leslie McDonald Rixue Zhao continues to lead our Intensive Chinese course which benefits enormously fortunate Joseph Corda Manager of Special Events students each summer. Whether he’s enthusing about the Institute’s Chinese garden, Manager & Resident Director, organizing special events, or teaching calligraphy, literati painting, or Chinese Regina Rodwell-Bell Studio teachers High School Programs & Study Abroad language or classical literature and theater, Ben stimulates and inspires everyone who Executive Vice President Alex Hing is lucky enough to meet him. It surprised none of us when, in 2003, he was declared & Director of Development Guangyu Jin Yong Ho Outstanding Citizen of New York City by the New York City Council. Co-Chair Learned (Renwen) Society Sungsook Setton Pamela Tuffley Jiaxuan Zhang Foundations Manager Ben has translated thirty-nine Ming and Qing dynasty poetic dramas into English Li Ping Huang Zhan Zhang Vice Dean, Confucius Institute since 1989 (scheduled to be published by Ministry of Culture of China in 2008). His own translation of the Zhou dynasty Book of Changes best characterizes his attitude GALLERY Zhaodan Huang Children’s teachers toward learning: “…a comprehensive study of Humanities brings high civilization to Willow Hai Chang Children’s Program Manager Yimei Cui the whole world.” The China Institute celebrates his remarkable achievements. 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