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March 2019 Not Just for Kids CHINAINSIGHT Fostering business and cultural harmony between China and the U.S. VOL. 18 NO. 3 March 2019 Not just for kids . News, p. 3 News, p. 4 Entertainment, p. 14 See how the many community organizations rang in the Year of the Pig! Fun, educational and cultural activities galore to captivate folks of all ages. (Pages 8,9 & 16) Community Beauty in the snow Books, p. 11 Cabin fever setting in? Make an outing sha. The Xiang Jiang Pavilion stands 35-ft. two front columns on both the Xiang Jiang to Phalen Regional Park in Maplewood and tall and 23-ft. wide and is in the style of Pavilion and Aiwan Pavilion are identical. see the beauty of the Xiang Jiang Pavilion Changsha architecture with sweeping eaves They mean, “Along the mountain path, a red in the snow, which is based on the famous (unlike the Beijing style with straight eaves). sunset unfolds, Blossoms of 500 peach trees Aiwan Pavilion in Changsha, Hunan Prov- Its granite columns are from Nanyu, Hunan burst forth, Jade green clouds descend over ince built in 1792 under the reign of the sixth Province, and weigh 10 tons each. Its glazed the mountain cliffs, A pair of red-crowned Qing Dynasty Emperor Qianlong. roof tiles are from the Qu Fu Tile Factory in cranes await their bamboo home.” The pavilion is named after the Xiang Shandong Province. Visits are free and open year-round. ♦ Arts & Culture, p. 12 River that runs through the heart of Chang- The beautifully carved couplets on the In This Issue Arts & Culture 12 Books 10-11 Business & Economy 13 Community 8-9, 14,16 Entertainment 14 Events 14-15 Government & Politics 4 History 5 Language 7 News 3 People 6 (Photo and pavilion facts: Linda Mealey- Pronouncements 2 Lohmann) PAGE 2 / March 2019 pronouncements www.chinainsight.info Publisher’s Pronouncements CHINAINSIGHT Greetings: I’m sure many of you are happy to see Sept. 12, 2018, by the U.S. Senate (S. 1050) nounced his candidacy for the 2020 presi- Publisher: February in your rear view mirror now that and unanimously on Dec. 12, 2018, by the dential race. We invite you to learn about we have survived and set a new February U.S. House of Representatives (H.R. 2358). him and his campaign on page 4. Gregory J. Hugh record for snowfall in inches while also en- The bill passed the House five days before In the event you get a mild case of cabin [email protected] during some brutal, bone chilling, sub-arctic the 75th anniversary of the 1943 Magnuson fever, please consider attending any of the temperatures. I wouldn’t go so far as to say Act, which repealed the regrettable Chinese free events that are noted in the paper. You Manager of spring is in the air; however, we can deal Exclusion Act of 1882. As an update to this might find the one on page 15 by the Chinese Operations/Circulation: with a mild case of cabin fever knowing that this initiative, please read the article on page Heritage Foundation of interest since I am we can optimistically start the countdown to 5 that celebrated five Chinese American one of the subjects mentioned in the book. Richard He spring, which officially begins on March 20. World War II veterans received this long- Thank you for continuing to support [email protected] Actually, the community could use a overdue recognition. China Insight and feel free to contact Elaine break to recover from a month of observ- All of us at China Insight are happy Dunn or me if you have any ideas about Staff Writers: ing the start of the Year of the Pig as it was that this has become a reality and are proud future content or wish to discuss an article celebrated with family and friends, attending that our efforts may have had an effect on that may be of interest to our readers. Greg Hugh events held by many schools and organiza- this outcome even though the work is still [email protected] tions throughout the Twin Cities. Please be not complete. Unfortunately, many of the Sincerely, sure to read about some of these celebrations benefactors of this Act are sadly no longer Elaine Dunn presented on pages 8, 9 and 16. Also, if your with us and we need to continue to provide [email protected] organization’s event wasn’t included, please the proper recognition to as many of these feel free to submit a recap of your event and veterans as possible. Thus, if you know of a Gregory J. Hugh Contributors: we will consider for our April issue. Simply family member or friend who should be part President – CEO send your recap of no more than 500 words of this group to be recognized, read the ac- China Insight, Inc. Bu Aihua along with photos and captions to ghugh@ companying article on page 5 that provides [email protected] chinainsight.info by March 18. instructions for submitting their names to As has been chronicled in this paper, receive a medal in October 2019. Yang Hui late last year President Trump signed into While China Insight typically limits [email protected] law the Chinese-American World War II its coverage of political candidates, we are Veteran Congressional Gold Medal Act, making an exception since this is the first Patrick Welsh which had been passed unanimously on time a Chinese American candidate has an- [email protected] FREE Production Editor: Jennifer Nordin FREESUBSCRIPTIONS SUBSCRIPTIONS [email protected] Getting to know you . Who are you? What articles do you enjoy reading? About CHINAINSIGHT CHINAINSIGHT is a monthly English China Insight would like to ensure our content matches your interests. Please take a few minutes to complete this poll so we can update our reader demographics. For your time, the first 10 respondents each month will receive a free annual subscription to China Insight. 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Would Party members you register with your real name and and Chinese phone number before you’re allowed government to download the app? And what if the officials to app only connects you to all things about download and your president? No, we are not talking use daily, and Jaw-dropping Year about the U.S. president but China’s may be quizzed of the Pig 2019 President Xi Jinping! on “relevant” Xuexi Qiangguo translates to “study- content. Yes, Last month’s “Human migration” item ing strengthens the nation” provides us- Boss can check in this column highlighted the aggregate ers with material and news about Xi, his who has down- movement of Chinese over the Lunar New philosophy, video clips and speeches. loaded the app Year. This month, additional statistics According to Apple’s China app store, and their use-frequency. Big brother emerged, further illustrating the enormity of the app has been one of the top down- is, indeed, watching! this holiday in Chinese culture, in spite of loaded iPhone apps in China between By the way, there isn’t much details the doom and gloom in the economy. Jan. 22-24. Note: The impressive on how many points are needed to re- The national holiday officially began Feb. download number is the result of a top- deem for what prizes. ♦ 4 and ended Feb. 10. Cows pig out 963 million steps were collectively taken by section.
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