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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

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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 I wouldn’t go so far as to say Act, which repealed the regrettable Chinese free events that are noted in the paper.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. 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Uncool hot app How about an app that gives you 0.1 down order for point for every article you read? 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. When they returned a few days 103 million individuals who recorded their later, employees held the doors shut and steps on Tencent’s fitness app from Feb. 4-9. lowered the security shutters. China Briefs That is 100,000 individual steps each. Con- The local Buffalo Association point- sider the average person takes 2,000 steps ed out that these “invasions” show to walk a mile, this means those individuals how human activities are changing and A can a day … Coconut Palm, a favourite coconut walked 50 miles in five days! endangering the natural bovine habitat. milk brand, has continued its dubious ad Also, authorities said another contribut- 823 million hongbaos (red packets) were campaign that drinking a can of its coconut ing factor for the cows’ behavior: Hong exchanged on WeChat. The top three cit- milk daily will increase a woman’s bustline. Four wild cows obviously did not Kongers who leave a trail of rubbish out- ies where these digital cash gifts were In 2017, the company drew rebuke from get the memo this is the Year of the Pig! doors have trained the cows to develop exchanged were Beijing, Guangzhou and nutritionists interviewed by Beijing News They entered a grocery store on Hong a taste for human food and scraps! Talk Chongqing. This represents “the entire over the brand’s breast enlargement and skin Kong’s Lantau Island and proceeded to about piling the guilt trip on. ♦ population of these three cities sending at whitening claims. help themselves to fruits in the produce least three red packets.” In 2018, 688 million A member of its staff claims the com- people sent digital red packets. pany’s 2019 slogan, “I drank from small to Chinese Dream challenged 300 million interactions took place on Sina big” meant the busty female models were As a result of the economy’s slow- Weibo (China’s equivalent to Twitter). claiming they had been drinking a can a down, Chinese workers struggling to day since they were young. Right! The city 1,173 billion households tuned in to pay for their basic needs held small- of Haikou will investigate the company for “watch” the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, scale protests against cutbacks on work false advertising. which was broadcast in 162 countries. hours and wages held back by their This year’s show was agreed by many to employers. Duck trafficking be “especially dull,” therefore, “watched” There have been approximately Hunan Province highway police stopped may mean that the TV was on, but not many 1,700 recorded labor-related protests, and fined a driver with two ducks strapped eyeballs were glued to the screen! sit-ins and strikes across the country in to the roof of his SUV. If that doesn’t make 2018. Many more may have gone un- him stand out, he chose to drive down the 2.89 million screenings were attended by recorded because of censorship. More emergency lane! Chinese over the holidays, representing a than 150 of those protesters have been workers. They also challenge President Apparently bringing hometown “spe- 23 percent increase. “The Wandering Earth” detained. They include student activists, Xi Jinping’s Chinese Dream, his vision cialties” back from Chinese New Year (a doomsday outer-space epic that’s being teachers, taxi drivers and construction for the rejuvenation of China and greater visits are tolerated, just not when the live shown in select overseas markets) was the workers. These protests challenge the wealth for Chinese. ♦ poultry are exposed to the elements, as in top box office earner. It garnered a record- basic tenet of communism: protection of putting ducks, chicken and geese in plastic breaking US$349 million ticket sales in the bags with neck and heads sticking out and seven-day holiday. Not easily impressed the bags that dangle over the rear bumper, 1,181 USD per capita spent by domestic selves jewellery rather than be on the clamped down by the trunk lid, sometimes travelers with Beijing, Shanghai and Hang- receiving end! The most recent (2016) directly over the exhaust. Smoked duck, zhou being the most popular destinations. study reported 37 percent of women in anyone? China purchased their own jewellery. 40-plus markets where Alipay, the world’s They feel the jewelry they wear should Red packet suits leading mobile payment platform, is ac- reflect their personality and identity, A 10-year-old in Guangdong Province cepted. During the Lunar New Year holiday and that diamond and platinum are best took his father to court after the father with- period, Alipay users born between 1960- picked out by themselves. drew his red packet money from his savings 1969 increased 250 percent. Usage by those High-end jewelers are responding account. In 2016, the father withdrew ap- born between 1970-1979 increased by 232 accordingly, marketing equally to men proximately US$440 deposited the previous percent. Men in China have a difficult time and women and designing more bold two years without the son’s consent. The 2.87 million visits to Shanghai’s tourist sites gifting the affluent women in their lives. and playful pieces at slightly lower judge sided with the son and the father had over the first four days of the Lunar New Increasingly confident professional pricepoint. (Alas, women still earn less to repay the amount, plus interest, taken. Year holiday. The most popular destination women in China prefer to buy them- than men!) ♦ Unfortunately, this is not the first suit was the Bund, which 1.26 million visitors of this kind. In 2012, a mother in Zhejiang descended on. Yuyuan Gardens had 334,000 Province took close to US$82,700 red visitors. Although many visitors were locals, Ni hao, Lord Grantham! packet money from her three children. In the tourism bureau reported 835,000 out- The popularity of “Downton Ab- of Western 2014, a grandmother took US$6,650 from of-town tourists arrived in Shanghai from bey” has spurred growth in a whole new domestic and her grandson’s red packet money after his Feb. 4-6. industry in China, inspired by Carson, hospitality parents’ divorce. In both cases, the court the indefatigable butler of the Crawleys. service. Its found for the children. 149 billion USD was spent at restaurants, An entrepreneur founded the Cheng- six-week pro- malls and online outlets by Chinese shop- du International Butler Academy, “The gram teaches Ring a goose pers over the week-long holiday, 1n 8.5 Academy that Trains the Best Butlers in attendees You know the carnival game of tossing percent increase over similar period in 2018. China.” Located in an exclusive part of Western household management skills, rings onto bottles? Well, a Henan Province Online retail giant JD.com report a 43 per- Chengdu, it has many training rooms, etiquette and protocol, table setting and temple fair had a ring toss game using live cent jump in sales over the previous year. bedrooms, bar and modern kitchen for “precise, loyal butler service” in English geese as targets. In a one-minute video Mobile devices, computers and home appli- Western and Chinese cooking. The and Chinese. uploaded to social media, not one child ances topped the list, followed by surges in academy only accepts Chinese nation- Hard to imagine the downstairs staff or adult managed to get a ring around any kitchenware and furniture. ♦ als who aspire to learn the finer points at Downton Abbey being Chinese. ♦ goose’s neck.♦ PAGE 4 / March 2019 government & politics www.chinainsight.info Andrew Yang: one step closer to having a Chinese- American U.S. president By Elaine Dunn

that was acquired by the Washington Post. lucky ones - a “winner.” But he also be- He cashed out his “winnings” and turned his lieves for every “winner,” there are many attention to creating jobs in cities hit hard more “losers.” As stated on his website, by the financial crisis, such as Baltimore, Yang2020.com, his “Humanity First” plat- Cleveland, Detroit and Pittsburgh. form -- policies designed to address the And now, in his 40s, and a successful greatest economic and technological shift entrepreneur who is good at teaching en- in our history – is his vision for revitalizing trepreneurial skills to others, he’s focusing the economy and “ensure Americans can on the problems facing the country. Why? make it through” the automation transi- Because he’s a problem-solver and futurist. tion. “Humanity First” encompasses three “In my experience, if you want a career you central tenets: Up until mid-2018, if you did an online will be proud of, you are going to have to • The Freedom Dividend, a $1000/month search for “Chinese-American U.S. presi- fight for it. The market will not help you. basic income provided to all Americans over dential candidates,” chances are you’ll come Instead, the market will drive you to do the age of 18, no strings attached; up empty. That all changed when Andrew certain things that may or may not be what • Medicare for All, ending the fear of Yang became one of the first to announce you’d imagined. And here medical bankruptcy while Yang is also the author of two published his candidacy for the 2020 presidential in America in 2019, the Tell everyone you removing one of the larg- books: the 2014 publication “Smart People election in February 2018. He’ll be run- market is the most power- est costs associated with Should Build Things” pointed out the need ning as a Democrat, even though he is a ful force in our society,” know that you’re starting a small business; for a dramatic overhaul of the American well-connected businessman and capitalist. Yang said at a keynote going to do some- and economy. The 2018 “The War on Normal In his own words, the 44-year-old Yang speech at his alma mater thing. That way, • Human-Centered People” describes how he experienced racist is “a serial entrepreneur, not a career politi- on Feb. 8. Capitalism, changing bullying as an Asian-American kid living in cian.” He was appointed as an Ambassador And because he is you don’t have a the focus of our economic upstate New York, which emboldens him to of Global Entrepreneurship by the Obama keen to head off cata- choice but to do it. measurement from GDP stick up for the marginalized. administration in 2015. strophic economic chang- to numbers that reflect the Although not a household name (yet), Yang is the son of immigrants from es brought on by the “ro- - Andrew Yang well-being of the average and neither a senator nor governor (the Taiwan. Born in Schenectady, New York, in bot apocalypse.” He be- American. usual suspects running for president), Yang 1975, he “grew up believing in the Ameri- lieves the current (lean-running) business Yang embarked on a seven-stop “Hu- hopes his ideas and proposals will resonate can Dream.” The Phillips Exeter Academy environment is “automating away the most manity First” tour last November, devoting with many so that at the end of the primary graduate went on to earn two degrees (eco- common jobs in the economy.” He says much of the campaign time on his Freedom season, he will be a front runner, if not the nomics and political science) from Brown there will be large number of jobs going Dividend (Yang’s version of the Universal Democratic nominee, for the highest office University. Then, after earning a law degree away in retail, call centers, food service Basic Income) proposal. Under his plan, in the free world. Right now, it’s criss- from Columbia, he lasted all of five unhappy and trucking – 30-40 percent of American every American between 18-64 (20 for crossing the country for a hectic campaign months as a corporate lawyer at one of the jobs by 2030 as a result of automation and those who didn’t graduate high school) will schedule! most prestigious law firms before quitting artificial intelligence. He likens this to receive a $1,000 monthly stipend, which is a One of his ideas that everyone, Demo- to start a dot.com, which also lasted five another coming of the industrial revolution way of paying for services that currently go crats and Republicans alike, can get behind months before succumbing to the dot.com where millions of workers will be displaced. unpaid, e.g. stay-at-home-mothers, parental is his “make taxes fun” proposal to turn bubble. Two more startup busts followed. He’s keen to put in place a solution for “the care by adult children. It is an “investment” April 15 into a national holiday! As Yang puts it, “I spent my 20s working at biggest problem in the history of the world.” in Americans and will be paid for through a China Insight is “in the media queue” startups that didn’t work out.” So far, he’s the only Democratic candidate value-added tax. for a more in-depth interview. ♦ His 30s is a different story. He became to be talking about this issue. Married and a father of two sons, Yang the CEO of a successful education company Yang also sees himself as one of the lives with his family in New York City. Asian American voters continuing to evolve By Greg Hugh

Finally, a Chinese-American candidate Korea or Vietnam, and were strongly anti- Independents, and 14 percent Republicans. to a 49 percent voting rate. In 2017, it was is running for President of the United States. Communist. Many had ties to conservative Neither the Republican nor Democratic par- reported by the Washington Post that Asian What are his prospects with Chinese Ameri- organizations. In recent years, more liberal ties have financed significant efforts to the Americans born outside of the United States can voters? Asian-American groups such as newer Chi- registration of Asian Americans, however trended to be more conservative, and more Traditionally, the Asian American nese and Indian immigrants have greatly much more attention has been focused on likely to identify as Republicans, while electorate has often been overlooked. It is changed the Asian-American political de- contributions from Asian Americans, having those who were born in the United States, relatively young and includes many who are mographics, as well as a larger proportion once been referred to as potential "Repub- who were generally younger, were more foreign-born. Since Asian Americans are the of younger Asian Americans, many of whom lican Jews." likely to identify being a Democrat. fastest-growing racial group, the popula- have completed college degrees. As recently as 2006, according to Wiki- “The growing influence of this elector- tion is solidifying as a small but noticeable During the 1990s and 2000s, Asian pedia, the outreach efforts of America's two ate is being noticed by parties across the voting bloc. Although Asian Americans American voting behavior shifted from major political parties have been unbal- political spectrum. In 2018, Republicans and used to vote Republican, most notably in moderate support for the Republican Party anced, with the Democratic Party devoting Democrats reached out to AAPI communi- presidential elections in 1992 and 1996, to stronger support for the Democratic more resources in attracting Asian Ameri- ties in higher numbers than ever before,” they have progressively shifted towards the Party. Fifty-five percent of Asian American cans. In 2016, a majority of Asian-Ameri- said Geraldine Alcid, executive director of Democratic party. registered voters supported Democratic cans possessed the same political views on Filipino Advocates for Justice. Although the population of this group candidate Hillary Clinton and only 14 racial profiling, education, social security, Asian American participation in civic has increased in size by 600 percent in 30 percent supported Republican candidate and immigration reform as the Democratic life lags other groups and their ties to politi- years as a result of immigration, heavy Donald Trump. Party; the efforts to attract Asian-Americans cal parties are thin. While they have support- naturalization and voter outreach efforts Despite their growing trend of voting has produced a proportionally significant ed Democrats in the past two presidential have provided this primarily foreign-born for Democrats in national elections, Asian growth in Democratic affiliation by Asian- elections by wide margins, their experiences community with less than 1 perceent of vot- Americans have tended to identify as in- Americans from 2012 to 2016 by 12 percent. and issue positions don’t align perfectly with ers. The low political incorporation of Asian dependents and have not developed strong In 2016, Vietnamese and Filipinos were the an ideologically liberal or conservative po- Americans has posed a concern, especially ties to political parties as a group. Due to least likely Asian Americans to support the litical agenda. Asian American diversity and when the fact that the group is the fastest the smaller size of the group’s population, presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton, distinct experiences are often overlooked growing demographic in the U.S. is taken in comparison to the population as a whole, with Vietnamese the most likely to back the and not well understood in national political into account. it has been difficult to get an adequate presidential campaign of Donald Trump. debates. This untapped source of power is According to data posted on Wikipedia, sampling to forecast voter outcomes for Political affiliation aside, Asian Americans open to appeals from both parties. from the 1940s to the 1990s, most Asian Asian Americans. In 2008, polls indicated have trended to become more politically And now with a Chinese American can- Americans were anti-communist refugees that 35 percent considered themselves non- active as a whole, with 2008 seeing an in- didate as part of the mix, it will definitely who had fled mainland China, North partisan, 32 percent Democrats, 19 percent crease of voter participation by 4 percent get interesting.♦ www.chinainsight.info history March 2019 / PAGE 5 Chinese American WWII vets honored in District of Columbia January 29 marked a historic day for five their service in World War II as Chinese- Chinese-American World War II veterans. Americans. The White House Initiative on Asian Ameri- During emotional and tearful moments, cans and Pacific Islanders (WHIAAPI) and each of the five spoke of their service and its Executive Director Holly Ham were at personal experiences and used this cer- the Department of Veterans Affairs in Wash- emony as an opportunity to express their ington, D.C. This group represented the al- "deepest gratitude" upon acknowledging most 20,000 Chinese Americans who served they, too, will be awarded the Congres- in various branches of the U.S. military sional Gold Medal Tuesday at ceremonies during World War II and will be presented later this fall. with the Congressional Gold Medal under "Whatever you hear from me or any the new law signed by President Donald fellow veteran of that vintage … I know Trump on Dec. 20, 2018. at our gatherings and reunions we will try As the co-chairs of the WHIAAPI, U.S. to recollect what we went through ... our Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and experiences.," said Robert M. Lee, who U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. served as a private in the 14th Air Force of Chao delivered remarks at the ceremony the U.S. Army Corps. hosted by General Counsel, performing the As a first lieutenant and one who cel- duties of Veterans Affairs Deputy Secretary, ebrated her 100th birthday last September, James Byrne. DeVos also initiated a special Seetoo was the highest-ranked and oldest private meeting with the five veterans prior among the group. During her service, she to the ceremony. trained Chinese soldiers as medical order- Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao and Acting Veterans Affairs Deputy Secretary James "I’m just so proud of all of the veterans lies. She joined the U.S. Army Nurse Corps Byrne with (seated L to R) James Eng, Harry Jung, Henry Lee, Robert M. Lee, Elsie Seetoo that have fought and served and so many as a first lieutenant. "Despite the discrimination that they campaign by the Chinese American Citizens who have given their lives so that we can "I’ll wear it when I go out," Seetoo said were facing in the United States, [Chinese- Alliance (C.A.C.A.). Ham offered praise enjoy our freedom today," DeVos said. about her Congressional Gold Medal. "Or Americans] enlisted in very high numbers and admiration for the 2-year effort of the Chao also expressed similar sentiments maybe, just to impress the other folks who immediately after Pearl Harbor," Royce leadership and members of C.A.C.A., which while noting the multitude of challenges live in the retirement community. I would said. "I want to recognize each of you for initiated the Chinese American WWII Vet- faced by Chinese Americans before, dur- just wear it once." serving in this struggle that determined that erans Recognition Project in 2017 under the ing, and after their service mostly because Acknowledged as an early champion of human freedom would not be defeated by direction of now Past National President Ed of the harmful, discriminatory effects of the the effort, former Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) fascism across this globe." Gor and Project Director Samantha Cheng. Chinese Exclusion Act. helped introduce the bill to Congress and The Chinese-American World War II The WHIAAPI is a government office Veterans James Eng, Texas; Harry Jung, attended the ceremony. (Note: Also co- Veterans Congressional Gold Medal Act was that works to improve the quality of life Pennsylvania; Henry Lee, Texas; Robert M. sponsoring the bills were Senators Tammy unanimously passed by both the House of and opportunities for Asian Americans and Lee, Virginia; and Elsie Seetoo, Maryland; Duckworth (IL), Thad Cochran (MS), and Representatives and the Senate in 2018 and Pacific Islanders by facilitating increased ac- were all recognized by Byrne, Chao and Mazie Hirono (HI), and in the House, Ted signed into law by President Trump in De- cess to and participation in federal programs DeVos on behalf of the White House for Lieu (CA) and Grace Meng (NY).) cember. Its approval was due to a national where they remain underserved. ♦

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Send resumé to Greg Hugh at [email protected] or call 612-723-4872 :esc/CAWW2 Veterans/Vetting Rules, Rev. 1, 2019-09-08 PAGE 6 / March 2019 people www.chinainsight.info China’s successful Financial options for every and influential phase of your life women By Elaine Dunn In honor of International Women’s Day tory with the group members' savings as (March 8), we are highlighting some of the the fund and the local soybean resources as women named by the All-China Women’s the raw materials. A year later, she had a Federation as most successful and influen- second factory up and running. Subsequent tial in 2018. Instead of the usual high-tech years, she led the villagers in establishing 10 CEOs and high net worth individuals on factories with an output value of US$1.88 the Forbes lists, these women come from million. She has reinvested millions since a wide- range of backgrounds, industries back into the villages by way of community and locales. centers to promote community-living and International Women’s Day began life positive cultural atmosphere. as a movement for celebrating women’s rights after women gained the right to vote Luan Fang in Soviet Russia in 1917. It was predomi- Established entrepreneur Luan is the Whether you want to save for the future, secure a personal loan, nantly celebrated in socialist and commu- president of Harbin Zhongyanghong Group utilize exclusive online and telephone banking services, or enjoy nist countries until 1977 when the United Co. In 24 years, she grew and transformed the convenience of our ATMs and many locations, we are here for Nations proclaimed it “a day for women’s the business from a basic store to a diversi- you. rights and world peace.” fied group that includes commercial retail, In some countries, the day is an official eco-agricultural, green food processing and holiday and others, it’s widely observed but Call, click, or stop by and talk with a banker. cultural services. She’s passionate about not a public holiday (much like Mother’s publicizing the concept of loving life and Day). In China, only women get the day off! ecology among children.

An Zhongyan Luo Zheng As president of the Beijing Associa- To Beijing native Luo, Shenzhen was tion of Women Entrepreneurs and Beijing where “The sun shines brighter and the Fengshun Industrial Trading Group, An has winters are warmer.” That was what her wellsfargo.com always been passionate and keen to help dis- father told her. She attended university there © 2019 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. advantaged groups. With billions in assets and stayed after graduation. She started All rights reserved. from a large chain of stores domestic and her fashion design firm in the ‘90s and Member FDIC. 122933 02/19 abroad, she has “endowed various public was “heartened” when her designs” sold welfare projects to help dropouts and im- like hotcakes.” Shenzhen is the city that poverished people who have suffered from changed her life and she would like nothing natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods better than to create more opportunities for and tsunamis.” university graduates by making Shenzhen an international fashion mecca with its own Dong Suzhen Fashion Week so as to boost Shenzhen’s Born into a family of practitioners of development. Her successful clothing Chinese medicine, Dong has created and company is Omniatuo. thrived in the health industry, enthusiasti- cally promoting the concept of disease Pei Yanli prevention. After working at a foreign For more than 10 years, Pei, president trade company, she entered the hairdress- of Hebei Bainianqiaojiang Culture Com- ing business, opening her own hairdress- munication, a company that specializes in ing supplies shop with borrowed capital. decorative wooden crafts (wooden floor, Then she combined her background in ceiling and wall paintings), has been com- Chinese medicine with hair-dressing into a mitted to promoting traditional art in China, Chinese medicine cosmetology chain. She Japan, UK and the U.S. Her company has answered the government’s call to promote partnered with the Palace Museum in pro- health maintenance by taking the lead in ducing replicas of paintings by the Qianlong establishing the health management center emperor. Her current project provides on- for preventive treatment of disease, which line resources for those interested in learning has made valuable contributions to the pro- wood painting so they can start their own motion of the country's Chinese medicine businesses. treatment project. Song Yanjun Li Yan Song studied chemistry and medicinal At 44, Li is the president of Qilu Phar- leeches and built up her wealth in the devel- maceutical Group. "As an entrepreneur, opment of aquatic products. Her company, you must bear the interest of the country Jingxuehuang Biological Engineering Co., and society in mind," she said, and has a is registered in Nanjing and integrates clear direction for the company – to be a leech and rainworm breeding with protein pure pharmaceutical company producing extraction for use in drugs, health care and high-quality domestic medicines that are cosmetics. affordable and useful for ordinary people. Li also feels strongly about judicial reform, Zhang Hong especially in resolving difficulties in ex- Founder of the electric vehicle service ecution, improving business environment provider Red Dot New Energy Zhang stated and promoting the development of private that to "shatter the iron rice bowl and start a economy, which have increase common business" requires not only courage but also people's sense of gain and happiness. the ability to remain speculative about the future of the automobile industry. She also Liu Zhihua is editor-in-chief of an online “experience Liu is credited with leading villagers on center” to serve auto manufacturers, media a path to prosperity in the past four decades. and consumers. ♦ In 1980, she established the first yuba fac- www.chinainsight.info language March 2019 / PAGE 7 Chinese language corner (漢語角落): Introductions By Pat Welsh, contributor

In this article we will demonstrate how to introduce people and how to identify people and simple relationships. At the bottom of this unit you will find reminders of the tones Pronunciation reminders and the pronunciations of letters you thought you were familiar with. nǚ sounds almost like the English word “knee” but your lips must be rounded, not spread. English Chinese characters Pinyin q sounds like an aspirated tch; qin sounds like ”tcheen”. shi sounds almost like the “shir” in “shirt” Mr. 先生 xiānsheng x sounds like a weak “sh”; xi sounds almost like English word “she”. Mrs. 太太 tàitai zhong sounds like “tjoong” with the tip of the tongue curled back producing a slight Ms., Miss 小姐 xiăojie “r” sound. zhu would almost sound like “drew”. Mr. Wang 王先生 Wáng xiānsheng Tones Mrs. Wang 王太太 Wáng tàitai Using numbers: 5 = your normal high 4 = mid-high 3 = your normal mid pitch Ms./Miss Wang 王小姐 Wáng xiăojie 2 = mid low pitch 1 = your normal low pitch Allow, permit 让, 来 Rang, ái introduce 介绍 jièshào Tone Description Notes (take) a moment to 一下 yīxià ā High level pitch (55) Regarding Tone ă á Mid-Rising Tone (35) 1. when occurring directly before May I introduce you to… 让我来介绍一下。。。 Ràng wŏ lái jièshào yīxià… ă Dipping (213) another dipping tone, tone ă à High falling pitch (51) becomes tone á. Thus “hĕn I’d like to introduce you 我想给你介绍一下。。。 Wŏ xiăng gĕi nĭ jièshào a An unstressed neutral tone. Following hăo” to… yīxià… other syllables, syllables in this tone (very good) changes to “hén have seen, have met 见过 (simp) /見過 (trad) jiàn-guo tend to be slightly lower that of the hăo” spoken question mark for previous syllable. The lone exception 2. occurring directly before any yes-no type questions 吗 (simp) /嗎 (trad) ma is when it occurs after tone ă when the other tone, Tone ă will change meet, get to know 认识 (simp) / 認識 (trad) rénshì neutral tone is often slightly higher. to a mid-falling tone Regarding Tone à should, must 得 dĕi When occurring before another à very 很 hĕn tone is something very important 是很重要的 shì hĕn zhōngyàode The first tone à reduces its fall to 53 Next month, I will continue with introductions by asking and telling one's work situ- Have you met Mr. Wang? 你见过王先生吗？(simp) Nĭ jiàn-guo Wáng xiānsheng ation: 1) How to ask and tell where one works (or goes to school) and 2) The names of /你見過王先生嗎? (trad) ma? some common occupations. ♦ You should meet … 你得跟, 认识(simp) / Nĭ dĕi gēn…rénshì. 認識 (trad) It is important for you to 让你跟。。。认识是很 Ràng nĭ gēn…rénshì shì hĕn meet… 重要的。 zhōngyàode 讓你跟。。。 認識是很 HOST FAMILIES NEEDED 重要的 (trad) Host a Chinese student and make a difference… He is … 他是。。。 Tā shì…. Enrich their experience and enhance your own my friend. 我朋友。 wŏ péngyou. my older brother. 我哥哥。 wŏ gēge ♦ As a host family you share American my younger brother. 我弟弟。 wŏ dìdi culture with a student from China and provide them more than they She is…. 她是。。。 Tā shì…. could learn in a classroom. my girlfriend. 我女朋友。 wŏ nǚ péngyou. my older sister. 我姐姐。 wŏ jiĕjie. ♦ Learn about their culture, explore my younger sister. 我妹妹。 wŏ mèimei. the differences and develop new connections. This is my father 这 (這, trad) 是。。。 Zhè shì (casual) 我爸爸。 wŏ bàba. Global Learning Alliance (GLA) is a Twin Cities based organization that 我父亲 (formal) (simp) wŏ fùq¬īn. serves as a facilitator to assist students from China that want to study in 父親 (trad) the United States. To ensure that the students obtain the best experience This is my mother. 这 (這, trad) 是。。。 This is… possible, GLA seeks to place the students with host families. The length of (casual) 我妈妈 (simp) wŏ māma. their stay could vary from a few months to a full school year and include 媽媽 (trad)。 high school and college students of both sexes. (formal) 我母亲 (simp) wŏ mŭqīn. 母親 (trad) Since we recognize that hosting a student from China may place a financial That is… 那是。。。 Nà shì… burden on some families, we will provide some financial reimbursement my boss. 我老板。 wŏ lăobăn. but expect a family to be a host because of the mutual cultural exchange my colleague. 我同事。 wŏ tóngshì. that both will receive and not just the financial aspect.

While we are seeking host families in all parts the Twin Cities area, we are About Pat Welsh especially seeking families in Eden Prairie. In 2009 while teaching English at Sichuan University, Welsh was asked to give a speech where he was introduced to the audience as a “pioneer of Chinese American relations” as a To learn more about being a host family, contact Richard He at result of his cooperative work in international banking during the Deng Xiaoping era. For 612-987-6540 or email, [email protected]. more than 65 years, Welsh has been learning Chinese and has used this knowledge both pro- fessionally and personally to enhance his understanding of Chinese and Asian affairs. He uses Beijing Mandarin most frequently when meeting with senior Chinese government officials when conducting business in China. For 17 years, Welsh taught Chinese, German and Spanish in two local high schools. Now fully retired, he currently resides in Georgia where he used to lecture on China to a number of classes at Dunwoody High School. PAGE 8 / March 2019 community www.chinainsight.info The Marsh celebrates Chinese New Year By Greg Hugh

All class (held regularly at the Marsh) followed by festivities in the restaurant area where Jarrell Barton was scheduled to perform on the guzheng, but unfortunately, he was unable to attend because he was delayed in Ohio. However, the event went on with members of the Chinese Heritage Foundation perform- ing fortune telling and creating bookmarks by translating and Ruth Stricker (3rd left) along with Yin Members of the Chinese Heritage Foundation writing names in Chinese for all. Simpson with staff members of the Marsh doing name translations and fortune telling L-R: Yin Simpson, Connie Mei Ledford, Ming Jen Chen welcome attendees to the event Hot tea and an assortment of Chinese snacks, cookies and and Romi Slowiak One of the more unique places that other special treats were avail- recently celebrated the Chinese New Year able. The restaurant also served was The Marsh, located in Minnetonka. Chinese dumplings to those who Founded by Ruth Striker, The Marsh is a wished to purchase them. In ad- center for life balance and fitness. The cen- dition to learning about Chinese ter’s art, architecture and programs reflect history and customs, attendees Stricker’s study and appreciation of Chinese received a customary red packet culture. Therefore, it is not surprising that associated with Chinese New Stricker would want to celebrate Chinese Year ♦ New Year. She solicited the assistance of Yin Simpson, a Marsh member and board The celebration was open to all members L-R: Connie Mei Ledford, member of the Chinese Heritage Foundation of the center as well as the public at no cost. Ruth Stricker andGreg Hugh, to put the celebration together. It began after a complimentary Tai Chi for publisher of China Insight Something for everyone at Minnesota International Chinese School celebration By Greg Hugh

There were so many activities planned p.m and began with a traditional lion dance cultural activities and carnival-type games There was also a silent auction, where that the Minnesota International Chinese followed by performances in the auditorium presented by many other organizations and attendees had a chance to win door prizes School needed to hold it at Kennedy High that featured all kinds of dancing and sing- businesses. Traditional Chinese foods and and receive a traditional red packet. ♦ School in Bloomington, Minnesota. The ing by groups of all ages. snacks could be found in the lunchroom Spring Festival was held from noon until 4 Lining the hallways were hands-on for purchase. www.chinainsight.info community March 2019 / PAGE 9 Snapshots: community Chinese New Year celebrations

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Author: Helen Zia Publisher: Ballantine Books Publication date: January 2019 Softcover: 544 pages

Zia is the co-author, with Wen Ho Lee, of “My Country Versus Me: The First- Hand Account by the Los Alamos Scientist Who Was Falsely Accused of Being a Spy.” Her other book, “Asian American Dreams: The Emergence of an American People,” was a finalist for the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize. (Bill Clinton referred to the book in two separate Rose Garden speeches). She is also a former executive editor of Ms. Magazine and a founding board co-chair of te Women’s Media Center. A Fulbright Scholar, Zia first visited China in 1972, just after President Richard Nixon’s historic trip. A graduate of Princeton University, she holds an honorary doctor of laws degree from the City University of New York School of Law and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Helen Zia’s mother fled Shanghai just tion and had gone on to hold a top position had demanded. mother Helen, but Zia’s prose is so com- before the Communists took control of in the Nationalist government as it battled Life in the U.S. wasn’t easy for any of pelling that the characters all seem close to the city in 1949, but Zia wasn’t aware of the Communists during the civil war. When the profiled refugees. No matter how long the author. While it is her storytelling that her mother’s perilous departure until she his father was arrested and imprisoned for they’d been in the U.S. or how much they keeps the reader engaged without reference was an adult. Roughly a million people being a wartime collaborator, Benny’s life were contributing to their professions, Ho to larger issues, Zia concludes, “… one from Shanghai became refugees in the late was turned upside down: his mother left his Chow and Bing constantly found themselves day such stories may become lessons for 1940s. While it has hardly been forgotten, father and his sister was pushed out to safety on the verge of deportation because of historical reflection, not broken paths to be the People’s Republic has never recognized with relatives in Hong Kong. Benny was restrictive anti-Chinese immigration laws. retrod.” ♦ this mass exodus and only a few Chinese- the one character in the book that didn’t flee Zia has a refreshingly honest take on language books about it have been published China; instead he went inland to escape his the wild corruption of the Nationalist gov- out of Taiwan. Zia’s new book, “Last Boat family’s poor reputation in Shanghai. ernment and explains that life in Shanghai Out of Shanghai,“ in which she selects four The two women characters prove more was not easy under Chiang Kai-shek. She About the reviewer narratives to tell in detail, seems to be the resilient. A lonely girl, Bing Woo was touches upon the repression of the Com- Susan Blumberg-Kason is the author first volume, at least for the general reader, shuffled between different families and munists, but it seems to pale in comparison of “Good Chinese Wife: A Love Af- ever dedicated to these events. finally settled with a widow and her grown to the poverty and right-wing death squads fair with China Gone Wrong” and After interviewing over a hundred daughter. Almost left behind in Shanghai that terrorized Shanghai residents during the co-edited “Hong Jong Noir.” She Shanghai refugees from that era, Zia chose when her adopted sister Betty obtained war. Even so, most refugees never imagined received a Master of Philosophy in to hone in on several of these in order to tickets to sail to the U.S. with her husband they wouldn’t be able to return to China for Government and Public Administra- flush out their stories from before World and young children, Bing ended up in a the next 30-40 years. As Annuo’s mother tion from the Chinese University of War II until two decades after the end of hammock in third class while the rest of told her, “…we will only be gone for six Hong Kong, where she researched the Chinese civil war. She mentions her the family stayed in a proper berth. When months—a year at most. Then we’ll be emerging women’s rights. She’s mother’s story in passing before delving the family landed in San Francisco, Betty back.” Few managed. now based in the Chicago suburbs, into the profiles of two boys and two girls, encouraged Bing to earn money through It’s unclear which, if any, of the people Blumberg-Kason is an elected trustee Ho Chow and Benny Pan, Bing Woo and dancing or socializing with men. whose lives Zia profiles are related to her of her public library. Annuo Liu, respectively. Annuo Liu was the daughter of a Ho Chow hailed from a working class high-ranking official in the Nationalist family and moved to Shanghai as a child government who always found fault with so he could further his education. He her, no matter how hard she tried to please struggled to keep up with his classmates in her parents. Her family left Shanghai for school while his family could barely scrape Taiwan and found it even more foreign than together enough food to stave off starvation. smaller towns in China. A Japanese colony Be Your Own Boss! Ho ultimately gained acceptance to a couple a half-century before the end of WWII, Tai- of U.S. universities for engineering, but wan was filled with Japanese-style homes; China Insight is seeking a self-motivated individual didn’t mean to stay indefinitely; he hoped Chinese residents spoke Japanese. When to sell advertising space for our newspaper. China to return to China to start an automobile the Nationalists decamped to Taiwan, they Insight has been publishing for 15 years. The ideal company. With the Communists victory in took up from where they’d left off on the individual we seek must be passionate about our the Civil War, Ho’s family pleaded with him mainland. Suspected leftists were mas- mission, be resourceful, creative and capable of to stay in the U.S. to avoid persecution for sacred in droves, martial law was enacted, working independently. We offer a very generous his Western connections. There was little and incoming refugees were interrogated to commission structure and you get to set your choice: had he returned, not only would he prove they weren’t communist subversives. own hours. have been in jeopardy but he also could have Annuo felt so disheartened in this new land hurt his family’s chances for maintaining a that she did whatever she could to leave for Contact Greg Hugh at 612-723-4872 or email normal life in China under the Communists. graduate school in the U.S. Despite finding [email protected] Benny Pan’s life in Shanghai had been the university in Oregon extremely isolat- luxurious. His father had been one of the top ing, she worked hard to bring the rest of her police officers during the Japanese occupa- family to the US, as her authoritarian father PAGE 12 / March 2019 arts & culture www.chinainsight.info Dong lusheng culture in China, Part 2 By Yang Hui and Bu Aihua, The Center for Hunan Cultural Heritage at Huaihua University, contributors

Note: This is the 13th article in the series on Dong ethnic culture by The Center for Hunan Cultural Heritage as U.S.-China cultural and educa- tional exchange and research. The Center for Hunan Cultural Heritage is located in Huaihua University, southwest Hunan Province, China. It is a provincial translation institute dedicated to the preservation and development of Hunan’s diverse ethnic communities and shared with the global community. This month’s article continues discussing the Dong lusheng culture.

Yang Hui is a lecturer in the School of Foreign Languages, Huaihua University. Her research interests cover translation studies and cross-cultural studies.

Professor Bu is the dean and professor in the School of Foreign Languages, Huaihua University. Her major research interests cover comparative education, biculturalism and bicultural active living lifestyle with a special focus on the Hmong youth in western part of Hunan Province and the state of Minnesota. She is also the vice director of the Center for Hunan Cultural Heritage. This article is supported by 2018 key project of the Philosophy and Social Sciences Fund Project of Huaihua Municipality.

As last month’s article explained, the so teams could interact, which demonstrates lusheng is a traditional reed wind instrument the noble ideal of sportsmanship: “friend- widely played by ethnic groups in south- ship first, competition second.” western China, such as Hunan, Guizhou, The dance component is another notice- Guangxi, Sichuan and Yunnan provinces. able part of the competition. In a group For the Dongs, playing lusheng is closely contest, when male players are playing related to their ethnic, moral, aesthetic and the lusheng, their female partners would living customs and integral to their festivals, accompany them with folding fans, floret events and entertainment. umbrellas or Dong handkerchiefs, singing and dancing. Usually, there are three forms Lusheng performance of lusheng dance performances: dance ac- competition companied by lusheng instruments, dance The lusheng performance competition led by lusheng playing, and dancing on its is one of the most important and influential own. In the first two forms, the number of events in Dong culture. It is a perfect com- lusheng players can be seven, nine, 11 or bination of music and dance. Customarily, more. The players usually play lusheng in the very beginning of the competition, the only, sometimes they may dance with very Caitang Dance ---photo from http://www.ccoo.com.cn/wenhua/67679x.html host team would honorarily play the first five little and simple movements, and other presented in solemn, relaxed, lively, or agile thousands of dancers and singers, what an pieces to welcome the guest teams. Then, all dancers from all directions would surround rhythms, according to the corresponding amazing visual and acoustic feast! the teams would play designated five pieces them in circles and dance with the music performances. Caitang Dance is a very traditional Dong one after another, which is one of the most they are playing. The lusheng players all Each Dong village has its own lusheng folk dance originated from the ritual dance spectacular parts of the competition. At the dance without other accompanied dancers, performance team. It is the guard of honor for praying for a good harvest, thanking the end of the competition, the host team would and their dance movements are more com- of the village, and it takes on the great goddess’ blessing and worshiping ancestors. play the finale piece, usually echoed by the plicated than the first two forms. Lusheng mission of inheriting and developing their Nowadays, it has become a kind of courtship guest teams, to declare the successful end dance movements include “walk,” “move,” traditional lusheng culture at the same dance for young couples. of the competition. After the competition, a “stride,” “squat,” “turn,” “stand,” “lift,” time. Usually, at big events or on special The local government is taking steps well-prepared big reception meal is offered “draw,” “hook,” and “swing” and so on, occasions, lusheng performance teams from to effectively promote the preservation, different villages assemble to compete and inheritance and development of the local celebrate together. The more fabulous and intangible heritages and help the world get successful the performance of a team, the to know more about them. Now, the local more laurels the village would win. government is pushing the local ethnic cultures to be incorporated into school Lusheng entertainment curriculum from primary to secondary Lusheng performance fabulously inte- levels, with Dong lusheng inheritors teach- grates instrumental music, dance, sports, ing school kids to play Lusheng in class. and social communication together. Dong So far, there are more than 40 schools in people have an innate love for lusheng Tongdao Dong Autonomous County hav- performances. Playing lusheng and danc- ing provided students with Dong Lusheng ing to lusheng music have become the most training classes, which has benefited more popular and agreeable enjoyment in Dong than 20,000 students. people’s daily life. Dong people are proud Dong Lusheng culture has deeply infil- of owning lusheng instruments and being trated all areas of Dong people’s daily life, proficient at playing them. Lusheng music, which fully manifests Dong people’s life songs and dance contribute to the aesthetic philosophy, ethnic characteristics, cultural needs and taste of the Dong people. They ef- features, psychological quality and morality, fectively express their emotions and develop etc. It is a vital symbol of the Dong cul- their friendship ture. In 2008, Lusheng gamecock-dance in Yudu Dong Village, Jiangxi Province in the midst of lusheng per- lusheng mu- formance was sic and dance. listed in Chi- Especially, on na’s National their special Intangible Cul- occasions, re- tural Heritage gardless of age List. Now, in and sex, old or order to better young, all Dong protect, inherit people, dressed and develop in Dong attire, it, an increas- assemble from ing number local villages to Dong kids learning to play Lusheng in the classroom, of govern- join the festival Tongdao Autonomous County -photo from tongdaonews mental, non- parade or sing- governmental ing party, playing lusheng, performing organizations, lusheng dance and singing Dong grand schools and universities work hand in glove The love for Lusheng performance cannot be stopped by the mud songs together. When the numerous lush- with each other to carry it forward, making ---photo from http://fl.gzsn.gov.cnl eng instruments are played in unison with it shine forever. ♦ www.chinainsight.info business & economy March 2019 / PAGE 13 Beijing to open service sector wider Source: Xinhua, Feb. 22, 2019

[BEIJING] -- The central gov- encouraged to take bold measures to gain China's service sector has been con- ernment has approved a three-year more replicable experience for opening up tributing more to the country's economic pilot program for Beijing munici- the service sector and developing an open growth, as the country taps the service sec- pality to continue opening up its economy. tor's huge growth potential. service sector wider to the world. According to the pilot program, market In 2018, the sector's value-added output The capital should intensify ef- access to the Beijing's service sector will accounted for 52.2 percent of GDP, and forts to streamline administration, be relaxed in fields including leasing and growth in the sector contributed 59.7 percent delegate power to lower levels and business services, information technology to the country's economic growth. ♦ improve regulation and services, services and financial services. seek to open the service sector The city plans to build on its experience wider, and create a sound business from a previous three-year pilot program environment, the State Council starting in May 2015 in pursuit of all-round said in a statement. opening up and high-quality economic The municipal government is development. Baidu sees robust 2018 revenue growth as AI deployment accelerates Source: Xinhua, Feb. 22, 2019

28 percent year on year, while net income on-year expansion to reach 161 million by business is diversifying from mobile internet attributable to Baidu reached 27.6 billion the end of 2018. into the smart home, smart transportation, yuan, surging 51 percent from 2017, ac- The company's DuerOS voice assistant cloud and autonomous driving markets, cording to the company's financial statement had been installed on over 200 million which will require substantial investments released Friday. devices by December 2018, up 45 percent that might bear fruit and accelerate Baidu's "2018 was a pivotal year for Baidu, as sequentially. revenue growth in the coming years. [BEIJING] -- Chinese artificial intel- we worked on deploying AI technologies Baidu for the first time disclosed quar- Baidu expected its Q1 2019 revenue ligence (AI) firm Baidu reported robust beyond search to feed, voice assistant, AI terly revenue of its cloud business, which to be between 23.5 billion yuan and 24.7 revenue growth for 2018 as the company solutions and autonomous driving," said totaled 1.1 billion yuan in the fourth quarter billion yuan, up 12 percent to 18 percent applied AI technologies in more businesses. Baidu CEO Robin Li. of 2018, more than doubling the perfor- year on year. ♦ Baidu took in 102.3 billion yuan (14.88 Daily active users of the company's mance for Q4 2017. billion U.S. dollars) in revenue last year, up flagship mobile app saw a 24-percent year- Baidu CFO Herman Yu said Baidu's Economic Watch: China’s economic shift awakening huge consumption potential Source: Xinhua, Feb. 21, 2019

[BEIJING] -- China's evolving eco- environmental protection and economic nomic structure and high-quality develop- growth, an important mission of China's ment have been accompanied with stronger, high-quality development. new consumer spending power, creating a The National Forestry and Grassland growth engine with enormous potential. Administration has recently released a While Chinese consumers are expected guideline on promoting the forestry indus- to spend more on services in 2019 as the try, vowing to expand forest tourism while economy becomes increasingly consump- conserving natural resources. In 2018, trips tion-driven, rural areas will flex their mus- to forests grew by 15 percent year on year cles by further unleashing market potential. to account for nearly 30 percent of total More service consumption domestic travel in China. Consumption has been the main driver Qian said slower goods consumption of China's economic growth for five con- mirrored the ongoing optimization of Chi- secutive years, but the growth of total na's consumption structure. The Ministry of retail sales of consumer goods showed Commerce said service consumption would signs of slowing in 2018, fueling concerns be a major driver of overall consumption of "sluggish demand" and "consumption growth in the future. downgrading." Huge potential Growth of total retail sales of consumer China's consumption potential is huge. goods edged down by 1.2 percentage points Authorities have rolled out a slew of incen- in 2018. The reading did not take into ac- tives to shore up consumption, and rural count the fast-growing service consump- areas are showing more vigorous spending tion, which stands for 49.5 percent of total power. consumer expenditure, said Vice Minister Kevin Kang, KPMG China's chief of Commerce Qian Keming. economist, said policies to expand domestic For example, China's domestic tour- demand, open wider the service industry and ism industry made an overall contribution cut income taxes would inject new impetus Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com re- potential, citing a huge rural population, of 9.94 trillion yuan (about 1.48 trillion into consumption growth. ported robust businesses during the Chinese rapidly-growing rural income and a new U.S. dollars) to the country's GDP in 2018, A policy plan jointly released by 10 New Year holiday, with fourth-tier and sixth- appetite for trading up. accounting for 11 percent of total GDP, ac- ministry-level authorities envisions that tier cities leading sales growth of over 60 "Consumption is expected to contribute cording to data from the Ministry of Culture rural areas will see faster development of percent, signs of rising spending power in over 80 percent of GDP growth in 2019," and Tourism. online shopping, e-commerce and tourism. the country's less-developed areas. said Guo Xiaobei, a researcher with China A booming tourism market is partly It has also highlighted car replacement in Kang said the rural market would play a Minsheng Bank. The proportion was 76.2 enabled by more emphasis on balancing rural areas. significant role in unleashing consumption percent in 2018. ♦ PAGE 14 / March 2019 events www.chinainsight.info

Community Job opportunities for AAPI 38th International

The U.S. Census Bureau is Summer internships at Film Festival hiring APIAVote In preparation for Census 2020, the Are you a college or graduate student coming next month U.S. Census Bureau is hiring! The 2010 interested in a career in the public sector or census showed that Asian Americans the political arena? APIAVote is looking were the fastest growing racial group in for 2019 summer interns. This is a fun and The 2019 Minneapolis St. Paul Interna- Theater in North Minneapolis, Film Space America, and elected officials took notice. exciting chance to organize for and serve the tional Film Festival (MSPIFF), Minnesota’s at Metropolitan State University in Saint They understand the importance of paying AAPI community. The Internship Program largest and longest-running film event will Paul, and the Marcus Rochester Cinema in attention and engaging with this base of strives to encourage and cultivate young take place in the Twin Cities April 4-20. Rochester, Minn. growing voters. AAPI leaders while providing hands-on Screenings will once again be concen- The complete line-up will be announced Now, more than ever, it is important for experience and training on how to organize trated at the St. Anthony Main Theatre, March 14 and will be on view at mspfilm. the community to participate in Census 2020 and implement voter activities to increase taking over the five screens for the full org. MSPIFF is presented by the Film So- to ensure our voices will continue to be heard. the participation of AAPIs in the electoral run of the festival. MSPIFF continues to ciety of Minneapolis St. Paul, a dynamic Interested (especially bilingual!) AAPI can process. expand the festival’s footprint with screen- 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to fostering apply and bring their understanding of the There will be both paid and unpaid ings and special events to be held at the a knowledgeable and vibrant appreciation of AAPI community to the 2020 Census. summer internships based in Washington, newly renovated Parkway Theater in South the art of film and its power to inform and See www.census.gov/jobs for more D.C. (deadline is March 8) as well as unpaid Minneapolis, and returning to the Capri transform individuals and communities. ♦ information. internships throughout the rest of the year (deadline is on a rolling basis and depends on availability). Apply today at http://www. apiavote.org/jobs. ♦

Entertainment China-originated filmmakers make splash at 2019 Oscars Source: Xinhu, Feb. 25, 2019

[LOS ANGELES] -- China-originated Midwest. As they face adult responsibili- filmmakers made a splash at the 91st Acad- ties, unexpected revelations threaten their emy Awards ceremony held in Los Angeles decade-long friendship. on Sunday, as they emerged from strong Liu moved from China to Rockford, Il- competition to take home two honors. linois with his mother at 8. He shot the film Three China-originated American di- in Rockford, where he grew up. rectors were nominated for their movies The other Oscar award claimed by for Best Documentary Feature. The award a China-originated filmmaker was Best went to husband-and-wife filmmaking duo Animated Short, which went to China-born Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi Canadian writer and director Domee Shi for for "Free Solo." her Pixar short "Bao." Producer Becky Neiman Cobb (L) and "Bao" explores the life of a Chinese director Domee Shi accept the Oscar for immigrant mom living in Toronto with her Best Animated Short for “Bao” inattentive husband and struggling to cope with loneliness after her beloved son flies awards of Best Picture, Best Supporting the nest. Actor and Best Original Screenplay. Chin and Vasarhelyi are the first married Chinese film, TV and couple of Asian descent ever nominated for gaming company Perfect Oscars together. World Pictures cofinanced "Minding the Gap," which lost to "Free "First Man," which claimed Solo" in this category, was also directed by Best Visual Effects, and a Chinese American director, Liu Bing. "BlacKkKlansman," which won Best Adapted Screen- play. Lian Jie, chairman and CEO of Perfect World Pic- tures, told Xinhua that his company reached an Bao investment and strategic cooperation agreement with Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin Shi is the first woman and first China- Universal Pictures in 2016, which com- accept the Oscar for best Documentary originated writer and director of a Pixar menced its film business in the international Feature short. market. "To all the nerdy girls out there who hide "Exchanges and cooperation in film and "Free Solo" is a movie filled with hu- behind their sketchbooks, don't be afraid to TV industry is an essential part of China- man emotions, death-defying stakes and tell your stories to the world," Shi told the U.S. cultural exchanges," he said. "With nail-biting tension. It follows elite rock audience. good cooperation with Universal Pictures, climber Alex Honnold as he attempts an One competitor for her award was "One Perfect World will constantly expand our unassisted ascent up the El Capitan vertical Small Step," a Chinese-American animated international business and cultivate the tal- rock formation at Yosemite National Park short film. Directed by China-born Disney ents. Moreover, we will deepen our under- without ropes. animator Shaofu Zhang, it tells the story of standing of the international market, bring Along with Honnold's physical train- a young Chinese-American protagonist who the most advanced production and manage- ing, the film traces his deepening personal dreams of being an astronaut. ment ideations to the domestic market and relationship with his girlfriend. Alongside It is also noteworthy that three Chinese- contribute to the Chinese film industry." ♦ its vertiginous climbing footage, the film financed movies won this year's Oscar becomes a powerful exploration of personal The film follows three young men who awards. focus and ambition while making space for bond together to escape their volatile fami- China's Alibaba Pictures is a co-financier emotional, intimate connections. lies in a small, Rust Belt hometown in the of "Green Book," which took home three www.chinainsight.info events March 2019 / PAGE 15

Pitfalls for all STEM professionals in

Chinese Heritage Foundation Friends new era of US-China

relations You are invited to join us for the second event of our Sunday Tea Series

We are excited to present this special opportunity to hear Date & time: Thursday, April 4, 6-8:30 p.m. (Light refreshments, 6-6:45 p.m.; Q&A, 8-8:30 p.m.) WING YOUNG HUIE

The renowned photographer and author of Chinese-ness, the Meaning of Identity and the Location: University of Minnesota’s McNamara Alumni Center, Nature of Belonging for a talk and discussion of his lifelong exploration of the complex interactions of culture, race and self-identity in American life. His previous major installations, and 200 Oak St. SE, Minneapolis their resulting books, presented ordinary lives on Lake Street and on University Avenue and challenged his viewers to pause and reflect on the assumptions we carry about each other. Now, Free and open to the public. RSVP highly encouraged his Chinese-ness project focuses sharply on his own heritage and helps all of us take a thoughtful Cost: self-inventory on how we perceive and how we are perceived. (see below). [MINNEAPOLIS] – China was involved of 1882, to the “Yellow Peril” of the early in 90 percent of all economic espionage 20th century, to the Japanese-American cases handled by the Department of Justice Incarceration during WWII, to the stereo- over the last seven years, according to a re- types in television and cinema, Asian Pacific port submitted last December to the Senate Americans have been viewed as “the other” Intelligence Committee. and “perpetual foreigners,” despite over a This fact illustrates a new backdrop for century of history contributing to the United thousands of Twin Cities S.T.E.M. (science, States as hardworking, loyal, and patriotic technology, engineering, and mathematics) Americans. Sunday, March 10, 2019 professionals of all ethnicities navigating 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM career opportunities and avoiding pitfalls in the 21st century of U.S.-China relations. Studio 120, Traffic Zone Center for Visual Art The University of Minnesota’s China 250 Third Avenue North, Minneapolis Center, the Federal Bar Association’s

Minnesota Chapter and the United States $10 admission – hearty snacks will be served District Court for the District of Minnesota are co-sponsoring a program to educate RSVP by March 4 to [email protected] or 612-275-5381 all Twin Cities S.T.E.M. professionals, academics, and students — many of whom Brian Sun Peter Zeidenberg Coming in May: “All the Tea in China” by connoisseur Bill Waddington of Tea Source are Asian American — on two competing and ever-emerging phenomena in the U.S. Featured speakers will include Brian justice system: potential threats on national Sun, a Los Angeles lawyer who represented security and economic espionage with the Dr. Lee and Peter Zeidenberg, a Washington, ascendancy of China on the one hand, and D.C.-based attorney who represented Dr. Xi on the other, the potential racial profiling of and Ms. Chen. Organizers say the govern- Asians and Asian Pacific Americans result- ment perspective will be represented by ing in accusations, such as the cases of Dr. a speaker from the FBI or Department of Wen Ho Lee, Professor Xi Xiaoxing, and Justice who will speak about U.S. efforts hydrologist Sherry Chen. to safeguard national security and curb Between these two competing concerns economic espionage. exists a history lesson that might inform how Anyone interested in attending is en- The 18th annual Bob and Kim Griffin best to ensure that racial bias does not drive couraged to RSVP through the China Center how the U.S. approaches national security at: www.bit.ly/2Njxess. ♦ Building U.S.-China Bridges Lecture concerns: from the Chinese Exclusion Act

Taiwan expert to Technology Tensions in the U.S.-China Relationship lecture on UN featuring Kaiser Kuo, Host of the Sinica Podcast, Former Director of International Communications for Baidu, relations and Co-Founder of Tang Dynasty, China’s First Heavy Metal Band Tuesday, March 12, 2019 Date & time: Tuesday, March 5, 5:30-7 p.m. 4:00 p.m. Social Hour 5:00 p.m. Lecture and Q&A Location: Highland Park Senior High School library, 1015 Snelling Ave. S., Saint Paul McNamara Alumni Center Memorial Hall Contact: Kari Rise, 651-744-3890, or [email protected] 200 Oak Street S.E. Explore the fascinating history, poli- Hamline University, Saint Paul, for 30 years Minneapolis, MN 55414 tics and perspectives of one of the most and was founding chair of the East Asian complex foreign policy topics of the past Studies Department. half-century: the UN and Taiwan. Snacks Among Kagan’s published materials and door prizes to boot! on Taiwan are an introduction to Ross Y. Guest speaker Dr. Richard Kagan is a Koen’s book “The China Lobby in Ameri- professor emeritus of East Asian History can Politics” (1974), and two seminal biog- who has worked on human rights with the raphies of Taiwanese leaders Lee Deng-hui United Nations for decades. His under- and Chen Shui-bian. Kagan has traveled graduate and master degrees were from the frequently to both mainland China and University of California at Berkeley and Taiwan and has testified before the House a doctorate from the University of Penn- Sub-Committee on Foreign Affairs in 1980 sylvania.. He taught East Asian history at regarding human rights in Taiwan. ♦ PAGE 16 / March 2019 community www.chinainsight.info Minnesota Chinese World hosts “A Rainbow of Rhythms” at the Minnesota Masonic Heritage Center in Bloomington By Greg Hugh

Students of musician Yu Ye perform

Tenor Zhou Jinxing accompanied by LinXin on piano Bassoonist Zhang Hui, center, and Yu Ye, right

A gathering of almost 500 people re- Gao Hong, internationally acclaimed Bassoonist Zhang Hui and Yu Ye per- cently attended a concert to celebrate the pipa player, performed next. In addition to formed next. Spring Festival featuring Chinese perform- simply playing the pipa, Hong provided a During the nearly two-hour concert, the ers that displayed their vocal and musical very informative narrative on the instru- audience got to hear 18 Chinese and foreign talents with their renditions of classical and ment and demonstrated how the instrument songs and learned a few things about the modern music. actually works by duplicating the human instruments that were played. Furthermore, Christina Morrison, editor-in-chief of voice and the sound of birds, which really at the end of the concert, the audience got Minnesota Chinese World, began the after- impressed the audience. an unexpected surprise: when more than a Internationally noon’s program by welcoming the audience Next, making her Minnesota debut was dozen students of musician Yu Ye took their acclaimed pipa and introduced some of the distinguished Luo Xiangming, who traveled from Califor- beloved bassoon, clarinets and violin to the player Gao Hong guests that attended. nia to appear in this concert. Not only did stage, and performed the world-famous The concert began with a song by tenor Luo perform , singing pop songs in English classics (“Friendship for a long time” and Zhou Jinxing, who would sing other selec- and Chinese, she showed that she is also an the familiar melody of Yiyi) bringing the Luo Xiangming tions throughout the concert. Lin Xin ac- accomplished cellist as she played the cello concert to then end.♦ companied him on the piano. while she sang. Photos: Tao Tianshu

Mall of America hosts Chinese New Year celebration By Greg Hugh

One of the larger and longest Chinese The Rotunda was packed from noon-5 p.m. New Year events took place at Mall of both days as attendees watched all kinds of America. It was held over 2 days so that performances. attendees could participate in the many ac- tivities. Continuous performances included all types of dancing in the Rotunda from noon to 5 pm. both days. Simultaneous to performances at the Rotunda, more than 20 organizations at Sears Court conducted activities that included name translations, fortune telling, medallion making, games, cultural and historic quizzes. Red packets also were distributed. ♦

Student Scholarship recipients volunteer at CAAM booth