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001 1981 April-July NORTHWEST CHINA COUNCIL ..•. - NEWSLETTER #1, April- July, 1981 ROSS TERRILL INITIATES ACTIVITIES OnMarch7, at the first public to lead in the turbulent decades before programof the Northwest China Council, he raised the five-star flag of the Peo- Ross Terrill spoke to nearly 200 guests ple's Republic over Tien AnMenSquare about the life and legacy of MaoZedong. in 1949 at the age of 56. Dr. Terrill, a Research Associate at Harvard's John King Fairbank East Asian In his book, Mao: A Biography Research Center, and the author or edi- (Harper & Row,1980), Terrill assesses tor of sixlx:JOkson China, including Mao's Impact;on the China of torrorrow: a biography of Mao, is a frequent visi- tor to China. He is also one of the "Macbestrode an era that needed rrost widely read, and readable, inter ..... a suprerre colossus. The need has pass- preters of contemporaryChina. ed. Mao's 'masses' can now--as his China did--stand up and flex' its' mus- In his 1936poem, Snow,Maowrote, cles • Andthe 'it' will becorre 'them.' "For heroes, nONis the tine," and Mao was an heroic figure who, like his he- "TheIIDderncitizens of torrorrow roes, Qin Shi Huangdiand HanWudi,was will not need a great leader. Theywill one of China's great unifiers. Unlike honor Maoas a great unifier of China. these errperors, Maowas able to recas t Theymayturn to him at tinEs for ethical society and imposenewdoctrines. Dr• adjudication, as people did to Confucius Terrill said Mao, as the Chinese Marx, \ in a different age. Theywill not take "found the concepts to call the bl.uffs muchnotice of him in designing the IIDdern on an obsolete social order." As the \ socialist China of torrorrow." Chinese Lenin, he led a revolutionary rrovementto powerthat it probably could Harold C. Pope ~ not have qrasped without his strategic turn to the peasants and tactical use of the united front. As the Chinese Sta- - lin, he unified China, madeit a force CHINA COUNCIL NEWS in international politics, and presided over the remakingof Chinese society. THENORI'HWESTREGIONALCHINACOUNCIL Mao's skill as a political ana- The Northwest;China Counci.Lwas lyst, organizer, and warrior brought him begun in December,1980, as a focus to triumph in a period of disintegration. of activities for people interested A romantic, impatient with structure and in all aspects of contemporaryChina bureaucracy and a believer in the triurrph (including Taiwan, HongKong, and of the will, his terrperamentsuited him overseas Chinese), as well as its 1 history and culture. Wewill sponsor formances, and exhibits i publishes a variety of public events for both rooks and Asia Magazine; and assists general and special interest audi- schools in developing Asian studies ences, bring toqether people whohave curricula. similar interests in China, and in- ventory the China education resources Am:JngTheAsia Society's manyCountry available in the region. Councils, the rrost active is the China Council, with offices at the Washington Although we are based in Portland Center of The Asia soctety, With private with our office at the WorldAffairs foundation and National Endowmentfor the Council of Oregon, activities will Humanities funding, the China Council, take place throughout Oregon, and v..e formed in 1975, has sponsored events , - will also carry out joint programswith around the country (including the 1979 a branch office in Seattle, led by China Policy Conference in Portland); Michael Robinsonof the University of publishes rooks (e.g., The China Dif- WashingtonEast Asia Resource Center. ference, edited by Ross Terrill); and coordinates 12 regional China Councils. The China Council is an umbrella organization, with an advisory board Our fellow regional councils (in which pools the expertise of China such places as Southern NewEngland, scholars with representatives from Texas, and Minnesota) have carried out business, journalism, museums,civic a long and exciting list of projects, organizations, and education. Led by from publishing books, organizing film Donal.dJenkins, whodirects the festivals, preparing resource quides on Portland Art Museum,and Dian Murray, China education, to presenting photo Assistant Professor of History at exhibits of the Americanexperience in Linfield College in McMinnville, the China. advisory toard's steering corrmittee meets rronthly to plan the Council's Activities comingup are a World programs. _The_advisoryboard.Ls joined -'I'r.ade~eeJLlJ.IDcheonon the Chinese econ-_ ~, in its wrk by a group of associates omy (May19) and in December--January, the 'whotogether form sulx::om:nit.teesto Eve Arnold "In China" photo exhibit will carry out China Council projects. A be displayed at ReedCollege. Wehope to list of sulxcm:nittees and their chairs organize a mini-lecture series on Chinese is included in this newsletter. art and culture that will tour the state prior to the exhibit and be in Portland The Northwest China Council is during the show. part of a network of regional China Councils formed by the national China Council of The Asia SOciety. Locally, our sponsor is the WorldAffairs SPECIAL EVENTS Council, the State's rrost active membershipinternational education organization. The Asia Society, based WORLDTRADEWEEK:THECHINESEECONOMY in NewYork, presents lectures, per- May19, noon, TuckLungRestaurant, 140 NWFourth. Northwest China Council Newsletter "China's EconomyandThe Outlook for Published by the North,west Regional China Council, sponsored by the World Trade," LynnFeintech, Headof Political Affairs Council of Oregon and The Analysis, Bankof Arrerica, San Francisco. Asia Society China Council. $6.00 (WorldAffairs Council members); 1912 S.W. Sixth, #252 Portland, ORegoc"r97201 $7.00 (non-members). Reservaticns:229- (503) 229-3049 3049. Editor: Jeffrey Barlow Published quarterly. This event is co-sponsored by the WorldAffairs Council of Oregonand is 2 one of several WorldTrade Weekprograms coast between 1795 and 1810. As a (May18--24). result, she was one of the most powerful wmen in that per.ioo of Feintech has an M.A. in Asian Studies Chinese history. from the University of California at Berke- ley, SPecializing in 20th century China. Dian will be leading a tour to China At the Bankof America, she works on both this summerand goes to Harvard for the domestic and international political trends following academicyear; until then she as they affect the bank and its customers is available at Linfield College, -.;. and is responsible for the bank's assessment 472 4121, x 246. of the risks and opportunities in the People's Republic of China. She also PAULMILLIUS serves as a consultant on China to the , -~- United Nations Association and has written A China Council Associate, Paul is and lectured extensively on China. President of China Consultants Northwest, a newPortland companythat assists Americancompanies in establishing China trade. He is currently wrking in the HUMAN RESOURCES areas of metals, machine tools, scientific and technical rooks and publications, and DIANMURRAY agricultural parts. He went,to China in March, along with his partner, Co-chair of the China Council, Dian Jim Newcomer,to establish a wrking re- is an historian whospecializes in the lationship with a "mirror image"Chinese history of pirates, not only in China, consulting consulting companyat Qinghua but also in the Mediterranean, Carribean, University in Beijing. Great Britain, and on the Barbary Coast. An assistant professor at Linfield Col- Paul has a B.A. in Far Eastern Poli- lege, she will be movingbriefly to tics from the University of California at Harvard University to do research_on Berkeley (1967) and a year at: Chinese early 19th century pirates in South language at Yale University and is cur- China on an AndrewMellonFellowship rently studying the language. He was in the Humanities. stationed on Taiwanfor one and a half years in the U.S. Air Force. Dian received her Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1979 in lYlodern He is interested in addressing civic Chinese History and cameto Oregon groups and service clubs on the topics, the sameyear. She teaches courses "NewCorporate China" and "ABusinessmanIS in Chinese and Japanese history, com- Viewof Changes in Chinese Business Law parative Chinese-Japanese civilization, and Taxation". and "Pirates in History: Fact vs. Fiction. " Paul can be reached at China Consul- tants Northwest, Room301, 133 SWSecond, She is pleased to give talks on a Portland, 295-2477. variety of topics, including "WOmenin Chinese politics, art in China ("The TwinArts of the Brush: Painting and Calligraphy"), U. S. - China CHINA RESOURCES Relations, China during the 1950's and 60's, and, of course, pirates in INTERESTEDINSTUDYINGCHINESE? Chinese, American, and European history. Her interest in pirates con- As part of our general interest cerns their social organization, the in increasing an understanding and governmental response to their rebel- appreciation of Chinese cu.l+ure, the lious activities, and women'srole in China Council has been surveying active piracy. Dian has discovered one Chinese-language programs in the NW Chinese womanpirate, ChengI Sao, region. The results are disappoint- wholed 70,000 menand 1,200 vessels ing. It is our impression that because in operations along the Guangdong of recent budget cuts and uncertain- 3 ties in funding, it is growing in- 206-543-4996; admissions information: 543- creasingly difficult to study the 2320. Chinese language as programs are be.inq cut back or tenninated. Wehave found Pullman: WashingtonState University useful information on the followtng will offer a ten-credit intensive course from programs and urgently request those in- June 21 to August 13. For information, con- volved in teaching or administering or tact Professor Aloysius Chang, 509-335-8313/ studying .in other programs to contact 335-4135. us so that wemight add them to the list. Vancouver: Clark College frequently -, offers programs in Mandarin. Contact Pro- In Eugene: The University of gram Information, Clark College, or Mrs. Oregonoffers a regular daytime program WenChenYang, 206-573-8604. through the graduate level. In the evening program, they offer an elemen- tary conversation programwhich begins aneweach quarter.
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