Inspiring Chinese and Americans Through Education Since 1901

Yale-China ASSOCIATION

Biennial Report 2005-2007 Yale-China Association Inspiring Chinese and Americans through education since 1901

For more than a century, the Yale-China Association has promoted understanding between Chinese and American people through the medium of education. Our programs in health, law, American Studies, English language instruction, and community and public service bring life-changing experiences to thousands of people each year. Teaching and learning are the heart of our work.

Some of the highlights of the period from July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2007 include:

• Supporting the development of China’s non-profit sector by organizing comparative workshops in Beijing and Guangzhou on civil society in China and the United States. The workshops provided the opportunity for learning and exchange among more than 80 individuals including sociologists, anthropologists, activists, and founders of charities.

• Expanding our Scholarship Program to give financial support to 1,369 Chinese undergraduates from disadvantaged backgrounds at Central South University and Hunan University in Changsha, Hunan. As a part of the expansion, the program now includes enhancement activities that are designed to expand students’ understanding of the world outside the classroom, strengthen their practical skills, and equip them with the confidence to succeed in school and after graduation.

• Broadening the horizons of more than 1,200 secondary and university students in China through English classes taught by Yale-China Teaching Fellows, including an expansion of the program to Xiuning Middle School in Anhui province.

• Building upon our Chia Family Health Fellowship Program to create the Chia Community Health Service & Health Education Program, designed to address unmet health needs among vulnerable populations in Hunan province. The program has already served more than 200 people and is led by Chia fellowship alumnae, who volunteer their knowledge and skills developed as Chia Fellows to organize volunteers to serve the under-privileged.

• Seeking solutions to health issues faced by migrant workers in the Pearl River Delta region of China by partnering with Chinese institutions to assess migrants’ health needs, bringing young scholars from China who are working on these issues to Yale for further training and study, and convening a conference of scholars from China and the U.S. in New Haven to share information and plan strategies.

• Celebrating the centennials of Yali Middle School and the Xiangya Hospital in Changsha, Hunan province. Both institutions were founded by Yale-China in 1906 and today are major leaders in their respective fields.

• Laying the groundwork for expanded programs in medicine, nursing, law, and teacher training, making this next chapter in our history one of the most exciting and creative periods to date.

www.yalechina.org Health Programs 6 Teaching Programs 12

American Studies Student Programs 16 & Law Programs 24

Table of Contents

Welcome 4 Health Program 6 Teaching Programs 12 Student Programs 16 American Studies & Law Programs 24 Contributors 27 Officers, Trustees & Staff 32

On the front cover: Detail of calligraphy by Guolin Shen, a 2006-07 Financial Report 34 Fox Fellow at Yale University. Guolin donated several works to Yale-China’s first-ever online auction in spring 2007, which raised Programs by Site 36 funds for Yale-China’s programs. This page, background: A scene from Xiangya Hospital’s Centennial Celebration. About Yale-China 38 Welcome

Letter from the Chair

On behalf of the board of trustees of the Yale-China Association, I am pleased to present to you the biennial report of the Association’s work in the years 2005 to 2007.

These have been immensely productive years for the Association, as the pages that follow make clear. Whether in teaching, cultural exchange, scholarship assistance, or training of aspiring lawyers and health care professionals, Yale-China’s ability to identify fruitful opportunities for productive work and develop meaningful exchange across cultures has never been more in evidence. The 2005-2007 period has seen significant expansion in many aspects of Yale-China’s work, as well as equally important enhancements to long- running programs. The sheer volume of Yale-China’s program activity would be impressive enough, but the intelligence and innovation evident in every aspect of the organization’s work makes it even more commend- able. I would like to express the board’s deep appreciation to Yale-China’s dedicated and multi-talented staff for their unflagging efforts in making all of this possible.

The wonderful energy, creativity, and initiative that characterize Yale-China’s work owes much to the leadership of Nancy E. Chapman, our executive director since 1994, and the outstanding team she assembled during these years. It was thus with a combination of sadness and profound gratitude that the board accepted her resignation in February 2008. Nancy has consistently brought to her work at Yale-China a deep dedication to the organization’s mission and traditions, broad experience and understanding of the U.S.-China relationship, a steady stream of forward-thinking ideas, and an outstanding ability to build partnerships and inspire others. As a historian of the Association, she has left her own mark on its history. Yale-China is deeply in her debt.

Following Nancy’s departure, we have been most fortunate to call upon the services of Ann B. Williams, a long-time trustee of the Association, to serve as acting executive director. Ann will serve in this role until the search committee, chaired by trustee Tony Reese, has identified a new executive director.

We hope you will share our pride in the accomplishments described in this report as well as our optimism about the possibilities for Yale-China’s future. Thank you for helping to make this work possible.

Sincerely,

4 WELCOME Letter from the Outgoing Executive Director

To Our Members:

This letter marks my final communication to you after fourteen wonderful years as executive director of your Association. These eventful years have seen a significant expansion of Yale-China’s programs in both volume and range, a joyous celebration of our centennial that reaffirmed the values that have animated Yale-China since its founding, and a re-envisioning of the role we can play in both China and at Yale. It has been a tremendous pleasure and honor for me to serve in this capacity during such an important time in our history.

During my tenure as executive director, I have watched Yale-China evolve and grow; I have also learned a lot from our remarkable history of the past century. I can never think of Yale-China’s present and future without thinking of our past—where we have come from, what we have stood for, and the people who came before us. As we have continued to honor our history, we have also sought to adapt Yale-China to a changing China—to discern new trends, needs, and opportunities and build upon them in ways that drew on our traditions, contacts, and varied resources as an institution. Our historical partnerships have provided an important anchor for continuity and growth, but we have also consciously sought out a diverse array of Chinese, American, and other international partners, all the while striving to achieve greater synergy among our various programs to maximize our impact.

The next chapter of my own professional life will find me at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, one of Yale- China’s oldest partner institutions and one I first came to know, through Yale-China, some thirty years ago. But I look forward to remaining an active member of the Yale-China community for years to come. Much of what I’ve loved most about this community during my time as executive director are qualities I first noticed when I joined Yale-China in 1978—the collegiality and non-hierarchical nature of our community, the open-mindedness and willingness to change with the times, the wit, imagination and generosity of spirit, and the deep sense of common purpose and shared commitment to decency and goodness. These qualities are at the heart of our past successes in fulfilling our mission, and will be the key to our future vitality.

I leave my position with a raft of treasured memories and the knowledge that no one ever really leaves Yale-China. I owe deep debts of gratitude to all of the wonderful colleagues with whom I have been privileged to work during these fourteen years, as well as to you, our members, for your support and friendship. I hope you will join me in continuing to support Yale-China.

With deep gratitude,

YALE-CHINA ASSOCIATION 5 Health Programs

For more than 100 years, Yale-China’s health programs have been based on a strong foundation of Chinese and Americans working in a partnership of equals.

6 HEALTH PROGRAM he centennial celebration of Xiangya Hospital, created a network of women who collaborate on re- founded by Yale-China in 1906, was an opportunity search and public health work in their home province Tto reflect on our earliest efforts to improve medical long after they leave Yale. education and care in Hunan province. The decision to build a hospital in turn-of-the-century “I think in general there is a greater inland China might have seemed an emphasis on teamwork and coopera- audacious undertaking, but from the tion in the U.S., and that might ex- beginning it was a venture undertaken “I think in plain the level of collaboration among by Chinese and Americans working in Chia Fellows after we return [to a partnership of equals toward com- general there China],” says Shi Jingcheng, a Chia mon goals. is a greater Fellow in 2005 (see inset, page 8). More than a hundred years later, Yale- An example of Yale-China’s efforts China’s health programs are still built emphasis on to strengthen the professional bonds on a foundation of strong collaboration teamwork and among the program’s alumnae is the with Chinese partners. Sometimes annual Chia Conference, held each our partners are institutions such as cooperation year in Changsha. The conference Xiangya, with whom we have had a brings together former and current historic relationship; at other times, in the U.S., Chia Fellows to present the results of we are forging new relationships with their projects to their colleagues and other institutions or groups, such as and that might the wider community. In addition local governments, grass-roots organi- explain the level to raising the profile of the Fellows’ zations, community health centers, or work, the conference also provides universities. of collaboration the Fellows and their colleagues with opportunities for continuing edu- Yale-China’s current health work among Chia cation by way of plenary talks and focuses on three key areas: 1) the workshops offered by senior Chinese training of public health and health Fellows after and American faculty. care professionals; 2) work related to HIV/AIDS and infection control; and 3) we return [to Since its inception in 1998, the pro- health education and healthcare for China].” gram has trained 19 Chia Fellows, the underserved. In some cases, our whom we have watched become health programs fit into two, if not all – Shi Jingcheng, leaders in their fields. In 2006, in an three, of the above categories. 2005 Chia Fellow effort to build on this vibrant community, we launched the Chia Com- Chia Heath Programs munity Health Service and Health Education Program. With Chia Fellowship alumnae The Chia Family Health Fellowship Program supports the serving in leadership positions, the program has the professional development of women in Hunan province dual goals of addressing unmet health needs among working in the health professions. Chosen through a vulnerable populations in communities in Hunan and highly-competitive selection process, Chia Fellows spend a promoting community service and volunteerism. The semester at Yale, during which time they develop a public Chia Fellows volunteer their time to organize students, health project under the guidance of a Yale faculty men- retired health care professionals, and other members tor and Yale-China staff, and then implement the project of the community to work together to address unmet upon their return to China. health needs of disadvantaged groups in the greater Changsha area. What makes the Chia Family Health Fellowship Pro- gram exciting is not just the fact that the fellowship is The program’s first projects were a community-based often a catalyst in each Fellow’s career, but that it has mental health services program and a nutrition educa-

YALE-CHINA ASSOCIATION 7 Finding her Way through a Fellowship: One Chia Fellow’s Story While studying at Yale, Jingcheng was also impressed with her fellow Attention to detail. High standards for research. The importance of students’ dedication and willingness to work with each other. Former teamwork. Those are among the many things Shi Jingcheng learned Chia Fellowship alumnae also reached out and gave her helpful through her Chia Fellowship experience. advice both when she applied for the program and after she returned from Yale, despite their own hectic schedules. The Central South University School of Public Health Lecturer fin- ished her four-month training at Yale University in December 2005, “I think in general there is a greater emphasis on teamwork and co- when she returned to Changsha to begin data collection for her re- operation in the U.S., and that might explain the level of collaboration search project on Hepatitis B-related stigma and perceptions among among Chia Fellows after we return [to China],” she says. college students. Right now, Jingcheng is collaborating with Chia Fellows Lin Qian The first thing Jingcheng says she learned during her time at Yale was (1999) and Deng Jing (2003) on a project Lin Qian designed on to be meticulously thorough in research design. In her initial pro- nutrition education in elementary schools in Changsha. The project posal, she had planned to ask participants who submitted unfinished is part of the Chia Community Health Service and Health Education questionnaires to take them back and write more, as she wanted to Program. (See page 7.) ensure that she would collect a sufficient amount of data. Her faculty advisor, however, pointed out that such an approach would jeopar- In addition to learning the importance of teamwork and improving dize the anonymity required for the project, and urged her instead to her research standards, Jingcheng also credits the Chia Fellowship give participants an envelope to use to return their questionnaires. Program with improving her time management skills and allowing By doing so, the researcher would be completely prohibited from her to learn professional English specific to her field. demanding additional information from the participants, and the participants’ identities would be safeguarded. “Going forward, I think I will focus on my teaching, and with this [Chia Fellowship] experience, I will be more confident about applying Though that example might seem minor, it left a deep impression on for grants to conduct bigger projects in China or even to do interna- Jingcheng, who says she now realizes that details she used to some- tional research,” she says. times ignore are absolutely critical when it comes to doing sound research. —Shi Jingcheng, Lecturer, Medical Statistics, Central South University School of Public Health, and 2005 Chia Fellow

tion initiative for primary school students, both of which Internal Migration and Health reached more than 200 people. As the program continues to grow, we hope it will serve as a model for other With more than 10 percent of its population on the move, volunteer-based community outreach programs. China is facing enormous challenges as it tries to address the many social consequences brought about by internal migration, most of which has been rural-to-urban in nature.

8 HEALTH PROGRAM “Although China’s internal migrants have provided the A forthcoming issue of the Yale-China Health Journal will muscle behind the nation’s rapid economic progress, feature a collection of articles on migrant health by some they have remained socially, economically, and culturally of the symposium’s speakers. marginalized in their new urban settings,” says Hongping Tian, director of Yale-China’s health programs. “The SARS Mental Health Conference outbreak in 2003 and China’s highly visible HIV/AIDS epidemic brought a new sense of urgency to the health In an effort to bring China’s mental health issues into status of this group, who mostly go without any form focus, we sponsored a conference dedicated to the topic of health insurance and have limited means to access in October 2005 that was held in Changsha, Hunan, in China’s existing health care system.” collaboration with Xiangya School of Medicine and the Mental Health Institute of the Second Xiangya Hospital. Yale-China’s work in migrant health is in the initial phase The conference brought together prominent researchers, of what may eventually include programs that provide policymakers, public health professionals and clinicians health education and/or interventions for migrant work- from across China and the U.S. for two days to assess ers. A three-year program, Assessing the Health Needs the status of mental health in China in the context of the and Health Risks of Migrant Workers in the Pearl River country’s overall health care system and corresponding Delta, began in 2005 and is being implemented in col- policy, legal, and social environment. laboration with Sun Yat-sen University’s School of Public Health and Department of Anthropology. This assessment examines women factory workers and women in the entertainment industry and their health needs and risks of infectious diseases. The data collected in this assessment will allow Yale-China to determine where it can make contributions to improving the health of this diverse and mostly underserved population. This project also offers training fellowships for Sun Yat-sen University graduate students and researchers to spend a semester in residence at Yale University, where they work under the guidance of Yale-China staff and Yale faculty.

During the period under review, another Yale-China health initiative that focused on migrants and health was our new Public Health Challenges in South China Pro- gram. The program will have a different focus each year and provides one-month research residencies at Yale for policymakers, public health scholars, and/or practitioners from China. It also includes an annual academic symposium at Yale organized by Yale-China.

In 2006, we chose to make migration and health the program’s focus, and brought two visiting Fellows to Yale in the spring, when we also held a symposium entitled “The Well-being of a Floating Population: A Symposium on Migrants and Health in China.” The symposium brought together scholars from the U.S. and China to discuss important health issues faced by this marginalized population and to contribute to the knowledge base in this area.

YALE-CHINA ASSOCIATION 9 Entitled “Mental Illness in China: Status, Needs, and or nurse practitioners that work in this area. Hearing new Strategies,” the conference was hailed as an important ideas from the U.S. and Hong Kong gave us many great catalyst for new work and cooperation in the field of suggestions for how we can develop our country’s own mental health. Attendees said that the cross-disciplinary psychiatric nursing.” environment fostered collaboration and encouraged multi- disciplinary research methods in the field. After the conference, we collected several of the articles on mental health that were presented in Changsha and pub- “We all share the Yale-China Association’s belief that men- lished them in the 2006 Yale-China Health Journal, which tal health deserves a lot of attention,” says Ma Hong, the is available on our website free of charge. deputy director of the China Center for Disease Control’s National Center for Mental Health. “This is why many Looking Ahead very prominent researchers came to share their research findings at this conference. This conference is very unique As we publish this report, Yale-China’s Health Programs and significant in that it devoted half a day to share these are undergoing a major period of growth. Among the experts’ psychiatric nursing research and clinical findings. highlights are the expansion of the Chia Fellowship Pro- In China, this is a weak area. We have few social workers gram into Kunming, Yunnan province, and new initiatives

10 HEALTH PROGRAM related to leadership training and development for nurs- Kin-Kwok Education Foundation, the U.S. Department ing and medical professionals, training programs in of Education, the Sun Hung Kai Properties-Kwoks’ ethics, and exciting work with Xiangya’s three affiliated Foundation Limited, the Council on East Asian Studies hospitals and the Yale School of Medicine to design a at Yale University, and the members of the Yale-China model medical residency training program. Association, along with substantial in-kind contributions from our Chinese program partners. Yale-China’s Health Programs in 2005-2007 were made possible by the Chia Family Foundation, the Chung

Program Participants Chia Fellowship Program Internal Migration and Health Mental Health Conference More than 100 participants, plus 23 Chia Fellows Assessing the Health Needs and presenters. Health Risks of Migrant Workers in Xiangya Hospital: the Pearl River Delta Zhang Qiong, Lin Li Presenters: Xie Bin, Shanghai Institute of 2006 Fellow: Mental Health; Ma Hong, National Central South University School of Gao Yifei, Sun Yat-sen University Public Health: Center for Mental Health, China Shi Jingcheng CDC; Young Deson, Li Lingjiang, Sun Yat-sen University Participants: Hao Wei, Mental Health Institute, Cheng Yu, Ling Li Central South University School of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University; Huang Yueqin, Nursing: Yale Participants: Zhang Jingping Institute of Mental Health, Beijing Nora Groce, Yale University School University; Xiao Shuiyuan, Institute of Public Health; Kristopher Fennie, of Suicide Prevention, Central Yale School of Nursing Faculty Yale University School of Nursing Participants: South University; Su Linyan, the 2nd Xiangya Hospital, Central Deborah Chyun, Ann Williams, Public Health Challenges in Kristopher Fennie South University; Kong Yue, He South China Program Youhui, Beijing University; He Chia Community Health Ming, the 7th Hangzhou Hospital, 2007 Fellows: Zhejiang; Guo Tiansheng, Hunan Services & Health Education Hu Suyun, Shanghai Academy of Program Brain Hospital; Zhang Licheng, Social Sciences, Shanghai; Beijing University; Li Dongli, China More than 30 volunteers from the Li Xiaoliang, Kunming Medical Research and Development Research Xiangya School of Medicine and College, Kunming, Yunnan Center; Xu Dongmei, Beijing Hui- Central South University Schools Long-Guan Hospital; Li Xuerong, of Public Health and Nursing, as Symposium on Migrants and Health the 2nd Xiangya Hospital, Central well as 48 psychiatric patients from in China: South University; Zhang Yalin, Wangyuehu Community of Chang- More than 60 participants and five the 2nd Xiangya Hospital, Central sha and 145 fourth-grade students presenters. South University; Li Ming, Suzhou from Wangyuehu 1st Elementary Guangji Psychiatric Hospital; Guo School and Gufen Elementary School Presenters: Tiansheng, Hunan No. 3 Hospital, in Changsha. Jennifer Holdaway, Social Science Changsha; Xiao Zeping, Shanghai Research Council, New York, NY; Second Medical University; Wu Chia Fellow Alumnae Leaders: Hu Suyun, Shanghai Academy Zhaowen, Cheng Liyun, Hong Lin Qian, Yan Jin of Social Sciences, Shanghai; Li Kong University; C.M. Kwong, the Xiaoliang, Kunming Medical Col- Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong; Yale School of Nursing Faculty lege, Kunming, Yunnan; Zai Liang, Siu-Man Ng, the University of Hong Participant: University at Albany, SUNY; Xiushi Kong; Hong Wang, Yale University; Marita Gargiulo Holl Yang, Old Dominion University, Sandra Talley, Yale University School Norfolk, VA of Nursing

Photographs Page 6: Chia Fellow Lin Qian works with Marita Holl of the Yale School of at Xiangya Hospital, Deborah Chyun of the Yale School of Nursing, and former Nursing on a nutrition education project; page 9, top to bottom: Yale School of Chia Fellow Zhang Qiong tour a Xiangya Hospital ward; page 10: Hongping Nursing Professor Ann Williams speaks at the 2007 Chia Conference in Tian, Yale-China’s health programs director, receives artwork from a student Changsha; Participants at the Chia Conference; Li Yinlan, director of nursing involved in the nutrition education project.

YALE-CHINA ASSOCIATION 11 Teaching Programs

At a time when the need for international understanding has never been greater, Yale-China’s Teaching Programs take on new relevance and urgency.

12 TEACHING PROGRAM t is nearly impossible to open a newspaper, go online, ceptions of American society and culture. As one recent or turn on National Public Radio and not encounter Fellow put it, “For many Chinese students, having a Yale- Ia story about China. Whether it’s the approaching China teacher is their one ‘study abroad’ experience.” Olympic Games or China’s economic growth, news stories about an increasingly prosperous and assertive China This sentiment has often been echoed by our Chinese are everywhere. Contacts between our nations are also partners. “What I want the Fellows to do is to expand our proliferating at every level and in every sphere, and in New students’ worldview,” says Hu Yuming, chair of the Eng- Haven we have watched Yale University’s own interaction lish department at Yali Middle School. with China grow significantly. During the 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 academic years, 20 But increased engagement and the barrage of media cov- Yale-China Fellows taught more than 1,200 students at erage belie a simple truth—that there are still far too few four schools: Sun Yat-sen University (Guangzhou), Yali Americans who have a nuanced understanding of contem- Middle School (Changsha), Xiuning Middle School (Xiu- porary China. As China settles into its place on the world ning County, Anhui province), and The Chinese Univer- stage, we can no sooner afford a lack of cultural literacy in sity of Hong Kong. our citizens than in our leaders. The program at Xiuning Middle Against this backdrop, the Yale-China School was launched in fall 2006 Teaching Fellowship Program has and is our first rural placement for taken on renewed relevance and “For me, the program. The site poses unique urgency. Since 1909, the program has cultural challenges for our Fellows. Xiuning sent young Yale graduates to China County has largely been left behind to teach English. Yale-China Teach- understanding in the developmental gold rush ing Fellows immerse themselves in sweeping China’s coastal areas and a Chinese community for two years, may be big cities, and a large number of the joining Chinese colleagues in the en- Fellows’ students have one or two deavor of educating the country’s next replacing broad parents who have moved to cities in generation. The in-depth education ideas and search of work that will help pay for and cross-cultural fluency that results their children’s education. creates a cohort of Yale alumni whose notions with close engagement with China prepares During the period under review, we them to negotiate an increasingly specifics.” also laid the groundwork for a new complex world. teaching site at Hunan University in – Teaching Fellow Julia Lauper Changsha, where we began sending “For me, cultural understanding may Fellows in September 2007. The Hu- be replacing broad ideas and notions nan University site has tremendous with specifics,” says Teaching Fellow Julia Lauper. “When potential because we have a large number of Yale-China I see ‘Made in China’ on an item, I no longer think of a Scholarship recipients at the university (see page 19). Our vague continental structure far away, but instead quickly hope is that the Fellows can play a role in our efforts to picture nearby Shenzhen. And the more I learn about a provide the scholarship recipients with leadership train- culture, the less I can ignore. I can no longer let my eyes ing and public service opportunities, and also with efforts glaze over when I see Chinese characters; I may not actu- aimed at helping them adjust to university life, since most ally understand them, but I have an increased obligation of the students come from extremely underprivileged and inclination to try.” backgrounds.

The impact of the program is of course not just felt on Our other area of recent Teaching Program growth came the American side. Yale-China Fellows have a critical role with the establishment of a new program at Xiangya to play—their challenge is not just to help their students School of Medicine in Changsha, which will send Yale master the intricacies of English, but to broaden their per- medical students to Xiangya for one-year fellowships to

YALE-CHINA ASSOCIATION 13 Carrying a New Program on their Shoulders fewer than 100 students. In the last two days, 80 of the 150 or so English books have been checked out. Daily the other teachers I realized the importance of Yale-China’s presence at Xiuzhong stay with us long after the cafeteria closes to ask about English on a Saturday night last month. A student joined me and the art expressions and grammar. And while most of our students started teacher for our nightly run on the school track and then invited with almost no spoken language ability, it’s immensely gratifying me to join the Senior 3 students as they took some rare free time to meet them on the path and hear our phrase from class one, to watch a movie. I entered the room and the forty students stood “How’s it going, Teacher Wyatt?” For Max and my learning experi- and clapped until, embarrassed, I motioned for them to stop. As ence, the school’s lack of previous foreign exposure offers us the soon as I sat down I was smothered by students with questions. freedom to create a fresh impression and interchange. A small Those with the best English were pushed forward and fed ques- town atmosphere in which we are celebrities allows access and tions by nervous friends. The most traveled of them related his transparency that I think is normally a challenge for foreigners to previous experience with foreigners to anxious ears. “One time, find in China. three years ago on the bus, I saw,” he told me, his hesitation to find the right words in English adding a dramatic pause, “a Korean While I can’t make claims as to the impact we’ve had, I know that woman. But I did not speak to her.” There was a long silence. the environment here is everything we could ask for in terms of an We were all shocked at the extent of his experience, for different ideal cultural and language exchange. The success and long-term reasons. impact now lies on our shoulders, and we’re both excited for the challenge. I share this story because it demonstrates the enormous promise of the Xiuning site. The students are incredibly sheltered, yet —Wyatt Golding, Yale-China 2006-2008 Teaching Fellow, voraciously eager to learn. They crowd around us after class to ask Xiuning Middle School, Anhui province about America, and our optional library hours have never drawn

teach medical English and collaborate with Xiangya contemporary China as they share their experiences and faculty on research and clinical work. The program learn from each other in the field. It also means they are seeks to respond to Xiangya’s desire to raise the English reaching a wide range of Chinese students, some of whom proficiency of its students and staff so they might better might be the country’s future leaders. As we approach integrate themselves with the international medical com- the 2009 centennial of the Teaching Fellowship Program, munity, while also giving U.S.-trained medical students there is much to celebrate—and also much upon which to an opportunity to learn Chinese and gain exposure to reflect. As we look ahead, we will need to ensure that the international medicine. program continues to change and adapt over time to meet new and emerging needs and opportunities in China and The mix of sites and their different constituencies—ur- to stay relevant for our prospective applicants and for our ban vs. rural, privileged vs. under-resourced—affords Chinese partners. One thing remains certain: at a time our Fellows the opportunity to gain a wide exposure to when the need for balanced, substantive international

14 TEACHING PROGRAM Program Participants

Teaching Fellowship Program understanding has never been greater, the Yale-China Teaching Program will continue to Student Participants cultivate the next generation of Chinese and Americans to be citizens of the world. This has More than 1,200 secondary and always been a cornerstone of Yale-China’s work and mission, and is exemplified by this rich university students in Changsha, tradition of sending Yale graduates to China to teach and to learn, to inspire and be inspired. Guangzhou, Xiuning, and Hong Kong Teaching Fellows Teacher Exchange Program The Chinese University of Hong Kong: In addition to the Teaching Fellowship Program, we have continued to help facilitate a Una Au, Samantha Culp, Martha teacher exchange program between the Foote School in New Haven and partner schools Fulford, Julia Lauper, Jee Eun Lee, in China, first in Ningbo and now in Changsha. The exchange sends a Yali Middle Rachel Wasser School teacher to Foote each fall, while Foote has sent ninth-grade classes to visit Chang- Sun Yat-sen University: sha. Beyond the life-changing experience afforded each Chinese teacher, the exchange Kelly Brooks, Jeremy Kutner, Diana has exposed countless American students and host families to China. The Foote School Lin, Seiji Shirane, Andrew Smeall, has now introduced courses in Chinese history and language, and students at Yali and Ivy Wang Foote regularly correspond by email. As with the teaching fellowship program, this Xiuning Middle School: program plays a vital role in allowing Chinese and American people to interact at an Max Gladstone, Wyatt Golding impressionable age. Yali Middle School: David Auerbach, Alison Duffy, Yale-China’s Teaching Programs during the 2005-2007 academic years were made pos- Andrew Fennell, Daniel O’Neill, Mattie Lou Ming Thompson, sible by the Chung Kin-Kwok Education Foundation, the Lee Family Fund, the Lingnan Max West Foundation, the Morningside Foundation, and the members of the Yale-China Associa- tion, along with substantial in-kind contributions from our Chinese partner institutions. Yali-Foote Teacher Exchange Yali Middle School: Wang Can, Hu Yefang

Photographs Page 12: Fellow Max West speaks with students at Yali Middle School; page 14: Wyatt Golding confers with students at Xiuning Middle School; Page 15, top to bottom: Julia Lauper chats with a student at CUHK; a group of Yale-China trustees, staff, teaching program alumni, and Fellows pose with Yali students during the Yali Centennial celebration; Kelly Brooks with students at Sun Yat-sen University.

YALE-CHINA ASSOCIATION 15 Student Programs

Inspiring the expression of service in a new generation of American and Chinese young people.

16 STUDENT PROGRAMS mong the many rewarding aspects of Yale-China’s The success of this team internship and similar pairings work is the opportunity to facilitate the expression has prompted us to team Yale students with their Chinese Aof service by a new generation of American and counterparts whenever possible. These partnerships Chinese young people. Whether it is through an intern- better facilitate the Yale students’ introduction to the local ship that allows a young American to work at a Chinese culture and society, allowing them to gain insights about drug rehabilitation center, a scholarship that permits a contemporary China they might not gain otherwise. Chinese student to finish his education, or a fellowship to They also ensure that our interns do not just spend time a young American lawyer to teach international law to Chi- with other foreigners while abroad, as we have found is nese students, this investment is helping ensure that service often the case in other international internship programs. will long animate the lives of those with whom we work. As a part of these efforts, in summer 2007 we organized Service Internship Program our first “end-of-summer service project” that brought our interns together with Chinese undergraduates from Since 1998, Yale-China’s Service Intern- Hunan University for a week-long ship Program has introduced Yale stu- service project in Nanjing, Jiangsu dents to China’s rapidly-changing society province, which we organized with and culture through structured, inten- “My goal has the Amity Foundation. Meant to sive, high-quality internship placements serve as a culminating group activity, at nonprofit, non-governmental organi- always been to the project saw the students organiz- zations and educational institutions in become a doctor ing an English day-camp for children mainland China and Hong Kong. The of migrant workers at two migrant internships serve the dual purpose of in- in developing workers’ schools in Nanjing. The troducing students to China and to service Yale and Hunan University students work while also enabling Yale-China to countries. planned all of the camp’s activities contribute to capacity-building in China’s and lessons jointly, teaching as teams nascent nonprofit sector. Thanks to in each classroom. They also roomed together at night, allowing for addi- During the summers of 2006 and 2007, Yale-China, tional opportunities for cross-cultural 21 Yale students interned in fields that I’ve proved to learning and exchange. included youth services, HIV/AIDS care and education, drug rehabilitation, rural myself that I “I did have many opportunities to get poverty alleviation, nonprofit manage- to know my teammates who are from ment, and teacher training. Students’ can do it.” another culture,” said Xie Lingli, a projects included writing grant pro- Hunan University participant. “For – Mia Kanak, posals, updating and/or designing 2007 Yale-China Service Intern one thing, we were curious about websites, building donor databases, their life in the United States. For an- designing curricula, teaching English other thing, they were also fascinated to rural English teachers, providing direct services through by Chinese culture and Chinese language itself. Thus we volunteer work camps in rural villages, and conducting had the basis for communication. And we were enthusi- social science interviews in order to help an organization astic to communicate with each other.” identify areas for future program interventions. The project was such a success that we plan to continue Four additional Yale students and four New Asia Col- these endeavors in the coming years. lege undergraduates from The Chinese University of Hong Kong also participated in the program during this The Yale-China Service Internship Program in 2005- period, working on team internships which annually pair 2007 was made possible with the support of the Council students from both institutions for a cross-cultural com- on East Asian Studies at Yale University, the Pao-Watari parison of nonprofit work in New Haven and Hong Kong. Fund for East Asian Studies, and the members of the The students divide their time between the two cities, Yale-China Association, along with substantial in-kind spending half of the summer in each. support from our Chinese program partners.

YALE-CHINA ASSOCIATION 17 Communication Without Words: continued to take me aside and talk to me. The whole half hour A Yale-China Service Intern Shares Her Story my partner was interviewing the other villagers she talked to me. I couldn’t understand a word she said. I told her that. But she kept This summer I learned a lot about communication, both good talking and talking. Because she just wanted to have somebody and bad. As clichéd as it may sound, communication without listen to her, even if they didn’t understand; she wanted to have words, or with very little words, can be very expressive. During somebody hear her, even if they didn’t respond. I understood my second week as an intern at Jia in Kunming, I went on a needs that. It was communication without words. assessment trip to a village affected by Hansen’s Disease (HD) in Puer. After a 7-hour bus ride, a 5-hour van ride, an hour motor- Throughout my stay in a village in Dali, many of the older HD cycle ride up a mountain, and an hour and a half of some serious patients would repeat that same process. Even though they knew trekking with our cow herder guide, we finally came across some I couldn’t understand their dialect, they would talk to me like the abandoned buildings indicating the presence of a HD village. Fi- Puer laolao did. nally, we saw a few people huddled together further down the hill. One of them, an old laolao, started bawling as soon as she saw Living in a rural impoverished environment with no electricity, run- us. Is she scared? What is she upset about? Have I offended her? ning water, or bathroom facilities was super challenging for me. I Already? Uncomfortable and confused I approached her quietly. have never been camping outdoors. I don’t like bugs and germs But even standing next to her, I couldn’t understand a word she and really don’t even consider myself a nature lover. I questioned said, not only because she was sobbing uncontrollably but also how I was going to last a night, let alone a week. But…I didn’t because she was speaking the Yunnan dialect. Finally, I made just survive the week, I sincerely enjoyed it. My goal for the last out a few words. “Nimen de guanxin,” she said. She was crying ten years or so has always been to become a doctor in developing because she was so happy and surprised and thankful that some- countries. This summer I got my first taste of what life in impov- body, anybody, even us two college students, had come to see her. erished, marginalized communities I might be working in could be She just couldn’t believe it. Even after she figured out I couldn’t like. Thanks to Yale-China, I’ve proved to myself that I can do it. understand her dialect, as her friends and I kept telling her so, she —Mia Kanak, Yale-China Service Intern, Summer 2007

Yale University—New Asia College week reciprocal visits to each other’s campuses and work Undergraduate Exchange together throughout the academic year to research and explore issues related to the year’s program theme. The Yale University—New Asia College Undergraduate Exchange (YUNA) continues to change the perspectives The 2005-2006 focus on “the distribution of wealth and of 16 different Yale and New Asia College undergradu- poverty” saw the students examining issues surround- ates each year as they are brought together for an annual ing how wealth is distributed in the U.S., mainland program that explores a common social, political, or China, and Hong Kong. Stateside activities included an cultural theme. Now in its fifteenth year, the exchange examination of private and public schools in New Ha- joins eight students from each institution who pay two- ven, meetings with Yale faculty who research wealth and

18 STUDENT PROGRAMS poverty, and discussions with officials at the World Bank previously unattainable dream of entering university. in Washington, D.C. In Hong Kong, the group met with This unprecedented nationwide expansion of univer- legislators and advocates for the homeless, toured public sity enrollment, coupled with increases in tuition and housing, and visited Guangzhou for two days. fees, has also created a sizeable segment of university students who are unable to afford the cost of higher The 2006-2007 theme of “ethics and morality” provided education. The Yale-China Scholarship Program seeks a similarly rich cross-cultural comparison between the to address this need by providing scholarships to low- U.S. and Hong Kong. Highlights in the U.S. included income students at Central South University, including discussions on bioethics with Yale faculty and commu- Xiangya School of Medicine, and Hunan University. In nity religious leaders, a meeting with a former Enron the 2005-06 and 2006-07 academic years, a total of 1,369 employee, and group service projects at a soup kitchen students received Yale-China scholarships at these two and a nursing home for people living with HIV/AIDS. institutions. Scholarships are awarded on the basis of In Hong Kong activities included meetings with legisla- financial need, academic achievement, and commit- tors, discussions on media ethics with local journalists, ment to service as demonstrated by prior involvement in and sessions with government officials on anti-corrup- activities that benefit others. tion efforts. Initiated in 2003 by a generous anonymous donor, the Every year, the rigorous academic component of the ex- Yale-China Scholarship Program began by providing change is tempered with outings to sites of cultural and support to low-income students at Xiangya School of historic importance in both Hong Kong and the U.S. Medicine. Since then, other donors have contributed For the students in these two most recent exchanges, this meant they gained not only an understanding of each other’s societies through the prism of the academic themes, but also of each other’s cultures. In the years since the exchange began, we have seen its impact on the academic, personal, and professional lives of its alumni on both sides as many of the students have continued to engage with these issues and with each other.

“YUNA is one of those hidden gems at Yale,” said Mitchell Ji, a Yale participant in the 2006-2007 exchange. “Yale-China provides eight lucky Yale students with the chance to travel to Hong Kong, meet some incredible Hong Kong students, and engage in intellectual and cultural exchange. After a rigorous interview process, I was extremely fortunate to be selected as one of the eight Yale participants.”

The YUNA Exchange in 2005-2007 was made possible with the support of the Council on East Asian Studies at Yale University, New Asia College at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, and the members of the Yale- China Association.

Scholarship Program

The dramatic expansion of university enrollment in China over the past decade has allowed hundreds of thousands of high school graduates to realize the

YALE-CHINA ASSOCIATION 19 to the scholarship fund. In 2005-2006, 304 students of and to aid students at both Central South University and Xiangya School of Medicine received Yale-China scholar- Hunan University. The two universities work closely ships. A recent major gift from the Hong Kong-based with Yale-China to administer the program. University Chung Kin-Kwok Education Foundation allowed the pro- faculty, former scholarship recipients, Yale-China staff gram to expand its support to 1,065 students in 2006-07, and trustees, and outside advisors comprise each university’s scholarship administration committee. Though both schools are located in Changsha, the Scholarship Program touches students from across China, as many of our scholarship recipients hail from provinces outside Hunan.

Recognizing that financial grants alone cannot ensure that students from poor families will thrive, Yale-China’s Scholarship Program provides both financial assistance and enhancement activities to increase the students’ practical skills, broaden their cultural and intellectual horizons, and build their confidence in their own ability to interact with a wider world. In some cases, these activities are as simple as a workshop on money management or a trip to a provincial museum for students who have never set foot in a museum and for whom the entrance fee would be prohibitive. Other activities have included attending international student conferences within China and participating in exchanges and joint service projects with students from Yale University and The Chinese University of Hong Kong. The goal of all of these activities is to build students’ self-confidence, enhance their social skills, help them to learn teamwork, and heighten their awareness of—and capacity to address— needs and issues in the society around them.

The recent expansion of universities in China has been both rapid and exponential. Since 1995, the percent- age of high school graduates who are able to enroll in university programs has nearly tripled, and enrollment figures continue to grow. The enrollment growth of the past decade is often described as the “massification” of Chinese higher education, in marked contrast to the previous elite system which enrolled a tiny cohort of each year’s high school graduates. In the early 1980’s, less than 2% of high school graduates in China were able to enter university. By 1995, 7% of high school-age youth were able to enter four-year university programs, and by 2005, this number had skyrocketed to 20%.

Such rapid expansion creates many outcomes. One is that the majority of today’s university students are the first members of their families to step through university gates. Many of these students hail from rural areas, and are under pressure to succeed academically, to adapt

20 STUDENT PROGRAMS ‘Only Knowledge Can Change Fate’

I was born and raised in Hunan province. I come from a poor farmer’s family. My 88-year-old grandmother has a severe eye problem, can hardly walk, and is fast approaching death. My father, in his 50’s, has suffered from mental disease over the past twenty years. His condi- tion is unstable and unpredictable. Poverty caused his treatment to be neglected. But even so, my father remains the one and only laborer in our household, the only one to earn an income. Presently, the three of us live in a brick house built in the 1970’s, which leaks whenever it rains. Lighting is the only electrical device we use.

Despite coming from a poor family, I have never been downhearted. In- stead, I have always had high aspirations. During my three years in high school, I studied hard and was awarded first-rate scholarships six se- mesters in a row, managing to pay tuition with my own effort. Last year, I was admitted to Central South University. Though I’ve been here for less than a year, I have been deeply influenced by the elevated learning atmosphere since I first arrived on campus. A memory from last winter is still vivid in my mind: I got up early to study in a classroom, only to find a roomful of students who had come even earlier than me, despite the unusually cold weather. In order to secure a space to study, I had to come earlier each day. This is a small example of how studious Central South students are. In a competitive environment like this, I surely cannot allow myself to lag behind. The four years in university, I believe, will be a time for me to work diligently.

Nowadays, our country devotes much attention to education; the government even made it a basic state policy to strengthen the nation with science and education. However, we must come to the realization that many children in rural areas cannot afford to go to school. Take myself as an example: the annual income of my family is less than one fourth of one year’s tuition, so it is impossible for me to go to college only with family support. Having learned that I was awarded a Yale-China Scholar- ship, I was extremely moved; additionally, I also felt a sense of relief, as if a heavy weight had been taken off my shoulders. For a student from a humble family, an award like this offers more hope. Only knowledge can change fate, and the best access to knowledge is education.

—Huang He, 2006-2007 Yale-China Scholarship Recipient

to urban university life, and to pay university tuition and greater numbers of students. Rapid enrollment growth fees. With the directive from the Ministry of Education has also resulted in an extremely competitive job market that no student should have to forgo higher education for university graduates. However, in China’s competi- due to financial hardship, universities have instituted tive economy, a university degree is still viewed as the student loan programs, work-study schemes, and, in- surest route to greater opportunity and prosperity. It is creasingly, privately-funded scholarship programs. expected that enrollments will continue to grow, and, The massification of Chinese higher education has, similarly, the demand for scholarships and support for quite naturally, created tremendous pressure on uni- new university students. It is our hope that Yale-China versity staff and facilities to accommodate significantly can continue to expand the scholarship fund and help to

YALE-CHINA ASSOCIATION 21 relieve the financial burdens of more university students possible with the support of the members of the while providing extracurricular activities and support Yale-China Association. that can enhance the students’ university experience. Yale-China Music Exchange The Yale-China Scholarship Program is made possible with the generous support of an anonymous donor, the Yale-China occasionally takes on short-term projects Chung Kin-Kwok Education Foundation, Matt and Alice outside the realm of our ongoing programs when they fit Easter, and the members of the Yale-China Association. with our mission and goals and when they present potential synergies with our other program work. One such In addition to the Scholarship Program at Central South initiative during the period under review was the Yale- and Hunan universities, Yale-China awarded scholar- China Music Exchange (YUE or 乐, meaning music). ships to five New Asia College undergraduates at The Chinese University of Hong Kong during the 2005-2007 The exchange brought together young musicians from period. The scholarships are given in honor of Yale- the United States and China for a series of concerts China’s long ties with New Asia College and are made in Changsha, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and the town of

22 STUDENT PROGRAMS Program Participants

Service Internship Program Scholarship Program Xiuning in Anhui province from June 10 to 24, 2007. Yale Student Interns: 1,369 Chinese undergraduates Organized by Yale alumni musicians, the YUE group at Central South University and collaborated with the Fudan University Symphony Michael Alpert, Henri Benaim, Lisa Hunan University in Changsha, Orchestra in Shanghai and the Hong Kong Children’s Campbell, KaWing Cho, Sabrina Hunan Howell, Veronica Hu, Mia Kanak, Symphony Orchestra to give two orchestral concerts at Sarah Kellner, Faith Lin, Sharon Lu, the beginning and the end of the exchange, respectively. Laura Manville, Megan McLaugh- Yale-China Music Exchange They also visited Yali Middle School in Changsha and lin, Kate Monaghan, Nancy Nguyen, American participants: Xiuning Middle School in Anhui to give concerts for Esther Phillips, Iris Shim, Nicholas students and members of those local communities, Spitzman, Claire Stanford, Steven Alice Jones, flute; Joanna Mattis, Syverud, Takudzwa Shumba, Minh clarinet; Courtney Cox, bassoon; and to conduct workshops and demonstrations. Both Tran, Jeff Weng, Kelly Yamashita, Andrew Fennell, violin; Daniel schools are part of Yale-China’s English Teaching Fel- Taotao Zhang Jordan, viola; Sam Matthews, lowship Program (see page 13), and Yale-China Teach- cello; Drew Mazurek, trumpet; New Asia College Student ing Fellows were able to assist the group with some Perry So, conductor/piano; Interns: logistics. Charinee Chairasmisak, piano Chan Tsui Wa, Chow Ngai Tan, Chinese participants: The group also sought to contribute to the communi- Kwan Ching Yee, Liu Jinghan Wang Yi, clarinet; Li Sitian, flute; ties it performed in through fundraising concerts and Yale University–New Asia Lan Tian, violin; Liu Bo, violin; outreach, with particular emphasis on migrant workers College Undergraduate Li Deng, violin; Lu Kewei, violin; and their families. Exchange He Fengyi, viola; Huang Zhen, viola; Li Zehong), cello; Xia “The two weeks were an eye-opening experience for Yale Participants: Tianyang, bass me both personally and professionally. We gave ten Kristen-Elise Brooks, Elizabeth Collaborating Ensembles: public performances in that period of time, five of them Campbell, Oliver Cannell, Rebecca Fudan University Symphony Orchestra, Yali Middle School ‘serious’ concerts, five within schools and community Chang, Jennifer Holmes, Mitchell Ji, Francisco Morales, Ashley Nyquist, Symphony Orchestra, Hong Kong centers. The latter especially were remarkable experi- J.T. Kennedy, Devin Lau, Christo- Children’s Symphony Orchestra ences—with their share of hiccups, unavoidably—that pher McClowry, Helen Pho, Pamela really conveyed to us the power of music in communi- Shen, Stuart Symington, Quyen Vo, ties that don’t have any,” said Perry So, Yale ’04, one of Carol Yu the co-organizers of the exchange. New Asia College Participants: “Above all, the experience of working with Chinese stu- Chan Woon Ki, Cheung Yang, Ho See Kay, Hon Chung Hei, Kan dents was unique and quite beautiful. I honestly never Ching Yeung, Lam King Tung, Law thought that a few days of rehearsals could have such a Chi Wai, Li Ka Yee, Lui Chun Lok, Photographs Page 16: Yale-China intern Michael powerful effect on all of us. I was amazed at the speed Ng Ling Ling, So Fun Hang, Susana Alpert leads Chinese students in a game at which friendships formed and the wonderfully intui- Soo, Szeto Chor Ying, Tsang Tai during the program’s “end-of-summer Hang, Wong Lui Kwan, You Jia service project” in Nanjing; page 18: tive understanding of Copland’s ‘Appalachian Spring’ Intern Mia Kanak leads a class with that took hold of everyone we worked with within the a Hunan University student during the same project; page 19: Participants first few rehearsals.” in the 2006-07 YUNA Exchange pose outside the White House during a trip to Washington, D.C.; page 20, top to The 2007 Yale-China Music Exchange was made pos- bottom: Interns during an end-of-summer sible by the members of the Yale-China Association and service project class at a school for the children of migrant workers; Wangsheng through in-kind contributions from Shanghai Airlines. Li, director of Yale-China’s China Office and Mr. Chung Kin-Kwok of the Chung Kin-Kwok Education Foundation speak with Yale-China Scholarship recipients in Changsha; Yale-China Teaching Fellows meet with Yale-China Scholarship recipients; and Intern Veronica Hu shares a meal with a colleague in Guizhou. Page 21: Huang He, Yale-China Scholarship student, gives a speech at a ceremony honoring recipients at Central South University; page 22: Yale-China Music Exchange Participants take direction from a Chinese student “conductor”, while Perry So, project director, looks on from the back.

YALE-CHINA ASSOCIATION 23 American Studies & Law Programs

Yale-China’s programs in Law & American Studies provide opportunities for Chinese and American citizens to learn from one another.

24 AMERICAN STUDIES & LAW PROGRAM n March 2006, as part of Yale-China’s American and who should monitor and regulate nonprofit organiza- Studies program, we organized and co-sponsored tions to prevent corruption and abuse? I two workshops in China on the nonprofit sector in the U.S. and China. In Beijing, we partnered with the Presentations and discussions at the workshops were spir- Institute of Sociology at the Chinese Academy of Social ited and free-wheeling, ranging from broad topics of social Sciences to design a two-day comparative workshop at- development to the nitty-gritty of founding and building tended by individuals and organizations active in building an effective organization and securing stable funding. China’s civil society sector. In Guangzhou, we also co- Guest speakers at the events included Kinman Chan of sponsored a two-day event, this time with the Institute for the Institute for Civil Society and The Chinese University Civil Society at Sun Yat-sen University. Both venues pro- of Hong Kong; Char Mollison, vice president at the Coun- vided the opportunity for learning and exchange among cil on Foundations, Washington, D.C.; Shelley Geballe, a broad spectrum of individuals, from sociologists and founder and president of Connecticut Voices for Children; anthropologists to labor organizers and founders of small- and Greg Chen, executive director of the Asian and Pacific and medium-sized charities. The Islanders Affairs Office in the American presenters provided the Washington, D.C. mayor’s office. Chinese participants with a solid “We American understanding of U.S. civil society “While there were many areas of and also addressed issues of man- participants were struck shared concern and experience, agement and strategy; the Chinese by the extraordinary we American participants were participants addressed the promise more struck by the extraordinary that their organizations and others challenges our Chinese challenges our Chinese counter- like them hold for strengthening counterparts face in parts face in carving out a legiti- civil society in China, as well as mate, socially and politically sanc- the very real challenges they face carving out a legitimate, tioned sphere of activity for their in gaining legitimacy and institu- socially and politically organizations and for the civil so- tional stability. ciety sector more generally,” said sanctioned sphere Nancy Chapman, Yale-China’s The nonprofit sector in the U.S. of activity for their outgoing executive director. “We has a long history, and organiza- were also deeply impressed by the tions that support the disadvan- organizations and for passion, commitment, and cour- taged, advance a particular cause, the civil society sector.” age of these pioneers, and by the and support culture and the arts cheerful spirit of camaraderie and are recognized as an integral part – Nancy Chapman, shared purpose evident in their of our social fabric, and an essen- outgoing executive director interactions with one another.” tial third sector, complementing private enterprise and government. The comparative workshops on In China, such organizations are a much more recent civil society in the U.S. and China were made possible phenomenon, and their right to exist and operate freely by The Henry Luce Foundation and the members of the is neither enshrined in law nor well understood by the Yale-China Association. general public. Questions raised during formal sessions and tea breaks ranged widely. How should China build Law Program a culture of philanthropy among wealthy individuals and businesses? How can Chinese organizations build a Yale-China’s interest in broadening the understanding of broad-based public understanding of the role of nonprofit U.S. and Chinese civil society has also been demonstrated organizations, and how they differ from commercial enter- through our Law Fellows Program, which in 2005-2006 prises and government agencies? What is the best way to supported Kim Seelinger as a Law Fellow at Yunnan Uni- ensure accountability and integrity within an organization, versity in Kunming, Yunnan province. Kim was our ninth

YALE-CHINA ASSOCIATION 25 Program Participants

American Studies Yale-China Law Fellow, and the first to be placed at Yunnan University School More than 80 Chinese and American of Law. The Law Fellows Program, which began in 2000, places Law Fellows participants in Beijing and at Chinese law schools, where they teach courses on topics in international Guangzhou or U.S. law, and also co-teach, alongside Chinese law faculty, clinical legal courses. Featured Speakers: Kinman Chan of the Institute for Civil Society and The Chinese Kim’s work encompassed both classroom teaching and investigating, along University of Hong Kong; Greg with two members of the school’s faculty, the possibility of opening a law Chen, executive director of the Asian clinic. Kim offered a course on Equal Protection in the U.S., and gave a series and Pacific Islanders Affairs Office in the Washington, D.C. mayor’s of lectures on U.S. immigration issues. Her work with other faculty helped office; Shelley Geballe, founder and to lay the groundwork for what might be a future law clinic that can provide president of Connecticut Voices for education and advocacy for people living with HIV/AIDS in Yunnan. Clinical Children; Char Mollison, former vice legal education has been a focus of Yale-China’s law program since its incep- president at the Council on Founda- tions, Washington, D.C. tion, as clinical coursework provides one of the best avenues through which Chinese law schools can begin to foster communities of students and teach- Law Program ers prepared to use the law to serve the public interest. Kim Thuy Seelinger, Law Fellow, Yunnan University; J.L Pottenger, From the program’s beginning, it has been met with praise and gratitude Yale School of Law faculty participant from both Chinese institutions and the foundations that have supported the program. We are pleased to announce that we have received new funding for the program and will be able to expand our legal education efforts in China in the coming years.

The Yale-China Law Fellows program in 2005-2007 was made possible by the Chung Kin-Kwok Education Foundation and the members of the Yale-China Association.

Photographs Page 24: Participants in Yale-China’s 2006 workshop on Civil Society in the U.S. and China, in Guangzhou; page 26: J.L. Pottenger, Jr., Clinical Professor of Law at the Yale Law School, shares a laugh with a colleague at Hunan University School of Law in Changsha; below, participants in the 2006 workshop on Civil Society share their ideas with the group.

26 AMERICAN STUDIES & LAW PROGRAM The Officers, Trustees,

and Staff of the

Yale-China Association

are deeply grateful to all those whose gifts make our

work possible.

YALE-CHINA ASSOCIATION 27 Charley & Judith Blatchford Mr. & Mrs. Allen F. Chapman Deborah Davis Contributors Ann Bliss Kathy Charlton Richard J. & Nancy R. Davis Margaret Boittin Minotte M. Chatfield Mr. & Mrs. Charles July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2007 Janis Bozzo & Linda Wiens Cheever Bliss Dayton Michael Clorite Mr. & Mrs. John H.S. Chen Mrs. Anne P. Reed Dean – Anonymous (4) William R. Braisted Philip Chen & Julie Schneider In memory of Professor & Norman Aaronson Alexander Brenner Professor Jack C.Y. Cheng Mrs. Edward Bliss Reed Stephen H. Adolphus Eric & Karlann Brenner Joseph Y.S. Cheng Michael W. Devlin Donald W. Ady Matthew Broder & Man Shan Ricky Cheng Dr. & Mrs. Charles C. Jean-Christophe Agnew Susan Neitlich Dr. Yung-Chi Cheng Dickinson Jane M. Alexander Heather M. Brooke Frank Ching Teck Dines Edwin J. Allen, Jr. Conley Brooks, Jr. Su Ju Ann Chiu Gregory Distelhorst Joel & Lisa Alvord Martha & Toby Brooks Frank & Joan Cho Carissa Dizon Lois A. Anderson Eric D. Brown & Kenneth & Lishan Chong William S. Dodge Sigurd E. Anderson II Aliza Levine Willis Chou Carey & Judith Donaldson Mary B. Arnstein Mr. & Mrs. Walter H. Brown Mr. & Mrs. Charles J. Chu Sarah Donaldson Thomas Ashbrook Emma Buchtel David S.C. Chu Benjamin P. Douglass Valerie A. Asher, M.D. Henry Augustus Buchtel IV Franklin D. Chu Thomas Doyle Samuel W. Askinas USAF (Ret) Joyeuse S. Buell Ka Hou Chu Lucy De Vries Duffy Albert & Yvonne Au Stanley W. Burnham Dr. & Mrs. Wing Chu Tan Dun Alice Au Edward T.D. Calhoun Bee-Leng Chua – Mr. & Mrs. Theodore Ann C. Bailey Argyro P. Caminis In honor of Mike Adams W. Dwight, Jr. James H. & Yuriko Barton John M. Campbell & Chung Kin Kwok Matt & Alice Easter James M. Barton Nicola W. Wilson Charles T. Clark Karen L. Eastman Irvin W. Batdorf Michael F. Cavanaugh Lucia Sedwick Claster Wendy J. Eberle Laurence W. Bates Dr. Alfred Cheung Ming Chan Betty Co Charles Egan Rosemary & Art Baue Chi Sun Chan Henry S. Cohn Robert B. Egan Ann T. Beale Eugenie Chan John R. Collins David & B.J. Elder Katherine P. Beals Mrs. Ivy Chan Judith M. Collins DeAnn Elliott Cynthia Bean Po Chuen & Lillian Chan William E. Conway Charles D. Ellis & Charlotte Bedford Prof. & Mrs. Wellington Chan Peter Cooke & Linda K. Lorimer Priscilla B. Behnken William & Helen L. Chan Catherine Sheridan J. Dennis Evans, Ph.D. Mr. & Mrs. William S. Beinecke Dr. Wing-ming Chan Mr. & Mrs. Maxwell John Ewell Donald G. Benjamin Yue-Wah Chan D. Cooper Richard T. Ewing, Jr. Lucy Wilson Benson John H. Chang Walter Corbiere David Facciani Janet & Robert Berger Kang-i Sun Chang Cheney & Mary Cowles Antoinette L. Farley & Leah S. Berliner Margaret Kwei Chang Stephen T. Crary Ernest Byrom Lutz Berners Professor Sidney H.H. Chang Dr. Josephine Csete Ginger Farquhar Jan Berris Simon K.H. Chang Mr. & Mrs. Robert Culp David S. Fedson, M.D. The Best family Catherine Wei Chao – Mr. & Mrs. John R. Curtis, Jr. James V. Feinerman Mr. & Mrs. W. W. Betteridge In memory of Robert Li Anne Curzan Kristopher Fennie John C. Bierwirth Howard Chao Carlos DaRosa Douglas Ferguson John E. Bierwirth Nancy E. Chapman & Thomas Davenport Hart Fessenden Warren M. Bierwirth King-Fai Tam Adah R. Davis Stuart & Patricia Finch

28 YALE-CHINA ASSOCIATION RaphaelNancy E. FinkelChapman Dr.Ingrid Roger M. JensenL. Greif – WilliamJudith M. K. Collins & Bette Hoskins MildredKristen Chin Kuner Drs.Judith Michael M. Collins J. & KristenIn honor Chin of Dr. Wing Chu CorinneTravis M. H. Sevy Howard RandolphTrudy Lu Kwei TravisAlice M. E. Sevy Fischer RobertKristen D.Chin Gries DouglasHongping Howland Tian MoHealth Yin Associate Eva Lai RobertHongping Flanigan Tian LawrenceTrudy Lu Grippo GloriaKatie Glazier Hsia KwanLaw Prog Heung Officer Queenie Lam NoraKatie GlazierFlynn CarolineHealth Associate Ross Grossman Ms.Kari HewardApril Swando Hu JeanNancy Lamont E. Chapman WaiKari KeeHeward Nixon Fok ProfessorLaw Prog OfficerDavid Grossman FrankXiao Zhang B. Hubachek, Jr. Mr.Judith & Mrs.M. Collins Raymond GilbertXiao Zhang C.F. Fong JayNancy S. Guikema E. Chapman Mr.Ingrid & Mrs.M. Jensen Joseph L. TravisLamontagne M. Sevy MarthaIngrid M. Okie-Fouracre Jensen & JudithLouise M. H. Collins Guion Kristen Hudson, Chin Jr. HongpingDavid M. Lampton Tian KristenAnthony Chin J. Fouracre TravisR. Kent M. Guy Sevy TrudyMichael Lu K. Hui KatieCalvin Glazier & Helen Lang PaulTrudy J. Lu Fox HongpingLuke Habberstad Tian HealthDr. Stephen Associate Hui KariNicholas Heward & Barbara Lardy HansHealth H. Associate & Chung-ho KatieAlice &Glazier Jim Hadler LawEva HungProg Officer XiaoMs. EmilyZhang Lau LawFrankel Prog Officer KariDr. & Heward Mrs. Edward Halloran NancyEmily K. E. HydeChapman IngridEvelyn M.Lautz Jensen HowardNancy E. FrankenbergerChapman XiaoAlexander Zhang F. Hanna JudithJay R. InglisM. Collins KristenTerrill & Chin Ellen Lautz Rev.Judith Elizabeth M. Collins H. Frazier IngridAnn Kettner M. Jensen Haraguchi TravisJanet IronsM. Sevy TrudyGary Lawrence Lu TravisPhilip M.N. FrazierSevy KristenEdward Chin T.L. Hardie HongpingWilliam R. TianJackson III & HealthDavid Lee Associate HongpingCynthia S. TianFrechtling TrudyDavid LuK. Harrison Katie Jacqueline Glazier Holen LawJohn Prog Lee Officer KatieDale C.Glazier Freeman HealthVirginia Associate W. Hart KariKenneth Heward Jarrett NancyJohn M.Y. E. Chapman Lee Seth Harter Dr. Ray M. Johns Paul S.N. Lee KariDavid Heward Freeman Law Prog Officer Xiao Zhang Judith M. Collins Susan Jedd Harvey & T. Radey Johnson Dr. & Mrs. Richard V. Lee XiaoDr. Jonathan Zhang K. Freeman & Nancy E. Chapman Ingrid M. Jensen Travis M. Sevy Todd Harvey Gloria Bien Jones Russell V. Lee Ingrid Dr. Katharine M. Jensen Freeman Judith M. Collins Kristen Chin Hongping Tian Chuck & Betty Hayford Mr. George C.K. Jor Dr. Siu-lun Lee KristenMarjorie Chin Funk Travis M. Sevy Trudy Lu Katie Glazier Beverly P. Head III Jeffrey S. Kahn Sui Ming Lee TrudyFritz Gaenslen Lu Hongping Tian Health Associate Kari Heward Mrs. Thomas T. Helde Fred & Linda Kantor Dr. Victor Lee HealthHoward Associate Gardner Katie Glazier Law Prog Officer Xiao Zhang Leon & Rosalie Heller May Ching Kao Anna Lembke Audrey Paige Garrett, M.D. Law Prog Officer VictorKari Heward W. Henningsen, Jr. AmandaNancy E. KaplanChapman PeterIngrid Lengyel M. Jensen David Garvin Nancy E. Chapman MelindaXiao Zhang Herrold-Menzies CarrieJudith M.Karegeannes Collins JacquesKristen Chin Leslie Mr. & Mrs. James G. Gates Judith M. Collins JillIngrid Hersey M. Jensen Barr – HelenTravis M.Kauder Sevy & Dr.Trudy Nancy Lu Leung Matthew J. Gaul & Travis M. Sevy KristenIn memory Chin of HongpingBarry Nalebuff Tian WangshengHealth Associate Li Betty P. Teng Hongping Tian TrudyArthur Lu B. Hersey BethKatie KeckGlazier TimLaw Prog& Ping Officer Liang Peter F. Geithner Katie Glazier HeungHealth AssociateShu Fai GailKari HewardHeidecorn Kedrus SungNancy J. E. Liao, Chapman M.D. Mr. & Mrs. Michael Kari Heward CharlesLaw Prog & Officer Sara Hill Mr.Xiao Frederick Zhang W. Keith ZhongxingJudith M. Collins Liao E. Gellert Xiao Zhang JoshuaNancy E. B. Chapman Hill AliciaIngrid KerstenM. Jensen AaronTravis M.Lichtig Sevy Susan Gellert Ingrid M. Jensen RogerJudith M.S. Hinze Collins Mr.Kristen & Mrs. Chin Thomas B. AlexanderHongping LiebmanTian KristenAmy Gendler Chin MarikoTravis M. Hirose Sevy TrudyKetchum Lu TimothyKatie Glazier & Joy Light TrudyIra H. LuGewolb, M.D. HongpingChee Kan HoTian HealthJan Kiely Associate & Jing Yu KariAnne Heward Lightbody Jack & Joanie Gillette Health Associate KatieDenise Glazier Y. Ho LawKenneth Prog Kincaid Officer XiaoLi-lan Zhang Edward S. Gilman Law Prog Officer KariProfessor Heward Suk Ching Ho NancyMrs. Alice E. Chapman King IngridJames M.R. LilleyJensen Ms. Priscilla Gilman Nancy E. Chapman XiaoYuen Zhang Yi Vivian Ho JudithJames M.T. King Collins KristenDavid Lim Chin Norma H. Ginsberg Judith M. Collins IngridMatthew M. J.Jensen Hodge TravisJohn B. M. Kirby, Sevy Jr. TrudyMr. & LuMrs. Hsiu-san Lin Jason Gleckman Travis M. Sevy KristenHeidi Hohmann Chin HongpingJan Kleinman Tian & Fadil Santosa Jessica Lin Russel H. Goddard Hongping Tian TrudyJonathan Lu Holloway KatieVicky GlazierK. Kleinman Mr. & Mrs. Ming Lin Wendell Hume Goddard Katie Glazier HealthJames E.Associate Hook KariAndreas Heward K. Kraebber, M.D. Elizabeth Lin Forder Mr. & Mrs. Frederick D. Kari Heward LawMr. & Prog Mrs. Officer Bruce G. Hopkins XiaoDr. Hsin Zhang Chi Kuan Katie Lindgren Greene Xiao Zhang NancyMegan E. Hyde Chapman Hoskins IngridProfessor M. JensenYak Yeow Kueh Vivian Ling

YALE-CHINA ASSOCIATION 29 Dan Liu Patricia A. McGreal Hugh Patrick Jon L. Saari James C. Liu & Alexandra Don McKay Janet Patys & Jonathan Gage Mark Salzman & Jessica Yu G. Bowers Susan McKeever Edmund W. Peaslee, Jr. Ralph Samuelson Zhong-Yi Liu Harry G. McNeely, Jr. Kent Pekel Kate Sandweiss Dr. Lung Kwong Lo Nina E. McPherson Quainton Chi-ping Peng Mary Ellen Scarborough & Mrs. Charles H. Long, Jr. Robert E. McQuiston Frances & John Pepper Thomas B. Reddy Christine E. Long George Meyer Joseph Pertel & Stephen Schenkel Jean H. Lovejoy Steven P. Michel Hongying Tan James & Frances Scherer Jonathan Lowet Rudy Hokanson & Maude M. Pettus Robert Schonberger & Albert & Julia Lu Susan Miller Russell A. Phillips, Jr. Amy Marx H. Christopher Luce Eric & Carolyn Millman Pauline F. Pickett Kate Schuler James J. Ludwig & Eileen Jon Mills Lucia Buchanan Pierce H. Richard Schumacher D. Ludwig Foundation Michele C. Mitsumori R. Drake Pike Thomas W. Seaman Dr. Steven K. Luk Nelson Miu Stephen R. Platt Robert & Lisa Semple Gregory Luke James H. Moak & Dinah Pokempner Guolin Shen Hugo J. Luke Alison Hurley J.L. Pottenger, Jr. Shida Shen LaRue R. Lutkins Vernon Moore William R. Priedeman Charles R.S. Shepard & Robert W. Lyons, M.D. ’64 Marjorie A. Morris Gregory S. Prince, Jr. Derry Ann Moritz Bernard & Norma Lytton Coleman W. Morton William H. Prusoff Lora C. Sherman Dr. Beatrice Ma James P. Munger Julie Püttgen Jim Sherwood Dr. Gioh F. Ma Christian & Alfreda Murck Richard Radez Jeremy Shiffman Max Ma Robert E. Murowchick Ambassador Joseph V. Reed May Shih Mary Miller Mack Douglas P. Murray, Jr. R. Anthony Reese Jack Shinkle MacLean-Fogg Company Frank T. Murray William S. Reese Haruo Shirane & Tomi Edith N. MacMullen Dr. & Mrs. Alvin I. Mushlin Tom Ricks Suzuki David B. Magee Ms. Lynne Nakano Frances E. Riley – Dr. Glenn Shive Daniel J. Magida Douglas R. Nelson In memory of Grant G. Simmons, Jr. Jo Maloney Dung Nguyen Dr. Lois Greene Sam Singer – Barbara & J. Robert Mann, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Thomas William S. Robinson In honor of Alex Liebman Nathan Mao E. Noyes Burton Brush Rogers – Richard & Sophia Skolnik Douglas C. Markel Andrew M. Nuland In memory of Dr. Kenneth Chris Smeall & Ann Fabian Mr. & Mrs. Donald Anne Ofstedal Scott Latourette Billy K.L. So D. Marsden Cornelia Gaines Olsen John & Caroline Rohrbach – Clement So Jane & Bernard Mason Ms. Shelley A. Onderdonk & In memory of Henry Luce III Martha Solnit Katherine A. Mason Mr. Adam Snow Kate Rohrbach Arne & Ruth Sovik William R. Massa, Jr. Dr. Vincent E.C. Ooi Peter & Linda Rohrbach Bill & Elena Speidel Seth & Suzette Masters Tor Ormseth & Earl & Helen Rohrbaugh Jonathan D. Spence Dr. & Mrs. Gordon Mathews Deanna Matsumoto Sara N. Romeyn Paul & Jean Springer William B. Matteson John M. Ortinau, M.D. Norman & Leslie Ross Peter Michael Stein Ann V. Mattina Jacques & Sandra Ouziel William M. Roth Sylvia Stein Pauline & Roger Mayer Carrie Pagnucco Mary Ann Rotondi Timothy Alexander Steinert Maitreyi Mazumdar Ruth S. Pan – Jess Row & Sonya Posmenther William W. Stork Mr. & Mrs. Archibald McClure In memory of Paul M. Pan Ivan & Ruth Rudolph Matthew J. Stover Rev. David J. McGown David Parker Frank & Kam Rust Virginia W. Stowe

30 YALE-CHINA ASSOCIATION Jonathan & Alma Stream James C.Y. Watt Pamela P. Wulsin Chung Kin-Kwok Education Mrs. Walter Sullivan Elizabeth D. Weed Edward S. Yang Foundation Tsieh Sun William C. Weese, M.D. William W. Yang, M.D. – The Community Foundation Betty Lee Sung Yun-nan Wei In memory of for Greater New Haven Nathan D. Taft Marta Weigle Mrs. B. Edward Council on East Asian Katherine Tai Robert M. Weiss Ms. Sofia Yee Studies at Yale Univerisity Yuan-Heng & Betty C.Y. Tai Stevenson Weitz Bing Shen & Hardy Hill Fund of the New Eddie S. Tam Wilford H. Welch Terry Kam Ha Yip Hampshire Charitable Siu Mi Maria Tam Mrs. Eugenia L. West Paul Yoder Foundation – John Tang David G. Westendorff & Dina Rudolph Yoshimi Upper Valley Region Raymond C.P. Tang Lin Wang Dana B. Young The Henry Luce Mildred Thomas Richard S. Weston Nancy Young Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Mike Thompson Jennifer Weyburn Andi Yu Humana Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Wirt L. Philip B. Weymouth Bihong Zhao John E. & Caron G. Avery Thompson, Jr. Mary Gwen Wheeler & Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Stirling David A. Jones, Jr. Bequests Lingnan Foundation Tomkins, Jr. William D. White Mr. Arthur C. Walworth, Jr. The Morningside Edwin & Marian Towle Mr. & Mrs. John Foundation Julia M. Travers F. Widergren Matching Gifts The Samuel Tze-Tao & Nellie Linus & Margaret Travers Elizabeth B. Wiens The Amgen Foundation Lee Chang Foundation Gavin Tritt Tappan Wilder – Bank of America The Schwab Fund for Sik Cheong Hardy Tsoi In memory of Amos Foundation, Inc. Charitable Giving Professor Debbie Fu-tai Tuan Parker Wilder Essex Meadows, Inc. The Starr Foundation Matt Tuchow Ann B. Williams GE Fund The T. Rowe Price Program David W. Tundermann & Latham Williams The Henry Luce for Charitable Giving Kathleen E. Euston Alexander Wilmerding Foundation, Inc. The Tang Fund C. Jordan Vail Harold P. Wilmerding Illinois Tool Works Foundation United Way of New York City Amelie Van Den Bos David & Karla Wilson J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation The University of Hong Kong Domingo Villaronga Michael J. Wishnie Kraft Foods Matching Jeanette M. Walke Bert Wong Gifts Program Mr. & Mrs. Edward Dr. Chi Ho Jimmy Wong Microsoft Giving Campaign H. Walworth, Jr. Professor Henry N.C. Wong Pitney Bowes Matching Jim-Yau Wan Ms. Linda Wong Tsz Kwan Gifts Program Martin Wand Wai Leung Wong The Spencer Foundation Charles Wang Professor Wing-shing Wong UBS Matching Gift Program Dr. Hong Wang Suzanne Wood – Katharine Wang In honor of Manli Ho Foundations and Ming H. Wang Fund – Dr. & Mrs. Francis M. Woods Other Organizations In honor of Susan Sung’s Andrea J. Worden Anonymous 90th birthday Edmund H. Worthy, Jr. Asia Society Samson & Pauline Wang Brian Wu & Anne-Marie Fink Asian Cultural Council Barbara & Don Watkins Dr. Clyde Wu Bernard Chan Bill & Chenghui Watkins LoLi Wu C. E. & S. Foundation Bill & Helen Watkins Professor Wei-ping Wu Chia Family Foundation, Inc.

YALE-CHINA ASSOCIATION 31 Wing-ming Chan Max Ma Officers, Trustees, & Staff Retired Professor of Chinese Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer as of Spring 2008 League City, TX 7thOnline New York, NY OFFICERS Deborah S. Davis Professor of Sociology Daniel Magida* Terrill E. Lautz Yale University Attorney Chair New Haven, CT Debevoise & Plimpton LLP Vice President and Secretary New York, NY Henry Luce Foundation Michael W. Devlin* New York, NY Co-founder and Managing Partner Christian F. Murck* Pharos Capital Group CEO Asia Douglas P. Murray, Jr.* LLC, Nashville, TN APCO Worldwide Vice Chair for Programs Beijing, China President Emeritus Alice Easter* Lingnan Foundation Foreign Service Officer Andrew M. Nuland* New York, NY U.S. Department of State Former Managing Director & Singapore Chairman of China Operations Douglas M. Ferguson* Bacardi Group Vice Chair for Development James V. Feinerman* Shanghai, China Executive Director James M. Morita Professor of Asian Gunnison Partners Legal Studies R. Drake Pike* Waban, MA Associate Dean, International & Managing Director Graduate Programs Goldman Sachs Alexander Wilmerding* Director, Asian Law & Policy Studies Hong Kong Treasurer Georgetown University Law Center Director Washington, DC Gregory S. Prince, Jr.* Citigroup Private Bank President Emeritus, Hampshire College Boston, MA Shelley Geballe Senior Advisor for Board Development President and Co-founder & College Relations, Pathways to College Jonathon Gillette Connecticut Voices for Children Amherst, MA Secretary New Haven, CT Director of Teacher Preparation R. Anthony Reese* Program David M. Lampton Thomas W. Gregory Professor of Law Yale University Dean of Faculty, George & Sadie University of Texas at Austin New Haven, CT Hyman Professor Austin, TX Director of China Studies, Johns Trustees Hopkins School of Advanced Katherine Tai* International Studies Assistant General Counsel Thomas Ashbrook* Director of Chinese Studies, Office of the United States Trade Host, “On Point” The Nixon Center Representative National Public Radio Washington, DC Washington, DC Boston, MA Zhongxing Liao, M.D. Terry Yip Martha Finn Brooks* Associate Professor of Radiation Retired Chief Operating Officer Oncology San Francisco, CA Novelis, Inc. University of Texas M.D. Atlanta, GA Anderson Cancer Center Houston, TX

32 YALE-CHINA ASSOCIATION Outgoing Trustees Nathan D. Taft* Linda Koch Lorimer (term ended June 2006) Vice President and Secretary Charles H. Blatchford* Real Estate Development & Yale University (term ended June 2007) Acquisitions New Haven, CT Retired Professor of Teaching English Jonathan Rose Companies LLC as a Foreign Language New York, NY Staff Fair Oaks, CA Michael J. Wishnie* Ann Bartley Williams Timothy L. Liang (term ended June 2007) Acting Executive Director (term ended June 2007) Clinical Professor of Law Senior Vice President Yale University School of Law Kristen Chin JSJ Corporation New Haven, CT Program Officer for Student Programs Grand Haven, MI Ann B. Williams Judith M. Collins Vivian Ling (term ended February 2007) Business Manager (term ended June 2007) Professor of Nursing and Medicine Senior Advisor Yale University Katrina Glazier Associated Colleges in China New Haven, CT Development and Communications Goleta, CA Associate Andrea J. Worden* John A. Luke (term ended April 2008) Betty Siu Chun Ho Honorary General Counsel and Senior Advisor Administrative Assistant, China Office (deceased May 7, 2007) on Criminal Justice Retired President & CEO Congressional-Executive Commission Ingrid M. Jensen Westvaco Corporation on China Associate Director New Canaan, CT Washington, DC Wangsheng Li Douglas C. Markel* Honorary Trustees Associate Director and Director, (term ended June 2007) China Office Partner John C. Bierwirth Simpson, Thacher and Bartlett, LLP Retired Chairman Trudy Loo Beijing, China Grumman Corporation Senior Development Officer Lawrence, NY J.L. Pottenger, Jr. Mary Katherine Molteni (term ended June 2006) Edith N. MacMullen Program Officer for Teaching Programs Nathan Baker Clinical Professor of Retired Director Law & Director of Clinical Studies Teacher Preparation & Placement Hongping Tian Yale Law School Program Director, Health Programs New Haven, CT Lecturer in History Yale University * Former Yale-China Teaching Fellow Richard B. Stoner, Jr. Amherst, MA (term ended June 2006) Africa Area Director Ex-officio Trustees Save the Children Ethiopia Richard C. Levin President Yale University New Haven, CT

YALE-CHINA ASSOCIATION 33 Financial Report Statement of Activities for the Years Ended June 30, 2007 and June 30, 2006

Revenues 2007 2006 Support: Contributions and grants $1,058,041.71 $761,535.71 Bequests and estates - 130,758.42 Realized on investments sold 971,611.09 195,472.13 Unrealized on investments held (322,468.87) 134,717.26 Interest and dividends 238,242.85 186,885.05 Total unrestricted support $1,945,426.78 $1,409,368.57 Net assets released from temporary restrictions 116,159.58 243,830.25 Total Revenues $2,061,586.36 $1,653,198.82

Expenses

Program services $1,307,389.28 $1,007,267.96 Supporting services 224,116.37 203,357.08 Fundraising 47,645.33 46,285.22 Total Expenses $1,579,150.98 $1,256,910.26

Temporarily Restricted Items Contributions and grants $1,006,949.56 $134,040.00 Interest and dividends 9,021.71 8,886.67 Gain (Loss) on investments 656.27 (7,305.38) Release from temporary restrictions (116,159.58) (243,830.25) Annuity payment (17,637.04) (8,635.39) Increase (decrease) in temporarily restricted assets $882,830.92 $(116.844.35)

Permanently Restricted Items Unrealized gain in market value $1,388,702.84 $910,160.02 Total Permanently Restricted Items $1,388,702.84 $910,160.02

Increase (decrease) in net assets $2,753,969.14 $1,189,604.23

Net Assets - beginning of year $12,478,176.25 $11,288,572.02 Net Assets - end of year $15,232,145.39 $12,478,176.25

The organization received significant grants in the fiscal year 2007 to fund specific programs in the fiscal year 2008. Figures for the years ending June 30, 2007, June 30, 2006, audited by Pallman & Company, 677 State Street, New Haven, Connecticut. Copies of the full audited financial statement are available upon request.

34 FINANCIAL REPORT Statement of Financial Position for the Years Ended June 30, 2007 and June 30, 2006

Assets 2007 2006

Cash and cash equivalents $1,167,860.15 $532,417.45 Receivables: Accounts, grants and interest receivable 91,321.60 150,042.03 Unconditional promises to give 152,499.75 174,459.77 Investments 13,834,011.26 11,555,130.75 Prepaid expenses 80,865.53 63,764.78 Fixed assets less accumulated depreciation 12,654.26 10,049.22 Total Assets $15,339,212.55 $12,485,864.00

Liabilities

Accounts payable $107,067.16 $7,687.75 Total Liabilities $107,067.16 $7,687.75

Net Assets Unrestricted fund balance $39,927.13 $60,353.72 Unrestricted designated operating as endowment 6,503,486.12 6,000,624.15 Temporarily restricted 1,389,859.75 507,028.83 Permanently restricted 7,298,872.39 5,910,169.55 Total Net Assets $15,232,145.39 $12,478,176.25

Total Liabilities and Net Assets $15,339,212.55 $12,485,864.00

YALE-CHINA ASSOCIATION 35 Programs by Site 2005-2007

Yunnan Law Program Service Internship Program

Guizhou Service Internship Program

Yunnan Hunan Guizhou Chia Fellowship Program Chia Community Health Service & Health Education Program English Teaching Fellowship Program Law Program Scholarship Program Yale-China Music Exchange

New Haven, Connecticut, USA Chia Fellowship Program Public Health Challenges in South China program Service Internship Program Teacher Exchange Program Yale University—New Asia College Undergraduate Exchange

36 YALE-CHINA ASSOCIATION Beijing American Studies Service Internship Program

Jiangsu Service Internship Program Beijing

Anhui Jiangsu English Teaching Fellowship Program Yale-China Music Exchange Anhui Shanghai

Hunan Shanghai Yale-China Music Exchange Guizhou Guangdong Hong Kong

Guangdong American Studies English Teaching Fellowship Program Internal Migration and Health Initiatives Public Health Challenges in South China Program Service Internship Program Yale University—New Asia College Undergraduate Exchange

Hong Kong English Teaching Fellowship Program Service Internship Program Yale-China Music Exchange Yale University—New Asia College Undergraduate Exchange

YALE-CHINA ASSOCIATION 37 About Yale-China

he Yale-China Association is an American How We Work nonprofit organization with over a century of T experience of working in China to promote Yale-China’s work is based on a set of simple touchstones: education and human well-being. Current programs focus on such issues as the health needs of China’s • Discern new needs—Rapid changes in China and migrant population, the development of public interest the U.S. have created new areas of need and law and legal aid, strengthening volunteerism and China’s presented new opportunities for meaningful work. nascent civil society organizations, and educational and Yale-China has a record of discerning emerging cultural exchange for young people. Yale-China places issues and developing focused responses before these special emphasis on developing strong partnerships with issues move into the mainstream. We are committed collaborating Chinese institutions, building Chinese to keeping pace with this ever-evolving landscape. capacity, and addressing the needs of the underserved. • Commit time and thought—Solutions to complex History problems do not emerge overnight, and more than good will is needed to bridge broad cultural divides. The Yale-China Association was founded in 1901. For Yale-China develops carefully crafted programs after its first half-century, Yale-China’s work was centered in seeking knowledge and insight from many sources. Changsha and Wuhan, where it helped to found Xiangya Our experienced Chinese-speaking staff then Hospital, Medical College, and Nursing School, the Yali manages these programs expertly and sensitively on Middle School, and Huachung University. Collaboration the ground. with New Asia College, now a part of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, began in 1954, and programs at • Seek out strong partners—A strength of Yale-China’s mainland institutions were resumed in 1980. work is our success in developing fruitful collaborations with Chinese and American institutions and individu- What We Believe als and building upon them over time. Some of these partnerships have endured for many decades; others At Yale-China we believe that individuals—and individual are very new. Helping to enhance the capacity of our organizations—can be a force for making the world Chinese partners has been a hallmark of Yale-China’s more peaceful and humane. Our work is based on the work since our founding. conviction that sustained, one-on-one contacts between Chinese and American people not only enrich the lives • Invest in people—Thousands of people benefit from of the individuals involved but contribute, ultimately, to Yale-China’s programs each year. We measure the improved relations between our two nations. full success of our work not in these numbers, but in its deep, long-term impact on individual lives. Generations of students, teachers, doctors, and nurses have testified to the life-transforming value of these encounters—the doors opened, insights gained, minds enriched, values affirmed.

38 YALE-CHINA ASSOCIATION Relationship with Yale University

While closely affiliated with the Yale community, the Yale-China Association is separately incorporated and administered and receives no financial support from Yale University apart from limited funds for projects involving Yale students and scholars and in-kind contributions.

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Yale-China’s work would not be possible without the support of our members. If you are interested in learning more about membership and other giving opportunities, please contact Yale-China at (203) 432-0881, by email at , or through our website at www.yalechina.org. All contributions are tax-deductible to the extent allowable by law.

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