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ART INVESTMENT China boosted by Japan infl ows By ZHONG NAN less than robust. [email protected] “Japan is still confronting issues such as slow demand Japanese investment in in the global market last year, China surged in January after infl ation, labor shortages and months of decline last year. a long-term fi nancial defi cit,” The development indicates Zhao said. that the world’s third-largest “China will continue to economy continues to count remain a key investment area on the Chinese market to put for Japan to seek new market economic growth on a fi rmer growth points this year.” footing amid growing domes- China saw strong infl ows tic and international econom- of foreign investment in ic problems. January despite slower eco- Japanese contracted nomic growth, with services investment in China rose by and high-end manufacturing 46.9 percent year-on-year in luring investor interest. January. The number of new The country gained $13.92 enterprises set up by Japanese billion in foreign direct investment increased by 3.5 investment last month, an percent and actual invest- increase of 29.4 percent from ment rose by 3.2 percent, the a year earlier. Investment Ministry of Commerce said on from South Korea, Sweden, Chinese fi lm director Wong Kar-wai speaks on Monday morning at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The museum will be unveiling its new China-themed exhibit Monday. Singapore, Germany and in May, exploring how China infl uenced Western fashion designers for centuries. The exhibit will feature more than 130 examples of haute couture and ready-to-wear pieces next to At a news conference, the another six nations and Chinese masterworks. AMY HE / CHINA DAILY ministry did not provide a regions accounted for 96.5 total amount for Japanese percent of China’s FDI in investment last month. January. Shen Danyang, the min- The service sector account- istry’s spokesman, said Chi- ed for two-thirds of inbound Met museum to focus on China na’s high-quality labor force, investments in January, while developed infrastructure high-end manufacturing took facilities, improved busi- up nearly all the remainder. By AMY HE understand its culture,” said a better view of the historical Institute. “In this world, every- the changshan, qipao and ness environment and ongo- Domestic companies also in New York Maxwell Hearn, chairman of and contemporary Chinese thing is topsy-turvy, and back- zhongshan. ing urbanization were the showed growing interest in [email protected] the museum’s Department of culture and aesthetics. Instead to-front. Real life roles are “For designers, the appeal of main factors that attracted making off shore investments, Asian Art. of reinforcing the diff erence, I reversed. these garments lies in their cul- increased Japanese invest- with much of their attention The Metropolitan Museum “This exhibition is a collabo- hope this show will be an event “Like Alice’s make believe tural and historical specifi city, ment in January. focusing on Europe. of Art in New York will be cel- ration between the Costume to bring us and our two cul- world, the exhibition China: they serve as a kind of sarto- Japan’s direct investment in The ministry said it hasn’t ebrating centuries of China’s Institute and the Department tures together.” Through the Looking Glass rial shorthand for China and China fell by 38.8 percent year- seen Japanese companies influence on the West in its of Asian Art and underscores China: Through the Look- presents an image of China the shifting social and political on-year in 2014 to $4.33 billion. withdrawing capital or new China-themed exhibit, the key role that the encyclo- ing Glass features more than that is a fabulous inven- identities of its people,” he said. The decline, compared with human resources from China. which focuses on how West- pedic museum like the Met 130 examples of haute couture tion, a fi ctional universe that “These three types of garments a fall of about 4 percent in Only a few companies from ern fashion designers were can play in exploring the many and ready-to-wear pieces jux- embraces an alternate reality in turn tell a story of the grad- 2013, refl ects soured bilateral Japan reduced their invest- inspired by the country and ways in which Chinese culture taposed with pieces of Chinese with a dreamlike object,” he ual introduction of Western relations over territorial and ment in China last year due incorporated elements of its has for centuries influenced art. Clips from well-known said. “This fi ctional universe technique with Chinese dress- wartime historical issues, as to management errors and art into fashion pieces. and inspired the West,” he said Chinese fi lms — such as Fare- reveals itself through a series making traditions.” well as rising operational costs weak market demand. The exhibit, China: Through during a media briefi ng. well My Concubine, In the of carefully curated juxtaposi- The second — called Empire in China. Wei Jianguo, vice-chair- the Looking Glass, will be Chinese director Wong Mood for Love, and Crouching tions of western fashion and of Signs — will focus on signi- Shen said, “The January man of the China Center unveiled to the public on May Kar-wai, best known for his Tiger, Hidden Dragon — will Chinese costumes and decora- fi ers that Westerners associate growth trend will continue as for International Economic 4 and will be presented in the work on In the Mood for Love, also be incorporated into the tive arts.” with China, such as jade, lac- China is diversifying its export Exchanges, said, “That a few Met’s Chinese galleries and the served as artistic director of exhibit to illustrate how China Bolton said that the exhibit quer and porcelain. channels through e-commerce foreign companies leaving Anna Wintour Costume Cen- the exhibit. is portrayed through popular will be broken up into two The exhibition is sponsored trade platforms and favorable China is normal.” ter. It runs through Aug 16. “When we look at a mirror, culture. series: one called From Emper- by Yahoo, Condé Nast, Chinese policies resulting from bilat- Higher costs and wages “With the world’s largest we see ourselves,” he said. “But “In Lewis Carroll’s Through or to Citizen, which focuses on textile and apparel tycoon Silas eral or multilateral free trade may see some manufactur- population and one of the when this mirror turns into a the Looking Glass, his charac- three periods in Chinese his- Chou; Wendi Deng, Rupert agreements.” ing companies leave, Wei oldest cultures, China is a window, we will see a world ter Alice enters an imaginary, tory—the Qing dynasty, the Murdoch’s former wife; and Zhao Zhongxiu, a trade said. But the boom in China’s leading force in economics around us. We hope this exhi- alternative world by climbing Republic of China and New several other Chinese donors professor at Beijing’s Univer- industrial upgrading and and politics, so [there is] the bition will serve as a window through a mirror,” said Andrew China—and the clothing worn who wished to remain anony- sity of International Business restructuring will see its need to engage with China, for the Met’s audience to have Bolton, curator of the Costume during that time, which were mous. and Economics, said China’s high-end manufacturing and incoming investment last year service sectors fl ourish and rose generally at a time when attract more international FESTIVAL BOOKS global investment fl ows were investors. 4.33

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in New York in New York 1.57 1.21 Chinese Lunar New Year will Michael Meyer decided move into the big time on Tues- to write a book about his 0.72

day with a fi reworks show over wife’s hometown, a vil- 0.32 the Hudson River. lage called dahuangdi, or The show will be organized “Wasteland”, in Northeast- by China’s largest and most ern China’s Jilin province, JFMAMJJASOND prestigious arts academy, the as he saw books and news Source: Ministry of Commerce XAN SABARÍS / CHINA DAILY China Central Academy of Fine coverage were too much Arts (CAFA), with an endorse- about China’s urban areas. ment from China’s Ministry of He stayed there from 2010 Culture. to 2012, and what he got In the news Chinese Lunar New Year falls was more than expected. on Thursday, Feb 19, and is cel- “I moved to Wasteland ebrated by approximately one Fireworks display over Hudson River in a fi le photo. PROVIDED TO / thinking I would write only CHINA turing and catering industries out of every six people in the CHINA DAILY about the village, and about heit in winter, and there are Golf club’s lie in Guangdong province are world. a single plot of land,” Meyer qualities of high hospitality fi ned for using child workers. Titled Harmonious China Midtown Manhattan and New of Lunar New Year events at cul- wrote in an e-mail to Chi- and overcompensation, just A luxury golf club in suburban > P5 and conducted in partnership Jersey sides, and there will be tural institutions around New na Daily about his book In like “Minnesota nice”. Shanghai was still in operation with Fireworks by Grucci, the live music broadcast on three York City as part of CAFA’s Hap- Manchuria: A Village Called Popular small-talk ques- Monday despite being exposed LIFE 20-minute fi reworks display will local radio stations — WKDM py Chinese New Year: Fantastic Wasteland and the Transfor- tions to strangers in the area as illegally built and operated. Elegant tea dance commence at 7:30 pm, deploy- AM1380, WZRC AM1480 and Art China, including a public mation of Rural China pub- include where they came > P4 ing three barges on the Hudson WGBB AM1240 — featuring art exhibition at the Rubenstein lished Tuesday. “But people’s from, when they were born The Fairmont Peace Hotel’s River next to Manhattan’s West special music composed by Atrium and Avery Fisher Hall stories kept alluding to his- and their heights. So, Meyer Drug sweep Afternoon Tea Dance in the Side, nearly equaling the scope of Guan Xia, director of the China at Lincoln Center (Feb 18-24), a torical events outside the kept saying “American, 1.86 Jasmine Lounge in Shanghai is the iconic Macy’s Independence National Symphony Orchestra. lighting display of the Empire village.” meters, Year of the Rat.” More than 30 are arrested a gracious tradition that hear- Day Fireworks Spectacular on The fi reworks display will be State Building (Feb 17-19), and “Manchuria” is the old The region used to be the as 1,000 offi cers raid sus- kens back to the city’s 1930s the Fourth of July. divided into four thematic and other events hosted by partners name for Northeastern home of the Manchu, an eth- pected drug dens in Zhanjiang, heyday. The display will also be the emotional chapters — starting including the New York Phil- China, including eastern nic group living in the area Guangdong province. > P7 fi rst large-scale fi reworks dis- with Great Jubilance, followed harmonic, New York Historical Inner Mongolia. The place, that later founded the Qing > P5 play in the United States to by The Return of Spring, then Society, National Dance Insti- as the Minnesota-born writ- Dynasty, which spanned the commemorate Chinese Lunar Illumination of Stars and the tute, US-China Cultural Insti- er found, is in many ways mid-17th century to the early Child-labor fi nes New Year. Moon, and concluding with a tute / Committee of 100, the similar to his home state: 20th century. Viewing will be possible along powerful Universal Celebration. China Institute, and the Chinese the chilly climate often goes Seven companies in the elec- the Hudson River from both the The fi reworks kick off a week Consulate in New York. below -20 degrees Fahren- SEE “BOOK” PAGE 3 tronics, toy, jewelry manufac- Tuesday, February 17, 2015 CHINA DAILY USA

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CULTURE EDUCATION Portland State CI ready for Spring Festival

By LIA ZHU For this event, Chang and in San Francisco her colleague brought some [email protected] must-have decorations for the Chinese Spring Festival, The Confucius Institute at like New Year scrolls, Chinese Portland State University is knots and traditional New geared up to promote Chi- Year posters. They also taught nese culture, taking advan- the visitors how to make Chi- tage of the Chinese people’s nese knots and to do Chinese most important festival, the paper-cutting. Chinese Lunar New Year, “They are all very inter- which falls on Feb 19 this ested in Chinese festivals,” David Weeks (center, speaking), co-founder of the NHSDLC, introduces the four participants in Monday’s debate at the Asia Society headquarters in New York. From left: Xiao Ze’en year. said Chang. She was most (Jiangsu, China); Chloe Kekedjian (New Canaan, Connecticut); Eliza Posner (New Canaan); and Liu Jiapei (Tianjin, China), took part in the event. JACK FREIFELDER / CHINA DAILY “Promoting Chinese cul- impressed by a student who ture means helping the world later made a short animation better understand the pro- about the Qixi Festival, often found meaning behind the known as the Chinese Valen- images,” said Gao Mingliang, tine’s Day, after he learned Students debate the environment co-director of the Confucius about the festival. Institute at Portland State As part of a series of events University. “Chinese New celebrating the Chinese New By JACK FREIFELDER associations” as well as struc- to protect the environment.” too bad, government regula- ner said during the debate. Year is rich in cultural ele- Year, the institute is also going in New York tures that promote networks Xiao Ze’en, a senior from tion is the most effi cient meth- “Civil society organizations ments, which provides a good to have a Chinese dumpling jackfreifelder@chinadailyusa. of public communication, Liu Zhenjiang Maple Leaf Interna- od to cure it in a short time.” are more willing to imple- opportunity that we can’t party and its signature Spring com Jiapei, a senior from Tianjin tional School in Jiangsu, China, Eliza Posner and Chloe ment change, and they have miss.” Festival party. Nankai Senior High School said government’s executive Kekedjian, both seniors from St. more ability to develop and Celebrating the Chinese This year, more people The trade-off between the in Tianjin, China, said as part powers are in fact “crucial to Luke’s School in New Canaan, maximize infl uence because New Year, or the Spring Fes- have been invited to give per- role of civil societies and gov- of the pro side of the debate’s fighting pollution” because a Connecticut, also joined Liu they are directly connected tival, is a traditional program formances, including profes- ernment in the protection of opening address. government can impose taxes and Xiao for the event at the to the community.” of the institute, which is sional performers, faculty the environment was the sub- “The whole core of this to “eliminate externalities” like Asia Society headquarters in Orville Schell, the Arthur among the major Confucius members and students, as ject of a lively debate Monday debate … ought to be decided consequences from the ups and Manhattan. War of Words with Ross Director of the Asia Soci- Institutes in the US. “But we well as members from local between high school students on the ability to develop and downs of general economic High Schoolers from China, ety’s Center on US-China Rela- try to present new features organizations, Gao said. The from China and the United maximize the influence of a activity. was hosted in conjunction tions; David Weeks, co-founder every year to attract more audience is also expected to States at the Asia Society. certain decision,” Liu said. “It “Government can also with the National High School of the debate league, and other people from both the uni- come from various sectors, Civil society organizations should not be decided based on impose direct regulations when Debate League of China. members of the American and versity and the local commu- from kindergarten children should take a leading role in willingness or better executive the environment gets too bad,” “A leading role in environ- Chinese debate communities nity,” Gao said. to senior citizens. environmental protection power. Government and pol- Xiao said, speaking against a mental protection should not shared their thoughts in a ques- A Chinese language corner, “In order to show the audi- because they promote social luters rely on each other, which leading role for civil societies. be based on willingness or tion-and-answer session with themed Speak Chinese, Talk ence that Chinese is not dif- interaction between “voluntary puts obstacles for government “When the environment gets better executive power,” Pos- the audience. about New Year and Wel- fi cult to learn, we will invite come the Year of Ram, is one non-Chinese native speakers of the new features of this as the party hosts,” Gao said. year’s celebration. The Spring Festival party LUNAR NEW YEAR The event was held last has become popular through week in Lan Su Chinese Gar- the institute’s promotion on den, a walled, south China- media and social network, as style garden in Portland, to well as word of mouth. “This reach out to the local com- year, we expect the audience Chinese communities join in on the fun munity. exceeding 1,000,” Gao said. “At fi rst only a few visitors Established in 2007, the stopped and listened to our Confucius Institute at Port- By PAUL WELITZKIN Chinese immigrants and labor- story about the origination of land State University is the in New York ers came with it,” said Feng. the Chinese New Year, but lat- 11th of its kind in the US and paulwelitzkin@ The Chinese community in er dozens of people gathered the fi rst in the Northwest. It chinadailyusa.com Albuquerque, the state’s larg- around,” said Chang Yao, the has enrolled 12,000 school est city, numbers about 3,000. event’s organizer and teacher students now and more than Thursday marks the arrival In 2013, the US Census Bureau at the Confucius Institute. 8,000 others are taking short- of the Chinese Lunar New Year, estimated the state population “Some of them are learning term courses. and although thousands of at 2.08 million, with approxi- Chinese now, and some used “Despite the 50 teachers miles and in many cases several mately 1.6 percent of Asian to live in China,” she said. we have now, we are short generations away from celebra- descent. “There are also some loyal of Chinese teachers, facing tions in the mainland, Chinese “We have a number of pro- ‘fans’ who are seen at most of the high demand in Chinese communities across the United fessionals who work at the our activities.” education,” Gao said. States also will gather to mark university like me,” said Feng. the holiday. “We also have scientists who Major celebrations will take work at the Sandia National place in New York City and San Laboratories (an engineering Francisco, but also in cities that and science laboratory oper- may be little known for their ated by Sandia Corporation, Chinese communities. Here is a Lockheed Martin Company, a look at three such cities and for the US Department of Ener- their New Year’s events. gy’s National Nuclear Security Administration). We also are Albuquerque, New Mexico represented by physicians in Chinese first came to New private practice and those who Young dancers from the New Mexico Chinese School of Arts and Language perform at last year’s New Year Mexico in the 1880s, according practice Traditional Chinese celebration in Albuquerque. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY to Changjian Feng, a professor Medicine.” in the pharmaceutical sciences Feng also serves as princi- ebration will be held on Feb sity’s Graduate and Professional international students with department at the University of pal of the New Mexico Chinese 22. Feng anticipates 200 to Student Association. more than half from China. New Mexico in Albuquerque. School of Arts and Language. 300 people will attend. Also on “The fi rst offi cial record of “Chinese Americans would The Albuquerque school is Feb 22, the University of New Columbus, Ohio arrival of natives from China fi nd their way to New Mexico open to all members of the Mexico’s Chinese Spring Festival The Chinese population in in Ohio was in 1843,’’ Li said. on the railroads and as miners. community and provides class- Gala will be held on the campus. Columbus is about 20,000, “The fi rst Chinese in Colum- The dangerous, Western leg of es for beginners and advanced It is sponsored by the school’s according to Minru Li, assis- bus came in 1893 and the fi rst the transcontinental railroad instruction for those with basic Chinese Students and Scholars tant director of National East Chinese laundry opened in was built by Chinese laborers. Mandarin skills. It also off ers Association and co-sponsored Asian Languages Resource 1898.” Confucius Institute teacher Chang Yao describes the origins of When the railroad came to art and music classes. by the Consulate General offi ce Center at Ohio State Univer- Chinese New Year. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY Albuquerque in the late 1800s, The school’s New Year’s cel- in Los Angeles and the univer- sity. The school has over 3,000 SEE “NEW YEAR” PAGE 3 Politics plays unspoken role in Chinese-American offi cer’s indictment

hinese communities tunate accident”, hinting there Missouri, and Eric Garner on sor at Pace University in New remains a question to the pursuit of justice, “this is also around the globe are Chang was no suggestion that Liang Staten Island?” asked Peter York, who is following Liang’s community,” Li said. about politics, and that means C ready to welcome in Jun intended to shoot the man. Du, a member of the Flushing case, said she had noticed that Mike Lupica of the New racial politics”. the Year of the Ram, SAN FRANCISCO However, on Feb 11, the Chinese Business Association. Liang’s partner on the same York Daily News wrote on “But it is fair to ask, what- which will fall on Thursday. JOURNAL circumstances surrounding A cell-phone camera cap- patrol with him that day had Feb 12: “Offi cer Peter Liang’s ever Thompson is saying in Many Chinese Americans, Curley’s death led to a man- tured the arrest of Garner on received immunity from pros- indictment in Akai Gurley public, if he goes at Liang this meanwhile, are paying close slaughter indictment against July 17, after a police offi cer ecution in exchange for testify- fatal shooting is for the Eric hard if the city hadn’t reacted attention to the case of an complex stairwell on Nov 20. Liang, which could carry a restrained him with a choke- ing against Liang. Garner case, too.” the way it did after there was indicted New York City police Liang, a Chinese American prison term of 15 years. hold despite Garner saying he A New York Post article on Refuting Brooklyn District no indictment in Eric Garner’s offi cer who risks being sacri- on the force for 18 months, The indictment of Liang couldn’t breathe. Garner died Feb 12 indicated that Liang’s Attorney Kenneth Thomp- death,” Lupica wrote. “It is as fi ced as a scapegoat by poli- was patrolling the Louis H. is the fi rst in more than two shortly afterward. fate was sealed by his partner son’s remarks that “the two fair to ask if Thompson goes ticians to ease lingering ten- Pink Houses in November years involving a fatal encoun- “Why did the officers Shaun Landau, as Landau’s cases have nothing to do with at Liang this hard for some- sions between the police and when he fired a single shot. ter between a police officer involved in both cases walk grand jury testimony played each other”, Lupica said they thing that happened in a dark the public. The ricocheted bullet killed and civilian in New York City. out free without criminal “the key to notching the top are inevitably linked by poli- corner of the city, one of the Offi cer Peter Liang, 27 was 28-year-old Akai Gurley, who Chinese communities on charges?” asked Du. “It’s not charges”. tics. places that cops try to keep indicted on Feb 11 by a grand was walking downstairs at the both coasts have expressed fair.” The Post cited a law enforce- “Eric Garner was killed safer.” jury on charges of manslaugh- time. their concerns about the han- Du said that diff erent Chi- ment source as saying, “I don’t by a fatal chokehold during Liang pleaded not guilty on ter, criminally negligent homi- Calling Curley “totally dling of Liang’s case. nese organizations in New think you would have any case an arrest in Staten Island,” Feb 11 to all charges against cide, assault, reckless endan- innocent”, New York Police “Why are the outcomes so York and on the West Coast against Liang without the tes- Lupica wrote. “Offi cer Daniel him. germent and offi cial miscon- Commissioner William Brat- diff erent of Liang’s case com- are orchestrating big rallies to timony of Landau.” Pantaleo was not indicted in duct in the fatal shooting of an ton responded to the scene pared to other police encoun- call for a fair and transparent “How much the grand jury his death.” Contact the writer at unarmed black man in a dark- immediately and character- ters that took the lives of handling of Liang’s case. would buy Liang’s partner’s Lupica believed that in addi- junechang@chinadailyusa. ened Brooklyn public housing ized the shooting as an “unfor- Michael Brown in Ferguson, Li Chunyan, assistant profes- testimony (in ruling the case) tion to Thompson’s claimed com CHINA DAILY USA Tuesday, February 17, 2015

TOP NEWS 3 CRIME Book: ‘Wasteland’ Reward raised for clues to Chinese family’s slaying teaches history lesson By MAY ZHOU member of the HCA, said that FROM PAGE 1 allowed farmers to transfer their in Houston the police probably got quite a land-use rights to support mass- [email protected] bit of evidence to work with at “Its relatively short regional scale operations with higher fi rst, but none led to any clear history illustrates modern efficiency. A company called It has been more than a year leads. China’s,” said Meyer. Th e fi nal Eastern Fortune Rice rose dur- since the killing of a Chinese “However, we want the com- years of the dynasty saw China ing the time. family of four in their subur- munity to know that the inves- struggle with foreign powers. The company encouraged ban Houston home, with no tigation is still active,” Pei said. Th e region was then occupied local farmers to transfer their arrests made in the case. Howard Xu, HCA vice-pres- by warlords and annexed by land-use rights to the company. Th e Houston Chinese Alli- ident, said that many people Japan in 1931. In return, the company would ance (HCA) and Crime Stop- shared similar backgrounds Japan’s colonization didn’t pay them an annual lease for pers announced Monday that and lifestyles to the Sun fam- end until 1945, when Soviet the land, put them into modern an extra $5,000 was added to a ily. Th e father was an engineer, tanks crushed the faltering Japa- apartments, and employ them. reward in the case, bringing it and the children went to the nese Army. Many Japanese civil- Th e vision of Boss Liu, head to $75,000. Th e reward money local elementary school. ians, who came to Northeastern of Eastern Fortune Rice, is to was raised by the HCA. “We feel threatened; the China following government offer his fellow villagers an Sun Maoye, 50, his wife, Xie community is disappointed propaganda, committed suicide. American-style township life. Mei, 49, and their two young due to the lack of progress,” Xu After the People’s Republic Most farmers were happy with sons, Timothy Xie Sun, 9, said. “We urge the community of China was founded in 1949, the plan. The house where and Titus Xiao Sun, 7, were to ask people with information the region became the frontier Meyer was living has been torn found slain in their home on to contact Crime Stoppers or of the Korean War, industrial- down, as his landlord moved Jan 30, 2014. Th e possible date Harris County (Texas) Sheriff Adrian Garcia on Monday calls for information leading to arrests in the the case investigators.” ization, and layoffs in the late into an apartment and became of death was estimated to be January 2014 slayings of a Chinese family of four. Behind him from left are: Houston Chinese Alliance Texas State Representative 1990s, as the government decid- the company’s employee. between Jan 24 and Jan 25. members Steve Pei, Howard Xu, Sun Yingying and Texas State Representative Gene Wu. MAY ZHOU / CHINA DAILY Gene Wu appealed to anyone ed not to support money-losing His departure from Waste- According to police reports, with information to “come State-owned enterprises. land in 2012 “could not have all were shot once in the head only murder case we have,” gun was involved in the killings perpetrator(s) to come for- out and share with us. The “I didn’t expect that in Waste- been more joyous”, said Meyer, and each was found in a dif- Garcia said. “I’m asking you and that the case appears unre- ward to confess,” Sun said. “I law enforcement needs it, we land I would glimpse the nation’s as his wife was pregnant, some- ferent room in the house in not to look at this case in its lated to others, Garcia declined think this is unlikely to hap- need to catch the people who future,” Meyer wrote thing villagers had been eager to northwestern Harris County. singularity; there are other vio- to elaborate on any working pen, therefore meaningless. did this, to heal. Please don’t Th e village’s name coincided hear for years. Th ey now want Harris County Sheriff Adri- lent crimes. We are still wait- theories, number of suspects, We hope the police will step be afraid. Please come out and with T. S. Eliot’s Th e Waste Land to see their son, and the Meyers an Garcia asked the commu- ing for all results to come back motives or any progress. up the investigation. We can’t share your information with but the village is lively. are planning a trip to Wasteland. nity on Monday to have con- from the Institute of Forensic The Chinese community be part of the investigation; we us.” “Th e poem begins, ‘April is Meyer is living with his wife, fi dence and patience: “Th is is Sciences,” Garcia said. has been frustrated over the can only express our opinion Anyone with information is the cruelest month.’ But in the Frances, in Singapore. He is on a complicated case. The last Garcia said the investigators lack of progress in the case, on behalf of the community.” asked to contact Crime Stop- village, April was the beginning a book tour and will speak at thing we want is to rush the interviewed many people. He said Sun Yingying, president Sun also said that the HCA pers of Houston at 713-222- of life,” said Meyer. “Th e poem the New York Public Library on investigation. Ultimately, we said there are many theories on of the HCA. The frustration will get an update every two TIPS (8477). Anyone provid- is at the forefront of Modern- Tuesday and the Asia Society in want justice and a conviction. what happened, but it does not is compounded by the fact months from the sheriff’s ing information that leads to ism, and so is the village, when New York on Wednesday. “The volume of evidence help to speculate openly about that police are disclosing little offi ce. the fi ling of felony charges or it comes to agriculture, at least.” collected is incredible, and the case. information. Steve Pei, a professor at the an arrest/arrests in the case When Meyer arrived in Lu Huiquan in New York con- unfortunately, this is not the Other than the fact that a “Sheriff Garcia called for the University of Houston and a could receive up to $75,000. the village, China already had tributed to this report.

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Additional information is ing in Lhasa at the approach Xigaze for the festival, and he the nine elements you find in on fi le with the Department of your guthuk has a symbolic Justice, Washington, DC. of Losar, Tibetan New Year, more shoppers.” will give the staff a 15-day holi- which coincides this year with day. meaning.” the traditional Chinese Sonam Droma is a Tibetan On the morning of the first WASHINGTON Basang Lhamoang, stall own- National Press Bldg, Suite 1108 Spring Festival. er, Barkhor market, Lhasa woman who married a Han. day of the festival, Tibetan 529 14th Street NW This year, New Year falls on They plan to spend the festi- residents in Lhasa will cook Washington, DC 20045 the same day, Thursday, in val on the grassland. “It is changku — cheese, brown Tel: 202-662-7249 both traditions. Losar dates to A Han woman (left) and a Tibetan girl make traditional local food more fun to embrace Losar in sugar and roasted barley flour Fax: 202-662-7247 about 100 BC, the time of the in Lhasa on Sunday, to greet Spring Festival and Tibetan New Year, before New Year’s Eve. a remote grassland, as we boiled in barley wine — an ninth king of Tibet, Pude both of which come on Thursday. PALDEN NYIMA / CHINA DAILY As hordes of shoppers pre- enjoy the evening bonfire activity followed by good-luck LOS ANGELES Gungyal. The celebration pared for the festival, some dancing and singing,” Sonam offerings to each other made 350 S. Figueroa Street, Suite 509 runs as long as 15 days. Road and the Barkhor Shop- Basang Lhamo, a stall owner bus drivers find it difficult to Droma, 27, said. “It is happier from chemar, a mixture of Los Angeles, CA 90071 Although the heavy snow ping Mall, are packed with in the Barkhor market. avoid traffic jams. “Ahead of on the grassland.” roast barley flour and butter. Tel: 213-232-0130 Fax: 212-537-8898 that fell in Lhasa two days ago customers. “I did not have time to Losar, with buses and streets Features of the festival Many residents of Lhasa has not melted yet, residents “My business is much bet- prepare for my own Losar,” crowded with people, it is include activities such as eating make a pilgrimage to Bud- are gearing up for the festival. ter than last year. With the said the 38-year-old, adding hard to keep the bus moving guthuk — a kind of noodles — dhist temples in Jokhang and SAN FRANCISCO 575 Market Street, Suite 1875 Many of the hot shopping New Year festivals together, I that she will close her busi- smoothly,” said Nyima Tser- expelling evil, pilgrimages to Ramoche, as well as to the San Francisco, CA 94105 spots, such as the Ramoche had more shoppers,” said ness on Tuesday, one day ing, a driver in Lhasa. temples, parties, circle dancing Potala Palace. Tel: 415-348-8288 Fax: 415-348-8388 FESTIVAL SEATTLE 1700 Seventh Ave., Suite 2100 New Year: Seattle, WA 98101 Tennessee traditions Tel: 206-357-8514 Fax: 212-537-8898 People speak from the heart FROM PAGE 2 Ming Wang, a physician, see is a lot like the Chinese president of the Tennes- communities in San Fran- HOUSTON 10777 Westheimer Road, Suite 805 through traditional scrolls Li said the Chinese com- see Chinese Chamber of cisco or New York City 50 Houston, TX 77042 munity is composed mainly Commerce and honorary years ago,” said Wang. “Most Tel: 832-767-0779 of middle-class profession- chairman of the Tennessee of the Chinese Americans als who work at large com- American-Chinese Cham- here are still engaged in pro- By LUO WANGHU nese character fu, which campaign is a public-spirited CANADA panies, such as Columbus- ber of Commerce.“My fessions traditionally repre- and SU ZHOU means blessing and happi- activity that is welcomed by TORONTO based Nationwide Insurance understanding is that aft er sented by Chinese Ameri- Suite 1013, 8 King Street East, luowangshu@ ness. ordinary people. Netizens and at Chemical Abstracts, a the Civil War ended in 1865; cans such as being restau- Toronto, Ontario M5C 1B5 chinadaily.com.cn Meng Wei, a communica- have used traditional vehicles, Tel: (416)363-6686 tions scholar at the Chinese such as the scrolls, to speak scientifi c organization. the south was very strong rant owners and university Fax: (416)363-6616 Chinese netizens are post- Academy of Social Sciences, from the heart, Su said. On Feb 21, the Chinese in agriculture. Th e Chinese researchers. The challenge ing New Year’s scrolls online said that new media create a Voluntary salutes to top Students and Scholars Asso- were brought in to labor on faced by the Chinese Ameri- to salute President Xi Jin- bridge between leaders and leaders can be traced back to ciation (CSSA) at OSU will cotton farms,” he said. cans here in the heartland ping, according to People’s ordinary people that offers a 1984, People’s Daily said. sponsor a New Year’s cel- Wang said the state’s Chi- of America today is how Daily’s overseas edition. positive and vivid forum for Peking University students ebration. On Feb 22, the nese community now num- to step out of the comfort A netizen using the name public opinion. carried a scroll emblazoned Ohio Chinese School in bers about 50,000, primarily zone of our own ethnicity CHINA DAILY (ISSN 0748- Tianyaduomei initiated the Among the scrolls in the with Xiaoping, Nihao, mean- Worthington, a Columbus in Knoxville, home of the and integrate more effec- activity in December on the online activity, the word “anti- ing “Hello, Deng Xiaoping”, suburb, will hold a New University of Tennessee, tively and in larger numbers 6154) is published daily except website of China Central Tele- corruption” has been popular. that year in the National Day Year’s event. And on Feb 23 Memphis and Nashville. into American mainstream weekends by China Daily USA, vision. The goal was to collect Gong Min, a senior at Renmin parade. A photograph record- the Chinese Culture Club “The first wave of mod- activities.” 1500 Broadway, Suite 2800, 2015 New Year’s scrolls for Xi. University of China, told Peo- ed the people’s recognition of at OSU will hold a celebra- ern immigrants to Tennes- Two major Chinese New New York, NY 10036. Periodical The activity has received many ple’s Daily that while she did the opening-up policy, which tion. Members of the club see was employed on farms Year events will be held in postage paid at New York, NY “likes” by netizens. Through not write a scroll herself, she was brought about by then- are Americans studying or operated restaurants and Nashville. On Feb. 21, the and additional mailing offi ces. the end of January, the main paid a great deal of attention top leader Deng. Chinese language, culture retail shops and was mostly Asian American Student online post had received to the activity. In the Internet era, people POSTMASTER: Send address 300,000 visits. “The voluntary dedication show respect and admiration and history. “Quite a few of from Taiwan,” Wang said. Association will present the changes to CHINA DAILY USA, Chinese traditionally post of scrolls to President Xi shows to top leaders online. A micro the members have no Asian The second wave which annual Asian New Year Fes- 1500 Broadway, Suite 2800, Lunar New Year scrolls on he is loved by the Chinese peo- blogger created an account or Chinese heritage. Many began in the 1970s, were tival, a showcase of dances New York, NY 10036. their doors for Spring Festival. ple. The anti-corruption battle with which to collect Xi Jin- members are second and more professionally focused and performances spanning © 2015 China Daily On New Year’s Eve, red scrolls is a hot discussion online, ping material and communi- third generation Chinese,” including physicians (like 11 countries across Asia on All Rights Reserved appear around doorways, and which means that the reform cated with other Xi fans. said Karen Mancl, a profes- Wang) and research scien- the Vanderbilt campus. On Vol. 34 — No. 10555 red paper-cuttings are dis- benefits the people,” Gong An account on WeChat, a sor and adviser to the group. tists at colleges, including Feb 22, the Greater Nash- played as window decora- said. Chinese instant messaging Vanderbilt University in ville Chinese Association, tions. Scrolls are decorated Su Hongyuan, a journalism tool, got more than 100,000 Nashville, Tennessee Nashville and the University which consists of mostly with characters and sayings to professor at South China Uni- subscribers within a year who Chinese first arrived in of Tennessee. business people, will hold A member of bring happiness and good for- versity of Technology, told Peo- share and discuss Xi’s politi- Tennessee in the late 19th “Th e Chinese community a New Year’s celebration the Asia News Network tune — for example, the Chi- ple’s Daily that the anti-graft cal thoughts online daily. century, according to Dr in Nashville and in Tennes- focused on the community.