44, October - December, 1991 the Opening to China

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#44, October - December, 1991 The Opening to China

The following are excerpts from the speech by Alfred trips to China negotiating with Premier Zhou Enlai Jenkins, retired foreign service officer in China, made at leading up to a Nixon visit. the China Council's annual dinner on September 11. My office was charged with preparing the talking Editor's note. papers for those negotiations, on every conceivable subject. The project was so secret I could only get y first and last assignments in diplomatic ser- two members of my staff cleared for it. We could Mvice were to Beijing, with a quarter century hia- draw on any resource in Washington as needed, if tus between, when we had no diplomatic we camouflaged the request. representation in the mainland of China. Virtually the whole world paid attention when repre- sentatives of two great nations that had been in inim- As early as the summer of 1954I began to wonder ical, at times actively hostile, confrontation for 23 about the Sino-Soviet alleged fraternal collusion. I years, sat down together to try to find common was negotiating with the Chinese in Geneva, ground on which to build trust and mutual respect. attempting to get Americans released who were held It had to be one of the great shows of the 20th cen- against their will in China. My opposite number tury to see Henry Alfred Kissinger and Zhou Enlai was the Chinese official who had maintained an sparring across the table during three pre-Nixon unsullied record of anti-American vituperation and negotiating visits to China, each of a week's dura- bombast in the Panmunjam talks in Korea, and here tion. Surely two of the most intelligent men on he was dealing with me a couple of years later with earth, each with a saving sense of humor, with unfailing civility. I decided it was because the Chi- utmost seriousness, were literally starting to reshape nese were having trouble with the Soviets, and the world as we had known it. maybe wanted to hold onto our little finger. Irreconcilable differences were set forth baldly, noth- Finally, at the end of the 60's, all signals turned ing was swept under the rug. There was no diplo- green--courtesy of the Soviets! The invasion of matic doubletalk. The thing that impressed me most Czechoslovakia, the Breshnev Doctrine that said any was the danger inherent in a lack of communication errant communist regime would be dealt with sum- for a quarter century. Of course we had met with the marily, and the enormous Soviet military build-up Chinese in Warsaw periodically, but we were not on the Chinese border, the longest border between really listening to each other. In the Kissinger- any two nations on earth and one with a history of Zhou talks both sides were listening-carefully. problems, had the Chinese deeply concerned. This Many things were cleared up, including one serious ushered in ping-pong diplomacy and soon ushered misunderstanding due to a mistranslation of a key me into Henry Kissinger's office at the White House. phrase in one of President Nixon's speeches that led He said he wanted me to accompany him on several the Chinese to believe we sought world dominance!

1 China Council Quarterly The President's week in China was a tour de force. Who could have imagined a few months before that _SP_E_C_I_A_L_E_V_'E_N_T_S ~ the Chinese People's Liberation Army Band would be playing the American national anthem on Chi- Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China nese soil to honor the arrival of the President of the Author Jung Chang Reads in Portland United States or that our President and their Prime Minister would be toasting one another in the Great Thursday, October 3 Hall of the People to the strains of "America the 7:30PM Beautiful" ! Powell's Books 1005 W Burnside At the end of the week a communique was signed in No admission charge; call 725-4567for information Shanghai, turning a new page in Sino-American relations. It was a hard-bargained document in which he China Council and Powell's Books are jointly we attempted to take into account the sensitivities of Tpresenting Jung Chang, who will read from her the Chinese Nationalist government on Taiwan. new book, Wild Swans: Three Daughters oj China, pub- On April 6, 1973,as the first American diplomat to lished by Simon & Schuster. enter China on assignment in 23 years, I crossed the Now directing Chinese Studies at London Univer- Hong Kong border into China with a small staff sity, Chang has written about the lives of her grand- including two security men. My mission was to set mother, mother, and herself during the upheaval of up a United States Liaison Office, equivalent to an 20th-century China. Chang's grandmother was Embassy in all but name, and to head it until the born in Manchuria in 1909,and became the concu- arrival several weeks later of David Bruce, our most bine of a warlord general at age fifteen. She escaped senior officer in the entire Foreign Service. I then with her infant daughter (Jung Chang's mother) in became his Deputy. 1932and lived under the Japanese occupation. Jung For the next year and a half I learned a great deal Chang's mother joined the underground Communist more about life in China in the Cultural Revolution. movement and was arrested by the Nationalists. She While United States attitudes and actions have some married one of Mao' s guerrillas and they moved to importance to China, we should never harbor the Sichuan province. Jung Chang was born in 1952, illusion that our action is likely very immediately or and grew up among the Communist elite: her par- profoundly to affect China or the Chinese people. ents were both senior officials. Chang describes the Massive China has its own momentum, and will go starvation during the Great Leap Forward and her its own way. experiences as a Red Guard during the Cultural Rev- olution. Both her parents were sent to labor camps, Having said that, it is also true that there are global and her father was driven insane. As a young magnetisms te ding to pull even a China of provin- woman, Chang worked as a barefoot doctor, steel- cial and anachronistic leadership into articulation worker, and electrician before she became an English with the adva ced world. Attractive as that world is student. In 1978,she won a fellowship to study in to the Chinese, its demand is harsh. The future Britain, and was the first Chinese student to get a belongs both to free competition and to transnational doctorate from a British university. symbiosis-mutually supporting relationships. Those unarticulated will lose out. I think China will not lose out. T e articulation so far is too slow and Get Back Into Chinese too sporadic-and to the leadership too uncomfort- Five-Week Chinese Review Classes at Elementary able, but I believe acceleration of it is a certainty. and Intermediate Levels

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2 China Council Quarterly nterested in brushing up your Chinese?The China ICouncil will offer five-week-long Chinese review CHINA COUNCIL NEWS ¥ classes at the elementary and intermediate levels this fall, based on the success of our summer review pro- Staff Changes gram. Class time for both levels will be devoted to practicing speaking and reading Mandarin, and ince June, the China Council staff has seen many homework will be assigned. Schanges; as employees left Oregon for destina- tions ranging from Washington, DC to Beijing. The elementary-level class, intended as a review for Kelly Lundquist, our Secretary I Membership Coor- those who have already completed at least one year dinator since late 1990, left in June for a Willamette of college-level Chinese, will be offered in two sec- University internship in Washington, DC. She was tions, one on Tuesday evenings and one on Thurs- replaced by Ellie Pine, a Portland artist with many day evenings, from 7 to 9 PM. The instructor, Lu ties to China. Ellie has studied Chinese and twice Lina, is a native of Jilin Province who has taught Chi- sojourned in China, once in 1981, when she taught nese language and speech communications in Ore- English at the Shan dong College of Oceanology in gon and Washington for the last five years. Students Qingdao and again in 1983, when she studied Chi- in her previous China Council Introductory Chinese nese in Beijing. She has worked with the China class called her the best teacher they ever had. The Council on many occasions, helping with graphic textbook for this course, New Chinese 300, is a book of art, writing, and clerical work. basic practical dialogues used in daily life. Feroza Allee, the Oregon-China Database Coordina- The intermediate-level class is intended as a review tor since August 1990, has moved to Beijing with her for those who have already completed at least two husband John, where she will teach management to years of college-level Chinese. It will be offered on students at the International Business and Econom- Tuesday evenings, also from 7 to 9 PM and will use ics University (ling Mew Daxue). the text, Everyday Chinese: 60 Fables and Anecdotes. Yang Feng, the instructor for the intermediate class, Gaelle Snell, who has been the China Council Assis- is an enthusiastic and experienced teacher from tant since 1988, gave birth to a baby boy, Grant, on Wuhan who has won several awards in China for September 27 and now works part time, taking over developing innovative teaching methods. the position of Database Coordinator and becoming the new editor of the China Information Bulletin. Dur- For further information and class registration, please ing Gaelle's maternity leave.jMarcia Weinstein is call Susan Brick at 725-4567. Acting Database Coordinator, ,_,i.< ~' -'* '""", , Our new Assistant· - usan Holme Brick, who had Members Invited to New Monthly China just moved to Portland from Walla Walla when she Lunches .~ _ . began volunteering for the China Council in June. Exceptionally well qualified for a China-related posi- Third Thursdays (October 17,November 21, tion, Susan has an MA in Asian Studies from the Uni- December 19) . versity of California at Berkeley and studied Chinese New Peking Restaurant for two years at National Taiwan Normal University. 735 SW First (Yamhill) She is fluent in Chinese and is especially interested 12:30-1:30 PM Buffet Lunch ($5.50) in modern Chinese history and literature. For three No reservations; information: 725-4567 years, she worked at World College West (Petaluma, California) directing their overseas study programs in China and Taiwan, which are hig ly unusual in fyou want to meet other members on an informal that they arrange home stays with local families. Ibasis and find out what they are doing in Oregon- Chinese affairs, you will enjoy a new monthly China Finally, we have been lucky to add yet another Lunch gathering the third Thursday of the each Senior Employment employee to 0 r staff, Jean month. We have located a Chinese buffet restaurant Campbell, who has worked as a Clerical Assistant where we can eat together as a group. You simply since August. She worked for many years at Pacific serve yourself, pay on your own and join the Power & Light in the Accounts Payable section and group-no reservations are necessary. We've set the was a real estate salesperson as well. She joins lunch at 12:30 to avoid a long line! Mark Sidel, Pro- another Senior Employment employee, Gene Tom, gram Committee chair, will be host. our Chinese Community Liaison, who has been with

3 China Council Quarterly the Council for one year and has just completed Generous Donors Assist Council work on the Chinatown Walking Tour brochure (see China Resources). hankyou to ~heDran.eas, Gregores a~d Beran Tlaw firm for Its donation to the Council of an IBM 75 Electronic Typewriter. We are also grateful to Joanne Wakeland New Quarterly Editor renewing Corporate Patrons Nike, Inc. and US Bank of Oregon and to other corporate members oanne Wakeland begins this issue as the new edi- who renewed this quarter: Arthur Andersen & Co., J tor of the China Council Quarterly, and comes with Reed College, the Port of Portland, Davis Wright high qualifications, including a Ph.D. in Chinese his- Tremaine, ESCO Corporation, North Pacific Trad- tory from the University of Michigan and seven ing Co., the Oregon State System of Higher Educa- years experience as a technical writer. Joanne moved tion, Photon Kinetics, and the Oregon Economic to Oregon two and a half years ago and is a Senior Development Department. Technical Writer for Integrated Management Sys- We also thank Major Donors William and Deborah tems (IMS)in Beaverton. She taught Chinese history Martson and Sponsors William and Jeanne Fronk. for several years at Wayne State University, Carleton Other contributors were John Zhao, Connie Earn- College, and the University of Nevada at Las Vegas. shaw, Paul Y.Wong, Sidney and Muriel Lezak, and Her dissertation research was on local government Leah Hing. in Beijing during the Ming Dynasty. Joanne is seek- ing more writers for the Quarterly, so if you wish to Volunteers Help Make Programs a contribute to future issues, call the China Council Success .. office, 725-4567. any members and friends of the China Council Mhave generously volunteered their time to assist Corporate Members to Receive . with events and office work. Several volunteers Discounts on China Business Review stepped forward to help at the China and Democracy Conference in June: Matt Barkley, Ian Brandon, Tim hina Council corporate members will be able to Cushing, Hao Daowei, Nancy Dollahite, Matt Healy, Creceive a 20% discount on subscriptions to the Hong Mu, Sarah Moon, Louise Langley, Li [un, and magazine of the US-China Business Council, The Zhong Youping. On July 17, Peter Wonacott, Mark China Business Review, the foremost publication on Wilczewski, Hong Mu, and Paul Overby assisted at what's happening in trade with the People's Repub- the Most Favored Nation Forum. Numerous volun- lic. The Review will be offered to corporate members teers, including Matt Barkley, Stuart Evensen, Joan for $75/year (six issues). Corporate members will Frances, Bee Pine, Monica Ransdell, Rachel Ransom, receive a mailing offering this discount, but can John Sinclair, Peter Wanacott, and Wang Xiaoyang, write directly to The China Business Review, 1818N helped with the dim sum brunch and film sympo- St.,NW, Suite 500,Washington, DC 20036 (FAX: sium and the accompanying Chinese films on 202-775-2476). August 10 and 11. Stuart Evenson staffed the registration table at the China Business Network Lun- This is a great opportunity for companies that need cheon with Denny Barnes on August 20, while to keep informed on China trade, for the Review can- Shelley Pittman did the same for the China Council's not be equalled for its feature articles on new PRC Annual Membership Dinner on September 11. trade laws, case studies of US-China business ven- tures, and what's happening in the troubled arena of Matt Barkley, Matt Healy, Grace Li, Lois Lieber, US-China trade relations. A recent issue has several Bruce McGibbon, Bee Pine, Wang Xiaoyang and Ann articles on hiring Chinese labor-dealing with the Zoll helped assemble bulk mailings in July, August extensive labor laws requiring employers to provide and September. We give special thanks to Lois many social services-and the hiring, firing and man- Lieber, who volunteers regularly in the office. aging of Chinese employees. It also has excellent fea- The Eastern Oregon bus tour was largely organized tures on foreign involvement in housing by Marcia Weinstein, who also personally shopped construction in Shanghai and US dumping charges for snacks and drinks, as well as handled all the against China. logistics on the tour itself. She was ably assisted by Lou Weiwei. Once again, we thank Jeffrey Barlow

4 China Council Quarterly and Christine Richardson, who were the tour lectur- John Metschan-Vice President of I ternational Cor- ers, giving participants the benefit of their years of porate Services at First Interstate Bank of Oregon, research and fieldwork on the history of Chinese in Metschan has business interests in China. He lived Oregon. This is the third such tour to John Day and in Taiwan from 1969to 1971,in Hong Kong 1980to Bend that they have led. 1982,and has visited China. Metschan returns to the China Council Board, having served from 1987-89, Annual Meeti'!:8 Caps Year of Growth, and is currently a member of the Foundation Com- Elects New Officers . mittee.

well-attended dinner at Chen's China Clipper Robert Moon-A tax accountant at Ernst and Young Awas the setting for the China Council's Annual in Portland, Moon holds an M.A. in International Meeting on September 11. Outgoing President Lois Management and spent one year teaching at the Beran reviewed the highlights of the last year, includ- Guangzhou Institute of Foreign Trade from 1987-88. ing the initiation of the China 1990s project, through Moon has been active in the China Council as chair which was funded the purchase of a high-quality of the Chinese Student Assistance Committee since it computer system, hiring and training of additional was formed after June 4, 1989,and now chairs that staff, publication of the China Information Bulletin and committee. a series of lectures and panel discussions led by nationally recognized leaders in Sino-American affairs. The first annual Chinese New Year Gourmet Mark Sidel-Sidel, a law professor at Lewis and Dinner and Flying Horse Auction was a highly enter- Clark's Northwest School of Law, is working taining and successful fundraiser. The 1990-1 towards developing stronger ties between Lewis and Annual Report is available for those who would like Clark and the Pacific Rim. In 1988he served as a a copy. program officer for the Ford Foundation in Beijing. Prior to that he represented American firms in China Directors elected at the membership meeting were: for Baker and McKenzie in New York. Sidel now For reelection, Mike Hoffman, Dennis Johnson, Mel chairs the China Council's Program Committee and Gurtov, Thomas Lowles, Kate McCusker, and Brian is a member of the China 1990s Committee. Pedersen; newly elected were Carol Marr Vreeland, John Metschan, Mary Brown, and Mark Sidel (see profiles below). Elected mid-term by the board Richard Suttmeier-Director of the Center for Asian were Richard Suttmeier and Robert Moon. and Pacific Studies at the University of Oregon at Eugene, Suttmeier is one of the nation's leading Nominating Committee chair, Donald Jenkins, who experts on technology transfer to China. He has is leaving the board after serving since the China served as a senior analyst for the Office of Technol- Council's formation in December 1980,presented a ogy Assessment. Representing the Committee on gift of China books to Beran, citing her leadership Scholarly Communications with the PRC and the during two years of exciting, positive change. National Academy of Sciences, he spent 1987in Beij- The new board then met to elect its officers for the ing developing US-China scientific and technologi- year: Roger Luedtke, President; Mel Gurtov, Presi- cal exchanges. Suttmeier chairs the Council's China dent-Elect; Deborah Martson, Secretary; and Dennis Scholars Circle. Johnson, Treasurer. Carol Marr Vreeland-A registered i vestment Paul Millius adviser with Titan Value Equities, Inc. and First Investment Advisers, Vreeland is a Chinese Ameri- China Council Welcomes Six New Board can who has been involved with Asian and Pacific Members American women's issues and has organized forums on related topics. This year she helped organize the ary Brown-A librarian in the public schools, China Council's program, Chinese Americans: Fact, MBrown has been active in fundraising for the Film and Fiction. She currently serves on the Auction China Council for one year. She has served as chair Committee. of the Chinese New Year Auction Committee since late last year. Her interests include international affairs and foreign travel. Susan Holme Brick

5 China Council Quarterly example, in resentment between colleagues in work _B_O_O_K_S_I_N_T_H_E_N_E_W_S_¥ units, often affects not only how Chinese interact with foreigners but how they interact with each Encountering the Chinese: A Guide for Americans other, and understanding this can be important to by Hu Wenzhong and Cornelius Grove, Intercul- tural Press, 1991. 224pp., $16.95. the American working in China. Similarly, I would like to have seen a fuller treatment n Encountering the Chinese: A Guide for Americans, of the difficulties an American invariably encounters Iauthors Hu Wenzhong and Cornelius Grove have as a result of the economic disparity between the produced a highly readable, informative handbook PRC and the United States. The current drive in for Americans who intend to interact with Chinese China for material possessions and for an opportu- in China or elsewhere. The focus of the volume is on nity to travel abroad places pressure on foreign visi- the values and patterns of behavior of the Han Chi- tors. Hu and Grove mention briefly how one might nese in the People's Republic of China, but the respond to requests for assistance from Chinese wish- authors note that some generalizations they make ing to study abroad. But what about requests from may also be applicable to ethnic Chinese from Hong black marketeers and acquaintances to exchange Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, etc. Renminbi for Foreign Exchange Certificates (the hard Chinese currency that can be used to buy scarce Encountering the Chinese has several strengths. It is goods) or requests to buy one's cameras, bicycles both comprehensive and logically organized, cover- and other hard to come by items? How does one ing everything from forms of address and greetings respond to such requests appropriately within the to appointments, making friends, decision-making Chinese cultural and legal framework, especially processes, the concept of face and farewells. Part I given the importance of reciprocity in the Chinese provides general explanations of Chinese values and guanxi system? Because the American sojourner in behavioral patterns for those interacting with Chi- China is bound to face issues like these, they deserve nese anywhere, while Part II offers specific advice more attention in the guide. for Americans living and working in China. Although many of the examples cited are drawn Despite these flaws, Encountering the Chinese fills a from Chinese institutions of higher education (which niche better than any other single volume I have makes it especially enlightening for American stu- seen to date, as a practical and thorough guide to dents and teachers embarking to China), the book is Chinese values and behavioral patterns that would general enough to be useful to businesspersons and be of equal value to the student, teacher, businessper- other professionals as well. son, or other professional preparing to interact with Chinese counterparts in China or abroad. Perhaps the most appealing characteristic of this volume is that it offers accurate, practical information Susan Holme Brick about Chinese culture with illustrative comparisons to American culture, and it does this without being overly academic or theoretical. The authors provide adequate explanations of cultural differences and then immediately suggest" appropriate and produc- _C_H_IN__A_ T_O_V_R_S ¥ tive" responses for different situations. The anno- tated list of recommended readings and See Tibet Through Tibetan Eyes in 1992 bibliography are excellent resources as well. In an effort perhaps to be objective and sensitive in once-in-a-lifetime tour to an isolated and tradi- their treatment of Chinese culture, Hu, Vice Presi- Ational culture, this September 1992 China Coun- dent for Academic Affairs at Beijing Foreign Studies cil tour will cross the remote Qinghai-Tibetan University, and Grove, an intercultural trainer in plateau and spend nine days exploring Tibet. New York, have glossed over a few of the less pleas- Tibetan guides will provide the Tibetan perspective ant aspects of life in China. Virtually no mention is often lacking in Chinese-led tours. An expert China made, for instance, of the damage to interpersonal Council tour leader will guide the group on this relations among Chinese friends, family and col- strenuous and adventurous journey. Imperial Tour leagues caused by the Cultural Revolution. The and Travel in Portland is working with Morning Star scars of that disruptive period have not fully healed. Travel in Hong Kong/Beijing to make the tour a sue- The distrust among Chinese themselves, visible, for ·cessfulone.

6 China Council Quarterly The tour leaves Beijing for Lanzhou, Gansu prov- Oregon Historical Society's Education Director, ince, where our overland bus excursion begins. In Karen Broenneke, asked Deborah Buchanan, a China Qinghai, we will see such magnificent Tibetan cen- Council member, to write a self-guided walking tour ters as the Yellow Hat monastery in Labrang, the of Chinatown to accompany their show Four Oceans, Kumbum lamasery near the Dalai Lama's birthplace, One Family: The Chinese in Portland, held July 1989- as well as the legendary Lake Kokonor (Qinghai July 1990. Lake), famed for its rare birds. We will see new towns, Tibetan nomad camps, and remote lakes. Deborah Buchanan used three major sources for writ- Travelling through heavily eroded gorges through ing the tour: Portland's Chinatown: The History of an the Kunlun Mountains near the source of the Urban Ethnic District by Nelson Chia-Chi Ho; Yangtze River, we will stop at the highest town in Portland's Chinese-The Early Years by Hugh Clark; the world, Wenquan, north of the Tanggula Pass, at and Chinatown Historic District by Judith Rees (all 5,100meters (nearly 17,000feet). Visits to the sources are on file at the China Council). She also Tibetan towns of Nagqu, Lhasa, Samye, Gyantse, participated in a walking tour organized by the Chi- and Shigatse offer many opportunities to meet Tibet- nese Consolidated Benevolent Association led by ans. In Lhasa, the group will visit the Potala Palace, George and Mary Leong. the major religious centers, the bazaar, and the Gaelle Snell, Jane Larson, and Susan Brick of the Tibetan Medical Institute-center for traditional China Council assisted with different stages of the Tibetan medicine. project, and Gene Tom served as a valuable liaison to The tour leaves Tibet for Chengdu, Guangzhou and the Chinatown community. Hong Kong, highlighting the enormous contrasts in The brochure will be produced and distributed as China today. one of the Portland Development Commission's his- Travelers must be in good health and physical condi- toric district brochures. It will be available in tion, have a medical certificate, and be willing to November from the China Council, t e Oregon His- travel in less than first-class conditions in some torical Society,the Portland Development Commis- areas. Please contact the China Council if you would sion and Chinatown businesses. like details about the tour. Deborah Buchanan and Susan Brick Marcia Weinstein and Joanne Wakeland Tapes and Reports of China 1990s Events Are Available _C_H_IN_A_R_E_S_O_V_R_C_E_S __ ~ fyou missed the recent panel disc ssion on Chinatown Walking Tour Brochure IChina's Most Favored Nation status (with 16 excellent speakers, each with a different point of view) or Available Soon the June forum on democracy in China with Liu Binyan and Li Lu, you can listen to them on audio his November a walking tour brochure of tape. We have tapes of most of the China 19905 pro- TPortland's Chinatown will be completed and grams; we can copy them for you at cost or lend available from the China Council. Featuring a walk- them to you for one week. Interested members can ing-tour map; a brief history of Chinatown; and also obtain a summary report of the MFN discussion descriptions of herbal medicine shops, restaurants, prepared by Peter Wonacott and a report on April's family associations, and other landmarks, the bro- policy meeting on our sister city/ state relationships chure will be a handy way to "discover" Portland's with China and Taiwan. Chinatown. Photographs from the Oregon Histori- cal Society archives, cover calligraphy by Wing K. Free China Teaching Materials from the Leong, and bilingual headings will add to the distinc- tive character of the brochure. Oregon International Council

The Portland Development Commission is produc- reated by participants in Oregon International ing the brochure in cooperation with the Oregon His- CCouncil's" China in World History" project, five torical Society and the Northwest Regional China volumes of teaching units are now available for a Council. The idea for the project began when the postage/handling fee of $2/volume or $6 for the

7 China Council Quarterly complete set. Write to the OIC, 999 Locust St. NE, 1990s grants from the Meyer Memorial Trust and Salem, OR 97303. other foundations. The project includes development of an Oregon-China database, publication of The units should interest teachers of many subjects, the Oregon-China Trade Update, and revision of the from art to math to social studies. They include a 1988Resource Directory. simulation game for the high school level, "The Chi- nese Immigrant Experience in America." There is a The Oregon-China computer database contains cur- 16-lesson unit for young children on Chinese folk- rent information on organizations in Oregon and the tales and a whole volume on Chinese mathematics, Northwest that are involved with China, Hong with activities, handouts, and source references. Kong, Singapore, or Taiwan in the fields of trade, education, culture, and government. The half-time China! Yesterday and Today Summer database coordinator, a position first held by Feroza Program in Jilin Province Allee and now by Gaelle Snell, works with the Infor- mation Clearinghouse Task Force, chaired by Mike hort (three to five weeks) travel! study programs Hoffman. The first goal of the database project has Sare offered each summer at the Jilin University been to create the database (Mark Howard designed of Technology in Changchun, northeastern China. a custom program), and then to expand and update They include classes on modern Chinese culture and the trade section of the resource directory. Camera- history, Chinese language for travelers, and taiji. The ready copy for the trade supplement will be pro- total cost for a four and a half week program, includ- duced directly from the database, which will allow ing round trip transportation from Beijing to last-minute editing. Changchun, is $1,500,which includes lodging, food, classes, and excursions around northeast China, Beij- To expand the Trade section, the China Council sent ing, and the Great Wall/Ming Tombs. a questionnaire to companies in Oregon and South- western Washington about their business in the Chi- For information, write Jane Josselyn, Department of nese world. The database coordinator and ten Foreign Affairs, Jilin University of Technology, interns from local colleges and universities spent sev- Changchun, 130025,Jilin Province, China. eral hundred hours compiling, entering and verify- ing the database information. The expanded trade database uses 28 categories to organize the compa- CHINA W(iIli]l nies such as manufacturers, banks, accounting firms, 1990S ficr~zJ law firms, engineering firms, importers, exporters, distributors, consultants, retailers, and others. Oregon-China Trade Update The database reveals the spectrum of Oregon businesses that trade with China. More than 175 of the To Be Published Soon 468 companies in the database have ties with China, more than 300 have ties with Taiwan, and more than 300have ties with Hong Kong. Over 100 Oregon he Oregon-China Trade Update, a supplement to companies have Mandarin-speaking staff members Tthe 1988publication China in Oregon: A Resource and over 60 firms have Cantonese speakers. The Directory, is expected to be published late this year. database includes 18 consultants, 31 transportation firms, 40 importers, and over 65 exporters. More The Trade Update expands on the trade section of the than 40 Oregon companies deal with logs, lumber, 1988Resource Directory, which featured 153 entries paper or pulp; and over 30 specialize in electronic for private and government China trade services that products; and nearly 20 handle gifts and handicrafts. a potential importer, exporter or manufacturer might need to use, such as international legal and tax ser- The six largest accounting firms in Oregon have busi- vices and consulting. The Trade Update will include ness ties with China. They can provide accounting, categories of companies dealing with the Chinese tax and business management expertise to compa- world, that had been excluded from the original nies engaged in trade with China, and all of them directory, such as manufacturers like Nike, Inc. and have offices in China. Tektronix. It will have nearly 500 entries. At least nine Oregon banks have business ties to The Trade Update is part of the three-year Oregon- China. Their international services range from for- China Database Project funded under the China eign exchange and letters of credit to international

8 China Council Quarterly investment and merchant banking. Many of them The ambulance was built in Florida and contains the have branches located in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan best available emergency equipment. It was dedi- or Singapore. cated in Portland during a ceremony held on Septem- Of the 25 largest firms that manufacture products in ber 9, and was then shippped to Kaohsiung. Oregon, at least seven export their products to Although delivered during 1991, the gift is designed China. This list includes Tektronix Inc., Intel Corp., as a two-year endeavor because of its cost. The Port- Jantzen Inc., and Boise Cascade. land-Kaohsiung Sister City Association, led by its President, Dr. Eng Lock Khoo, raised $30,000 of the In addition to publishing the Trade Update, the Ore- $50,000 cost of the ambulance by the September dedi- gon-China computer database will make custo- cation, and fundraising will continue through next mized reports available. For a small fee, a user can year. The Association also hopes to establish an request information on a particular business, or endowment fund for maintenance and update of the obtain lists, profiles, and mailing labels for busi- equipment. The Association is proud of the extraor- nesses in a particular category. dinary gift and hopes that it will help to make the The Trade Update will be available late this year, at Portland-Kaohsiung sister city relationship the best $19.50 per copy. The 1988 Resource Directory can still that Portland has with any of its 18 sister cities. be purchased at $14.95 (members, $11.95). The Trade Update is also available until December 1 at a prepublication price of $14.00, or in a package _C_H_IN_A_R_E_S_E_A_R_C_H __ ~ which includes the Trade Update and the Resource Directory at $25.95. Pick up order forms at the China North Pacific Studies Center Call for Council office or call 725-4567. Papers Mark Wilczewski and Gaelle Snell cholars from all over the world are invited to Ssubmit proposals for papers about the North OREGON-CHINA Pacific in the 18th century, for an international conference sponsored by the Oregon Historical Society's RELATIONS North Pacific Studies Center April 28 to May 1,1992. Proposals should contain a one-page abstract and Portland Presents Ambulance to the scholar's curriculum vitae and be sent by Decem- Kaohsiung ber 15 to Peter A. McGraw, Director, North Pacific Studies Center, Oregon Historical Society, 1230 SW Park, Portland, OR 97205. n October 10 this year Mayor Bud Clark and Oother Portland city officials will fly to Kaohsiung, Taiwan, to present a new ambulance to the city of Kaohsiung. Two years ago, Kaohsiung become Portland's sister city in Taiwan. Since then, Kaohsiung has given Portland two dragon boats that ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: This issue was pre- helped to establish the dragon boat races as one of pared by Susan Brick, Deborah Buchanan, Jean the most popular events of Portland's Rose Festival. Campbell, Alfred Jenkins, E.L. Khoo, Jane Lar- son, Paul Millius, Ellie Pine, Gaelle Snell, As a return gift, Kaohsiung first thought it might like Joanne Wakeland, Marcia Weinstein, and Mark a pair of Asian elephants. However the Portland- Wilczewski; Computer Tools, Inc. was the Kaohsiung Sister City Association eventually settled desktop publisher. on an ambulance equipped with the latest technical equipment as the most appropriate gift. The ambulance will be officially presented to Mayor Den Yih Wu and the citizens of Kaohsiung on October 10. This date was chosen to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Republic of China in 1911.

9 China Council Quarterly NORTHWEST REGIONAL CHINA COUNCIL FOUNDERS, PATRONS, AND MAJOR DONORS FOUNDERS Davis, Wright, Tremaine The Asia Society ESCO Corporation Clark Foundation Folkways Travel The Collins Foundation The Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corp. Ltd. Lillian Baumann Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation Imperial Tour & Travel Inc. Meyer Memorial Trust Key Bank of Oregon Portland State University Lane, Powell, Spears, Lubersky Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt William and Deborah Martson Rose E. Tucker Charitable Trust Niedermeyer Martin Co. PATRONS Northwest Natural Gas Co. Ernst & Young Northwest Regional Education Laboratory First Interstate Bank of Oregon Oregon Economic Development Department Intel Personal Computer Enhancement Operation Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology KPMG Peat Marwick Pacific Development, Inc. Lasco Shipping Perkins Coie Nike, Inc. Port of Portland Security Pacific Bank Oregon Powell's Books United Airlines U.S.National Bank of Oregon Productivity Solutions Inc. MAJOR DONORS Reed College/International Programs Blackwell North America Matthew and Xiaomei Rouse Bohemia Inc. Sprouse Reitz Co. Inc. Bullivant, Houser, Bailey, Pendergrass & Hoffman Stoel, Rives, Boley, Jones & Gray Cascade Corporation Westwood Timber Corporation Cascade Shipping Company Willamette University

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OCTOBER 10/1/91-3/8/92 GUM SAN: LAND OF THE GOLDEN MOUNTAIN: An exhibit on Chinese life and labor in the West at the High Desert Museum, Bend, Oregon. Information: 503-382-4754.

1-20 WINDOWS INTO CHINA: Traveling exhibit on contemporary life in China, sponsored by Linfield College and Meyer Memorial Trust. Public Library, The Dalles. Information: 472-4121.

3 * WILD SWANS, THREE DAUGHTERS OF CHINA: A BOOKWARMING: Author Jung Chang discusses her book about her family. Co-sponsored with Powell's Books at Powell's Books, 1005 W Burnside, 7:30 PM. Information: Joanna Rose,228-4651.

4 FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF ASIAN STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON: Reception, Museum of Art, University of Oregon. 5:30-7:00 PM.

8 CHINESE LANGUAGE SCHOOL FUND RAISING CHINESE GOURMET DINNER: Sponsored by the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association. House of Louie Restau- rant, NW 4th and Davis, 6 PM no-host cocktails, 7 PM dinner; $25 per person. Informa- tion: George and Mary Leong, 284-2592.

10 China Council Quarterly 10/15-11/12 * GET BACK INTO CHINESE: 5-WEEK ELEMENTARY REVIEW: Chinese language review for those who have had one year of college-level Mandarin. PSU, Smith 294; Tues- days, 7-9 PM; members $50, non-members $75. Registration and information: 725-4567. 15-11/12 * GET BACK INTO CHINESE: 5-WEEK INTERMEDIATE REVIEW: Chinese language review for those who have had two years of college-level Mandarin. PSU, Smith 296; Tues- days, 7-9 PM; members$50, non-members $75. Registration and information: 725-4567. 17-11/14 * GET BACK INTO CHINESE: 5-WEEK ELEMENTARY REVIEW: Chinese language review for those who have had one year of college-level Mandarin. PSU, Smith 326; Thurs- days, 7-9 PM; members $50, non-members $75. Registration and information: 725-4567. 17 * MONTHLY CHINA LUNCH: Informal, no-host China Council lunches. New Peking Res- taurant, 735 SW First; 12:30-1:30 PM. No reservations. Information: 725-4567. 20 13th ANNUAL CHINESE FOOD FAIRE '91: Asian cuisine from over 50 restaurants. Sponsored by the Chinese American Citizens Alliance & Chinese Chamber of Commerce. Portland Masonic Temple, 1119SW Park; 5:30 PM seating. Donation $25.Information: 224-4082. 25-27 WESTERN DIVISION OF AMERICAN ORIENTAL SOCIETY MEETING: Annual meeting with 25 scholarly papers on traditional China. Sponsored by the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, University of Oregon. Held at the Erb Memorial Union, University of Oregon, Eugene. Registration $15, $7 for students. 10/26-11 /17 WINDOWS INTO CHINA: Traveling exhibit on contemporary life in China, sponsored by Linfield College. Public Library, Hermiston. Information: 472-4121. NOVEMBER 6 LECTURE: DEATH IN FOURTEENTH-CENTURY JAPAN: Lecture by Andrew Goble, Department of History. Sponsored by the Asian Studies Program, University of Oregon. 332 Gilbert Hall, University of Oregon, Eugene; 3:30 PM. Information: 346-5087. 14-15 CHINESE LITERARY EXPRESSION AND AESTHETICS, THE DREAM OF THE RED CHAMBER: NEH Seminar given by Theodore Huters, Chinese Literature, University of California, Irvine. Held at the University of Oregon, Eugene. Information: 346-5087. 19 THE STATESMAN AS ARTIST: PUBLIC ART AND HIDDEN SIGNALS IN CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY: Asian Studies 50th Anniversary lecture by Richard Kraus, Department of Political Science, University of Oregon. Sponsored by the Office of International Affairs, U O. Information: 346-5851. 19 THE MARBLE TERRACE AND THE THATCHED COTTAGE: EXTRAVAGANCE, MYSTICISM AND VIRTUE IN THE CHINESE GARDEN: Lecture by Gel' aine Fuller. Sponsored by the Asian Art Council, at Portland Art Museum; 5:30 PM. $5 general public. 20 THE STATESMAN AS ARTIST, PUBLIC ART AND HIDDEN SIGNALS IN CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY: Asian Studies 50th Anniversary lecture in Portland (call for location and time). Lecture by Richard Kraus, Department of Political Science,University of Oregon. Sponsored by the Office of International Affairs, UO. Information: 346-5851. 21 * MONTHLY CHINA LUNCH: Informal, no-host China Council lunches. New Peking Res- taurant, 735 SW First; 12:30-1:30 PM. No reservations. Information: 725-4567. 11/23-12/22 WINDOWS INTO CHINA: Traveling exhibit on contemporary life in China, sponsored by Linfield College and Meyer Memorial Trust. Public Library, Roseburg. Information: 472-4121. DECEMBER 19 * MONTHLY CHINA LUNCH: Informal, no-host China Council lunches. New Peking Res- taurant, 735 SW First; 12:30-1:30 PM. No reservations. Information: 725-4567.

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