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Second Quarter State Exports Gain Almost 4 Percent to $5.4 Billion C HINA Fostering business and culturalI harmonyNSIGHT between China and the U.S. VOL. 13 NO. 9 OCT. 2014 A Minneapolis-Harbin sister city music project By Mary Warpeha, contributor The US-China Peoples Friendship As- tures and a night stroll along Zhongyang sociation of Minnesota and the St. Anthony Dajie with exotic eats. Nebulous dream, page 3 Brass Quintet participated in a Harbin – US-China Peoples Friendship Asso- Minneapolis Sister City cultural exchange ciation of Minnesota has been committed to during the 32nd Harbin Summer Music the sister city relationship with Harbin since Festival at the invitation of the Harbin Bu- Board Members brought the idea to the City reau of Culture, Press and Publications and of Minneapolis in the early 1990s. In recent the Harbin Office of Foreign Affairs from history, Meet Minneapolis has become the August 7-11, 2014. official city liaison and with this additional Mary Warpeha, co-president of USCP- strength and our volunteerism, we have been FA-MN lead the delegation, which included Festival already! able to accomplish this remarkable music musicians Dan Massoth and Dan Fretland We arrived in Shanghai where we were exchange. Our goals were to: Opium war, page 4 (trumpet), Larry Zimmerman (trombone), guests of a generous donor, Miles Tu, • Strengthen the organizational ties admin- Neal Bolter (French horn), Paul Budde Holiday International Travel Service, with istering this relationship (tuba) and Sister City representative Bill offices in Xian. We stayed in the beauti- • Further people-to-people cultural under- Deef, vice president of International Rela- fully appointed Intercontinental Shanghai standing and cooperation tions for Meet Minneapolis. Puxi Hotel and spent time spent touring the Our fortune to find five educators who The group’s itinerary included a three- Shanghai Urban Planning Museum, YuYuan were quality musicians performing on brass day tour of Shanghai and four days in Garden and a Ming-era market. We also instruments was uncanny. Through new Harbin. Each day’s routine included three strolled through the Xintiandi Pedestrian friendships here in Minneapolis and old and hours of rehearsal in preparation for a Shopping District in the French Concession new friendships in Harbin, we were able to sold-out evening concert on Aug. 9 at the and visited the Museum of the First National make possible a wonderful experience for Harbin Music Hall and a crowd-pleasing Congress of the Communist Party. A me- so very many people in both cities. Giant hotpot, page 8 outdoor evening performance on Aug. 10 ander along the Bund at dusk was among Congratulations and thank you to all at the Peoples’ Park in the heart of Harbin, the highlights. who shared our vision and supported us in on the banks of the Songhua River. In ad- Then we headed off to Harbin – tuba all the necessary ways – donations, volun- dition to rehearsals and performances, the and all – and it was time to get to the task teer time and sharing the dream. Quintet participated in a jam session with of making music. However, we did manage We have achieved successes far beyond the brass section of the Harbin Symphony to squeeze in a bit more tourism in Harbin: our expectations. In the next slides, I hope Orchestra. The St. Anthony Brass Quintet a visit to the Tiger Park, Sun Island with its to share our experiences and fulfillment of has been invited to the 33rd Summer Music replications of historic snow and ice sculp- our mission intent. u Hong Kong democracy, page 11 Second quarter state exports gain almost 4 percent to $5.4 billion CHF’s 10th anniversary, page 16 In This Issue Minnesota exports, including ag- grew about 1 percent to $5 billion in the lion (largely fueled by the 61 percent ricultural, mining and manufactured second quarter of 2014, the same growth gain in sales to Mexico) while those to Pronouncements...2 products, were valued at $5.4 billion in as U.S. manufactured exports. Asia gained 8 percent to $1.7 billion Society..............3,5 the second quarter of 2014, representing (led by gains in Japan, India, Korea and History..............4,8 Singapore). a gain of 3.6 percent (or about $188 mil- Strong Performance in Asia and Education.........6,15 lion) since the second quarter of 2013. North America Cushions Steep • Minnesota exports to Europe fell 10 Events............7,12,16 Nationally, exports grew 3.3 percent. Losses in Europe percent to $1.1 billion, primarily due to • Exports grew by 15 percent or • The state’s regional export growth the $103 million (or 9 percent) plunge Food.................8 in exports to $1 billion to the European more to five of the state’s top 10 country rates ranged widely from a drop of 18 Travel................9 Union. Major contributing markets were markets, and to five of the state’s top 10 percent (non-European Union coun- the Netherlands (down 52 percent), Lux- Business..........10 product groups. tries in Europe) to a gain of 13 percent embourg (down 98 percent), Germany Government.........11 • Among all states, Minnesota (Australia-Pacific). Exports to North (down 13 percent) and France (down 21 ranked 20th largest in exports. Exports America and Asia grew strongly be- People.............13 percent). Soft demand in Switzerland tween the second quarters of 2013 grew for about 60 percent of the states (down 25 percent to $50 million) mainly Facts.............14 during this period. and 2014. Minnesota’s exports North • Minnesota manufactured exports America jumped 11 percent to $2 bil- Continues on page 14 PAGE 2 > OCTOBER 2014 pronouncements www.chinainsight.info Publisher’s CHINAINSIGHT Publisher/Editor: Gregory J. 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