US-CHINA REVIEW Fall 2015 Vol. XXXIX, No.4 ® Xinhua Photography in the 1980s The Crook Family in China Urban Chinese Women Book Reviews: Mao, the Real Story, Liu Xiaobo, the Taiping Rebellion, Lisa See’s China Dolls Letter from the President US-China Peoples Friendship Association Office of the National President ® 105 Treva Road, Sandston, VA 23150 804-310-6388 mobile - [email protected] [email protected] Our National Convention Dear Friends of China, Greetings to all of you! On behalf of USCPFA, I thank the Atlanta Chapter, in particular Ed Krebs and Doug Reynolds, co- presidents, and its convention committee, outgoing Southern Region President Peggy Roney, and the USCPFA national committee for hosting the 25th USCPFA National Convention at Emory Conference Center. We thank all of the delegates and members who came to our meeting, themed “The Faces of Friendship.” I heard many wonderful compliments on this event! We were honored to have Deputy Consul General Zhao Yumin and Consul Liu Bo from the Houston Consulate who were able to attend this event and for the uplifting speech that Mr. Zhao gave on Friday night’s opening ceremonies. One thing I have to mention is how much he enjoyed reading a recent US-China Review. He was so complimentary about the interesting articles. It was quite appropriate that on the next evening Marci Duryea, production coordinator of the USCR, was awarded the Koji Ariyoshi Award, the highest award given by USCPFA. For a third term your delegates have elected me as president of the US-China Peoples Friendship Association, which I consider a great honor and a privilege. We thank outgoing board members Joe Lau, Peggy Roney, Archie McKee and Stanford Yuen for their work on the board during the previous years. We welcome incoming board members Bob Edwards, Barbara Cobb, Paul Morris and Chu Lan Schubert- Kwock. Your board not only meets at the national conventions in odd years, but also during the seminars in Washington, D.C. during even years and by conference call almost every month. The USCPFA National Board works for you. We are addressing the issue of membership growth through national to chapter contact, region to chapter contact, promoting awareness of the Jim Grantman Memorial Fund, promoting successful chapter outreach events online and in the USCR, and, most importantly, asking that each of us reaches out to persons—one on one to describe your story about China and say why you feel China and the U.S. should develop those important friendships for all time. You are the link to the future of USCPFA! You will be hearing more about our board’s strategic planning and about how you can help USCPFA. One way now to help is to build our national database of member emails and send me your email at dgreer@ uscpfa.org. Put in the subject space: USCPFA email. If you are passionate about China and would like to start a chapter, please let me know. Sometimes when members move, they find out there is not a USCPFA chapter in their area. All you need is one person to reach out to ten interested people to start a formal chapter! If one new chapter in every region was started in the next year, it would make a positive impact on the whole organization. Each chapter president has received brand new updated brochures for you to use to promote USCPFA. There are ways to assist you and give you support in starting or renewing your chapter membership because each one of you is important. Our next event will be in Washington, D.C. in the spring with a focus on how business, education and friendship go hand in hand. Watch out for details on the website and through emails. If we don’t have your email, please contact me at [email protected]. I want to hear from you! Best wishes! Diana C. Greer President of USCPFA US-CHINA REVIEW ® Fall 2015 • Vol. XXXIX, No.4 US-CHINA PEOPLES Contents FRIENDSHIP ASSOCIATION A California Non-profit Corporation Features U.S. Military Strategy Report Faults China Chen Weihua 5 The US-China Peoples Friendship Association is China Wants More U.S. Students Amy He 8 a nonprofit, educational Urban Chinese Women’s Quality of Life Women of China Magazine 9 organization whose purpose is China and the U.S. United in WWII Diana Greer 10 to build friendship between The Crooks: In China for the Long Term Shu Zhang 12 the peoples of China The Art of Xinhua Paul Morris 14 and the United States. Book Reviews The China Collectors, by Karl E. Meyer and Shareen Blair Brysac USCPFA Board of Directors Reviewed by Archie S. McKee 18 PRESIDENT Mao: The Real Story, by Alexander V. Pantsov and Steven I. Levine Diana Greer Reviewed by Paul Morris 19 TREASURER No Enemies, No Hatred, by Liu Xiaobo Reviewed by Mike Revzin 20 Wen Li A Heart for Freedom, by Chai Ling Reviewed by Paul Morris 21 NATIONAL BOARD Heaven Cracks, Earth Shakes, by James Palmer Reviewed by Paul Morris 21 Christine Brooks (East) Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom, by Stephen R. Platt Kirk Huang (East) Reviewed by Bart Trescott 22 Barbara Harrison (Midwest) China Dolls, by Lisa See Reviewed by Rezsin Adams 23 Kitty Trescott (Midwest) Frog, by Mo Yan Reviewed by Rezsin Adams 24 Barbara Cobb (South) Bob Edwards (South) An American Teacher in China, by Joyce Dutcher Reviewed by Mike Revzin 24 Frances Goo (West) American Heathen, Stanford Graphic Novel Reviewed by Winny Lin 25 Paul Morris (West) Chu Lan Shubert-Kwock (Hawai’i Subregion) Departments China Currents 4 US-China Review Chapter & Regional News 26 Transitions: Edna Lau, Judy Lee 28 EDITOR Paul Morris About the cover: This 1982 photo from Xinhua, China’s official press agency, was cap- PRODUCTION COORDINATOR tioned, “Chinese People’s Liberation Army, Defender of New China.—The band of a Chinese Marci Duryea P.L.A. unit renders national music for fighters.” See article on page 14. Photo by Tao Junfeng. 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Phone 561-747-9487 423-698-7339 Honolulu, HI 96826 © 2015 by the US-China Peoples Friendship Association Fax 561-745-6189 [email protected] 808-951-6991 [email protected] find a history that had been buried for background and lotus leaf scrolls bear- China Currents six decades. After years of painstaking ing buds and blossoms, each item of the research and documentation, I have set was inscribed with the four Chinese finally been able to piece together this characters of the Qianlong mark and its puzzle, but doing so more than seven period. Lum said that a similar set is at Man of Compassion decades later means that we’ll never the National Palace Museum in Taipei. And Courage know the full extent of my father’s An equally eye-catching item is the humanitarian efforts,” said Ho Manli. Heavenly Daoshan Duan inkstone, Ho Feng Shan, Chinese consul gen- Nancy Li, chair of the USCPFA Hous- which was owned by the North Song eral in Vienna from 1938 to 1940, ton chapter and trustee of the museum, dynasty (AD 960–1127) Emperor Hui- was honored with the Lyndon Baines was instrumental in nominating Ho as zong and was to go up for bidding at Johnson Moral Courage Award at the an honoree. the end of the auction. Holocaust Museum Houston’s annual “When it comes to the history of Lum said that the tradition of mak- dinner April 30.