THE DRAGON’S EYE
Official
Publication of US-China Peoples Friendship Association, Chicago Chapter,
Roger Noback, Chapter President and Edito=
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630/762-8225, rogernoback@msn.com=
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March
16, 2008
Scheduled venue, time, topic, and activity for the USCPFA
EXAMPLES AT HOUSE OF
FORTUNE; THEN VISIT TO U. CHICAGO VENUE
Please Note: Event Starts at *1:30 pm*
This meeting will be devoted to showing and brie=
fly
explaining, at the House of Fortune Restaurant, representative examples of =
the USCPFA
Annual Beijing/China Friendship Art Exhibits 2008 (ABCFAE 2008)
which consists of the following 4 exhibits from 3 locations in China: Fo=
lk
Art/Contemporary Art/Ancient Chu Culture Artifacts/Photos of Scenic China S=
ites. After dinner (between 2:30-3 pm),
attendees will be encouraged to drive in groups to the venue of the ABCFAE =
2008
at the Regenstein Library at the University of Chicago, approximately 15 or=
so
minutes away. Those not atten=
ding
the dinner may meet us at the library.&nbs=
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Regenstein Library is less than one block from the main parking gara=
ge
at the University of Chicago, 56th St. and Ellis Ave. It is anticipated that cars with
passengers would return to House of Fortune to drop off passengers between
4-4:30 pm. We would like to t=
ake
photographs of patrons (primarily USCPFA members and friends) admiring the
exhibit to send back to the organizations in China which made such exhibits
possible.
The
USCPFA Annual Beijing/China Friendship Art Exhibits 2008 Consists of=
the
Following Exhibits (see a more extensive description on the enclosed page:
Chinese
Folk Art
from Beijing, featuring works by Masters of the following genres: Dough
Figurine sculpture, Kite art and craft, Paper-Cutting art, and Snuff Bottle
Painting (exquisite painting from inside the bottle)
Contemporary
Art from the China Academy of Art: a dozen works by professors of the China Academ=
y of
Art, one of the 3 top art schools in China, in Hangzhou, a cultural soul of
China and self-styled “City of Lovers” (photographs of art work=
s)
Ancient
Chu Culture Artifacts and Archeology up to 20 photos from the Hubei Province
Archeological Institute, representing the advance of the ancient Yellow Riv=
er
civilization south to incorporate the mid-Yangtse River region in connection
with the formation of China, c. 200 BC. (Such region consists of present-day
Hubei, Hunan and Jiangxi provinces; Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province an=
d a
de-facto capital of the Chu Culture region, has been ca=
lled
the “Chicago” of China.) Also includes recently discovered
ancient manuscripts from the Shanghai museum which re-define and illuminate
Ancient Chu Culture (photos).
Splendid
Sceneries in China, Exhibit of up to 30 =
color
photos of memorable sites in China by prominent Beijing photographer, Mr. C=
hi
Yujie
Location of Art Exhibits. For those unable to attend the 3/16
visit, the ABCFAE 2008 is being shown until March 21, from 10 am-10p=
m, 7
days/week at the University of Chicago’s main Regenstein Library,
main Reference Room, Ground Floor, 1100 East 57th St., Chicago, =
IL
60637; the University of Chicago Campus Main Parking Garage=
is
1 block N. of the Library, at 56th St. and Ellis Ave.; For directions, maps, and Public
Transportation (CTA and METRA) see http://www.uchicago.edu.
Make reservations now=
for
the USCPFA National Washington Seminar, April 17-18,
2008 at the Westin DC City Center Hotel with private briefing at U.S.
State Dept and private evening reception at Embassy of
the PR China and talks by officials of the U.S. Commerce Dept=
. [Intellectual
Property Protection in China and Countervailing Penalty Duties];=
U.S.
Treasury Dept. [China’s Foreign Exchange Regime; New
U.S. China Environmental Agreement of Dec. 2007 (invited)]; Reconcil=
ing
Coal With Environmental Protection in China by a prof. at Harvard=
217;s
Kennedy School; China’s Current Journey to the West – 4+
Recent Developments in its Adoption of a Contemporary Commercial Framework<=
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by Preston Torbert, Partner and a Founder of the China Practice of Baker
& McKenzie, International Law Firm in Chicago (see attached page).<=
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to
$100 reimbursement of $175 Registration Fee (payable after attendance at
event).
The regular mo=
nthly
Chapter meeting includes a delicious traditional Chinese
multi-course meal, which begins at 1:30 pm; and all this is o=
nly
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Annual Beijing/China Friendship Art Exhibits 200=
8, 4 exhibits from 3 loc=
ations
in China: Folk Art/Contemporary Art/Ancient Chu Culture Artifacts/Photos=
of
Scenic China Sites;
Background:
Contemporary Art From the China Academy of Art
For generation after generation since its 1928
founding, the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou, an ancient cultural soul of
China, has fostered the artistic development of modern Chinese culture by
cultivating the leaders of that activity, including the following:
Pan Tianshou and Huang Binhong, who helped lay a=
nd
maintain the foundation of China’s art in the modern world
Lin Fengmian and Wu Dayu, who pioneered the blen=
ding
together of the elements of the art of East and West; and
Liu Kaiqu and Mo Pu, who acted as vanguard gener=
als
in publicizing the new art revolution and Zeitgeist in China.
Large numbers of internationally renowned and
prolific artists, designers, art theorists and art educators have studied or
taught at the China Academy of Art.
Folk Art Genres From
China: Dough
Figurine sculpture, Kite art and craft, Paper-Cutting art, and Snuff Bottle
Painting. =
Today, folk art is va=
lued
and appreciated, not only in its own right, and as living history, but also=
for
its incorporation into, and inspiration for, the vanguard of mainstream
contemporary art.
As examples of the latter, the New York City Art World has been take=
n by
storm by folk art derivatives, from the Whitney Art Museum’s exhibit =
of Kara
Walker’s startling paper cuts to MOMA’s exhibit of Martin
Puryear’s woodworking art, based on carpentry and other crafts.
Short Biographies Of Visiting Master Folk Artist=
s
Ha Yiqi, Kite Making, male, born on March =
25,
1954, Hui Nationality, is the fourth generation successor of the Ha Family =
kite
making masters. A first grade
master of arts and crafts in Beijing, his Kite exhibition has been sent to =
many
countries such as Great Britain, Greece, Germany, Spain and the Netherlands=
.
Gao Dongsheng, Snuff Bottle Painting<=
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22,
1964, is an artist of snuff bottle painting, who is is a great master of ar=
ts
and crafts in Beijing. The title “Folk Artist” was bestowed on =
him by
UNESCO in 1996. He took part in culture exchange activities in Canada, Brit=
ain,
Italy, Denmark and Spain. He painted a portrait for British Prime Minister =
Margaret Hilda Thatcher=
.
Yu Weishun, Dough Figurine Making, male, born on April =
5,
1955, is an artist of dough figurine sculpture. The title “Folk Artist”=
was
bestowed on him by UNESCO in 1996. He went to Britain and Thailand to show =
his
dough figurine sculpture art.
Ancient Chu Culture’s Role in Making China=
. Chu Culture’s incorporation =
into
the first lasting Chinese Empire of the Han Dynasty (roughly contemporaneous
with the Roman Republic and early Empire in the West, approximately 200 B.C=
. to
200 A.D.) can be seen as the extension of the ancient Yellow River
civilizations of the Shang and Zhou Dynasties into the middle Yangzi River =
area
of today’s Hubei and Hunan Provinces. According to some opinion and repu=
tation,
the “spirited” nature which people of the Chu Culture region are
reputed to possess may perhaps be thought of as instilling a more militaris=
tic
or feisty attitude into the mixed culture resulting from the merger of nort=
hern
and southern Chinese cultures, similar to the same character the Romans are
reputed to have brought to the Mediterranean Sea Empire they established.
The 18th Bi-Annual
April 17-18, 2008 R=
11;
Thurs. and Fri. - 9:00 am - 8:00 pm
Presented by
US-China Peoples Friendship Association – 34th Anniversary in =
2008
Topics and Speakers in=
clude:
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U.S. Department of State: Briefing at State Dept. on U.S.-China
Relations
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U.S. Department of Commerce:
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New U.S. Practice of Assessing Penalty Countervailing D=
uties
on Goods Exported from Subsidized Chinese Companies
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Enforcement of Intelle=
ctual
Property Rights in China and WTO Action by U.S. (working title) by Su=
san
Anthony & Tim Browning, Attorney Advisors, Office of Intellectual Prope=
rty
Policy and Enforcement, United States Patent and Trademark Office
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U.S. Department of the Treasury
(invited)
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<=
span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>China’s Foreign
Exchange Regime
o =
<=
span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>The U.S.-China Environ=
mental
Agreement of Dec. 2007
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;
Reconciling Coal with Environmental Protection in China<=
/b> by Kelly Sims Gallagh=
er,
Ph.D, Director of Energy Technology Innovation Project, Belfer Center for
Science and International Affairs, and Adjunct Lecturer, Kennedy School of
Government at Harvard University=
· =
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China’s Current
‘Journey to the West'— 4+ Recent Developments
· =
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Managing US-China Relations by Dr. Quansheng Zhao, Professor & Division Director of Comparative & Region=
al
Studies and Director of Center for Asian Studies at American University in
Washington, DC, and Research Associate at the Fairbank Center for East Asian
Research of Harvard University
· =
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Migration and China's Urban Transformation by Dr. Weiping Wu, Ass=
ociate
Professor, Urban Studies and Planning & International Studies, Virginia
Commonwealth University
Meetings will be at Westin DC City Center=
Hotel, 1400 M Street
NW, Washington, DC 20005-2750, Phone: 202-429-1700 or 1-800-937-8461, =
Fax
202-785-0786; Special Rate: $139/per
night-per room for 1-2 people; $25 each for additional person(s)
Seminar Registration F=
ees
(per person):
USCPFA me=
mbers:
$175 if paid by April 1; $200 after April 1, Non-Members: $200 if paid by April 1; $225 after April 1; Seminar Registration F=
ee
Includes: registration Packet,
Entrance to all Seminar event, Lunch on Thursday and Friday, Transportation=
to
some sites, Presentations by China experts, diplomats, and Chinese official=
s,
Seminar registration does not include Hotel accommodations
Seminar Registration Form
Send wi=
th
Seminar fees to Kitty Trescott, 1214 W. Schwartz, Carbondale IL 62901
Name___________________________________E-mail
______________________________
Mailing
Address______________________________________Phone ___________________
City___=
________________State______Zip__________Chapter/Region__________________
For U.S.
State Department visit, provide this information and BRING a photo ID:
(US
citizen) Driver’s license # ______________________________State
issued_____________
(Non-US
Citizen) Passport # ___________________Country of citizenship______________=
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