Lawrence Beaber

Senior Examiner, Educational Testing Service,
Princeton, New Jersey

Lawrence Beaber was in the midst of designing an ambitious new College Board Advanced Placement World History course and examination when he was invited to join China Institute's Teach China Year 2000 China Study Tour. Beaber's year-long college-level course was to complement existing AP courses on American and European history, and would cover world history from the year 1000 to the present. Only 30% of the course would be devoted to European history. China would figure quite large, being at the height of its power in 1000.

Although Beaber had studied in India and Korea, China was new to him. "I had expected to be confronted with lots of poverty, both urban and rural," Beaber said, but instead "the markets were full of food, people were well-fed and clothed, with construction and economic vitality everywhere." He returned with the confidence that he would "write and review materials on China with a much more critical eye."

Sharon Shambourger

Global Studies Teacher, Martin Luther King Jr.
High School, New York City

When Sharon Shambourger spotted a notice recruiting teachers for China Institute's 1998 China Study Tour, she not only applied immediately, but signed up for two in-service classes on Chinese history and literature at the Institute. Shambourger brought back peasant paintings, a replica of a terra-cotta soldier from the tomb of emperor Qin Shi Huang—and 70 copies of Lao She's famous novel, *Rickshaw Boy*, which transformed her literature classes.

Now her mostly African-American, Hispanic and ESL students at Martin Luther King Jr. High School near Lincoln Center get "a fuller, more realistic understanding of China" and a new perspective on their own cultures. To help other teachers use *Rickshaw Boy* in the classroom, she also wrote a guide with cultural background, pictures, vocabulary, and follow-up questions.

With the help of China Institute's Ho Yong, she went back to China on her own in summer 1999 to teach English.

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China in Business

The number of on-line users in China grew from only a few thousand when the Internet was introduced there in 1996 to over 20 million five years later. Capitalizing on this surge of interest, China Institute's Corporate Lecture Series began its 1999-2000 season with a panel on "The Internet as a Medium of Communication and Business Transactions." Subsequent lectures dealt with such topics as the contributions of Chinese American scientists and engineers to Silicon Valley's technology boom and how American financial services firms will be affected by China's accession to the World Trade Organization.

In the 1999-2000 fiscal year, the Institute introduced a new program, *China Briefcase SM*, a three-part breakfast series designed to give attendees basic knowledge of Chinese history, traditional thought and effective business practices in China. Attended by 150 people over the course of its first year, *China Briefcase* is presented by academic China experts and by business people with many years' experience dealing with China.

China Institute also provides business people with cultural training, both for those going to China and for those working with Chinese nationals in the United States. Other corporate services include Business Chinese language instruction, translation and interpretation, as well as planning of authentic Chinese-theme corporate events.

China Institute corporate events are open to the public, but are free for its Corporate Members. Corporate Members are companies that understand that doing business with Greater China requires a broad base of knowledge of the area's culture, politics, economy and business practices. Representative fiscal year 2000 members included Bloomberg LP, HSBC, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Cathay Pacific, and Morgan Stanley Dean Witter.

Betty Wu

Bloomberg LP,

Corporate Member

"China Institute
helps you understand
China from
different angles."

When Betty Wu first came to a China Institute corporate luncheon several years ago, she decided “these are the people I want to ride the waves with” because its members “shared my passion for China.” Wu was impressed with the range of activities offered by China Institute compared to other more business-oriented Asia organizations, where “people go to network for the sake of profit.” Wu believes that because China Institute has members from different walks of life and deals with Chinese culture as well as business, China is portrayed in a more balanced way.

Wu is with Bloomberg LP, the financial media giant, where she is developing Bloomberg Television in Taiwan, Hong Kong and China. As a first generation Chinese American who immigrated from Taiwan when she was a child, Wu relishes being a “bridge” between China and the U.S.

Jerome A. Cohen

Corporate Lawyer and Law Professor,
China Institute Trustee

Jerome A. Cohen is one of the world's most prominent lawyers focusing on China and is widely acknowledged to be the founder of Chinese legal studies in the U.S. He helped create the nation's first academic program in East Asian law and legal history at Harvard University. Cohen continues to teach as Professor of Asian Law, New York University Law School, and his former students make up a distinguished contingency of Chinese legal expertise.

With such a heavy schedule of commitments, it is significant that Cohen takes an active role in China Institute's governance and programs. He is a Trustee, his firm a corporate member, and he has been a regular speaker or moderator for the Institute's Corporate and Contemporary Affairs lecture series. In Cohen's words, "China Institute plays an integral role in bringing together and educating the business community about China."

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## Membership and Special Events

China Institute offers a wide array of activities to its members—educational programs, cultural events, and social gatherings, all designed for those who are drawn to China and its culture. In fiscal year 2000, membership grew 12%, with especially fast growth in the higher-end membership categories. All members receive invitations to the annual Chinese New Year banquet, exhibition previews and receptions, as well as discounts on programs and classes. All members are invited to the annual benefit gala. The 2000 theme was *Generations: Quan Jia Fu*, in celebration of the family and its central place in Chinese culture. Nearly 450 guests attended the event at Cipriani 42nd Street, while raising almost $500,000 for the Institute.

Members who want greater involvement now have several options.

The *Friends of the Gallery* tier is devoted to supporting China Institute Gallery and presents many exclusive Chinese art events for its members. For example, before touring the Metropolitan Museum's magnificent show, *The Artist as Collector: Masterpieces from the C.C. Wang Collection*, Friends of the Gallery were hosted by C.C. Wang in his home to view his private collection.

On February 10, 2000 during the Year of the Dragon, the *Young Associates* group was launched at the Dragon Millennium Ball, at Chelsea Piers Lighthouse on the Hudson. For younger members (in their 20s to early 40s), Young Associates programming features social and educational activities of special interest to them.

*China Institute Women's Association (CIWA)* members are actively involved in promoting and supporting China Institute and organizing monthly Chinese cultural events. Membership is open to men and women.

China Institute
Women's Association

Most Active
Membership Group
is also its Oldest

Some of China Institute Women's Association (CIWA) founding members from 1965 are still actively involved in CIWA's programs. CIWA membership grew by 16% in 1999-2000, and both men and women may join.

Co-President Jannette Lau was attracted to the group because she was invigorated by the enthusiasm of its members for Chinese culture. Lau, a sales manager for Northwest Airlines, is a native New Yorker whose Chinese parents are both immigrants and she has always been interested in her heritage. She is even more pleased to be sharing Chinese culture with non-Chinese friends, an opportunity found through CIWA. She enjoys working with CIWA volunteers and her Co-Presidents Annette Burford and Heidi Yin. Lau was selected to be CIWA's representative to China Institute's Board, becoming a Trustee in 2000.

Angela King
Friend of the Gallery

China Institute Gallery now has a permanent group of supporters thanks to the Friends of the Gallery, founded in the 1999 fiscal year. Angela King enjoys the Friends of the Gallery because "it is a growing, but warm group of people who truly love Chinese art and appreciate China Institute Gallery's approach to art as a way to bridge the cultural gap." In return for their support, Friends are invited to exclusive receptions and dinners with a variety of distinguished Chinese art collectors, curators and scholars.

King first joined China Institute through her mother-in-law who involved her in the China Institute Women's Association (CIWA), but grew to have a special fondness for the Gallery. A loyal supporter of the Gallery, Director Willow Hai Chang recalls that King was one of the brave souls who voluntarily went out into Hurricane Floyd to come to the opening of *The Resonance of the Qin*.

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Generations: Quan Jia Fu

· Year 2000 Gala
Celebrates the Family

China Institute is a family institution in more ways than one. Not only does it offer programs for people from age three on up, but succeeding generations in one family have supported China Institute's programs. Two such families are those of past Chairman Oscar L. Tang and current Chairman Ivan Y.T. Feng. Their children, Tracy Tang Limpe and Michael Feng, co-chaired China Institute's most important fundraiser of the year, the May 31, 2000, gala benefit, *Generations: Quan Jia Fu*.

Limpe says that for years she was “on the receiving end of the Institute’s great programs” but was ready to follow in her father’s footsteps of “supporting things Chinese.” Limpe, president and publisher of Puffin Books, a children’s book division of PenguinPutnam, was raised in New York City but until college didn’t take much interest in her Chinese heritage. While in college, she studied Chinese and spent a summer in her father’s birthplace of Shanghai. After graduation she began coming to the Institute to take classes in Chinese and cooking. She still attends programs, but it is her five-year-old who now is the serious student—he’s already taken two years of Chinese at the Institute.

Young Associates

Dragon Millennium Ball Kicks off China Institute's Newest Membership Tier

The vigor symbolized by the Chinese dragon was much in evidence at Chelsea Pier's Light-house when more than 500 younger China Institute members and their guests partied at the Dragon Millennium Ball in February 2000. This was the first event organized by the Young Associates, a new group to encourage involve-ment and leadership for members in their 20s to early 40s. Young Associates membership provides all the benefits of general membership, as well as six exclusive events.

Co-chairs Christina Sheng and Thomas Koo believe that Young Associates has been so popu-lar because its events combine Chinese culture with sophisticated fun. Exclusive receptions after China Institute programs or guided tours of the Gallery bring the Young Associates to the Institute. Other events take them outside—to a Chinese cultural festival in Staten Island or to view the Chinese tomb sculptures in the private collection of Institute member Lillian Schloss. Immersion in Chinese culture is the theme of every activity. At the Dragon Millennium Ball, Ben Wang told why firecrackers are so important to the New Year, and the food, decor, and music were infused with Chinese elements.

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China Institute In America Programs and Projects

July 1, 1999 to June 30, 2000

Events are listed chronologically. An asterisk denotes
that there is a feature article in this annual report.

Chinese Culture and Civilization

Lectures

China Survey Lecture Series

Fall 1999 and Spring 2000

"China: The Land and People"

Myron Cohen, Columbia University

September 21, 1999, and April 6, 2000

"Themes in Imperial China"

Madeleine Zelin, Columbia University

September 28, 1999, and April 27, 2000

"The Arts of China"

Maxwell K. Hearn, Metropolitan Museum of Art

October 5, 1999, and April 14, 2000

"China in the 20th Century"

Renqiu Yu, State University of New York,
Purchase

October 12, 1999, and May 4, 2000

Mao Zedong

Book Signing Event, co-sponsored with
Asia Society

Jonathan Spence, historian and author

November 2, 1999

Sidney D. Gamble's Posthumous Return to China*

Slide-illustrated lecture about Gamble's photo-
graphic exhibition in Beijing in 1999.

Catherine G. Curran, President, Sidney D.

Gamble Foundation for China Studies

Bernard Handzel, creator of exhibition prints

Nancy Jervis, Vice President, Director of Pro-
grams, China Institute, curated 1989 and 1999
exhibitions in New York and Beijing

January 18, 2000

The Peking Letter: A Novel of the Chinese Civil War

Book Signing Event

Seymour Topping, reporter and author

February 1, 2000

Defining Chu: Image and Reality in Ancient China

Book Signing Event

Barry Blakeley, Seton Hall University

Constance A. Cook, Lehigh University

John S. Major, independent China scholar
and author of *Heaven and Earth in
Early Han Thought*

Gopal Gukhu, Queens College

March 30, 2000

The Monkey King

Beijing opera lecture and demonstration

Ghaffar Pourazar, National Academy of
Traditional Chinese Opera

May 11, 2000

Short Courses and Workshops

Daoism and Alchemy

Three-evening course

October 7–21, 2000

The Story of the Stone (Hong Lou Meng)

Eight-session course

Ben Wang, Senior Lecturer, China Institute

January 11–February 29, 2000

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Clicking Tiles and Crossing Swords

Three-session course on how to play
Chinese chess and mahjong

May 3-June 6, 2000

Performances

Concert: Silk Strings and Paulownia Wood—
Music of the Qin, Kōmun'go and Koto*

Classical and contemporary music using
traditional Chinese, Korean and Japanese
variations of the zither.

Introductory talk by Kenneth Moore,
Department of Musical Instruments,
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Liu Li, *qin*; Chen Tao, Chinese flute; Jin Hi Kim, *kōmun'go*; Masayo Ishigure, *koto*

November 12, 1999

Opera: Seduction of the Qin

Scene from a Kunqu-style opera based on the
Ming tale, "The Story of the Jade Pin"

Introductory lecture by Ben Wang, Senior
Lecturer, China Institute

Performed by the Kunqu Society

December 2, 1999

Symposia

Resonance of the Qin

Moderator: Stephen Addiss, curator, *The Resonance of the Qin in East Asian Art*

"The Heart of Chan and the Aura of Dao,"
Yuan Jung-ping, performer and composer
for the *qin*

"The Wind Enters the Strings: Poetry and Poetics of the Aeolian Qin," Mitchell Clark, performer and scholar of the *qin*

"Silk Strings and Rabbit Hairs," Ming-mei Yip, *qin* musician and scholar of Zen (Chan) Buddhism

November 12, 1999

Recent Excavations and New Interpretations:
Revisiting Early Chinese History*

April 1, 2000

A View From the "Center"

*In and Around the Central Plains*, panel moderated by Anne Underhill

"Ceramics: A Window on Early Chinese Society," Anne Underhill, The Field Museum and University of Illinois at Chicago

"The Oracle Bone Inscriptions of Late Shang China: Recent Discoveries and Interpretations," David Keightley, historian of early China, retired from University of California at Berkeley

"Qianzhangda: A Case Study of a Major Shang Related Site in Shandong," Jiao Tianlong, Harvard University

"Recent Discoveries of Western Zhou Bronzes," Edward Shaughnessy, University of Chicago

A View from All Directions

*East, North and West of the Central Plains*, panel moderated by Annette Juliano, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

"Late Prehistoric Animal Motifs and Their Implications for Archaic Bronzes," Yang Xiaoneng, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

"Beyond Essentializing Interpretations: What Archaeological Remains Can Tell Us about Life in the Northern Frontier," Katheryn Linduff, University of Pittsburgh

"Cultural Exchanges: Northwest China and Beyond," Li Shuicheng, Peking University

*South of the Central Plains*, panel moderated by John S. Major, independent China scholar and author of *Heaven and Earth in Early Han Thought*

"New Finds in Sichuan: Sanxingdui and Ba-Shu Remains," Bin Bai, Sichuan University and Harvard University

"Managing Fate: Newly Discovered Texts for Everyday Life in Early China," Robin Yates, McGill University

"The Three Gorges Dam and Cultural Losses," Elizabeth Childs-Johnson, New York University

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Travel

China Travel Workshop

China Institute staff offer advice to individuals
and groups planning trips to China

Presented: September 18, October 6, 1999 and
March 15, April 12, 2000

Essential Chinese for Travelers

Three-hour class teaching simple Mandarin
phrases and etiquette for daily use

Taught: September 18, October 9, 1999, and
March 16, April 15, 2000

Chinese Language Classes and Programs

Language Classes (Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer)
(10 weeks, 10–20 sessions)

Trained Mandarin teachers, all native speakers,
teach culture and language

Mandarin, levels 1–9

Mandarin, Conversation I and II

Mandarin, Intermediate and Advanced Readings

Mandarin Summer Intensive Course,
6 weeks, June 19–July 28, 2000

Mandarin Summer Classes, Levels 1, 2, 3 and
Conversation, June 20–July 25, 2000

Summer Character Workshop

Summer Review Class (of Levels 1–3)

Chinese Language Software Fair

New Chinese language products demonstrated
by their developers

March 22, 2000

Language Exchange

China Institute matches Chinese language
learners with Chinese-speakers wishing to
improve their English

China Institute e-Newsletter

A bi-weekly newsletter edited by Yong Ho,
Director of Curriculum and Language. Sent by
e-mail to people all over the world, it answers
readers' questions about the Chinese language

and includes sections on New York area events,
new books, web-sites of interest and other matters.

Studio Classes (Fall, Winter, Spring)

Painting

10 sessions, 3 sections

Zhang Shoucheng, Shirley Pu Wills,
Jin Guangyu, Zhang Zhan

Calligraphy

10 sessions, 2 sections

Nora Ling-yun Shih, Zhang Jiaxuan,
Wang Mansheng

Taijiquan

3 levels, 10 sessions each

Alex Hing

Chinese Art

Exhibitions

Stephen Addiss, Curator

Exhibition catalog published by China
Institute Gallery

Documentary film featuring Stephen Addiss
guiding the viewer through the exhibition and
a musician playing the qin (32 minutes)

September 17–December 12, 1999

The Story of Red: Celebrate the
Chinese New Year in 2000

Willow Hai Chang, Curator

January 12–February 11, 2000

Dawn of the Yellow Earth: Ancient Chinese
Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection*

Regina Krahl, Curator

March 21–June 18, 2000

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### Discover China Through Art

A customized tour of the current exhibition for the general public, accompanied by a cultural video and hands-on experience with Chinese art, such as playing the *qin* or making Chinese New Year decorations

### Touch of the Qin

### The Story of Red—Celebrate the Chinese
New Year in the Year 2000

January 12–February 11, 2000

### Ceramic Design

March 21–June 18, 2000

### Exhibition Lectures

#### Art of the Qin

Curator's Lecture

Stephen Addiss

September 17, 1999

### Dawn of the Yellow Earth

Curator's lecture

Regina Krahl

March 21, 2000

### Art Lectures and Short Courses

#### Moon Gates and Bamboo—The Art and
Architecture of Chinese Gardens

Yangming Chu, New York Chinese Scholar's Garden on Staten Island

October 26, 1999

### Recent Discoveries and New Perspectives in
Early Chinese Civilization

Paul Chih Meng Memorial Lecture

Yang Xiaoneng, guest curator, “The Golden Age of Chinese Archaeology,” National Gallery

November 16, 1999

### Encounters with Four Qing Paintings in the
C.C. Wang Family Collection

Jonathan Hay, Institute of Fine Art, New York University

December 7, 1999

### Visible Traces

Philip K. Hu, guest curator, “Visible Traces: Rare Books and Special Collections from the National Library of China,” Queens Library Gallery

December 14, 1999

### sotheby's.com: Chinese Art Auctions on the Internet

Lark E. Mason, Jr., Chinese Works of Art Department, Sotheby's

January 25, 2000

### Wonder Cabinets and Treasure Boxes:
Chinese Art in the Guennol Collection

Frances Yuan, Asian Art curator, Brooklyn Museum of Art

April 18, 2000

### Ceramics for Connoisseurs: Early Chinese Ceramics
from Neolithic to Han

Three-session course

Robert D. Mowry, Department of Asian Art, Harvard University Museums

April 25–May 3, 2000

### Music in the Time of Confucius and
The Dragon's Moan

Jenny F. So, Ancient Chinese Art curator, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

May 16, 2000

### Reaching Children

#### Chinese Classes (Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer)

Chinese for Children, 10 sessions

Classes for four age levels, pre-K to 4th grade

Three locations: China Institute and sites on

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the West Side and at Battery Park City
*Chinese for Threes and Fours, 10 sessions*
*Summer Program for Kids ages 3 to 5, 5 sessions*
*Chinese for Parents, 10 sessions*

*Discover China Through Art*

Developed by the China Institute Gallery to interpret current exhibitions for the layperson, DCTA is particularly popular with school groups. Docent-led customized tours of the current exhibition are accompanied by a cultural video and hands-on experience with Chinese art, such as playing the *qin* or making Chinese New Year decorations. (See listing in Chinese Art section for schedule.)

*Chinese New Year Events*

*Red Lions*\*
Assembly Program introducing Chinese
New Year customs
China Institute staff and actors dressed as
"Red Lions" visited 20 New York City schools
January 12–20, 2000

*Folk Art for the New Year*

Family workshop teaching paper-cutting, with
video and stories about Chinese New Year
January 22, 2000

*Lion Dance*\*

Traditional lion dance performed on East 65th
Street, outside China Institute
January 29, 2000

*Zodiac Workshop for the Family*

Storytelling workshop on the 12 animals of the
Chinese Zodiac
January 29, 2000

*Dumpling Workshop for the Family*

Workshop to wrap, cook and eat *jiaozi*,
New Year dumplings
February 5, 2000

*Couplet Writing Workshop for the Family*
Workshop teaching how to write lucky
New Year wishes in Chinese calligraphy
February 5, 2000

*Issues of Contemporary Concern*

*Religion in China in the Year 2000 Series*

*"The Three Religions and Spiritual Practices"*
Angela Zito, New York University
Zhang Erping, *Falun Gong* practitioner
February 15, 2000

*"Christianity's Comeback"*
David Vikner, United Board for Christian
Higher Education
Sun Shangyang, Yale Divinity School
February 22, 2000

*"Mosques and Mohammedans"*
Morris Rossabi, City University of New York
and Columbia University
February 29, 2000

*Jiu Guo [The Republic of Wine]*\*

Bi-lingual Book Signing Event
Mo Yan, Chinese novelist, with interpretation
by Jeff Kinkley, St. John's University
March 26, 2000

*Bounty from the Sheep*

Book Signing Event
Mary Rossabi, specialist in Russian Studies
and translator, *Bounty from the Sheep*
[autobiography of Mongolian herder
Tserendash Namkhainyambuu]

Morris Rossabi, City University of New York
and Columbia University
June 8, 2000

*Chinese Nationalism in the Wake of
Taiwan's Presidential Elections*\*

Larry Wortzel, Heritage Foundation
Renqiu Yu, State University of New York
Purchase
June 15, 2000

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Panel on Post-World War II Asian American Artists
Co-sponsored with Asian American Arts Center
Speakers included James Kuo, who taught
painting at China Institute in the 1950s
June 20, 2000

## China In Education

Summer Institute: China in Global History
An intensive program to immerse teachers in
Chinese history, language, geography and art,
with visits to museums and the Chinese garden
on Staten Island, performances and lectures by
China scholars
Held on Long Island in conjunction with Long
Island Council for the Social Studies
Thirty-three educators participated
Principal instructor: Renqiu Yu, State University
of New York, Purchase
Other lecturers: Kalin Wang, State University of
New York, Purchase; Ronald Knapp, State
University of New York, New Paltz; Elizabeth
Hammer Munemura, Metropolitan Museum
of Art
July 12–16, 1999

## China Study Tour

Led by senior China Institute staff, educators visit both urban and rural China (Chengdu, Xi'an and Beijing), learning about modern and traditional China through lectures and observation. When they return, they share their knowledge with students and other educators. Seventeen education policy makers from New York City, New York State and national educational organizations participated April 24-May 6, 2000

## Teacher Education Courses

Fall and spring semester, 15-week courses for K-12 teachers taught by China specialists and China Institute staff and faculty on a series of rotating topics, with one new course developed each semester.

Daily Life in China
Diane Maas, independent consultant
September 29, 1999-January 19, 2000

The Fine and Performing Arts of East Asia
Guest lecturers from various institutions
Co-sponsored with Japan Society and Korea
Society
September 29, 1999-January 19, 2000

Introduction to China: History, Society and Culture
China Institute staff and faculty
October 4, 1999-January 24, 2000

China through Literature
Ben Wang and Michelle DiBello, China
Institute faculty
February 1-June 21, 2000

China in the Ancient World
John S. Major, independent China scholar
and author of *Heaven and Earth in Early
Han Thought*
February 7-June 19, 2000

Mandarin Chinese (for teachers)
China Institute language instructors
February 7-June 19, 2000

Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Modern East Asia
Renqiu Yu, State University of New York,
Purchase
William Sheridan, National Foreign Trade
Council
James Seymour, Columbia University
Co-sponsored with Japan Society and Korea
Society
February 9-June 7, 2000

Jericho School District In-Service Course for
Third and Sixth Grade Teachers
Marleen Kassel and Chana Sommer,
China Institute

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Karen Kane, American Museum of
Natural History

March 1-April 5, 2000

## Curriculum Materials

### China: The Enduring Heritage

Film series of 13 videotapes has been digitally
re-mastered and is being prepared for
distribution to teachers, with guide

### U.S.-China Teacher Exchange Program

Week-long orientation for high school teachers
participating in the U.S.-China Exchange
Program of the American Council of Learned
Societies, with lectures, language classes and
cultural training to prepare them to teach and
live in China

China Institute staff along with Christina
Gilmartin, Northeastern University, and Alan
Wachman, Tufts University, and performers
Jamie Guan and Chen Tao

July 8-12, 2000

## Professional Consulting

China Institute staff assist a variety of
organizations seeking China expertise in
developing curriculum materials, examination
questions, courses and textbooks

Clients included:

Classroom Connect

Educational Testing Service

Jericho School District

Scholastic News magazine

The College Board magazine

World History Association

## China In Business

### Corporate Lecture Series

Free for Corporate Members but open to the
public, this luncheon series features speakers
with direct experience in China trade and
investment

### The Internet as a Medium for Communication and Business Transactions Between China and America and among Chinese People Worldwide

Daniel Mao, CEO, SINA.com

Don Middleberg, CEO, Middleberg + Associates

Steve Ross, Columbia University Graduate
School of Journalism

September 14, 1999

### Financial Services: How China's Accession to WTO Will Affect Foreign Firms in China

Howard Margules, President, Lincoln National
(China) Inc.

Edward W. (Peter) Russell, Senior Vice President
for International Government Affairs,
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.

Michael Furst, Executive Director, American
Chamber of Commerce in Beijing

April 17, 2000

### Silicon Valley: The Chinese Contribution to the Technology Revolution

Peter Chua, Managing Director, Asia Tech
Ventures

Co-sponsored with Chinese Software
Professionals Association

May 3, 2000

### Computing in Chinese: Using Technology to Bridge the Language Gap

Michael Lobsinger, Chairman and CEO,
Zi Corporation

May 30, 2000

### Insuring Greater China: Opportunities for Insurance Companies, Pension Funds and Institutional Investors

Gary G. Benanav, Chairman and CEO,
New York Life International

June 14, 1999

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China Briefcase: An Introduction to Communication and Commerce in Greater China for Small and Mid-size Businesses

A three-part breakfast series to introduce business people to key concepts in Chinese history and culture so that they can better understand their Chinese counterparts and the society in which they operate

First Sessions

Part 1: *The Chinese Worldview*

July 8, 1999

Part 2: *A Look at Modern China's History and Culture for Business People: Understanding the Chinese Mindset*

Yadong Liu, Director, Medley Global Advisors
and former interpreter for Chinese Foreign
Ministry

November 18, 1999

Co-sponsored by the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce and goTRADE.

Second Sessions

Part 1: *Modern China*

John Frankenstein, political scientist specializing
in China business

April 11, 2000

Part 2: *The Chinese Worldview*

April 25, 2000

Part 3: *Getting Down to Business*

Ernest Li, New York Branch, Bank of China,
and Jianlong Sun, Yi Tuan & Brunstein

May 9, 2000

Membership and Special Events

Friends of the Gallery*

Supports China Institute Gallery and organizes
exclusive Chinese art events for its members

Pre-Preview of *The Resonance of the Qin in
East Asian Art and Curator's tour*

September 15, 1999

Dinner with Resonance of the Qin curator, lenders
and donors at Lotos Club

September 16, 1999

Visit to home and private collection of C.C. Wang
Followed by an exclusive guided tour of *The Artist
as Collector: Masterpieces from the C.C. Wang
Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art*
December 3, 1999

*Preview of Dawn of the Yellow Earth: Ancient
Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection,
followed by annual Gallery Dinner*

March 20, 2000

Private reception with art experts and scholars
following Recent Excavations and New
Interpretations: Revisiting Early Chinese
History Symposium

April 1, 2000

Ancient ceramics discussed by art historian

Annette Juliano, illustrated by Neolithic pottery
at the J.J. Lally & Co. Gallery

April 6, 2000

Young Associates*

Membership group established in 2000 for
individuals in their 20's to early 40's that
sponsors social and educational activities.

Millennium Dragon Ball

The Lighthouse, Chelsea Pier

February 10, 2000

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Reception following talk on "The Three Religions and Spiritual Practices"
February 15, 2000

Tour and picnic at Staten Island Chinese Scholar's Garden

Tomb Sculptures
Talk by Lillian Schloss and tour of private collection
April 30, 2000

Tour & Taste
Docent-led tours of Gallery Exhibition: *Dawn of the Yellow Earth* and wine tasting at China Institute
May 20, 2000

China Institute Women's Association*
Both women and men plan activities open to all members to support the work of the Institute

Outing to Bruce Museum of Art, Greenwich, Connecticut, to view exhibition of Chinese tomb sculptures
July 7, 1999

Dine Around: Mekong Restaurant
July 19, 1999

Gallery Tour with Willow Hai Chang and Dinner
September 23, 1999

Dine Around: Malaysian restaurant
September 28, 1999

Head Make-up Artist Demonstration
October 27, 1999

Annual Bazaar
November 6, 1999

Lecture on Acupuncture
November 17, 1999

Holiday Champagne Reception
December 1, 1999

Lecture on Herbal Healing
January 14, 2000

Chinese New Year's Banquet
February 8, 2000

Wisdom of the Chinese Kitchen with Grace Young
April 19, 2000

Annual Installation Dinner
Jimmy Sung's Restaurant
May 10, 2000

Visit to Chinese Scholar's Garden on Staten Island
May 16, 2000

Visit to Museum of Chinese in the Americas
June 10, 2000

Gala Benefit: Generations Quan Jia Fu*
Cipriani 42nd Street
Performance of excerpt from David Henry Hwang's adaptation of *Flower Drum Song*
Talk by Grace Young, author, *Wisdom of the Chinese Kitchen*
May 31, 2000

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### Donors

China Institute acknowledges
with thanks all of the following
institutions and individuals, whose
cumulative gifts in support of
the Institute's mission and work
in Fiscal Year 1999-2000 were
received during the period
July 1, 1999 to June 30, 2000.

### Sustaining Benefactor

($250,000 to $550,000)

Ernest S. & Joan Liu

### Supporting Benefactor

($100,000 to $249,999)

David C. & Gina L. Chu

The Freeman Foundation

The Henry Luce Foundation

The Starr Foundation

### Benefactor ($50,000 to $99,999)

Ivan Y.T. & Laurette S. Feng

Paul D.C. Huang

Clare Tweedy &
Howard McMorris, II

Oscar L. Tang

Charles B. Wang

Lulu C. & Anthony W. Wang

### Sustaining Patrons

($25,000 to $49,000)

Anonymous

Blakemore Foundation

Robert Sterling Clark Foundation

Fidelity Foundation

Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation

IBM Corporation

The W.L.S. Spencer Foundation

J.T. Tai & Co. Foundation

### Patrons ($10,000 to $24,999)

Anonymous

AXA Foundation

J.P. Morgan Chase

Mrs. Christopher C.Y. Chen

Yee-Mau & Anna C. Chen

Credit Suisse First Boston

Corporation

John R. & Julia B. Curtis

Jane DeBevoise & Paul Calello

E*Trade Group, Inc.

Michael E. & Winnie C. Feng

Robert T. & Kay F. Gow

Mark & Anla Cheng Kingdon

Marie & Shau-wai Lam

Lee Foundation, Singapore

H. Christopher Luce & Tina Liu

Elisabeth Luce Moore

Nautica International

Steven Rosenblum &
Monique Witt

Diane H. Schafer & Jeffrey Stein

Tiedemann Investment Group

Tribune New York Foundation

Marie-Hélène & Guy A. Weill

### Sponsors ($5,000 to $9,999)

Baker & McKenzie

Bank of America

Pei-yuan & Frances Chia

Millard & Carrie Chiang

Christie's Incorporated

Citigroup

Jerome A. Cohen

Catherine G. Curran

Andrew & Dana E. Tang Darrell

Department of Cultural Affairs

The Dillon Fund

Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Inc.

Paul Ford & Nancy Young

John H.J. & Polly W. Guth

HSBC Bank USA

Edward & Karen Hsu

Ta Chun Hsu

Instituto Cultural de Macau

James J. & Helen D. Lally

Anthony & Emily Limpe

Stephen & Tracy Tang Limpe

William Lipton, Ltd.

William E. & Helen Y. Little

Metropolitan Center for

Far Eastern Art Studies

Howard & Mary Ann Rogers

Shearman & Sterling

Steven C. & Jennie Tam

Henry & Patricia P. Tang

Kevin & Haeyoung Tang

Michael Tong

United States Trust Company of
New York

Mary J. Wallach

Charlotte C. Weber

Wan-go H.C. & Virginia D. Weng

Taeko Wu

Von Sung Yang

James W. & Cecilia T. Ying

Shirley Young

### Leaders ($2,500 to $4,999)

Anonymous

Susan L. Beningson

Evelyn Baram Clothier

Sharon & C. William Crain

Mrs. Myron S. Falk, Jr.

George J. & Katherine M. Fan

Hart & Nancy B. Fessenden

Wen & Constance T. Fong

Marianne Gerschel

Mrs. Charlotte Horstmann

Yue-Sai Kan

Angela H. King

Margro R. Long

Robert W. Lyons

Shan Mei

Morgan Stanley Dean Witter

Praxair, Inc.

Theresa M. Reilly

Jeannette N. Rider

Abel and Sophia Sheng

John S. & Susy Wadsworth

Shao F. & Cheryl L. Wang

Walter & Shirley Wang

Yvonne C. & Frederick Wong

Robert P. & Barbara Youngman

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## Associates ($1,000 to $2,499)

ADP Dealer Services
American International Group, Inc.
Anonymous
Mr. & Mrs. Henry H. Arnhold
Howard & Jane Tse Barnet
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Beningson
Mary Griggs Burke
Dr. M. Leon Canick & Josephine
Berger-Nadler
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, Inc.
Millie Chan
Ruby Chan
Arnold Chang
James & Victoria Chang
Stanley & Jean Chang
Grace Y.P. Chao
Leslie & Ann Chao
Lester & Lorinda Chiang
Yee Wah Chin
The Chinese Porcelain Company
Frank F. & Joan J. H. Cho
Carolyn Chou
Charles J. & Bettie Simmons Chu
Frances L. Chu
Herbert J. & Jeanine Coyne
Richard M. & Peggy Danziger
Elizabeth De Cuevas
Richard A. & Ruth Dickes
The Hon. & Mrs. Douglas Dillon
Jean-Pierre & Ninon B. Fatzer
Yen-Tsai Feng
Laurence T. Fong
Formosa Plastics Corporation, USA
Harry Winston, Inc.
Hong Kong Economic &
Trade Office
Jackson Hsieh & Minalie Chen
David Henry Hwang
William W. Karatz
Terence Y. Lam & Linda Ann Yu
Aileen Lau
Karen Li
Marcus H. & Donna Loo
Richard Lounsbery Foundation

Deryck Maughan
Donald J. Moskowitz
NAN-TECH Inc.
Steven O. Newhouse
Mr. & Mrs. Wilson Nolen
The Penguin Group
James & Joanne Q. Reynolds
Edward R. & Rosalind S. Roberts
Laurance S. Rockefeller
Pierre-Louis & Magdeleine
Roederer
Eric H. Schlaefer & Nancy D. Chin
Daniel Shapiro
Fred & Irene B. Shen
Samuel Y. & Irene Sheng
David Solo
Simone Yen Song
Thomas Spencer
Ronald P. & Mei Wu Stanton
Martha Sutherland
Hamburg & Miranda Wong Tang
Richard Tang & Lauren Kunkler
Mrs. Yu Shang Tang
Andrew J. & Mei-Mei Tuan
Thompson
Fenton C. & Genevieve Tom
Han-Hsien & Dolly Wen Tuan
Edward L. & Mary Lee Turner
C.C. Wang
I. Peter Wolff
Diane T. Woo
Robert R. & Catherine D. Wood
Dorothea Wu
Sir Gordon & Lady Ivy Wu
Denis C. & Kathleen Yang
David & Laurie J. Ying

## Affiliates ($500 to $999)

Samuel E. Bass
Bei Shang Tang Foundation
Cathay Pacific Airways
Allen C. H. Chang
Leslie & Ann Chao
Hugh & Sophie Chen
Joel & Margaret Chen

Shih Ping C. Cho
Keh May Chou
Marylin Chou
John & Dorcas Lee Colas
J. Dennis & JoAnn Delafield
Michael & Dudley Del Balso
Virginia M. Dimsey
John & Eleanor T. Elliott
Robert H. Ellsworth
Michael Gallis
Yuhong Geng
C. Jay Ho
Mark Jaffee
Marianne Johnson
Dong & Elaine S. Kingman
Ireen Kwan
George & Julia Lee
Lee Kum Kee (USA) Inc.
Pamela Leach Lewis
Richard K. Manoff
Robert & Joyce Menschel
David T. Owsley
Herve & Lisa Robins Pauze
Albert & Ling T. Ping
Nicholas & Sheila M. Platt
Putney, Twombly, Hall &
Hirson LLP
Bridget Restivo
Peter L. Rosenberg
Lillian S. Neisloss-Schloss
Harold & Arlene Schnitzer
Care Foundation
Lily Sheng
Nancy Soong
Gloria Spivak
Charles J. Tanenbaum
LinChi & LeHuang Tang
Pao-Hwa & Gwynne C. Tuan
Theow-Huang Tow
William A. Volckhausen
James & Mary Anne Walsh
Mr. & Mrs. Henry H. Weldon
Bruce N. Yang
Genevieve Young
Ivan Zimmerman & Taryn Higashi

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青岛市人民政府

Dr. Henry Kissinger
Kissinger Associates, Inc.
26th F.350 Park Ave.
New York, NY 10022-6022
U.S.A.

May 17th, 2001

JUN 04 2001

Respected Dr. Henry Kissinger,

Please accept my warm greetings from Qingdao City, hometown of your good friend, Mr. Li Zhaoxing, Vice Foreign Minister of P. R. China.

As an important economic center, port city and beautiful tourist city in China, Qingdao is located in China's eastern coast, between Beijing and Shanghai. It is the hometown of the well-known Tsingtao Beer.

I am very honored to inform you that the annual Qingdao International Beer Festival will be opened on August 18th, 2001. The festival is the 11th this year, jointly held by eight ministries of the State Council of China and Qingdao Municipal Government. Every year foreign envoys, well-known figures and businessmen are invited to attend the festival. And at the same time, millions of tourists from both home and abroad come to share with us the festival excitement. As an important festival for Qingdao citizens, Qingdao International Beer Festival has become an important international event, which has contributed greatly to the enhancement of mutual understanding and friendship, and promotion of economic cooperation and technological and cultural exchanges between Qingdao and other countries.

This year's festivities will include the Grand Opening Ceremony, Evening Gala Show, Float Parade, Sampling of different beers from all over the world and