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The 2009 OCG Part II Conference ended with the keynote speaker, Jon Huntsman, US Ambassador to China. Check out some of the articles covering the event.
AP: US Envoy Criticizes Coverage of Obama China Visit
China Daily: Ambassador: US-China relations more focused on global issues
Global Times: US Ambassador says Obama trup a success
Souhu.com: 图：美驻华大使洪博培北大演讲
Greetings from Bejing!
We are pleased to announce that we are live blogging our 2009 Beijing On Common Ground Conference all this week at www.thefacesblog.com! The 2009 Conference is from Nov. 15-21 and jointly hosted by the Peking University and Renmin University Chapters of FACES.
Disclaimer: The views posted on The FACES Blog are the individual experiences and opinions of FACES members. They do not represent the official views of the FACES Organization.
Best,
The FACES team
November 15-20, 2009
Peking University, Beijing, China
Renmin University, Beijing, China
Come to our upcoming panel event about Ethnicity & Identity in Xinjiang!
Information also available at the facebook event.
In this issue:
Download the PDF file here.
Check out the new FACES Facebook fan page!
Don’t forget to also follow us on twitter! @stanfordFACES
Healing With Out Harm: Traditional Chinese Medicine and Endangered Species in Asia
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 5:45 pm Program
Fromm Hall University of San Francisco Parker St. (between Golden Gate & Fulton)
FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Reservations recommended. Please call (415) 422-6828
Co-presented by USF Center for the Pacific Rim and cosponsored by the Chinese Historical Society of America, Forum for American/Chinese Exchange at Stanford (FACES), the Institute for Holistic Health Studies at San Francisco State University and Volunteers in Asia
Description: For over 3000 years, traditional Chinese medicine has brought health and healing to millions of people throughout Asia. Today, TCM is enjoying a surge of popularity in the US also as people seek answers to health questions that elude western practitioners. While the increasing worldwide respect for and use of TCM is laudable, there is also a tragic consequence: the decimation of a wide ranging and growing number of animal species whose parts are used in traditional medicine. In fact, seven of the world’s eight species of bear have seen their numbers reduced as a result of the demand for their body parts. Yet for the highly endangered Asiatic Black Bear, whose story is perhaps the most tragic, there is a ray of hope in the form of a unique partnership between the Chinese Government and Animals Asia Foundation, a Hong Kong based charity.
Please Join Jill Robinson and Lixin Huang for a fascinating look at the use of endangered species products in traditional medicine. Robinson and Huang have formed a unique partnership aimed at providing TCM practitioners and users world-wide with information regarding alternatives to endangered species ingredients in traditional medicine.
Download the flyer (PDF) for more details. FACES members are offered the members’ rate of $5.
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Here is the 2nd issue of our biweekly publication: China Brief
http://faces.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/docs/chinabrief_101909.pdf
Happy reading!
FACES and CEAS is co-sponsoring a film screening event for the 12th United Nations Association Film Festival. The movie is titled “China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province”.
Description: On May 12, 2008, a catastrophic earthquake hit Sichuan Province in rural China, killing nearly 70,000 people, including 10,000 children. In town after town, poorly constructed school buildings crumbled, wiping out classrooms filled with students, most of them their parents’ only child. But when grieving mothers and fathers sought explanations and justice, they found their path blocked by incompetence, corruption and empty promises. China’s Unnatural Disaster examines the reality of modern China for its people, presenting a rare glimpse at how the government reacts to civil unrest. The film visits parents of deceased children from several schools a few days after the disaster.
When: Wednesday Oct 21, 2009 (9pm)
Where: Annenberg Auditorium, Cummings Art Building, Stanford University
Check out our Facebook event!
