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The Opening to ChinaThe following are excerpts from the speech by AlfredJenkins, retired foreign service officer in China, made atthe China Council's annual dinner on September 11.Editor's note.

My first and last assignments in diplomatic ser-vice were to Beijing, with a quarter century hia-

tus between, when we had no diplomaticrepresentation in the mainland of China.

As early as the summer of 1954I began to wonderabout the Sino-Soviet alleged fraternal collusion. Iwas negotiating with the Chinese in Geneva,attempting to get Americans released who were heldagainst their will in China. My opposite numberwas the Chinese official who had maintained anunsullied record of anti-American vituperation andbombast in the Panmunjam talks in Korea, and herehe was dealing with me a couple of years later withunfailing civility. I decided it was because the Chi-nese were having trouble with the Soviets, andmaybe wanted to hold onto our little finger.

Finally, at the end of the 60's, all signals turnedgreen--courtesy of the Soviets! The invasion ofCzechoslovakia, the Breshnev Doctrine that said anyerrant communist regime would be dealt with sum-marily, and the enormous Soviet military build-upon the Chinese border, the longest border betweenany two nations on earth and one with a history ofproblems, had the Chinese deeply concerned. Thisushered in ping-pong diplomacy and soon usheredme into Henry Kissinger's office at the White House.He said he wanted me to accompany him on several

trips to China negotiating with Premier Zhou Enlaileading up to a Nixon visit.

My office was charged with preparing the talkingpapers for those negotiations, on every conceivablesubject. The project was so secret I could only gettwo members of my staff cleared for it. We coulddraw on any resource in Washington as needed, ifwe camouflaged the request.

Virtually the whole world paid attention when repre-sentatives of two great nations that had been in inim-ical, at times actively hostile, confrontation for 23years, sat down together to try to find commonground on which to build trust and mutual respect.It had to be one of the great shows of the 20th cen-tury to see Henry Alfred Kissinger and Zhou Enlaisparring across the table during three pre-Nixonnegotiating visits to China, each of a week's dura-tion. Surely two of the most intelligent men onearth, each with a saving sense of humor, withutmost seriousness, were literally starting to reshapethe world as we had known it.

Irreconcilable differences were set forth baldly, noth-ing was swept under the rug. There was no diplo-matic doubletalk. The thing that impressed me mostwas the danger inherent in a lack of communicationfor a quarter century. Of course we had met with theChinese in Warsaw periodically, but we were notreally listening to each other. In the Kissinger-Zhou talks both sides were listening-carefully.Many things were cleared up, including one seriousmisunderstanding due to a mistranslation of a keyphrase in one of President Nixon's speeches that ledthe Chinese to believe we sought world dominance!

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The President's week in China was a tour de force.Who could have imagined a few months before thatthe Chinese People's Liberation Army Band wouldbe playing the American national anthem on Chi-nese soil to honor the arrival of the President of theUnited States or that our President and their PrimeMinister would be toasting one another in the GreatHall of the People to the strains of "America theBeautiful" !

At the end of the week a communique was signed inShanghai, turning a new page in Sino-American rela-tions. It was a hard-bargained document in whichwe attempted to take into account the sensitivities ofthe Chinese Nationalist government on Taiwan.

On April 6, 1973,as the first American diplomat toenter China on assignment in 23 years, I crossed theHong Kong border into China with a small staffincluding two security men. My mission was to setup a United States Liaison Office, equivalent to anEmbassy in all but name, and to head it until thearrival several weeks later of David Bruce, our mostsenior officer in the entire Foreign Service. I thenbecame his Deputy.

For the next year and a half I learned a great dealmore about life in China in the Cultural Revolution.While United States attitudes and actions have someimportance to China, we should never harbor theillusion that our action is likely very immediately orprofoundly to affect China or the Chinese people.Massive China has its own momentum, and will goits own way.

Having said that, it is also true that there are globalmagnetisms te ding to pull even a China of provin-cial and anachronistic leadership into articulationwith the adva ced world. Attractive as that world isto the Chinese, its demand is harsh. The futurebelongs both to free competition and to transnationalsymbiosis-mutually supporting relationships.Those unarticulated will lose out. I think China willnot lose out. T e articulation so far is too slow andtoo sporadic-and to the leadership too uncomfort-able, but I believe acceleration of it is a certainty.

Alfred Jenkins

China Council QuarterlyPublished by the NorthwestRegional China Council.P.O. Box 751Portland, Oregon 97207(503) 725-4567Editor: Joanne Wakeland.Published quarterly; printed Oil recycled papa

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Wild Swans: Three Daughters of ChinaAuthor Jung Chang Reads in Portland

Thursday, October 37:30PMPowell's Books1005 W BurnsideNo admission charge; call 725-4567for information

The China Council and Powell's Books are jointlypresenting Jung Chang, who will read from her

new book, Wild Swans: Three Daughters oj China, pub-lished by Simon & Schuster.

Now directing Chinese Studies at London Univer-sity, Chang has written about the lives of her grand-mother, mother, and herself during the upheaval of20th-century China. Chang's grandmother wasborn in Manchuria in 1909,and became the concu-bine of a warlord general at age fifteen. She escapedwith her infant daughter (Jung Chang's mother) in1932and lived under the Japanese occupation. JungChang's mother joined the underground Communistmovement and was arrested by the Nationalists. Shemarried one of Mao' s guerrillas and they moved toSichuan province. Jung Chang was born in 1952,and grew up among the Communist elite: her par-ents were both senior officials. Chang describes thestarvation during the Great Leap Forward and herexperiences as a Red Guard during the Cultural Rev-olution. Both her parents were sent to labor camps,and her father was driven insane. As a youngwoman, Chang worked as a barefoot doctor, steel-worker, and electrician before she became an Englishstudent. In 1978,she won a fellowship to study inBritain, and was the first Chinese student to get adoctorate from a British university.

Get Back Into ChineseFive-Week Chinese Review Classes at Elementaryand Intermediate Levels

Elementary Level-Two Sections:Tuesday evenings, October 15-November 12,7-9 PM

PSU, Smith Center 294Thursday evenings, October 17-November 14,

7-9 PMPSU, Smith Center 326

Intermediate Level-One Section:Tuesday evenings, October 15-November 12,7-9 PM

PSU, Smith Center 296Cost is $50, members; $75,non-members

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Interested in brushing up your Chinese? The ChinaCouncil will offer five-week-long Chinese review

classes at the elementary and intermediate levels thisfall, based on the success of our summer review pro-gram. Class time for both levels will be devoted topracticing speaking and reading Mandarin, andhomework will be assigned.

The elementary-level class, intended as a review forthose who have already completed at least one yearof college-level Chinese, will be offered in two sec-tions, one on Tuesday evenings and one on Thurs-day evenings, from 7 to 9 PM. The instructor, LuLina, is a native of Jilin Province who has taught Chi-nese language and speech communications in Ore-gon and Washington for the last five years. Studentsin her previous China Council Introductory Chineseclass called her the best teacher they ever had. Thetextbook for this course, New Chinese 300, is a book ofbasic practical dialogues used in daily life.

The intermediate-level class is intended as a reviewfor those who have already completed at least twoyears of college-level Chinese. It will be offered onTuesday evenings, also from 7 to 9 PM and will usethe text, Everyday Chinese: 60 Fables and Anecdotes.Yang Feng, the instructor for the intermediate class,is an enthusiastic and experienced teacher fromWuhan who has won several awards in China fordeveloping innovative teaching methods.

For further information and class registration, pleasecall Susan Brick at 725-4567.

Members Invited to New Monthly ChinaLunches .~ _ .

Third Thursdays (October 17,November 21,December 19) .

New Peking Restaurant735 SW First (Yamhill)12:30-1:30 PMBuffet Lunch ($5.50)No reservations; information: 725-4567

Ifyou want to meet other members on an informalbasis and find out what they are doing in Oregon-

Chinese affairs, you will enjoy a new monthly ChinaLunch gathering the third Thursday of the eachmonth. We have located a Chinese buffet restaurantwhere we can eat together as a group. You simplyserve yourself, pay on your own and join thegroup-no reservations are necessary. We've set thelunch at 12:30 to avoid a long line! Mark Sidel, Pro-gram Committee chair, will be host.

CHINA COUNCIL NEWS¥Staff Changes

Since June, the China Council staff has seen manychanges; as employees left Oregon for destina-

tions ranging from Washington, DC to Beijing.

Kelly Lundquist, our Secretary IMembership Coor-dinator since late 1990, left in June for a WillametteUniversity internship in Washington, DC. She wasreplaced by Ellie Pine, a Portland artist with manyties to China. Ellie has studied Chinese and twicesojourned in China, once in 1981, when she taughtEnglish at the Shan dong College of Oceanology inQingdao and again in 1983, when she studied Chi-nese in Beijing. She has worked with the ChinaCouncil on many occasions, helping with graphicart, writing, and clerical work.

Feroza Allee, the Oregon-China Database Coordina-tor since August 1990, has moved to Beijing with herhusband John, where she will teach management tostudents at the International Business and Econom-ics University (ling Mew Daxue).

Gaelle Snell, who has been the China Council Assis-tant since 1988, gave birth to a baby boy, Grant, onSeptember 27 and now works part time, taking overthe position of Database Coordinator and becomingthe new editor of the China Information Bulletin. Dur-ing Gaelle's maternity leave.jMarcia Weinstein isActing Database Coordinator,

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Our new Assistant· - usan Holme Brick, who hadjust moved to Portland from Walla Walla when shebegan volunteering for the China Council in June.Exceptionally well qualified for a China-related posi-tion, Susan has an MA in Asian Studies from the Uni-versity of California at Berkeley and studied Chinesefor two years at National Taiwan Normal University.She is fluent in Chinese and is especially interestedin modern Chinese history and literature. For threeyears, she worked at World College West (Petaluma,California) directing their overseas study programsin China and Taiwan, which are hig ly unusual inthat they arrange home stays with local families.

Finally, we have been lucky to add yet anotherSenior Employment employee to 0 r staff, JeanCampbell, who has worked as a Clerical Assistantsince August. She worked for many years at PacificPower & Light in the Accounts Payable section andwas a real estate salesperson as well. She joinsanother Senior Employment employee, Gene Tom,our Chinese Community Liaison, who has been with

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the Council for one year and has just completedwork on the Chinatown Walking Tour brochure (seeChina Resources).

Joanne Wakeland New Quarterly Editor

Joanne Wakeland begins this issue as the new edi-tor of the China Council Quarterly, and comes with

high qualifications, including a Ph.D. in Chinese his-tory from the University of Michigan and sevenyears experience as a technical writer. Joanne movedto Oregon two and a half years ago and is a SeniorTechnical Writer for Integrated Management Sys-tems (IMS)in Beaverton. She taught Chinese historyfor several years at Wayne State University, CarletonCollege, and the University of Nevada at Las Vegas.Her dissertation research was on local governmentin Beijing during the Ming Dynasty. Joanne is seek-ing more writers for the Quarterly, so if you wish tocontribute to future issues, call the China Counciloffice, 725-4567.

Corporate Members to Receive .Discounts on China Business Review

China Council corporate members will be able toreceive a 20% discount on subscriptions to the

magazine of the US-China Business Council, TheChina Business Review, the foremost publication onwhat's happening in trade with the People's Repub-lic. The Review will be offered to corporate membersfor $75/year (six issues). Corporate members willreceive a mailing offering this discount, but canwrite directly to The China Business Review, 1818NSt.,NW, Suite 500,Washington, DC 20036 (FAX:202-775-2476).

This is a great opportunity for companies that needto keep informed on China trade, for the Review can-not be equalled for its feature articles on new PRCtrade laws, case studies of US-China business ven-tures, and what's happening in the troubled arena ofUS-China trade relations. A recent issue has severalarticles on hiring Chinese labor-dealing with theextensive labor laws requiring employers to providemany social services-and the hiring, firing and man-aging of Chinese employees. It also has excellent fea-tures on foreign involvement in housingconstruction in Shanghai and US dumping chargesagainst China.

Generous Donors Assist Council

Thankyou to ~heDran.eas, Gregores a~d Beranlaw firm for Its donation to the Council of an

IBM75 Electronic Typewriter. We are also grateful torenewing Corporate Patrons Nike, Inc. and USBank of Oregon and to other corporate memberswho renewed this quarter: Arthur Andersen & Co.,Reed College, the Port of Portland, Davis WrightTremaine, ESCO Corporation, North Pacific Trad-ing Co., the Oregon State System of Higher Educa-tion, Photon Kinetics, and the Oregon EconomicDevelopment Department.

We also thank Major Donors William and DeborahMartson and Sponsors William and Jeanne Fronk.Other contributors were John Zhao, Connie Earn-shaw, Paul Y.Wong, Sidney and Muriel Lezak, andLeah Hing.

Volunteers Help Make Programs aSuccess ..

Many members and friends of the China Councilhave generously volunteered their time to assist

with events and office work. Several volunteersstepped forward to help at the China and DemocracyConference in June: Matt Barkley, Ian Brandon, TimCushing, Hao Daowei, Nancy Dollahite, Matt Healy,Hong Mu, Sarah Moon, Louise Langley, Li [un, andZhong Youping. On July 17, Peter Wonacott, MarkWilczewski, Hong Mu, and Paul Overby assisted atthe Most Favored Nation Forum. Numerous volun-teers, including Matt Barkley, Stuart Evensen, JoanFrances, Bee Pine, Monica Ransdell, Rachel Ransom,John Sinclair, Peter Wanacott, and Wang Xiaoyang,helped with the dim sum brunch and film sympo-sium and the accompanying Chinese films onAugust 10 and 11. Stuart Evenson staffed the regis-tration table at the China Business Network Lun-cheon with Denny Barnes on August 20, whileShelley Pittman did the same for the China Council'sAnnual Membership Dinner on September 11.

Matt Barkley, Matt Healy, Grace Li, Lois Lieber,Bruce McGibbon, Bee Pine, Wang Xiaoyang and AnnZoll helped assemble bulk mailings in July, Augustand September. We give special thanks to LoisLieber, who volunteers regularly in the office.

The Eastern Oregon bus tour was largely organizedby Marcia Weinstein, who also personally shoppedfor snacks and drinks, as well as handled all thelogistics on the tour itself. She was ably assisted byLou Weiwei. Once again, we thank Jeffrey Barlow

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and Christine Richardson, who were the tour lectur-ers, giving participants the benefit of their years ofresearch and fieldwork on the history of Chinese inOregon. This is the third such tour to John Day andBend that they have led.

Annual Meeti'!:8 Caps Year of Growth,Elects New Officers .

A well-attended dinner at Chen's China Clipperwas the setting for the China Council's Annual

Meeting on September 11. Outgoing President LoisBeran reviewed the highlights of the last year, includ-ing the initiation of the China 1990s project, throughwhich was funded the purchase of a high-qualitycomputer system, hiring and training of additionalstaff, publication of the China Information Bulletin anda series of lectures and panel discussions led bynationally recognized leaders in Sino-Americanaffairs. The first annual Chinese New YearGourmetDinner and Flying Horse Auction was a highly enter-taining and successful fundraiser. The 1990-1Annual Report is available for those who would likea copy.

Directors elected at the membership meeting were:For reelection, Mike Hoffman, Dennis Johnson, MelGurtov, Thomas Lowles, Kate McCusker, and BrianPedersen; newly elected were Carol Marr Vreeland,John Metschan, Mary Brown, and Mark Sidel (seeprofiles below). Elected mid-term by the boardwere Richard Suttmeier and Robert Moon.

Nominating Committee chair, Donald Jenkins, whois leaving the board after serving since the ChinaCouncil's formation in December 1980,presented agift of China books to Beran, citing her leadershipduring two years of exciting, positive change.

The new board then met to elect its officers for theyear: Roger Luedtke, President; Mel Gurtov, Presi-dent-Elect; Deborah Martson, Secretary; and DennisJohnson, Treasurer.

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China Council Welcomes Six New BoardMembers

Mary Brown-A librarian in the public schools,Brown has been active in fundraising for the

China Council for one year. She has served as chairof the Chinese New Year Auction Committee sincelate last year. Her interests include internationalaffairs and foreign travel.

John Metschan-Vice President of I ternational Cor-porate Services at First Interstate Bank of Oregon,Metschan has business interests in China. He livedin Taiwan from 1969 to 1971,in Hong Kong 1980to1982,and has visited China. Metschan returns to theChina Council Board, having served from 1987-89,and is currently a member of the Foundation Com-mittee.

Robert Moon-A tax accountant at Ernst and Youngin Portland, Moon holds an M.A. in InternationalManagement and spent one year teaching at theGuangzhou Institute of Foreign Trade from 1987-88.Moon has been active in the China Council as chairof the Chinese Student Assistance Committee since itwas formed after June 4, 1989,and now chairs thatcommittee.

Mark Sidel-Sidel, a law professor at Lewis andClark's Northwest School of Law, is workingtowards developing stronger ties between Lewis andClark and the Pacific Rim. In 1988he served as aprogram officer for the Ford Foundation in Beijing.Prior to that he represented American firms in Chinafor Baker and McKenzie in New York. Sidel nowchairs the China Council's Program Committee andis a member of the China 1990s Committee.

Richard Suttmeier-Director of the Center for Asianand Pacific Studies at the University of Oregon atEugene, Suttmeier is one of the nation's leadingexperts on technology transfer to China. He hasserved as a senior analyst for the Office of Technol-ogy Assessment. Representing the Committee onScholarly Communications with the PRC and theNational Academy of Sciences, he spent 1987in Beij-ing developing US-China scientific and technologi-cal exchanges. Suttmeier chairs the Council's ChinaScholars Circle.

Carol Marr Vreeland-A registered i vestmentadviser with Titan Value Equities, Inc. and FirstInvestment Advisers, Vreeland is a Chinese Ameri-can who has been involved with Asian and PacificAmerican women's issues and has organized forumson related topics. This year she helped organize theChina Council's program, Chinese Americans: Fact,Film and Fiction. She currently serves on the AuctionCommittee.

Susan Holme Brick

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_B_O_O_K_S_I_N_T_H_E_N_E_W_S_¥Encountering the Chinese: A Guide for Americans

by Hu Wenzhong and Cornelius Grove, Intercul-tural Press, 1991. 224pp., $16.95.

In Encountering the Chinese: A Guide for Americans,authors Hu Wenzhong and Cornelius Grove have

produced a highly readable, informative handbookfor Americans who intend to interact with Chinesein China or elsewhere. The focus of the volume is onthe values and patterns of behavior of the Han Chi-nese in the People's Republic of China, but theauthors note that some generalizations they makemay also be applicable to ethnic Chinese from HongKong, Taiwan, Singapore, etc.

Encountering the Chinese has several strengths. It isboth comprehensive and logically organized, cover-ing everything from forms of address and greetingsto appointments, making friends, decision-makingprocesses, the concept of face and farewells. Part Iprovides general explanations of Chinese values andbehavioral patterns for those interacting with Chi-nese anywhere, while Part II offers specific advicefor Americans living and working in China.Although many of the examples cited are drawnfrom Chinese institutions of higher education (whichmakes it especially enlightening for American stu-dents and teachers embarking to China), the book isgeneral enough to be useful to businesspersons andother professionals as well.

Perhaps the most appealing characteristic of this vol-ume is that it offers accurate, practical informationabout Chinese culture with illustrative comparisonsto American culture, and it does this without beingoverly academic or theoretical. The authors provideadequate explanations of cultural differences andthen immediately suggest" appropriate and produc-tive" responses for different situations. The anno-tated list of recommended readings andbibliography are excellent resources as well.

In an effort perhaps to be objective and sensitive intheir treatment of Chinese culture, Hu, Vice Presi-dent for Academic Affairs at Beijing Foreign StudiesUniversity, and Grove, an intercultural trainer inNew York, have glossed over a few of the less pleas-ant aspects of life in China. Virtually no mention ismade, for instance, of the damage to interpersonalrelations among Chinese friends, family and col-leagues caused by the Cultural Revolution. Thescars of that disruptive period have not fully healed.The distrust among Chinese themselves, visible, for

example, in resentment between colleagues in workunits, often affects not only how Chinese interactwith foreigners but how they interact with eachother, and understanding this can be important tothe American working in China.

Similarly, I would like to have seen a fuller treatmentof the difficulties an American invariably encountersas a result of the economic disparity between thePRC and the United States. The current drive inChina for material possessions and for an opportu-nity to travel abroad places pressure on foreign visi-tors. Hu and Grove mention briefly how one mightrespond to requests for assistance from Chinese wish-ing to study abroad. But what about requests fromblack marketeers and acquaintances to exchangeRenminbi for Foreign Exchange Certificates (the hardChinese currency that can be used to buy scarcegoods) or requests to buy one's cameras, bicyclesand other hard to come by items? How does onerespond to such requests appropriately within theChinese cultural and legal framework, especiallygiven the importance of reciprocity in the Chineseguanxi system? Because the American sojourner inChina is bound to face issues like these, they deservemore attention in the guide.

Despite these flaws, Encountering the Chinese fills aniche better than any other single volume I haveseen to date, as a practical and thorough guide toChinese values and behavioral patterns that wouldbe of equal value to the student, teacher, businessper-son, or other professional preparing to interact withChinese counterparts in China or abroad.

Susan Holme Brick

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See Tibet Through Tibetan Eyes in 1992

A once-in-a-lifetime tour to an isolated and tradi-tional culture, this September 1992 China Coun-

cil tour will cross the remote Qinghai-Tibetanplateau and spend nine days exploring Tibet.Tibetan guides will provide the Tibetan perspectiveoften lacking in Chinese-led tours. An expert ChinaCouncil tour leader will guide the group on thisstrenuous and adventurous journey. Imperial Tourand Travel in Portland is working with Morning StarTravel in Hong Kong/Beijing to make the tour a sue-·cessfulone.

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The tour leaves Beijing for Lanzhou, Gansu prov-ince, where our overland bus excursion begins. InQinghai, we will see such magnificent Tibetan cen-ters as the Yellow Hat monastery in Labrang, theKumbum lamasery near the Dalai Lama's birthplace,as well as the legendary Lake Kokonor (QinghaiLake), famed for its rare birds. We will see newtowns, Tibetan nomad camps, and remote lakes.Travelling through heavily eroded gorges throughthe Kunlun Mountains near the source of theYangtze River, we will stop at the highest town inthe world, Wenquan, north of the Tanggula Pass, at5,100meters (nearly 17,000feet). Visits to theTibetan towns of Nagqu, Lhasa, Samye, Gyantse,and Shigatse offer many opportunities to meet Tibet-ans. In Lhasa, the group will visit the Potala Palace,the major religious centers, the bazaar, and theTibetan Medical Institute-center for traditionalTibetan medicine.

The tour leaves Tibet for Chengdu, Guangzhou andHong Kong, highlighting the enormous contrasts inChina today.

Travelers must be in good health and physical condi-tion, have a medical certificate, and be willing totravel in less than first-class conditions in someareas. Please contact the China Council if you wouldlike details about the tour.

Marcia Weinstein and Joanne Wakeland

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Chinatown Walking Tour BrochureAvailable Soon

This November a walking tour brochure ofPortland's Chinatown will be completed and

available from the China Council. Featuring a walk-ing-tour map; a brief history of Chinatown; anddescriptions of herbal medicine shops, restaurants,family associations, and other landmarks, the bro-chure will be a handy way to "discover" Portland'sChinatown. Photographs from the Oregon Histori-cal Society archives, cover calligraphy by Wing K.Leong, and bilingual headings will add to the distinc-tive character of the brochure.

The Portland Development Commission is produc-ing the brochure in cooperation with the Oregon His-torical Society and the Northwest Regional ChinaCouncil. The idea for the project began when the

Oregon Historical Society's Education Director,Karen Broenneke, asked Deborah Buchanan, a ChinaCouncil member, to write a self-guided walking tourof Chinatown to accompany their show Four Oceans,One Family: The Chinese in Portland, held July 1989-July 1990.

Deborah Buchanan used three major sources for writ-ing the tour: Portland's Chinatown: The History of anUrban Ethnic District by Nelson Chia-Chi Ho;Portland's Chinese-The Early Years by Hugh Clark;and Chinatown Historic District by Judith Rees (allsources are on file at the China Council). She alsoparticipated in a walking tour organized by the Chi-nese Consolidated Benevolent Association led byGeorge and Mary Leong.

Gaelle Snell, Jane Larson, and Susan Brick of theChina Council assisted with different stages of theproject, and Gene Tom served as a valuable liaison tothe Chinatown community.

The brochure will be produced and distributed asone of the Portland Development Commission's his-toric district brochures. It will be available inNovember from the China Council, t e Oregon His-torical Society, the Portland Development Commis-sion and Chinatown businesses.

Deborah Buchanan and Susan Brick

Tapes and Reports of China 1990s EventsAre Available

Ifyou missed the recent panel disc ssion onChina's Most Favored Nation status (with 16 excel-

lent speakers, each with a different point of view) orthe June forum on democracy in China with LiuBinyan and Li Lu, you can listen to them on audiotape. We have tapes of most of the China 19905 pro-grams; we can copy them for you at cost or lendthem to you for one week. Interested members canalso obtain a summary report of the MFN discussionprepared by Peter Wonacott and a report on April'spolicy meeting on our sister city / state relationshipswith China and Taiwan.

Free China Teaching Materials from theOregon International Council

Created by participants in Oregon InternationalCouncil's" China in World History" project, five

volumes of teaching units are now available for apostage/handling fee of $2/volume or $6 for the

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complete set. Write to the OIC, 999 Locust St. NE,Salem, OR 97303.

The units should interest teachers of many subjects,from art to math to social studies. They include asimulation game for the high school level, "The Chi-nese Immigrant Experience in America." There is a16-lesson unit for young children on Chinese folk-tales and a whole volume on Chinese mathematics,with activities, handouts, and source references.

China! Yesterday and Today SummerProgram in Jilin Province

Short (three to five weeks) travel! study programsare offered each summer at the Jilin University

of Technology in Changchun, northeastern China.They include classes on modern Chinese culture andhistory, Chinese language for travelers, and taiji. Thetotal cost for a four and a half week program, includ-ing round trip transportation from Beijing toChangchun, is $1,500,which includes lodging, food,classes, and excursions around northeast China, Beij-ing, and the Great Wall/Ming Tombs.

For information, write Jane Josselyn, Department ofForeign Affairs, Jilin University of Technology,Changchun, 130025,Jilin Province, China.

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Oregon-China Trade UpdateTo Be Published Soon

The Oregon-China Trade Update, a supplement tothe 1988publication China in Oregon: A Resource

Directory, is expected to be published late this year.

The Trade Update expands on the trade section of the1988Resource Directory, which featured 153 entriesfor private and government China trade services thata potential importer, exporter or manufacturer mightneed to use, such as international legal and tax ser-vices and consulting. The Trade Update will includecategories of companies dealing with the Chineseworld, that had been excluded from the originaldirectory, such as manufacturers like Nike, Inc. andTektronix. It will have nearly 500 entries.

The Trade Update is part of the three-year Oregon-China Database Project funded under the China

1990s grants from the Meyer Memorial Trust andother foundations. The project includes develop-ment of an Oregon-China database, publication ofthe Oregon-China Trade Update, and revision of the1988Resource Directory.

The Oregon-China computer database contains cur-rent information on organizations in Oregon and theNorthwest that are involved with China, HongKong, Singapore, or Taiwan in the fields of trade,education, culture, and government. The half-timedatabase coordinator, a position first held by FerozaAllee and now by Gaelle Snell, works with the Infor-mation Clearinghouse Task Force, chaired by MikeHoffman. The first goal of the database project hasbeen to create the database (Mark Howard designeda custom program), and then to expand and updatethe trade section of the resource directory. Camera-ready copy for the trade supplement will be pro-duced directly from the database, which will allowlast-minute editing.

Toexpand the Trade section, the China Council senta questionnaire to companies in Oregon and South-western Washington about their business in the Chi-nese world. The database coordinator and teninterns from local colleges and universities spent sev-eral hundred hours compiling, entering and verify-ing the database information. The expanded tradedatabase uses 28 categories to organize the compa-nies such as manufacturers, banks, accounting firms,law firms, engineering firms, importers, exporters,distributors, consultants, retailers, and others.

The database reveals the spectrum of Oregon busi-nesses that trade with China. More than 175 of the468 companies in the database have ties with China,more than 300 have ties with Taiwan, and more than300have ties with Hong Kong. Over 100 Oregoncompanies have Mandarin-speaking staff membersand over 60 firms have Cantonese speakers. Thedatabase includes 18 consultants, 31 transportationfirms, 40 importers, and over 65 exporters. Morethan 40 Oregon companies deal with logs, lumber,paper or pulp; and over 30 specialize in electronicproducts; and nearly 20 handle gifts and handicrafts.

The six largest accounting firms in Oregon have busi-ness ties with China. They can provide accounting,tax and business management expertise to compa-nies engaged in trade with China, and all of themhave offices in China.

At least nine Oregon banks have business ties toChina. Their international services range from for-eign exchange and letters of credit to international

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investment and merchant banking. Many of themhave branches located in China, Hong Kong, Taiwanor Singapore.

Of the 25 largest firms that manufacture products inOregon, at least seven export their products toChina. This list includes Tektronix Inc., Intel Corp.,Jantzen Inc., and Boise Cascade.

In addition to publishing the Trade Update, the Ore-gon-China computer database will make custo-mized reports available. For a small fee, a user canrequest information on a particular business, orobtain lists, profiles, and mailing labels for busi-nesses in a particular category.

The Trade Update will be available late this year, at$19.50 per copy. The 1988 Resource Directory can stillbe purchased at $14.95 (members, $11.95).

The Trade Update is also available until December 1 ata prepublication price of $14.00, or in a packagewhich includes the Trade Update and the ResourceDirectory at $25.95. Pick up order forms at the ChinaCouncil office or call 725-4567.

Mark Wilczewski and Gaelle Snell

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Portland Presents Ambulance toKaohsiung

On October 10 this year Mayor Bud Clark andother Portland city officials will fly to

Kaohsiung, Taiwan, to present a new ambulance tothe city of Kaohsiung. Two years ago, Kaohsiungbecome Portland's sister city in Taiwan. Since then,Kaohsiung has given Portland two dragon boats thathelped to establish the dragon boat races as one ofthe most popular events of Portland's Rose Festival.

As a return gift, Kaohsiung first thought it might likea pair of Asian elephants. However the Portland-Kaohsiung Sister City Association eventually settledon an ambulance equipped with the latest technicalequipment as the most appropriate gift. The ambu-lance will be officially presented to Mayor Den YihWu and the citizens of Kaohsiung on October 10.This date was chosen to commemorate the 80th anni-versary of the founding of the Republic of China in1911.

The ambulance was built in Florida and contains thebest available emergency equipment. It was dedi-cated in Portland during a ceremony held on Septem-ber 9, and was then shippped to Kaohsiung.Although delivered during 1991, the gift is designedas a two-year endeavor because of its cost. The Port-land-Kaohsiung Sister City Association, led by itsPresident, Dr. Eng Lock Khoo, raised $30,000 of the$50,000 cost of the ambulance by the September dedi-cation, and fundraising will continue through nextyear. The Association also hopes to establish anendowment fund for maintenance and update of theequipment. The Association is proud of the extraor-dinary gift and hopes that it will help to make thePortland-Kaohsiung sister city relationship the bestthat Portland has with any of its 18 sister cities.

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North Pacific Studies Center Call forPapers

Scholars from all over the world are invited tosubmit proposals for papers about the North

Pacific in the 18th century, for an international con-ference sponsored by the Oregon Historical Society'sNorth Pacific Studies Center April 28 to May 1,1992.Proposals should contain a one-page abstract andthe scholar's curriculum vitae and be sent by Decem-ber 15 to Peter A. McGraw, Director, North PacificStudies Center, Oregon Historical Society, 1230 SWPark, Portland, OR 97205.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: This issue was pre-pared by Susan Brick, Deborah Buchanan, JeanCampbell, Alfred Jenkins, E.L. Khoo, Jane Lar-son, Paul Millius, Ellie Pine, Gaelle Snell,Joanne Wakeland, Marcia Weinstein, and MarkWilczewski; Computer Tools, Inc. was thedesktop publisher.

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NORTHWEST REGIONAL CHINA COUNCIL FOUNDERS,PATRONS, AND MAJOR DONORS

FOUNDERSThe Asia SocietyClark FoundationThe Collins FoundationLillian Baumann Fund of the Oregon Community FoundationMeyer Memorial TrustPortland State UniversitySchwabe, Williamson & WyattRose E. Tucker Charitable TrustPATRONSErnst & YoungFirst Interstate Bank of OregonIntel Personal Computer Enhancement OperationKPMG Peat MarwickLasco ShippingNike, Inc.Security Pacific Bank OregonUnited AirlinesU.S. National Bank of OregonMAJOR DONORSBlackwell North AmericaBohemia Inc.Bullivant, Houser, Bailey, Pendergrass & HoffmanCascade CorporationCascade Shipping Company

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CALENDAROCTOBER10/1/91-3/8/92 GUM SAN: LAND OF THE GOLDEN MOUNTAIN: An exhibit on Chinese life and

labor in the West at the High Desert Museum, Bend, Oregon. Information: 503-382-4754.

1-20 WINDOWS INTO CHINA: Traveling exhibit on contemporary life in China, sponsoredby Linfield College and Meyer Memorial Trust. Public Library, The Dalles. Information:472-4121.

* WILD SWANS, THREE DAUGHTERS OF CHINA: A BOOKWARMING: Author JungChang discusses her book about her family. Co-sponsored with Powell's Books at Powell'sBooks, 1005 W Burnside, 7:30 PM. Information: Joanna Rose,228-4651.

FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF ASIAN STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON:Reception, Museum of Art, University of Oregon. 5:30-7:00 PM.

CHINESE LANGUAGE SCHOOL FUND RAISING CHINESE GOURMET DINNER:Sponsored by the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association. House of Louie Restau-rant, NW 4th and Davis, 6 PM no-host cocktails, 7 PM dinner; $25 per person. Informa-tion: George and Mary Leong, 284-2592.

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* MONTHLY CHINA LUNCH: Informal, no-host China Council lunches. New Peking Res-taurant, 735 SW First; 12:30 -1:30 PM. No reservations. Information: 725-4567.13th ANNUAL CHINESE FOOD FAIRE '91: Asian cuisine from over 50 restaurants.Sponsored by the Chinese American Citizens Alliance & Chinese Chamber of Commerce.Portland Masonic Temple, 1119SW Park; 5:30 PM seating. Donation $25. Information:224-4082.

WESTERN DIVISION OF AMERICAN ORIENTAL SOCIETY MEETING: Annual meet-ing with 25 scholarly papers on traditional China. Sponsored by the Department of EastAsian Languages and Literatures, University of Oregon. Held at the Erb Memorial Union,University of Oregon, Eugene. Registration $15, $7 for students.WINDOWS INTO CHINA: Traveling exhibit on contemporary life in China, sponsoredby Linfield College. Public Library, Hermiston. Information: 472-4121.

LECTURE: DEATH IN FOURTEENTH-CENTURY JAPAN: Lecture by Andrew Goble,Department of History. Sponsored by the Asian Studies Program, University of Oregon.332 Gilbert Hall, University of Oregon, Eugene; 3:30 PM. Information: 346-5087.CHINESE LITERARY EXPRESSION AND AESTHETICS, THE DREAM OF THE REDCHAMBER: NEH Seminar given by Theodore Huters, Chinese Literature, University ofCalifornia, Irvine. Held at the University of Oregon, Eugene. Information: 346-5087.THE STATESMAN AS ARTIST: PUBLIC ART AND HIDDEN SIGNALS IN CHINESECALLIGRAPHY: Asian Studies 50th Anniversary lecture by Richard Kraus, Departmentof Political Science, University of Oregon. Sponsored by the Office of International Affairs,U O. Information: 346-5851.THE MARBLE TERRACE AND THE THATCHED COTTAGE: EXTRAVAGANCE,MYSTICISM AND VIRTUE IN THE CHINESE GARDEN: Lecture by Gel' aine Fuller.Sponsored by the Asian Art Council, at Portland Art Museum; 5:30 PM. $5 general public.

THE STATESMAN AS ARTIST, PUBLIC ART AND HIDDEN SIGNALS IN CHINESECALLIGRAPHY: Asian Studies 50th Anniversary lecture in Portland (call for location andtime). Lecture by Richard Kraus, Department of Political Science, University of Oregon.Sponsored by the Office of International Affairs, U O. Information: 346-5851.

* MONTHLY CHINA LUNCH: Informal, no-host China Council lunches. New Peking Res-taurant, 735 SW First; 12:30-1:30 PM. No reservations. Information: 725-4567.WINDOWS INTO CHINA: Traveling exhibit on contemporary life in China, sponsoredby Linfield College and Meyer Memorial Trust. Public Library, Roseburg. Information:472-4121.

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