THE CHINA INSTITUTE

THE CHINA INSTITUTEVOLUME 01-05 MARCH 5, 2005

Dear Members and Friends of theChina Institute,

Welcome to the Chinese NewYear of the Rooster and anotherissue of our newsletter. TheMonkey Year was extremely busy,productive, and successful for theChina Institute, as we developedmore collaborative projects withChinese educational institutions.

Some of our faculty and staffliterally became “frequent flyers”to China in the past year. Dr. ChaoChen and Dr. Mingfang Li,Director and Associate Directorof the Center for China Financeand Business Research, eachwent to China three times duringthe year, to chair sessions andpresent papers at internationalconferences, and to developcollaborative projects withChinese colleagues. Dr. LouisRubino of Health Sciences andMs. Angela Lew from the OviattLibrary also went to China twicelast year to attend conferences,and to conduct programs ofexchange and collaboration.

In the summer of 2004, Dr.Elliot Mininberg and I went toShanghai and Guangzhou toperform a follow-up study of ourformer visiting scholars. CSUNhosted more than 200 Chinesevisiting scholars/young leadersin various training programs in thepast few years. Most of themhave returned to China to assumeimportant leadership positions inthe political, social, educational,and economic sectors. Theoverwhelming impression we hadfrom the follow-up survey studyis that the scholars underwent a

Inside this issue:

Dr. Justine SuDirector of the China Institute

Director's Message:

PLEASE SEE "DIRECTOR" ON PAGE 2

"NEW PROMOTION".....2

PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN CHINA..2

"A REMARKABLE

E X P E R I E N C E " . . . . . . . . .3

"HAPPY NEW YEAR".....3

"STUDYING THE COMMERCIAL

BANKING SYSTEM".....4

CHINESE YOUTH LEADERSHIP

P R O G R A M . . . . . 5

"GLOBALIZATION AND GENDER"..5

THEATRE STUDENTS.....6-7

SPECIAL PROJECTS...........7

"AN UNFORGETTABLE

J O U R N E Y " . . . . . . . . . . . .8

FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR.....9

"REMEMBERING OUR STAY"....9

"STUDYING URBAN

PLANNING".... . . . . . . .10

"DOING HISTORICAL

RESEARCH".............11

ACTIVITIES OF THE CCFBR.12

ART, MUSIC, AND

ENTERTA INMENT.. . . . .12

NEW EXCHANGE

A G R E E M E N T S . . . . . . . . .13

LECTURE SERIES.............13

CHINESE DELEGATIONS TO

CSUN..................13

SCHOLARS AND STUDENTS' VISITS

TO CHINA.................14

CHINESE VISITING SCHOLARS AND

CSUN MENTORS......14-15

AWARDS AND GRANTS.....16

fundamental change in theirframe of mind during their studyand stay at CSUN. Theydeveloped much broader andmore objective perspectives, adeeper level of understanding ofthe American people andsociety, and firmer belief indemocratic reform in all aspectsof life in China. We are veryproud of their achievements andthe fact that we have been ableto make a small difference intheir lives, and through them, amajor difference in China’smodern development andreform. We will continue to hostChinese visiting scholars andyoung leaders from Beijing,Shanghai, Tianjing, Nanjing,Guangzhou, Jilin, and otherplaces in China in the new year.

Meanwhile, more CSUNstudents went to China forlearning and experience last year.Mr. Clayton Koenig, alinguistics major, won theprestigious ChineseGovernment ScholarshipCouncil Award to studylanguage and culture at PekingUniversity for the 2004-2005Academic Year. He has alsojoined the Beijing Martial Artscommunity to learn differenttypes of martial arts. Like ourearlier recipients of the Award,he is already planning to extendhis stay in China for a secondyear! From our Department ofHealth Sciences, Dr. LouisRubino took his graduatestudents in healthadministration and healtheducation to Guangzhou last

summer, where they werewarmly received by our sisteruniversity, Guangzhou MedicalCollege, and Guangzhou PublicHealth Bureau. They visitedChinese health facilities andhad extensive contacts anddiscussions with Chinesehealth professionals. Severalstudents stayed in China longerfor internships in Beijinghospitals. It is expected thatmore students from our healthscience programs will travel toChina to learn and to conductinternship in the future.

Moreover, in November,2004, our Theatre Departmentsent a student troupe toparticipate in the 2004Shanghai Experimental TheatreFestival, hosted by our sisteruniversity, Shanghai TheatreAcademy. For ten days,Northridge students joinedwith other theatre companies

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from France, Japan, Hong Kong, Macao, andother Chinese institutions to celebrate thebest of cutting-edge theatre. They alsostaged performance and had heart-warminggatherings and master classes with facultyand students at Shanghai NormalUniversity, one of our most active sisteruniversities in China. Everyone theyencountered there was generous beyondany expectations.

In the Chinese astrology, Rooster isknown for its pioneering spirit, dedicationto work, quest for knowledge, anddetermination for success. We will carry onthis spirit and strive for more innovativeprograms and greater success in CSUN-China exchange and collaboration.

Justine Zhixin Su, Ph.D.Professor and DirectorThe China Institute

New Promotion as Deputy Mayor

I was a visiting scholar at CSUN from2001-2002 in the special leadership trainingprogram for Dalian cadres. I got a lot ofgreat help and support from faculty andstudents at CSUN as well as friends fromthe local community, which left a goodmemory for me, also for my classmates. Thisexperience has also greatly influenced mylife and my future. I would like to offer myheartfelt thanks to all my mentors andfriends at CSUN.

After coming back from America, I firstgot a promotion in my company, DalianShengdao Group, as assistant to the GeneralManager. My experience and Knowledge atCSUN served me well in my work in the areasof subject management and international co-operation. Early last year, I became theDeputy Mayor for Zhuanghe City, nearDalian Municipality. I got the positionthrough three rounds of public competition

BY DAIGANG YANG, FORMER SCHOLAR FROM DALIAN

Mr. Yang in his Deputy Mayor’s office

and selection. Zhuanghe city is about 2hours drive away from Dalian. It is abeautiful coast city along the Yellow Sea ofChina. It is a very promising city in themiddle of Dalian and Dandong of LiaoningProvince. I really want to do something forZhuanghe and the local people. I will usewhat I learned in Northridge to serve thelocal people.

Now I have been in Zhuanghe nearlyone year and I am in charge of industrial,economic and merchantize affairs. Zhuangheis a young city blessed with a proud historyand a great promise for the future. The hard-working Zhuanghe people and I welcomeall our friends at Northridge to visit us here.Please contact me at Office of the DeputyMayor of Zhuanghe City. E-mail:[email protected].

I went on the Faculty Early RetirementProgram in August 2003. Since then I havebeen working four months on FERP andspending the remaining eight months eachyear leisurely in ‘retirement’. But we all knowthat for folks who enjoy doing a variety ofthings, to retire in leisure is more dream thanreality and often easier said than done. Tostart my time off from FERP in 2004, I appliedfor and was accepted by the FulbrightScholar Program <www.cies.org/specialists> as a Senior Specialist Candidatein Library Science for conducting potentiallibrary projects in countries world wide.

In collaboration with Dr. Minghong Zhu,the director of Development & Research atGuangzhou Academy of Social Sciences anda former visiting scholar at CSUN, I havebeen planning a pilot project to take placein Guangzhou. Being a librarian, I am keenlyaware of and deeply concerned with the lackof public library/information service amongthe large group of migrant workers of ruralorigins in many cities of China, e.g. over 3millions of migrant workers and their childrendwell in Guangzhou which has a registeredpopulation of 7.26 millions. If the projectrequest is granted by the FulbrightCommission, I will work on the project inGuangzhou from late April to early June inthe spring of 2005.

I made an extensive pleasure & businesscombined trip to P.R. China in the fall of 2004.I presented a paper entitled “Turning DigitalDivide into Digital Combine: ProvidingInformation Services to the EntirePopulation of China” at the 2nd ShanghaiInternational Library Forum. Before and afterthe conference, I traveled to many other

places in China, urban and rural, to carryout voluntary duties I took on as thechairperson for the Cultural ExchangeCommittee of the San Fernando ValleyChinese Cultural Association, a non-profitorganization which has helped establishingand funding 60+ public libraries throughoutrural China since 1990 http://www.sfvcca.org. To attend the openingsof some of the new Jianhua libraries fundedthrough SFVCCA/CEC in 2004, I traveled tofour small rural towns that are in somewhathard-to-reach parts of China. China hasbeen constantly changing with dazzlingspeed and at scales beyond imagination butafter a trip that reaches far and deep, onemust conclude that as inevitable as theyseem, these changes are sometimes for thebetter and sometimes for the worse indifferent places and various aspects.

Retirement Means Having Fun ButWorking Harder Than Ever

BY ANGELA LEW, OVIATT LIBRARY

Angela Lew at the Opening Ceremony of aRural Library

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Happy New Year from BeijingBY CLAYTON KOENIG, CSUN STUDENT AT PEKING UNIVERSITY,

WINNER OF 2004-2005 CHINESE GOVERNMENT SCHOLARSHIP FOR CSUN

Studying the BondMarket and IPOs

in ChinaBY ZHONG-GUO ZHOU,

FINANCE, REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE

Clayton Koenig (front middle) with snowmanand other students at Peking Univ.

BY JUSTINE SU, THE CHINA INSTITUTE

Prof. Frances Wong of Jinan University(a sister university with CSUN), a long-timemember of the China Institute at CSUN, isthe recipient of our Lifetime AchievementAward this year. Many of our membersknow this elegant lady well, as she has beenvery active in our activities, as well as involunteering her services to the localcommunity agencies, senior centers, and k-12 schools. Over the years, she has madesignificant contributions to the promotionof friendship and understanding betweenthe Chinese and American peoples.

Most remarkably, in her senior years,now in her 80s, she returned to live in Chinaagain, to teach English and Westernliterature to Chinese college students, andto write her lifetime stories. Her newly

A Remarkable Life with BittersweetExperiences in China

published book, China Bound (in English,by Guizhou Publishing House, China, 2003),about her own life story is a saga thatembraces the extremes of love, horror, belief,politics, upheaval, tragedy, and hope for herand her family, many of which arerepresentative of the fate, feelings, andvoices of thousands of patriotic Chineseintellectuals, especially women intellectuals.The first printing of the book has receivedexcellent reviews and Prof. Wong has donateddozens of copies of the book to the ChinaInstitute as a fund-raising effort. I read thebook during my recent trip to China and wasdeeply moved by Prof. Wong’s dedication,courage, optimism, and bittersweet humor. Ihighly recommend this book to all membersand friends of the China Institute.

Prof. Frances Wong and her newly publishedbook, China Bound

Supported by the faculty developmentgrant from the China Institute, I traveledto Shanghai, China last summer. I attendedthe 2004 China International Conferencein Finance organized by MIT, TsinghuaUniversity, and China Europe InternationalBusiness School and presented myresearch paper with Chao Chen “The Riseand Fall of the Government Bond FuturesMarket in China”. I received goodcomments that should improve the qualityof my paper and made many friends. I alsotook the opportunity to explore thepossibility of a joint research project withmy Chinese colleagues. It deals withexamining the performance of ChineseIPOs (initial public offerings) during thelast decade. The project is currently inprogress.

Beijing and Beijing University (PKU)have been very good to me so far. Therehave of course been some inevitable andexpected hardships following from such adramatic change in my environment (illnesscaused by change of climate, languagebarriers, etc.) but I could hardly have askedfor things to have turned out better. Asexpected, PKU’s Chinese language programis really very good, well-organized, withexcellent teaching staff. Life on campus isrelatively cheap, convenient, and extremelycomfortable for foreign students. Food isexcellent, and I eat everything in sight on-campus including raw fruit and vegetables…

There are really relatively very fewChinese language students here at the very

lowest beginner levels where I am startingout, so perhaps that explains the only realcriticism I can offer: people here do not goout of there way to be helpful aboutproviding information, particularly inEnglish. So I and many people I know withpoor Chinese skills have spent hours anddays and even weeks floundering abouttrying to solve simple everyday problemslike internet access.

Probably the most exciting developmentfor me personally is that I have found thatthere are already quite a few foreigners inBeijing studying Chinese Martial Arts.Therefore I have been able to get aroundthe language barrier by using the expatnetwork to plug in to the Beijing Martial Artscommunity. I now have a whole list ofteachers whom I find interesting, and amvery busy studying with what I consider tobe a very good Baguazhang http://www.sonshi.com/baguazhang.html teacher,Zhu Baozhen http://www.emptyflower.com/xingyiquan/tomasz/main.html.

At this point I am almost half waythrough my first year, and I still feel like Ihave only just arrived. Planning for a secondyear has already begun.


From June 4 to June 11, 2005, I had thepleasure of taking eleven students from thehealth administration and health educationprograms to Guangzhou, China to exploretheir health care system. The students and Ivisited seven health care sites includingtheir Center for Disease Control, theInfectious Disease Hospital, and Children’sHospital. The group visited public as wellas private health care facilities. Thesponsoring organizations in China whohelped coordinate the visits were theGuangzhou Municipal Health Bureau andGuangzhou Medical College. It was veryinteresting for us to be there and to heardirectly from the leaders of these hospitalshow their health care system has changeddue to SARS. This was a three unit class

Studying the Commercial BankingSystem in America

BY SHIKUN GUO, CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK

Summer Health Sciences StudentProgram in China

BY LOU RUBINO, HEALTH SCIENCES

and was augmented by meetings in the U.S.before and after the trip. The coordinationof the trip was supported, and therefore thestudent cost reduced, due in part by afaculty development grant received throughthe China Institute. Another student trip toexplore the health care system in Guangzhouwill be offered again this year through theCollege of Extended Learning Spring SpecialSession. Some comments made by studentswho completed the trip were: “ExperiencingChina was one of the best weeks of my life.”“ In China, I saw a life that is fast, filledwith struggles, and yet with a brightcuriosity of what the world has to offer.” “Ifeel I am now more aware of and moresensitive to cultural issues that are differentfrom my own.”

A Most ExcitingAdventure

BY TARA SCHULTZ, GRADUATE STUDENT,HEALTH SCIENCES

Above: Dr. Wang Ming, Director of GuangzhouCenter for Disease Control with students fromleft to right, Tara Schultz, Michelle Marciniak,

and Monica ValerianoBelow: Health Sciences Student Delegation with

the Director Weng Zong Yi and other leadersfrom Guangzhou Medical College

Visiting Guangzhou, China is the mostinteresting and exciting adventure I haveexperienced. The adventure aspect of thetrip includes traveling across the world,experiencing a foreign culture, tasting thetraditional foods and flavors, the feel of theweather, and visiting parts of China theaverage tourist would not see. Theinteresting aspect of the trip for meincorporates meeting high ranking healthofficials and engaging in discussions abouthealth topics. Our group had the chance toeat lunch with the Director of theGuangzhou CDC. In the United States, Iwould never have had that chance! Ourgroup walked through the halls of burn unitsand saw victims of mine explosions. Wetoured a children’s hospital and saw thestrong family bond Chinese families have.For any student interested in health care ofany type, this trip is invaluable to theirprofessional and personal growth.

I am the Deputy Head of ComprehensiveManagement Committee of ChinaConstruction Bank (CCB) headquarters andGeneral Manager of PolicyResearch Dep. of CCBheadquarters. I am also ChiefEditor of Investment Research& Chief Editor of ModernCommercial Bank Herald(both of monthly issuedimportant journal in China) andVice General Secretary of ChinaInvestment Association.

CCB is one of the largeststate-owned commercial bankin China. Facing newopportunities and challengeswith China’s entry into theWTO, economic globalization and financialliberalization, CCB has taken a pro-activeapproach, intensified comprehensivereform. In order to improve operations andmanagement, to push forward the market-oriented and internationalization process,CCB decides to intensified staff training bysending its senior managers abroad to learn

the modern banking theory and advancedmanagement concept. We believe that USAis a most advanced country in the world with

a perfect banking systemand advanced thinking inbanking management.

I have held importantpositions as a manager incharge of policy analysisand research on financialand commercial bankingsystem in CCB in the pasttwo decades. Last year, Iwas sent to CSUN as avisiting scholar by ourBank. The goal of myresearch is to studyAmerican commercial

banking system and to speculate itsimplications for the reform of China’scommercial banking system. I believe that acomprehensive and intensive study onAmerican banking system will be verybeneficial for me and enable me to make morecontribution to my Bank in its reform processand development.

Mr. Guo relaxes during hisbusy study at Northridge


In November, 2004, Dr. Jane Bayes,Professor of Political Science at CSUN, wentto Beijing, China to attend the GeneralAssembly of the International Social ScienceCouncil. The International Social ScienceCouncil (ISSC) is an internationalinterdisciplinary organization of internationalsocial science associations, funded byUNESCO. As the Director of the ISSC’sScientific Research Programme on Gender,Globalization, and Democratization, shepresented a report to the ISSC GeneralAssembly on the activities andaccomplishments of the Research Programme.The ISSC General Assembly accepted thereport and approved the plans of theResearch Programme for the next three years.For more information, see www.isscggd.org.

In conjunction with its GeneralAssembly, the ISSC held a two dayconference on web based teaching attendedby members of the General Assembly andby many Chinese scholars from universitiesin the area. Part of the mission of the ISSCScientific Research Programme on Gender,Globalization, and Democratization is toreach out to scholars all over the world. Tohelp us with this while we were in China, Dr.Justine Su of CSUN kindly arranged an

Conference and Seminar onGlobalization and Gender in Beijing

BY JANE BAYES, POLITICAL SCIENCE

NSF Project inChina

BY YIFEI SUN, GEOGRAPHY

Yifei Sun, Assistant Professor ofGeography, has been busy working on hisNSF-sponsored project “MultinationalCorporation Research and DevelopmentInvestments in China” During the last year,he has published several papers on topicsrelated to China’s technology andinnovation. Examples include “Strategic ortactical? Foreign research and developmentin developing countries, a case study ofChina” on Asian Geographer ( 22 (1&2):143-167); “Geographic Patterns of IndustrialInnovation in China” on Tijdschrift VoorEconomische en Sociale Geografie(94(3):376-389); “Foreign Patents in China”on World Patent Information (25(1): 27-37).

In the summer, he visited Shanghai,Beijing, Chengdu, Nanjing and other placesin China to conduct interviews withdirectors/ managers of more than threedozens of multinational corporationresearch and development labs. He stayedat the Institute of Policy and Management,Chinese Academy of Sciences at Beijing asa visiting professor for about a month.Meanwhile he attended two conferences onurban and regional development inShanghai and Chengdu.

This year, the YLP Open House was heldat Cal State University of Northridge’sManzanita Hall. The use of this facility wasenabled with the help of Dr. Justine Su, thedirector of the China Institute at CSUN, andProfessor T.P. Lin. As always, family andfriends were given the opportunity tosocialize during lunchtime. The programofficially started as program coordinator,Mrs. Chia-Rhu Yang welcomed everyoneand introduced the Master of Ceremony,high school senior Diana Shen. The firstshowcase presented prepared speakerswhose topics ranged from the history of theChinese zodiac to the history ofautomobiles. This provided a taste of theCall for Youth Leadership’s training in publicspeaking. The speeches were followed by

the second showcase, where evaluatorscritiqued as well as complimented thespeakers.

Perhaps the most entertaining showcasecame next during the debate, where twoteams verbally battled over whether girlswere better than boys. This providedlaughter for the audience who listened tointeresting statistics on both genders, whichincluded, “Females do better than males onthe SATs” and “Men are stronger and runfaster.” In the end, the judges agreed thatgirls were indeed better than boys. Thisdebate was followed by another one, whichdebated over chopsticks and forks, and inthe end, forks were voted better.

The fourth showcase, Table Topics,tested impromptu speaking. Students were

presented with an embarrassing scenarioand asked what they would have done inthat situation. New in this year’s OpenHouse was the fifth showcase. Two groupsresearched different topics and gave aPowerPoint presentation. The topicsincluded the comparison of cell phonecompanies and the profile of the clothingcompany called Abercrombie and Fitch.Finally, the audience enjoyed showcase six,a play titled “Merry Christmas and HappyNew Year.” The play compared andcontrasted Christmas with Chinese NewYear, which was very appropriate for boththe parents and students. The Open Houseconcluded with comments and was athoroughly enjoying event for all who werepresent.

Chinese Youth Leadership Open House 2003-2004BY TIFFANY HSIA, GRANADA HILLS HIGH SCHOOL, 11TH GRADE

invitation from Dr. Xu Yuzhen of CapitalNormal University for Dr Bayes and hercolleague, Dr. Mary Hawkesworth of RutgersUniversity to give an afternoon seminar onGlobalization and Gender at Capital NormalUniversity. They had a lively session withabout 25- 30 faculty and students fromdifferent disciplines who had an interest inwomen’s issues. Although Capital NormalUniversity does not have a Women’s StudiesDepartment, the university does have manycourses on women and women’s issues andpublishes a journal on feminism. The facultythere were interested in how CSUNestablished a Women’s Studies Department.The afternoon was extremely informative forthe Americans who greatly appreciated thewarm reception and hospitality of the facultyat Capital Normal University and who hopeto find ways to cooperate in the future.

Dr. Bayes with scholars at Capital Normal Univ.

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In November CSUN’s Dept of Theatrewas honored to be the opening guestperformance at the 3rd InternationalExperimental Theatre Festival hosted by theShanghai Theatre Academy, a prestigiousconservatory with which CSUN signed amemorandum of understanding in 2003. Forten days, Northridge students joined withother theatre companies, both professionaland academic, from France, Japan, HongKong, Macao, and other Chineseinstitutions to celebrate the best of cutting-edge theatre.

CSUN chose to present BLASTINGHOLES IN THE NIGHT (by CSUN alumnusAnthony Valadez), a play that utilizedelements of hip hop culture to tell its story,

BY WILLIAM TAYLOR, THEATRE

and which proved to be of great interest tothe Chinese festival audiences. The CSUNtroupe was led by Professors Peter Grego(director) and Garry D. Lennon (CostumeDesigner) with 12 students includingplaywright Valadez, Crystal Clark, Sean Hill,Bethany Hogan, Justin Jasso, JohnMardosian, Nick McCord, Heather Myles,Hans Stephens, Robyn Taylor, Mandi Zieve,and Jon Zuber.

The student’s room & board andtechnical theatre expenses were all paid forby the Academy and Shanghai city fathers.CSUN’s Instructionally Related Affairscommittee generously authorized monies forthe airfare to complete the students’funding. Participating students had

previously enrolled in a Special TheatreTopics course, taught by Dr. Heinrich Falk,which helped introduce them to Chineseculture and history. While in Shanghai, theycontinued their education with visits to theYuYuan Gardens, Shanghai Museum,Shanghai Art Museum along with a day tripto the ancient water town of LuZhi. Theyexplored the various Chinese cuisines thatabound in Shanghai, and even managed tofind a traditional Thanksgiving turkey dinnerwith which to celebrate their Americanholiday away from home.

Following the Theatre Festival, theCSUN students packed their bags andmoved across town to become the welcomedguests of Shanghai Normal University, acomprehensive institution with long ties toCal State Northridge. After a very warm andgracious banquet hosted by Dean ZhaoBingxiang and his Xie Jin School of Filmand Television Arts, the CSUN professorsand students interacted in Master Classeswith their Chinese counterparts, whichbecame one of the high points of the entiretrip. On their final night in Shanghai, theCSUN troupe reprised their production ofBLASTING HOLES for Shanghai Normalaudiences in a very large and packed theatre.Northridge’s Dept of Theatre looks forward towelcoming Dean Zhao Bingxiang, who is soonto become a Visiting Scholar at CSUN.

CSUN Troupe at the Theatre Festival OpeningCeremony with STA President Rong

Playwright Anthony Valadez in Shanghai

NICK MCCORD (Lighting Designer): "When I first saw Shanghai’s skyline Iimmediately realized that there was an obvious desire here to be creative...it’s like lookinginto the future”.

ANTHONY VALADEZ (playwright): “The trip to China humbled me greatly.Sincethe trip, I have found myself renting Chinese cinema and developing not just anunderstanding of the culture, but rather a sense of “belonging” to the culture.I plan onmaking a trip to China again on my own!...The Chinese students are very poetic with themovements/ gestures and acting styles yet remaining true to the art. I was moved bythis….I then took a walk in the park and noticed the elders practicing tai chi or ballroomdancing, and I wondered; If Americans did this more often I think we would be able tofeel a bit more “free” and close to “earth”. Instead we are driven by “making it”."

JUSTIN JASSO (actor): “I wasn’t sure how we would be received in China. As it is,Americans aren’t looked upon very highly in many parts of the world right now...[InShanghai] we were more than welcomed. We would meet various people just by walkingaround and saying “Nihao” and we were always greeted back with words and a smile..Here at home, it is not that way."

CRYSTAL CLARK (actress): “China is Amazing. Everyone was so hospitable andextremely nice...I recommend that everyone visit China because the food’s great, themassages rock and the people are wonderful.”

JOHN MARDOSIAN (actor): “The most surprising thing to me about China washow friendly and polite the people were. Everyone was so generous and hard working..."

Quotes From Theatre Students

Crystal Clark at theYu Garden Theatre Students explore Chinese food


Special Projects

Chinese Education Consul Li Yaosheng joinsShanxi and Hebei Education Delegations at the

U.S.-China Higher Education Symposium

Guangzhou Medical College Delegation visitsCSUN Student Health Center

• International Professional Development Academy for educational administrators, incollaboration with educational institutions in Guangzhou, Nanjing, Shanghai andBeijing, from 1997 - 2005.

• Special leadership training programs for young leaders from Guangzhou, Dalian andShanghai government, 1997-2005.

• Special Training Programs for Health Professionals from Guangzhou and other partsof China, 2000 -2005.

• Special visiting scholar/educational administrator program with Shanghai NormalUniversity, 2003-2005.

• Co-sponsor with JHC for “U.S-China Higher Education Symposium”, 2005.

Provost Harry Hellenbrand welcomes theChinese educational administrators

Above: L.A. City Councilmen Tom LaBonge andGreig Smith Present Mayor’s Certificate of

Welcome to Young Leaders/Visiting Scholars atCSUN from Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou

When our Theatre Departmentdelegation arrived at our sister university,Shanghai Normal University, we were treatedroyally by Associate Dean Zhao Bingxiang,his colleagues and staff. They had bannersgreeting us all over campus. The AssocDean picked us up at our hotelPERSONALLY and drove us to his campus.He hosted a lavish banquet after ourperformance and had exquisite gifts for eachand every member of our delegation. On ourdeparture he insisted that he personally loadthe students’ baggage on the bus because“you are my guests.” He boarded the busand distributed individually prepared photoalbums and dvds to each of us. His staffhad to have been working through the nightto prepare these in time.

One of the strongest endorsements wereceived from the students was when theytold us they appreciated the balance weprovided them among working, visitingcultural and artistic sites and relaxation. Iknow that Prof. Lennon and Bill Taylor andI thought we achieved that but it was goodto know that the students thought so too.

This was one of the reasons we thoughtthis was our best experience yet. Of course,The Shanghai Theatre Academy andShanghai Normal University provided usunique opportunites too:We OPENED theExperimental Theatre Festival AND a photoof the CSUN production was the cover forthe Festival Program—that certainlymotivated the students! Unbeknowst to meuntil I arrived in Shanghai, I was the keynotespeaker at the welcoming banquet for all theFestival participants. That gave me a boost!

We expected some kind of graphicwelcoming for all the groups at the Festival,but Shanghai Normal had banners andphotographs all over campus announcingour master classes and performance.Having the master classes prior to theperformance gave our students and theChinese students an opportunity of meetingand exchanging ideas. Hence, by the timewe performed, the cast had had ample timeto insure that they had friends in theaudience. Everyone we encountered wasgenerous beyond any expectations. And Iknow the students shared this opinion with

A “Royal Experience” in ShanghaiBY PETER GREGO, THEATRE

our faculty and staff. Although I had mydoubts about the appropriateness of hip-hop being experimental, when I returnedhome to a Christams card from the formerhead of the MFA Acting Program at YaleUniversity asking me to explain what itwas—I knew I’d made the right decision!

Above: Prof. Peter Grego conducts master classat SNU

Below: Prof. Garry Lennon conducts masterclass at SNU


Despite vowing to myself that neveragain would I attempt the body numbingflight across the Pacific, I received manyenticing invitations to attend our formercook’s daughter’s 70th birthday and 50th

wedding anniversary to be held this pastAugust. My grandson, Eric, volunteered togo with me and I planned some extraexcursions to make it all more interesting.After flying to Hong Kong where we weremet by the same cook’s son and family, wetook off by Jet Catamaran across the PearlRiver delta and in 4 hours reached Zhoaqing.It was quite hot and humid but a pleasantcity with few foreign tourists.

We went by long distance airconditioned bus through Guangzhou toShantou taking over six hours and mostlyon smooth limited access toll expressways.Traveling in Guangdong Province can be achallenge language-wise if you try tocommunicate in Chinese. Cantonese is themost prevalent dialect and I cannot speakor understand it. In and around Shantou the

local Chaozhou dialect is used which I speakquite well and with only a specific local areaaccent. Everywhere people are supposed tobe able to communicate in Mandarin whichI can handle.

In Shantou I was met by a two physiciancouple who were my sponsors during asabbatical leave in 1987. They put me up ina high rise hotel with rotating restaurant onthe 26th floor. We went swimming in the SouthChina Sea. After the birthday and weddinganniversaries were celebrated we wereinvited instead to visit Shenzhen, anenormous new city on the border to HongKong. There we spent a day at a combinedtheme park 1st October 2004 drawn fromSplendid China and Cultural Villages. Wealso swam in a huge public swimming poolsurrounded by 30 to 40 story apartmentbuildings and shopped in Walmart store.The return flight was an hour shorter andafter two weeks we were glad to be backand without catching the usual cold.

An Unforgettable Journey to ChinaBY HAROLD GIEDT, COUNSELING

With the financial support of the CSUWang Faculty Fellowship, Dr. Mingfang Li ispursuing a research project studying factorscontributing to the success and failure ofhigh tech Chinese firms. Collaborating withcolleagues at Peking University andTsinghua University he visited several hightech companies in Beijing in December, 2004.In January 2005 he visited Guangzhou andShenzhen to interview a number of IT andbiotechology firms there.

Studying High TechChinese FirmsBY MINGFANG LI, MANAGEMENT

Dr. Mingfang Li with colleagues from GuangzhouAcademy of Social Sciences, and executives from

Guangzhou Thinker Technologies

I am a professor of educationaladministration in Shanghai NormalUniversity. My major focus of study andresearch is on American educationalevaluation. On September 20, 2004, I arrivedat CSUN as a visiting scholar. During mystay here, I have made many Americanfriends from different fields of work.

My faculty mentor, Dr. Christa. Metzger,is a professor in educational leadership andpolicy studies. She is very warm andsincere. She has arranged some very goodclasses and scholastic activities for me. On

October 8, 2004, she took me to the Phi DeltaKappa party, which is an internationalassociation for professional educators.There, I got acquainted with many principalsand teachers. Angel Barrett is among them.She is a very kind and smart principal atPlummer Elementary School. On November12, 2004, I was invited to visit her school,which is a public school with many students.I visited the administrative offices,classrooms, the library, the computer room,and had good discussions with teachers onstudent evaluation. Before I left Plummer, Iasked Angel Barrett some questions aboutteaching evaluation, and she invited PaulHsu to see me.

Paul Hsu is Angel Barrett’s classmate andcame from Taiwan. When he was young,his parents brought him to America, now heis a technology teacher at Animo VeniceCharter High School. He is very friendly andtook me and my colleague to visit anelementary school, a secondary school anda high school. When we visited Venice High

We Know Each Other in AmericaBY WU GANG, SHANGHAI NORMAL UNIVERSITY

School, I got to know Rongwen Liu, whocame from northeast China. He speaks fluentEnglish, and is now a teacher of Venice HighSchool. He took us to his classroom andintroduced us to his students. Very soon,we were having extensive conversationswith his students.

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I am the Associate Dean of BusinessSchool, Department Chair in Accounting,and a Professor of Accounting at JilinUniversity, which is a leading nationaluniversity under the direct jurisdiction ofChina’s Ministry of Education. Located inChangchun, the capitalcity of Jilin Province inNortheastern China, theUniversity has eightcampuses in five districtswhich are home to thirty-nine colleges coveringeleven academicdisciplines. The year of2003 saw the enrollmentof a total of 59,000-odd fulltime students among whom more than 10,000are graduate students. There are 5700faculty members in University, who haveplayed major roles in the educational,cultural and economic life of NortheastRegion of China.

Studying at CSUN as a Fulbright Scholar from ChinaBY CHANGJIANG LU, JILIN UNIVERSITY

For this academic year, I am studyingand doing research at CSUN as a FulbrightScholar under the mentorship of Dr. ChaoChen. We are working on a comparative studyof corporate dividend policy in China and theUSA, which is also a project for my Fulbright

Scholarship. I considerinternational exchangeand cooperation as oneof my most importantroles as a professor ofbusiness. Before I cameto CSUN, I also visitedNyenrode University inNetherlands, HongKong University ofScience & Technology,

Seoul National University in South Korea,and University of California, Riverside.Fulbright Scholarship is very important forthe communication and cooperation amongdifferent countries, as it encourages peopleto understand and help each other. I have


visited several universities in Los Angeles,and I deeply appreciate the kind help fromprofessors at CSUN and in other AmericanUniversities.

Since I came to CSUN, I have discoveredinteresting differences between Americanand Chinese students. The students herecan choose the courses they like and havemore freedom than Chinese students. Theyare also more active than Chinese studentsin class discussions and interactions withfaculty. The Chinese have to followestablished teaching plans in each academicprogram, and they can choose electivecourses only in the fourth year. The Chinesestudents show more respect for theirprofessors than American students. They alsohelp prepare teaching equipments and cleanthe classrooms before the professor comes tothe classroom. The Chinese universitiesprovide all enrolled students with dormitoryrooms, so there are many more dormitoriesbuildings on Chinese university campus.

We were very fortunate to study atCSUN as exchange scholars from ShanghaiNormal University (SNU) in 2004. The firstperson we met at CSUN was Dr. Justine Su,Director of the China Institute. She hasserved as a volunteer mentor for all visitingscholars from Shanghai Normal University.She made all good arrangements for us tosettle down, invited other professors andadministrators to serve as co-mentors forus, and organized many cultural activitiesfor us in our spare time. We thank her formaking significant contributions to the

Remembering Our Stay at CSUN

active exchange programs between CSUNand SNU.

Dr. Christa Metzger, a professor ofeducation, was a very kind mentor to us.She not only taught us knowledge in CSUNclassrooms, but also took us to manyactivities in the American society. Welearned much about the American peopleand culture through her. Dr. Kwang-nanChow, Dr. Magnhild Lien, Provost HarryHellenbrand, Dr. Mack Johnson, Dr. TerryPiper, Dr. Claire Cavallaro, and many otherCSUN administrators and faculty alsoprovided valuable guidance and assistanceto us during our stay at CSUN. We willalways remember you!

In addition, we made great friends withother Chinese scholars and students atCSUN. Raymond Lee, a MPA student, wasour housemate in Northridge. He took uson all shopping trips and took us to manysightseeing places. Without him, our life atNorthridge would not have been so rich.Another Chinese student, Maggie Weng,

made our lives beautiful with her warmsmiles; Susan, Joanna, Lucy, Lily made usfeel at home. Of course, we will alsoremember Shark, a straight-A high schoolstudent who loves playing basketball; verysmart but quiet Anna; and little Linda, theadorable baby loved by all.

Living in Northridge for half a year gaveus an opportunity to learn and understandthe real American people. Shari Ramesonand Jan Kolstad have been wonderful to allthe Chinese visiting scholars. They offerEnglish tutoring to us every week andorganize gatherings for us every month. Wefelt the real warm and friendship of theAmerican people from our association withthem. We also want to express our deepappreciation to their families and many otherAmerican friends.

BY YUHAO CONG, PROVOST, AND PEIDONG WU, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PRESIDENT’SOFFICE, SHANGHAI NORMAL UNIVERSITY

Authors with President Jolene Koester

At a party with other scholars in ShariRameson’s House

Dr. Chao Chen, Dr. Changjiang Lu, andDr. Wang at CCFBR’s Forum on China

Real Estate Market on February 25, 2005


Developing CollaborativeProjects in Beijing

BY WEIMIN SUN, PHILOSOPHY DEPT.

Funded by the Faculty DevelopmentGrant from the China Institute, my recenttrip to Guangzhou, China (January 14, 2004through January 20, 2004) was very fruitfuland memorable, in terms of research datacollection and reunion with former CSUNvisiting scholars and other friends. Theycherished the time we spent together atCSUN and appreciated CSUN’s mentoringactivities. The list of former CSUN visitingscholars I either met with or chatted with onthe phone included: Mr. Liu Feng, Haizhu

District, Guangzhou City; Mr. PengGaofeng, Urban Planning Bureau,Guangzhou City; Mr. Zhang Hu, WaterResources Bureau, Guangzhou City; Mr.Peng Peng, Guangzhou Social ScienceAcademy; Mr. Zhou He-long, GuangzhouTransportation Research Institute; Mr.Chen Guanzhan, Guangzhou City; and Mr.Victor Li, Guangzhou City.

All these former visiting scholars aredoing wonderfully in Guangzhou. With anexcellent training received from CSUN, manyof them are expected to be promoted tohigher posts in the City. It is worthmentioning that the Guangzhou CityGovernment paid a special respect to myvisit and gave me a full cooperation inresearch activities. Both Mr. Xu Ruisheng(the deputy mayor of Guangzhou City) andMr. Pan An (the director of GuangzhouUrban Planning Bureau) warmly receivedme. We chatted about the Guangzhou cityplanning issues and explored the possibilityof further cooperation between Guangzhouand CSUN.

In addition to data collection androundtable discussion, I also gave a seriesof presentations and paid visits to theGuangzhou Parks and Recreation Bureau,the Guangzhou Water Resources Bureau,and the Haizhu District. In addition to takingpictures with former mentees, I also tookmany planning-related pictures, includingthe Beijing Road Promenade, the Pearl River,city landscaping, subway, traffic signals,monuments, and street improvements.Based on the data collected in Guangzhou,a research report was presented at CSUN inMay, 2004. It is hoped that furthercooperation and extramural grant would besought for my project from the GuangzhouCity in the future.

Comparative Study of Urban Planningin L.A. and Guangzhou

BY DR. XUEMING CHEN, FACULTY DEVELOPMENT GRANT RECIPIENT, URBAN PLANNING

Dr. Xueming Chen lectures on comparativestudy of urban planning at CSUN

Dr. Xueming Chen with former scholar ZhangHu, Deputy Director of Guangzhou Water

Resources Bureau

In the summer of 2004, funded by theChina Institute Faculty Development Grant,I traveled to Beijing to work on the followingtwo projects. I gave a talk titled as “Theoriesof Representations” to Philosophydepartment at Beijing University. This is apart of joint project I have with members ofphilosophy department at Beijing University.The other project was to research on theearly development of Chinese Buddhism. Ivisited The Buddhism Research Institute atPeople’s University in Beijing. My focus onthis trip was to collect (and copy) someimportant texts that are not available in theUnited States, and to have scholarlyexchanges with my colleagues in theInstitute. Both projects are of long terminterest. The relationship with BeijingUniversity will continue in new directions

after the completion of the current project. Ialso hope to build a strong relationship withthe Buddhism Research Institute at People’sUniversity, which will help my research andcan bring more opportunities to CSUNstudents and faculties.

Dr. Weimin Sun (left) in front of the PhilosophyDepartment at Peking University

My one-year stay (2000-2001) at CSUNwas rewarding and fruitful. Those classroomobservations, activities and field trips giveme a much broader perspective of Americansociety and culture, which is helpful to meas an English teacher. I also got my MPAthere. The experience of extensive reading,writing papers, and class-room discussionsrenders me a better understanding ofresearch.

This year I am awarded a Fellowship fromthe United Board for Christian HigherEducation in Asia and will spend the springsemester at Wellesley College. It is the first

Greetings from aFormer Scholar in

NanjingBY HAIHAU QIN,

NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY

PLEASE SEE "GREETINGS" ON PAGE 11

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I’m pleased to report that I took a twoweek research trip to China, for which I wasgiven a faculty development grant from theChina Institute last year. My trip from June9-June 23 was split between Shanghai andNanjing. In Nanjing I spent a week workingin the Second National Historical Archives,researching materials produced by theImperial Maritime Customs Service aroundthe time of the Boxer uprising and thesubsequent Eight Power invasion of northChina in 1900-01. The abundant materials Iwas able to read will form a core of theresearch for a long article I am working on inwhich I will look at the developments in theCustoms Service, to explore the changingnature of foreign imperialism, the reformsundertaken by the Qing state, and growingnationalist sentiment among Chinese. Myresearch this month will also contribute tothe Documentary History of the ChineseCustoms Service that I am working ontogether with Hans van de Ven of CambridgeUniversity, and Robert Bickers of theUniversity of Bristol.

In Shanghai, I took the opportunity to

Doing Historical Research in ChinaRICHARD HOROWITZ, FACULTY DEVELOPMENT GRANT RECIPIENT, DEPT. OF HISTORY

look at how the history of Westernimperialism in China, much of which wascentered on that city, is being representedto a Chinese and international public today.I visited historic sites and museums,collected books and photographs, and tookdozens of photographs aimed at illustratingthe ways in which recent development hasembraced rather than erased the painful pastof Western imperialism. I’m looking forwardto using these materials in my undergraduateseminar on the history of Shanghai duringthe fall Semester. I made a presentation onmy research as one of the China InstituteLecture Series in fall, 2004. I want to takethis opportunity to again thank the ChinaInstitute for supporting my work. Given thekinds of courses I teach, it is immenselyvaluable for me to make trips to Chinareasonably frequently. It is not just theformal research I undertake, but my everyday experiences, observations of Chineselife, and conversations with Chinese people,that contributes to my ability to teach aboutChina to CSUN students. There is nosubstitute for personal experience.


As a public health graduate studentrecently studying in Guangzhou, I realizedthat just like in the United States, it isnecessary to have health education for thepublic to be informed regarding healthtopics so they understand how to preventdiseases and improve their health. Chinesepublic health educators continually drawupon their own knowledge and experienceswith the health care system in order toeducate the community at different levels.By visiting different hospitals and clinics inChina I was able to view firsthand the publichealth campaigns they have including, HIV/AIDS awareness, STD prevention,immunization, and breastfeeding. During mytime in Guangzhou, I came to realize that thefuture of health education in China isdependent on the government and health

Understanding Health Care System inChina

BY KAREN WLOCH, GRADUATE STUDENT IN HEALTH SCIENCES

CSUN graduate student Karen Wloch withmother and child at Guangzhou Children’s

Hospital

officials to address health issues in order tohelp combat certain epidemics (such asAIDS) and help increase educationmeasures in order to prevent future diseases.

A Most RewardingExperience in My

LifeBY LIU LIU, GUANGZHOU GOVERNMENT

I am Liu Liu from Guangzhou, China andthe recipient of the Lawrence LiuScholarship sponsored by Los AngelesGuangzhou Sister City Association thisyear. It is really my honor and pleasure thatI have this great opportunity to stay at CSUNas a visiting scholar from August 2004 toJanuary 2005, updating my knowledge andexperiencing American life. Thanks to thehelp from Professor Paul Chow, Ms. Chow,Professor Justin Su, Professor Mingfang Liand other Professors who have helped meat CSUN, I was overwhelmed by thebeautiful campus life here. During the lastsemester, I sit in some classes, helped ChinaInstitute sorting survey information, enjoyedthe lectures and activities organized byChina Institute and made a group of newfriends. This 6-month-stay at CSUN hasbeen one of the most rewarding andimpressive parts of my life until now.

In Guangzhou, I am a Protocol Officer atGuangzhou Foreign Affairs Office. Sincemany of my city leaders and colleagues usedto be the visiting scholars to CSUN, I amvery happy to share the similar experiencewith them. And I believe some of our city’sdevelopment ideas were originated from orcradled here, which is also a proof of ourfriendship and achievement of mutualunderstanding. Because of those successfultraining programs, Guangzhou has lots offriends at CSUN and CSUN has lots offriends in Guangzhou. As one of the 11million Guangzhou citizens, I wish CSUNand China Institute greater success in theyear of 2005.

placement of the two-year program. Thisprogram aimed at training leadership skillsfor teachers from higher education institutesin Asian countries. My one-year visit atCSUN and MPA background helped a lot inmy landing the fellowship. I am grateful tofriends at CSUN. It was their help that mademy visit at CSUN such a beautiful and happyexperience.

Greetings:CONTINUED FROM PAGE 10


Above: Youth Leadership Program OpenhouseBelow: Dean Rusche and Associate Vice

President Mack Johnson hosted a thank-youdinner for Chinese Education Consuls for their

Book Donation Efforts

1. China Tea Time, co-sponsored with the Office of Student Development and InternationalPrograms, spring, 2004.

2. San Fernando Valley Chinese Youth Leadership Program Openhouse, spring, 2004.3. Chinese New Year’s Celebration Banquet and Chinese Book Donation Ceremony, spring,

2004.4. Asian Pacific Heritage Night, spring, 2004.5. China Tea Time, co-sponsored with the Office of Student Development and International

Programs, fall, 2004.6. Thanks-giving Reception for Visiting Scholars, fall, 2004.7. San Fernando Valley Chinese Youth Leadership Program Openhouse, spring, 2005.8. Chinese New Year’s Banquet, spring, 2005.9. China Tea Time, co-sponsored with the Office of Student Development and International

Programs, spring, 2005.

Art, Music, and Entertainment

Center for China Finance and Business Research2004 Activities

BY CHAO CHEN, CENTER DIRECTOR AND PROFESSOR IN FINANCE, REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE

(1) Seminars• Professor Jianlong Dong, Dr. Janpu Hou,

and Dr. Greg Fang, “Current State ofChina’s IT, Biotech, and PharmaceuticalIndustries and Opportunities forOverseas Entrepreneurs”, December 2,2004.

• Dr. Jing Chi, Massey University, “ThePerformance and Characteristics of theChinese IPO Market”, October 12, 2004.

• Dr. George Lihui Tian, Peking University,“Chinese Stock Markets and NewlyEmerged Billionaires”, October 17, 2004.

• Dr. Fuguang Huang, Nankai University, “ANew Approach to Investing in China:Acquisition of Publicly Listed Companies”,October 17, 2004.

(2) Conference Presentations• Dr. Mingfang Li served as a moderator for

a panel “On the Model of Total InnovationModel: Description, Applications andExtensions.” 2004 Symposium atInternational Western Academy ofManagement Conference, Shanghai, inJune, 2004.

• Dr. Mingfang Li served as the symposiumchair for the “Effective Domestic FirmStrategies in Transitional China:Challenges and Opportunities”Symposium at the International WesternAcademy of Management Conference inShanghai in June of 2004.

• Dr. Mingfang Li and Yim Yu Wongpresented a paper “ManagementEducation in the Greater China Economy:Challenges and Tasks” at the The Impactof Globalization and Regionalization on(overseas) Chinese Society andEducation, Taipei in March, 2004.

• Dr. Chao Chen delivered a keynotespeech “Public Company AccountingReform and Investor Protection: TheImplications for China’s Listed Companiesin the U.S.” at International Conference onChinese Accounting Review in Tianjin inDecember 2004.

• Dr. Chao Chen and Min Ming Wenpresented a paper “The Credibility ofStock Repurchase Signals” at NationalTaiwan University InternationalConference on Finance in December 2004.

• Dr. Chao Chen and Dr. Zhong-guo Zhoudiscussed their coauthored paper, TheRise and Fall of Chinese GovernmentBond Futures Market, at Asian FinanceAssociation Annual Conference in Taipeiand Tsinghua/MIT International Conferenceon Finance in Shanghai in July 2004.

• Dr. Chao Chen served as a panelist forthe panel “Financial Reforms in China” atWharton’s China Business Forum inPhiladelphia in March, 2004.

• Dr. Chao Chen gave a talk, The Outlook ofBiotech Industry in China, at 2004 ChinaVenture Capital Forum in Harbin inJanuary, 2004.

(3) Visiting Scholars:The Center has hosted the following visitingscholars in 2004:• Dr. Changjiang Lu, the Associate Dean of

Business School, Department Chair inAccounting, and Professor in Accountingat Jilin University.

• Dr. Kemin Wang, a Professor of Financeat Jilin University.

• Dr. Fuguang Huang, Associate Professorfrom Nankai University.

• Mr. Shikun Guo, General Manager of thePolicy Research Department and DeputyHead of the Comprehensive ManagementCommittee of the China Construction Bank.

Dr. Chao Chen attending a Forum hosted by theWharton School of Business

Dr. George Tian of Peking University at aseminar


1. “For More Freedom: The Challenges of Chinese Educational Reform and Transformationafter Joining the World Trade Organization,” by Professors Zhang Renjie and Li Haiyan,Institute of Education Science, Guangzhou University, spring, 2004.

2. “A Pictorial Tour of the Chinese Healthcare System: One American’s Perspective,” by Dr.Louis Rubino, Dept. of Health Sciences, CSUN, spring, 2004.

3. “Urban Planning Management Systems in Los Angeles and Guangzhou: A ComparativeStudy,” by Dr. Xueming Chen, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, CSUN, spring, 2004.

4. “First Hand Views of the Chinese Healthcare System by CSUN Graduate Students,” Dr. LouRubino and his graduate student class, co-sponsored by Phi Beta Delta and Dept. of HealthSciences, fall, 2004.

5. “Foreigners in China’s Service? Robert Hart and the Chinese Maritime CustomsAdministration, 1863-1908,” by Dr. Richard Horowitz, Department of History, fall, 2004.

6. “The Rise and Fall of the Government Bond Futures Market in China,” by Dr. Zhong-GuoZhou, Dept. of Finance, Real Estate and Insurance, fall, 2004.

Lecture Series

Above: Dr. Zhong-Guo Zhou’s LectureBelow: Dr. Lou Rubino and Health Science Students’ Pre-sentation

Above Left: Chinese National Ministry of Education Delegation visits CSUN.Above Right: Shanghai Normal Univ. Delegation joins Dr. Yvonne Chan in Groundbreaking Ceremony for

International Studies Academy at Vaughn

Above Right: Dr. Su and Director Hua with SNUvisiting scholars to CSUN, 2003 — 2005

Below Left: Dr. Mack Johnson and CSUN facultymeet with Dean Zhang Yang from Hohai

Below Right: Dr. Su and Dr. Nan-zhao Zhou at theUNESCO Expert Meeting with President Wang Jianpan

of ECNU and Deputy Director Zhang Minxuan ofShanghai Municipal Education Bureau

New Exchange Agreements/Memoranda

• Shanghai Normal University (renewed),2004

• Hohai University, Nanjing, China, pending,2005

• East China Normal University, pending,2005

1. Shanghai Normal University Delegation,Feb., 2004.

2. Guangzhou University Delegation, March,2004.

3. Shanghai Normal University Delegation,April, 2004.

4. Capital Normal University delegation,June, 2004.

5. Tianjin Education Admission andExamination Authority Delegation, June,2004.

6. Guangzhou Medical College president’soffice delegation, August, 2004.

7. Guangzhou Medical College andGuangzhou People’s Hospital delegation,September, 2004.

8. Chinese National Ministry of EducationGraduate Education and EvaluationDelegation, October, 2004.

9. Shanghai Normal University Delegation,November, 2004

10. Nanjing Hohai University College ofBusiness Delegation, November, 2004.

11. Yunan Educational Administratordelegation, December, 2004.

12. Shanxi Educational Administratordelegation, Jan., 2005.

13. Guangzhou Medical College Delegation,Jan., 2005.

14. Hebei Educational AdministratorDelegation, Jan., 2005.

15. Guangzhou University Delegation,January, 2005.

Chinese EducationDelegations to

CSUN


1. Dr. Rie Mitchell (Educational Psychologyand Counseling) and Dr. Rex Mitchell(Management) visited Guangzhou andShanghai, lectured at our sisteruniversities South China NormalUniversity and Shanghai NormalUniversity. Winter, 2004.

2. Kathy Mintz (Education) and her husbandDr. Fred Mintz visited China and lecturedat Shanghai Normal University. Winter,2004.

3. Dr. Chao Chen gave a talk at 2004 ChinaVenture Capital Forum in Harbin inJanuary, 2004.

4. Burcu Aydin (Education) taught English inShanghai in different schools, 2003-2004.

5. “Mickey” Songkrant Sanlimsuwan (in filmand media studies), as winner of ChineseGovernment Scholarship, has beenstudying at Peking University, 2003-04.

6. Clayton Koenig (linguistics), as a winnerof Chinese Government Scholarship, hasbeen studying at Peking University, 2004-2005.

7. Dr. Xueming Chen (Urban Studies andPlanning) visited Guangzhou with thesupport of China Institute’s FacultyDevelopment Grant to conduct ofcomparative study of urban planning andmanagement in Guangzhou and L.A.,winter., 2004.

8. Dr. Richard Horowitz (History) visitedNanjing with the support of ChinaInstitute’s Faculty Development Grant toconduct historical research in NanjingArchive and museum, summer, 2004.

9. Dr. Zhong-Guo Zhou (Finance) visitedChina for comparative research inbusiness and finance with ChinaInstitute’s Faculty Development Grant,summer, 2004.

CSUN Scholars and Students’ Visits to China10. Dr. Weimin Sun (Philosophy) visited China

for collaborative projects with PekingUniversity under China Institute’s FacultyDevelopment Grant, summer, 2004.

11. Dr. Lou Rubino (Health Sciences) took hisgraduate students to Guangzhou forvisits to Guangzhou health care facilities,summer, 2004.

12. Dr. Justine Su, Dr. Elliot Mininberg, andCheryl Atienza (College of Education)visited Shanghai and Guangzhou forfollow-up studies of Chinese scholarstrained in leadership programs at CSUN,summer, 2004.

13. Dr. Mingfang Li and Yim Yu Wongpresented a paper at the The Impact ofGlobalization and Regionalization on(overseas) Chinese Society andEducation, Taipei in March, 2004.

14. Dr. Mingfang Li serves as symposiumchair for at the International WesternAcademy of Management Conference inShanghai in June of 2004.

15. Dr. Chao Chen delivered a keynotespeech at International Conference onChinese Accounting Review in Tianjin inDecember 2004.

16. Dr. Chao Chen and Min Ming Wenpresented a paper at National TaiwanUniversity International Conference onFinance in December 2004.

17. Dr. Chao Chen and Dr. Zhong-guo Zhoudiscussed their coauthored paper atAsian Finance Association AnnualConference in Taipei and Tsinghua/MITInternational Conference on Finance inShanghai in July 2004.

18. Dr. Jeff Zhang visited Xiamen to explorethe development of new trainingprograms, winter, 2005.

19. Angela Lew visited several places inChina to help establish new rurallibraries. She also visited Guangzhou todevelop collaborative projects withGuangzhou Academic of Social Sciencefor her Fulbright Senior Scholar Award,fall, 2004.

20. Professors Peter Grego, Gary Lennon,and William Taylor of Theatre took astudent performing group to Shanghai toparticipate in the InternationalExperimental Theatre Festival and to visitour sister universities, Nov. 2004.

21. Dr. Doris Jones-Nicol of EducationalPsychology and Counseling attendedinternational education conference inBeijing, summer, 2004.

22. Dr. Jane Bayes of Political Scienceattended conference on Globalization andGender in Beijing, fall, 2004.

23. Dr. Mingfang Li visited Beijing to studyhigh tech firms on Wang FacultyFellowship, fall, 2004.

24. Dr. Justine Su visited Shanghai to attendUNESCO Education Experts Conferenceat East China Normal University. She alsomet with leaders from higher educationinstitutions and Shanghai LeadershipTraining Center to develop new projects.Winter, 2005.

25. Dr. Mingfang Li visited Guangzhou todevelop collaborative projects withGuangzhou Academic of SocialSciences. Winter, 2005.

1. Jane Bayes, Political Science2. Ali Behnezhad, Business and Economics3. Warren Campbell, Co-Director, MPA

Program, College of Extended Learning4. Rick Castallo, Educational Leadership and

Policy Studies5. Claire Cavallaro, Chief of Staff,

President’s Office6. Chao Chen, Business and Economics7. Edith Chen, Asian American Studies8. Xueming Chen, Urban Planning9. Kwang-nan Chow, Math10. Paul Chow, Physics and Astronomy11. Marry Curren, Marketing12. Rafi Efrat, Business and Economics

CSUN Mentors for Chinese VisitingScholars/Students to CSUN (2004-2005)

Dr. Mack Johnson and Faculty mentors withnew scholars from Shanghai and Beijing13. Robert Gustafson, Director of Institute of

Entertainment Industry14. Nick Kioussis, Physics and Astronomy15. Robert Kladifko, Educational Leadership

and Policy Studies16. Sharon Klein, English as a Second

Language17. Christopher Leu, Co-Director, MPA

Program, College of Extended Learning18. Angela Lew, Oviatt Library19. Mingfang Li, Business and Economics20. Ellen McFadden, Health Sciences21. Elliot Mininberg, Educational Leadership

and Policy Studies

22. Christa Metzger, Educational Leadershipand Policy Studies

23. Louis Rubino, Health Sciences24. Kurt Saunders, Business Law25. Enchao Shi, English26. Justine Su, Educational Leadership and

Policy Studies27. Weimin Sun, Philosophy28. Yifei Sun, Geography29. Wendy Wang, Sociology30. Zhong-Guo Zhou, Business and

Economics


1. Mang Daqing, Chinese National Ministry ofInternal Trade

2. Zhang Hua, Guangxi Chemical Import andExport Company

3. Sun, Xingwen, Yunnan Normal University4. Lucy Xi Liao, Xiamen Productivity

Promotion Center5. He Guoshen, Dean, Liaoning University6. Wen Yanqing, China International

Corporation Cooperation Inc.7. Li Haifeng, Shengzhen Jifutai Industrial

Co. Ltd.8. Maggie Weng, Guangzhou Medical

College9. Li He, Guangzhou University10. Huang Fuguang, Nankai University11. Chen Wenbin, Qinghua University12. Li Shiping, Director of Human Resources,

Shanghai Normal University13. Chen Jianhua, Director of Educational

Research Institute, Shanghai NormalUniversity

14. Yuan Jun, professor of educationalpsychology, Shanghai Normal University

15. Susan Shi, South China Normal University16. Joanna Zhou, South China University of

Science and Technology17. Guo Shikun, General Manager, China

Construction Bank18. Cong Yuhao, Director of Academic

Affairs, Shanghai Normal University19. Wu Peidong, Deputy Director of

President’s Office, Shanghai NormalUniversity

20. Guo Meihua, Philosophy Dept., ShanghaiNormal University

21. Wu Gang, Educational Sciences College,Shanghai Normal University

22. Zhao Binxiang, Associate Dean, XiejinFilm School, Shanghai Normal University

23. Sheng Chun, Associate Dean, Life and

Chinese Scholars and Students Studying at CSUN(2004-2005)

Environmental Sciences, ShanghaiNormal University

24. Wang Qun, Hehai University25. Liu Liu, Guangzhou Municipal

Government26. Lu Changjiang, Associate Dean of

Business School, Jilin University27. Wang Kemin, Professor and Associate

Dean of Finance Dept, Jilin University28. Cui Xiangyuan, physics and astronomy29. Han Xiaoping, physics and astronomy30. Luo Yan, physics and astronomy31. Wang Bin, physics and astronomy32. Zhang Hongjun, Beijing Institute of

Technology33. Zhao Qi, Chen Jing Lun High School,

Beijing, China34. Chang Zhixia, Tianjin Foreign Language

University35. Li Qun Ce, Deputy Secretary General,

Shanghai Overseas Chinese FriendshipAssociation

36. Shi Min, Chief Financial Officer, BrillianceGroup Co., Ltd. Real Estate Division

37. Chen Yu, Prosecutor Attorney, TheSecond Branch of Shanghai People’sProcuratorate

38. Liu Liwei, Deputy Director,Comprehensive Affairs Dept., BrillianceGroup Co., Ltd.

39. Zhao Yuyan, Dept. Deputy Director,Shanghai No. 1 Department Store Co.,Ltd.

40. Zhou Haiwei, Associate Dean, BusinessSchool, Hohai University, Nanjing

41. Tao Wenxiang, Northwest NormalUniversity, Lanzhou

42. Zeng Xiangyan, Northwest NormalUniversity, Lanzhou

Below and Left: Dr. Mininberg and Dr. Suconduct follow-up study with former scholars

at CSUN in Guangzhou

Scholars from Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Nanjingwith Education Consul Dong Zhixue at Chinese

National Day Celebration Reception in L.A.

China Institute Website: Peter Liu has continued to maintain and update the website for the China Institute, which has over 200mb., capable of containing a lot of information. It is linked to the CSUN website and to a database so that in the future new memberscan sign up online. The purpose is to create a dynamic site that is accessible to everyone and provides information about ChinaInstitute’s past and current activities. A new information database/handbook for visiting scholars will be added to our website in thecoming year. Our website address is www.csunchinainstitute.org and our E-mail address is [email protected].

Dr. Christa Metzger tells Thanksgivingtraditions to visiting scholars

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2005-2006 Faculty Development GrantsFaculty at CSUN with an interest in China have an opportunity

to obtain initial seed money from the China Institute to start aproject or study in their discipline that advances the field of ChinaStudies. Since the funds are limited and the purpose is to stimulatelarger and longer range projects, how this might be accomplished isimportant. In this vein incremental support of existing projects willnot be supported. There will be up to two grants of $1000 each.

Applicants should submit a written proposal of no more thanthree double-spaced pages. It should cover the nature and purposeof their project, how they intend to carry it out, how it may helpCSUN students or our collaborative relationship with Chineseinstitutions, and how the funds will be spent. Additionally, a onepage resume highlighting relevant experiences must be included. Aword file containing the proposal and resume must be submitted tothe China Institute Director, Dr. Justine Su, via e-mail: [email protected] March 1, 2005. A four person review committee will makerecommendations to the China Institute Director. Decisions onawards will be announced April 15, 2005. Grant recipients are expectedto provide written reports on their grant activities to the ChinaInstitute by June 30, 2006. Faculty interested in further informationregarding these grants may contact the China Institute at 677-2138or e-mail Dr. Justine Su at [email protected].

Awards and Grants (2005-2006)2005-2006 China Scholarship Council AwardUndergraduate and graduate students in all fields of study are

invited to apply for up to two awards from the China ScholarshipCouncil to support a full year of study in any selected subject matter ina selected institution of higher learning in China. One competition willbe held for the entire academic year. This competition will supportapplications for study for the 2005-2006 academic year. The scholarshipwill cover all tuition and living expenses for the awardees andsupplemental grants from the Mininberg Memorial Award will assist intravel expenses.

Eight CSUN students have used these awards to travel to andstudy in institutions in China in order to further their understanding ofthe Chinese culture, language and traditions as well as their knowledgein a specialized area. This is the seventh year that students from CSUNhave received such grants and past students have studied at theBeijing Film Academy, Shanghai Teachers University, Nanjing NormalUniversity, and Peking University.

Applicants should submit a written proposal of no more than threedouble-spaced pages, outlining the following: purposes and rationalefor the proposed study, intended outcomes or achievements and theirsignificance to CSUN’s China exchange programs, and description ofprevious knowledge in Chinese language and culture. A single pageresume of education and relevant experience should also be included.After a preliminary review, selected candidates will also need to completespecial application forms from the China Scholarship Council. A wordfile containing the application proposal and resume must be submittedto the China Institute Director, Dr. Justine Su via e-mail: [email protected] later than March 15. 2005. A four person review committee willreview all applications and make recommendations to the China InstituteDirector and Executive Committee. Selected applicants will then beforwarded to the China Scholarship Council for further review. Finaldecisions on awards will be announced by May 16, 2005.

Upon their return from China, awardees will be expected to make aformal presentation to the campus on their experiences in China as partof the China Institute Lecture Series. Awardees will also provide writtenreports on their activities in China to the China Institute by November,2006. Applicants are encouraged to seek general information andguidelines related to this competition from the China Institute (ext.2138 or e-mail: [email protected]).


China Institute Life Time Achievement Award

• 2003 - Professor Sheldon H. Harris, Ph. D. (1928 - 2002)• 2005 - Professor Frances Wong (1923 - )

Recipients of China Institute FacultyDevelopment Grants (2004-2005)

• Dr. Weimin Sun, Department of Philosophy• Dr. Zhong-Guo Zhou, Department of Finance, Real Estate and

Insurance• Dr. Louis Rubino, Department of Health Sciences

• 1997 – Dr. Liangkang Lu• 1998 – Dr. I-Shou Wang• 1999 – Dr. Paul Chow and Dr. Tung-Po Lin• 2000 – Dr. Mack Johnson• 2001 – E Xuewen, Dr. Harold Giedt, and

Dr. Elliot Mininberg• 2002 – Angela Lew and Dr. Yvonne Chan• 2003 – Dr. Ellen McFadden and Dr. Lou

Rubino• 2004 – Dr. Kwang-nan Chow

China Institute OutstandingContribution Award

• 1999 - Angus McNelis (in film studies), has been studying atBeijing Film Academy

• 2000 - Bernard Forster (in education),studied at Shanghai Normal University

• 2001 - James Lo (in film studies),studied at Beijing Film Academy

• 2001 - Oliver May (in music), studiedat Nanjing Normal University

• 2002 – Jennifer Lew (in art), studiedat Central Academy of Fine Arts inBeijing

• 2002 - John Greer (in English),studied at Sichuan University

• 2003 - Songkrant Sanlimsuwan (infilm studies), has been studying atPeking University

• 2004 - Clayton Koenig (linguistics), hasbeen studying at Peking University

China Scholarship Council Award Recipients

Chinese Deputy Consul General Cai Zixian andEducation Consul Dong Zhixue join Dean Ruscheand CSUN staff to congratulate Koenig for the

China Scholarship Council Award

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