From owner-china-nt@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU Thu Sep 29 23:59:08 1994 Date: Thu, 29 Sep 1994 22:41:20 -0500 Reply-To: "Tang, Huang" Sender: China-Net From: "Tang, Huang" Subject: Chinese Community Bulletin #940929 Comments: To: china-nt@uga.cc.uga.edu To: Multiple recipients of list CHINA-NT ===+==+==+==+==+==+== Chinese Community Bulletin ==+==+==+==+==+==+=== (CCB 940929) (September 29, 1994) +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Chinese Community Bulletin (CCB) is the collection of contributions on various topics submitted to China-Net. The opinions expressed herein do not necessarily represent the editors'. +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Table of Contents: ============================================================================ 1. Chinese language and Linguistics From: IN%"jwu@ucsu.Colorado.EDU" "Wu Jiang" 2. Nice Man Wanted From: IN%"MLIU%IRISHVMA.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu" "Zhiheng Li" 3. ANNOUNCE: China International Manufacturing Week '95 From: IN%"coolie@branch.com" 29-SEP-1994 4. Washington Center for Chinese Studies Bulletin (1) From: IN%"LZ956C@gwuvm.gwu.edu" "WCCS" 5. Washington Center for Chinese Studies Bulletin (2) From: IN%"LZ956C@gwuvm.gwu.edu" "WCCS" 6. Washington Center for Chinese Studies Bulletin (3) From: LZ956C@gwuvm.gwu.edu (Editor's note: This package is pretty long. Sorry if it causes any inconvenience) ============================================================================ 1. Chinese language and Linguistics From: IN%"jwu@ucsu.Colorado.EDU" "Wu Jiang" 16-SEP-1994 17:40:11.93 I am a doctoral student in the University of Colorado at Boulder. I plan to do some research about the negative/tag questions in Chinese; however, I found a few references in this topic. I would like to learn any suggestion/experiences/references from you on this topic, if you would like to share with me. You can write to me in E-mail: jwu@ucsu.colorado.edu Or you can write a letter to me: Joy Wu Campus box 409 Boulder, Colorado 80309 Thank you very much! Joy Wu ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Nice Man Wanted From: IN%"MLIU%IRISHVMA.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu" "Zhiheng Li" 29-SEP-1994 I'm posting this for a friend. She's 28, graduate of Qinghua University and currently a student at a major US university in the Midwest. She's good-looking, in good shape and about 1.63m. She is honest and very very kind. The only reason she's still single is that she's very serious about relationships. She looks for a kind, mature man who doesn't dislike arts and enjoys life. Green card welcome but not necessary. Please reply to this e-mail address. Thanks. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. ANNOUNCE: China International Manufacturing Week '95 From: IN%"coolie@branch.com" 29-SEP-1994 13:52:47.19 Asia Online is please to announce... China International Manufacturing Week -------------------------------------- Comprising 4 specialized shows: - Plant Engineering - Control Systems and Engineering - Design Engineering - Automation & Integrated Manufacturing <-------------------------------------------------------> If you are interested in getting hold of more information about CIMW '95, please email ace@branch.com or if you have WWW access, you can go to http://www.ncb.gov.sg:1080/reed/exhibition/cimw95/ to see the exhibition being held online. <-------------------------------------------------------> >>Plant Engineering China '95 is a wide-ranging show covering all the products and services which manufacturers rely to keep their installations running at peak efficiency. Here is where you will meet prospects seeking to support their existing or new installations. - Plant Engineering Equipment - Materials Handling - Factory Installations - Workshop Technology - Repair & Maintenance Technology - Factory Requisites - AGV - Yard/Plant Service Equipment - Workshop Finishing - Computer Hardware & Software for Maintenance - Storage Systems - Instrumentation - Condition Monitoring Equipment - Industrial Equipment >>Control Systems & Engineering China '95 is designed to provide a forum for products in China's growing control systems market. Don't miss this opportunity if you are a manufacturer or agent of the following: - Sensors - Tranducers - Instrumentation Devices - Vision Systems - Programmable Logic Controllers - Process Control Equipment - Testing Equipment - Inspection Systems - Actuators - Encoders - QC/QA Training & Consultancy - Testing Services - Measuring Machines - Statistical Quality Control >>Design Engineering China '95 will be where industrial designers will flock to seek new products, applications and services to enhance their products and skills. So, if you're in the business of selling the following products, applications and services to design engineers. 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WCCS Bulletin (1) From: IN%"LZ956C@gwuvm.gwu.edu" "WCCS" 29-SEP-1994 11:29:10.09 * * * The Washington Center for China Studies * * * WCCS INTRODUCTION September, 1994 ====================================================================== THE WASHINGTON CENTER FOR CHINA STUDIES, INC. (WCCS), founded in January 1990 by a group of Chinese scholars in the United States, is a nonprofit institution registered in the District of Columbia that operates independently for academic and educational purposes. With the goal of enhancing academia, education and culture in China and abroad and promoting a better understanding between China and the United States, WCCS conducts research, education, and bilateral exchanges in the fields of social sciences and humanities. Benefitting from the extensive contacts both in China and abroad (with its core group consisting of leaders from many Chinese academic associations abroad) and its location in America's capital city, WCCS draws on the expertise of Chinese scholars in various disciplines, who are currently in the U.S. or other countries while maintaining close ties with the homeland. WCCS also conducts exchanges with many American institutions and the public who are interested in Chinese affairs or concerned about Sino-U.S. relations. The current president of WCCS is Mr. John H. Jia. A research fellow from the Shanghai Institute for international Studies, Jia also served as president for the Association of Chinese Scholars of Political Science and International Studies from 1990-1992. ACTIVITIES For five years, WCCS has: 1. Initiated and coordinated research projects, such as: * "Changing Central-Local Relations in China: Reform and State Capacity" (funded by the Rockefeller Foundation and published by Westview Press in January 1994); * "China's Korea Policy and Its Implications for Peace and Security in East Asia" (funded by the United States Institute of Peace and completed in 1991-1992); * "1992 General Election and the Changing Political Trend in America" (completed in 1993); * two ongoing ones on "China and the Asian-Pacific Region to the Year 2000" and "Leadership's Perceptions and China's Foreign Policy"; * planning a series of research on China's social-economic development, a comprehensive program focused on studying and developing China's civil society, a comprehensive study of China's central-local relations (esp. compared with federal systems among other nations), issues and strategy of China's regional development, China's energy development and policy options, China's banking reform, and China's management-labor relations. 2. Organized a series of conferences, symposiums, and seminars focusing on important issues concerning China. Among them three symposiums in collaboration with American institutions have been held on "the Issues of China's Property Rights", "China's Economic and Political Development and Sino-U.S. Relations", and "the Character and Current State of Chinese Culture". 3. Edited and issued CHINA REPORT, a series of research papers on China's economy, politics, society, culture, and foreign relations, which has been broadly distributed and well-regarded both at home and abroad. 4. Established a data bank and telecommunication network, which connects thousands of scholars in the United States and all over the world who are engaged or interested in China studies. NEW PROGRAMS 1. "Short-Term Teaching and Research Fellowship in China" In recent years, Washington Center has broadened its contacts and cooperations with various academic and educational institutions in China. Since mid-1993, WCCS has initiated a project of "Short-Term Teaching and Research Fellowship in China," which is supported by the Rockefeller Foundation. This is a unique large scale, multidisciplinary exchange program run independently by the overseas Chinese scholars. During a two-year period, it has been sponsoring 50-60 overseas Chinese scholars (mainly in the United States, but also including those in other foreign countries) to provide 2-4 months short-term teaching and research assistance in China. It aims at helping participants: 1. to contribute their knowledge and expertise learned abroad to the homeland; and 2. to reinvigorate academic relations with their corresponding institutions and colleagues in China. Through an application procedure, which includes academic evaluation by an Advisory Board of 19 Chinese scholars in various fields, participants of the project are selected in the following three domains: * Fields which are connected most closely with China's reform and opening to the outside world, such as economics, business, management and administration, and law and jurisprudence; * Other fields of social sciences such as international studies, sociology, political science, education, journalism, psychology, and anthropology; * Fields of humanities, such as history, philosophy, and literature. To date, 45 fellowships have been awarded. Many of them have already started or finished their work in China's more than 20 provinces and municipalities. Institutional cooperation between WCCS and more than three dozens most prestigious Chinese research and educational institutions is also underway. A number of grantees of this program have either returned to or decided to move back to China permanently. 2. "Chinese Economic Research Fellowship" (CERF) On September 15, 1994, WCCS has announced its new program, the advanced "Chinese Economic Research Fellowship (CERF)". This program will support Chinese scholars both at home and abroad who wish to do research in mainland China, focusing on the nation's key economic issues of reform and development. The program is supported by the Ford Foundation. Through a well-coordinated process, which includes application evaluation by a Review Board consisting of 11 distinguished economists both at home and abroad, fellows will be selected based upon their academic merits and commitment of program's goals. A group of Chinese economic research and policy-making institutions will be served as grantees' selective host institutions. 3. Sponsoring "Gateway China" Forum >From fall 1994, WCCS has started to sponsor "Gateway China" Forum and invite distinguished Chinese and foreign guest speakers to engage more active exchanges focusing on China's development and its relations with the outside world. ====================================================================== For further information of the above two fellowships and for those who are interested in WCCS' other activities, please contact: WCPUBLIC@ASUVM.INRE.ASU.EDU or Washington Center for China Studies 1129 20th Street, N.W., Suite 400 Washington, D.C. 20036 U.S.A. Tel: (202) 296-8071 Fax: (202) 296-8072 ====================================================================== Please note that the new listserv account WCPUBLIC@ASUVM.INRE.ASU.EDU has replaced LZ956C@GWUVM.GWU.EDU as WCCS' new E-mail bulletin board and main communication channel for its netters and associates. ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. WCCS Bulletin (2) From: IN%"LZ956C@gwuvm.gwu.edu" "WCCS" 29-SEP-1994 11:23:18.12 Gateway China Forum (WCCS) CHINA: A NEW EAST ASIAN MIRACLE IN THE MAKING featuring Dr. Ramgopal Agarwala Chief Economics Unit The World Bank Resident Mission in China Marvin Center, Room 501 The George Washington University 800 21 St. NW, Washington, D.C. October 3, 1994 (Monday), 1:30 -4:00 PM ******************************************************************* Sponsored by the GATEWAY CHINA FORUM associated with the Washington Center for China Studies (WCCS), Dr. Ramgopal Agarwala is going to make a presentation on "CHINA: A NEW EAST ASIAN MIRACLE IN THE MAKING?" followed by discussions, which will be held at room 501, Marvin Center, the George Washington University, 1:30-4:00 PM on October 3 (Monday), 1994. Dr. Ramgopal Agarwala, Chief of the Economics Unit at the World Bank's Resident Mission in China, is a seasoned economist who will address the subject from his vantage point of working in the country. Inviting noted Chinese and foreign guest speakers with different views and background, the open seminars given at the GATEWAY CHINA FORUM are not only to inform overseas Chinese scholars about the latest development in China, but also to engage an inter-cultural dialogue among academia and the public in Washington metropolitan area who are engaged or interested in Chinese affairs. The first seminar of this Forum was held on September 17, 1994, when a presentation on "THE CURRENT STATE AND ISSUES OF CHINESE AND SHANGHAI'S ECONOMY" was given by Prof. YAO Xi-Tang. The President of Pudong Academy of Development and Senior Vice President of the Shanghai Academy of social Sciences, YAO is an accomplished Chinese economist who is making an academic trip in the United States. We cordially invite you to attend the Forum. For further information, please contact: Gateway China Forum (WCCS) Tel: 202-296-8071 Fax: 202-296-8072 E-Mail: LZ956C@GWUVM.GWU.EDU ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Washington Center for Chinese Studies Bulletin (3) From: LZ956C@gwuvm.gwu.edu * * * The Washington Center for China Studies * * * WCCS News Release 9404 September 23, 1994 =========================================== Table of Contents =========================================== 1. Grant Report by and Evaluation Letter for Prof. LIANG Zai .... 2. Grant Report by and Evaluation Letter for Prof. DING Yong .... 3. Evaluation Letter for Prof. CHEN Feng......................... 4. Evaluation Letter for Prof. LI He ............................ 5. Evaluation Letter for Mr. HU Jixuan .......................... 6. Evaluation Letter for Mr. ZHOU Yongming ...................... =========================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Grant Report by and Evaluation Letter for Prof. LIANG Zai ...... ------------------------------------------------------------------- Teaching and Research in China, June-July, 1994: Final Report to WCCS With financial support from WCCS, I left for China on May 28 and came back to the U.S. in the end of July. During my two- month stay in China, I visited and taught at Jilin Academy of Social Sciences, Jilin University, People's University of China, Beijing College of Economics, Beijing University, and Shenzhen University. I believe that my lectures were quite useful for my Chinese colleagues and I myself also benefitted a great deal from these academic activities. In the following, I would like to report some details from my mission in China. 1. Teaching I spent first two weeks of June teaching at Jilin Academy of Social Sciences (JASS) and Jilin University in Changchun. I taught sociological methods at Jilin Academy of Social Sciences. The lectures were given in the afternoon and twice a week. Most of the participants were the researchers from JASS. Later on during the discussion, I found that participants were from rather diverse institutes within JASS such as Institute of Sociological Research, Institute of Economic Research, Institute of Anthropology, Institute of Latin American Studies, and Group of Advisors for the Government of Jilin Province. Participants showed a great interest in the way in which sociologists abroad conduct research and how the sociological methods can be applied in the study of social issues in China. I enjoyed many of the engaging discussions with participants during my lecture. During the time, I also contacted colleagues at Jilin University. I was invited by the Population Research Institute and Sociology Department at Jilin University to give lectures on the topic of event history analysis. Participants include professors at the Population Research Institute and Sociology Department and graduate and undergraduate students. I was particularly impressed by the enthusiasm shown by the graduate and undergraduate students. Lot of students showed up despite the fact that the final examinations were drawing near. In the third week of June I went to Beijing where I taught at People's University of China and Beijing College of Economics (BCE). My original plan was only to teach at the People's University for one week. However, Professor Feng Litian from the Population Research Center at BCE asked me to give lectures there as well. In addition, Professor Ma Rong from the Institute of Sociology and Anthropology at Beijing University also invited me to visit the Institute. I had to squeeze my lectures at People's University into two full day lectures (in addition to one day working at the computer lab getting things ready for my lectures). The Institute of Population Research at People's University provided much help in organizing the lectures. On the first day at People's University I gave the STATA program to them and the computer manager installed the software on all machines in the computer lab. I did some test runs on the computer there. The handouts were made before my lectures started. They also provided a room in the guest house for me to stay. The first day of my lecture was mainly focusing on the main ideas of event history analysis. The talk was given in the computer lab of the Institute of Population Research I talked about the basic rationale and theories of event history methods. The lecture was very well attended (about 40-50 people). In fact, some of the young faculty members had read some of the materials before the lecture and were able to ask many "tough" questions during and after my lecture. Some graduate students asked whether we have appropriate data sets in China to use this kinds of methods. The second day of my lecture was in a sense teaching "hands- on" application of the methods that I taught before. I used the simultaneous computer projector where I typed the commands using a 486 PC and participants were able to see the results on a big projector screen. People's University is one of the first universities in China that has the simultaneous computer projector. After my lecture many participants came to ask me questions. I am very impressed by the quality of young faculty members and graduate students there. I left a copy of STATA software and several books on event history analysis. During my stay in Beijing, I also visited Beijing College of Economics and gave one seminar on the topic of market transition, rural enterprise, and interprovincial migration in China. The day I was at BCE, there was a conference on minority issues and some of the faculty members participated in that conference. So the seminar was not as well attended as otherwise. After my lectures in Beijing, I came back to Changchun and continued my lectures at Jilin Academy of Social Sciences. In addition to the lectures on sociological methods, I had one seminar on the topic of history of American sociology and contemporary sociological research in the United States. Participants are very interested in contemporary sociology research in the U.S. and wanted to know more about details of many of the research topics that I discussed. I promise to send them articles of relevant research topics. I had given all my textbooks for the sociological methods class to JASS before I left Changchun. On the way to Hong Kong, I also had the opportunity to visit Shenzhen University at the invitation of Professor Yu Qiquan (dean of division of social sciences, former professor of philosophy at Beijing University). I gave one seminar there discussing the history of American sociology and contemporary sociological research in the United States. Shenzhen University is preparing to have the first cohort of undergraduate students in 1995. Many of the faculty members are concerned about what kinds of jobs that sociology graduates can take. We had some interesting discussion about the sociology department in the United States especially where Sociology BAs go after graduation. Moreover, Professor Yu asked me to consider the proposal that whether Shenzhen University and Queens College of CUNY (my current employer) can have a joint training program in sociology. I will talk to my college officials about this idea. Apparently some other departments at Shenzhen University have joint training program with universities in the United States. 2. Research In the era of transition to a market economy, China presents many research opportunities for sociologists. One of the challenging social issues is the "floating population". Many people in China are concerned about if "floating population" continues it will strike a major blow to social and economic stability (Beijing Review July 18-24, 1994). I have been working on issue of migration in China for a couple of years and plan to conduct a survey of temporary migrants in some cities in China in order to have a better under- standing of this issue. On my trip to Beijing and Shenzhen, I explored such possibility of collaborating with colleagues there. It seems that People's University, BEC, and Beijing University are all interested in collaboration. Shenzhen University also expressed interest in collaborating, but the strength of its social science faculty are not as good as other universities in Beijing. Apparently the city government of Beijing is quite supportive and encouraging for joint research between China and the U.S. I will soon write a proposal to seek for funding of such a research project. As far as migration is concerned, there are several parts of Beijing that migrants concentrate. For example migrants from Xinjiang province settle and open their business in Weigongcun. People call that place "Xinjiang Village." There are also places called "Zhejiang Village" and "Jiangsu Village" in Beijing where migrants from Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces are most likely to settle in. Since I am doing research on migration, I spent one afternoon visiting "Xinjiang Village" in Beijing. It consists mainly of restaurants which serve muslim style food. In addition some small shops also sell produce from Xinjiang, for example the famous "Xinjiang raisins". People on the street speak Weiwuer language. I interviewed some kids (children of migrants) on the street (fortunately they speak Mandarin!). I asked them about life in Beijing, whether they continue school in Beijing. ... During my stay in Beijing, I also went to visit the Institute of Sociology and Anthropology at Beijing University at the invitation of Professor Ma Rong (Ph.D. in sociology from Brown University). Professor Ma talked to me about his work on Chinese minorities. Under the leadership of Professor Fei Xiaotong, the Institute has done lot of work on minorities in Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, and Tibet. Professor Ma is very interested in conducting a collaborative research with me since his dissertation is on issues of migration and assimilation of migrants. To make the work done by scholars in China more known to the outside world, I particularly encourage my colleagues in China to present their papers at International conference. I gave information to Professor Guo Zhigang (at People's University of China) and Professor Fan Lida (at Jilin University) about different conferences in the United States in the coming year. I also gave names of organizations in the United States which provide financial support to Chinese scholars to attend international conferences. My last stop in Beijing is China Population Information Center. I bought data for China 1990 Population Census. I also visited Dr. Gu Baochang (Ph.D. in sociology from University of Texas). Professor Gu is a member of advisory board for China State Family Planning Commission. We had nice discussion on issues related to population policy in China and policies regarding "floating population" in particular. 3. Some further thoughts It is a very exciting time to be in China. China seems to change everyday, for the better of course. As far as sociology is concerned, some of the Chinese universities have very good research facilities and book collections. For example, People's University has a very fine computer center with many 486 and 386 PCs. People's University also has first-class simultaneous computer projector. The Institute of Sociology at Beijing University has very rich collection of sociology books and journals including both classic and contemporary. However, the other side of story worries me: doing academic research does not seem to be very popular these days in China simply because it does not involve too much benefit in money. During my visit to different universities in China, I heard many complains and worries from colleagues there. Furthermore, the quality of students majoring in social sciences has declined in recent years. I remember talking to Professor Ma Rong at Beijing University (Professor Ma is qualified to supervise Ph.D. students in sociology). He said that he did not find enough good candidates for Ph.D. program in sociology. The good news is that China recently announced raise in salary for college professors. Moreover, many colleagues worry that there are not enough funding for research and are very eager to collaborate with scholars from outside of China. Despite some difficulties facing today's academia, I still see quite a few very dedicated professors doing research in China. Another side note about teaching in China. Spring semester finishes by the end of June in most Chinese universities. Once the semester is over, most students go home for vacation. It will be difficult to teach in July if my planned audience were college students. Fortunately in my case, in July I taught at Jilin Academy of Social Sciences where researchers have a flexible schedule. For future WCCS grantees, one should take this into account before leaving for China. EVALUATION LETTER August 1, 1994 To whom it may concern: Dr. LIANG Zai was Invited to give lectures on the method of hazard model at our institute on June 15 and 16. Participants were the faculties and the graduate students of the institute. The lectures covered the following content: introduction of the usage of hazard model, basic concepts, the model building, data transformation, computer processing with STATA software. Dr. LIANG well prepared the materials before the lectures, carefully arranged the contents, accompanied with deliberately selected good examples to show the meanings, and demonstrated the procedure by his own application study. Although some of the participants had little background In this subject, all of them enjoyed the lectures with great Interests and benefited from the learning. They thought the lectures full of inspiration, and very useful and helpful to their future research. Here I would like to certify that Dr. LIANG was quite successful in the lectures given at our institute and highly commented by all my colleagues. Yours sincerely, Dr. Guo Zhigang Deputy Director Institute of Population Research The People's University of China ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Grant Report by and Evaluation Letter for Prof. DING Yong ...... ------------------------------------------------------------------- Introduction I went back to China on a lecturing tour sponsored by the Washington Center for China Studies (WCCS). I was initially assigned to participate in a management training workshop jointly organized by WCCS, the Sichuan provincial government's Economic & Trade Commission, and the Sichuan University. The workshop was to be held between May 25 and June 5. Due to some last-minute changes, they had to postpone the workshop to the fall. After consultation with WCCS, I proceeded with my original plan to conduct lecturing and research work with the Beijing Association for International Exchange and the College of Commerce in Harbin. The following is a summary of my activity at the two organizations. Preparations Before the Trip In order to be productive and efficient, I spent weeks planning for the trip. I searched for all information about the possible needs of the host organizations. I wrote to the host organizations and received constructive feedback. Some of the people who went on earlier WCCS assignments were extremely helpful in providing such information. I gathered textbooks and educational software that I had used in my teaching. I prepared lecture notes and handouts most of which was retyped in Chinese. In anticipation of problems getting access to computers in China, I bought a notebook computer which came in very handy during the trip. Research and Lectures In Beijing I held a couple of discussion sessions with officials from various organizations that participate in programs organized by the Beijing Association for International Exchange. These seminars are for the most part two-way discussions about the current state of China's on-going economic reform, the role of state enterprises in the changing economic system, the government's role in encouraging private business and protecting consumer interest, and so on. Participants included officials from the People's Daily, the Economic Daily, the Economic and Trade Commission, and the Ministry of Internal Trade (formerly the Ministry of Commerce). They were very interested in learning how developed countries like the United States handle such issues. I was equally interested in knowing how people within the current economic system view the economy, its future development, and potential problems. We also discussed the possibility of more joint research projects in the future. These discussions served as warm-up sessions for me and set me up well for the upcoming lectures. I also asked them about what they would like overseas organizations such as WCCS to do to facilitate the exchange of knowledge and ideas between the two countries. The general feeling was that technical personnel (which, when applied to the WCCS project, would include people specializing in a particular area of accounting, finance, law, statistics, to name a few.) would be much more welcome than those training is on the broad subject of economics, history, sociology, philosophy, etc. Of course, they emphasized that this represented their view as practitioners and administrators and might not reflect the needs of academics. The bulk of my lecturing was done in Harbin at the Heilongjiang College of Commerce where I went to school for three and a half years more than a decode ago. As an alumni, I was warmly welcomed by the college leadership. The president and all the vice-presidents attended the welcoming ceremony where I was given an honorary professorship. After all the official activities were dealt with, I worked primarily with the Division of Business Administration which included three departments: the Departments of Accounting, Management, and Trade & Economics. The lectures and seminars were packed into two weeks. I held three seminars for faculty members of each department on typical curriculum design in Business Administration programs at US colleges. I also gave a two-week lecture to business majors on "The Evolving Market System in China: An Outsider's View" and "Advertising: What Can We Learn from the West?". I also gave a seminar to members of the College Student Economics Study Club on "The Government's Role in A Market Economy-How Public Policy Can Be Used to Promote Business and Protect the Consumer". These lectures and seminars were well received. I was most impressed by the students who seemed very intelligent and much more informed about Western economics and management theory than I was when I went to college 15 years ago. They were very active in asking questions and presenting their own ideas and opinions. In addition to academic questions, they were equally interested in the social and cultural aspects of living in the United States. Both faculty and students expressed strong interest in the textbooks and educational software I took back. Although access to foreign textbooks has improved considerably in the past decade, it is still difficult to get the most up-to-date textbooks. I promised to ship more books to them as soon as I get back to the United States. I also held lengthy discussions with the College leadership on the possibility of exchanging personnel between the College and Framingham State College where I teach. Concluding Remarks Even though my official objective for the trip was to teach and conduct research, I felt I learned as much as I taught. I had not been back to China for more than 12 years, the country has changed considerably, so much so that I had difficulty finding my way around in my own hometown. I was warmly welcomed by all host organizations. In Harbin, I was received by the deputy Mayor for finance and trade Mr. Zhu Sheng-wen who was highly complimentary of overseas organizations like WCCS that are working to bridge the gap between the two countries. I want to take this opportunity to thank WCCS for giving me this opportunity to make some contribution to China. I plan to go back to China next year to continue the work I started this summer. Attached is the official evaluation letter from the Division of Business Administration at Heilongjiang College of Commerce along with English translation. John Yong Ding, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Marketing Dept. of Business Administration Framingham State College Framingham, MA 01701 Email: joding@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu EVALUATION Washington Center for China Studies: Professors Ding Yong and Zhang Hong-ning (Dr. Ding's wife, Ph.D. in economics from the University of Mass., Editor) visited our College during the second half of June 1994. During the two-week period, Professor Ding conducted lectures and seminars for our undergraduate Business majors and members of the College Student Economics Study Group. These lectures and seminars were warmly received by the students. Professors Ding and Dr. Zhang also conducted several well-attended seminars for faculty members on Business Administration/Finance curriculum design at US colleges. They donated more than a dozen most up-to-date textbooks in marketing, economics, finance as well as educational computer software packages. In addition, they also explored with our College leadership the prospect of more broad-based exchange between Heilongjiang College of Commerce and the Framingham State College. Their visit was well received by the College leadership. They were given honorary professorships. Their visit was very fruitful considering the length of the visit. We look forward to their next visit. Division of Business Administration Heilongjiang College of Commerce July 2, 1994 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Evaluation Letter for Prof. CHEN Feng ------------------------------------------------------------------- The Washington Center for China Studies Short-Term Teaching and Research Fellowship Program To whom it may concern: Invited by the Department of International Politics, Fudan University, Dr. Chen Feng offered two courses "International Relations Theories" and "Comparative Politics" for our graduate students from May through July, 1994. He systematically introduced to the students the development in the disciplines of international relations and comparative politics and major theoretical approaches of these two subjects. Our students were impressed by novel ideas and rich materials in his lectures and highly evaluated his performance. Dr. Chen's lectures were well prepared and well organized complementary by class discussions, which produced very good effects. Students' and faculty's responses to Dr. Chen's knowledge and intelligence, reflected in his lectures, are strongly positive. We appreciate Dr. Chen's teaching job in this short period and hope that he would be able to offer more courses for our Department again in the future in order to facilitate the development of the discipline in our Department. International Politics Department Fudan University August 25, 1994 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Evaluation Letter for Prof. LI He ------------------------------------------------------------------- EVALUATION LETTER People's University August 1, 1994 Dear WCCS, With the grant from the Washington Center for China Studies (WCCS), Professor Li He taught at the Department of International Politics this summer. Professor Li mainly participated in the Fifth Sino-American Training Program of International Relations, which is sponsored by Program for International Studies in Asia (PISA). In that training program, Professor Li, co-taught and translated the course "Research Methodology of Political Science and International Relations." This is a new course in China. There is no such a course in most departments of political science and international relations in China. While most of the participants were graduate students or young professors in the field of international politics from several key universities throughout China, majority of them had little knowledge in this area. Although they had some knowledge of English, it was still difficult for them to understand these lectures in English, it was by no means easy to organize the Course like this. Professor Li made significant contribution in cooperation with other American professors in teaching this course. First of all, Professor Li was good at translation, which made Chinese students follow lectures easily. Second, based on the knowledge that he had acquired in the States and his teaching experience in the U.S., Professor Li used concrete and empirical cases to explain the concepts used by American professors. Consequently, Chinese students got better understanding of the application of research methodology in the field of political science and international relations. Third, in the discussion class, Professor Li further explained and analyzed many concepts in research methodology, which complemented the courses taught by American Professors. Fourth, Professor Li provided assistance in translation of reading (from English into Chinese), which was very helpful and beneficial to the Chinese students. Prof. Li.'s activities were well received by the participants of our program. Some Chinese students said, without excellent translation of Professor Li and his explanation which was appropriate for the Chinese students, it was unbelievable to learn such an entirely new course in such a short time. Professor Snidal (from the University of Chicago) and Professor Maxfield (from the Yale University) also highly appraised Professor Li He's cooperation. Prof. Li's teaching in our department contributed to the success of the Fifth Sino-American Training Program of International Relations. In our exchange of idea and cooperation, Professor Li had provided us some useful information and suggestions, which were very valuable for teaching and research activities here at Department of International Politics of the People's University of China. We appreciate Professor Li's efforts and the WCCS's sponsor for his visit and support to the Chinese education. We hope our cooperation can be strengthened in the future. Song Xinning Professor and Vice Chairman Department of International Politics People's University of China ------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Evaluation Letter for Mr. HU Jixun ------------------------------------------------------------------- Teaching & Research Fellowship The Washington Center for 1129 20th St. NW, Suite 400 Washington, D.C 20036 Qiwen Wang, Ph.D. Professor & Associate Dean College of Business and Management Peking University Beijing, 100871 June 20, 1994 Dear Director: I would like to express out deep appreciation for that you had granted Mr. Jixuan Hu to give a short-term teaching at Peking University. Mr. Hu's teaching was titled by "An Introduction to General Cybernetics, Principles, Insights, and Methods", which was given from May 10 to June 12, 1994. Every week, he taught six hours and spent more time to talk with students. At the same time, he carried out cooperation research with our faculty on the applications of Cybernetics. I am strongly recommending Mr. Hu's teaching to you, I cannot just say good to evaluate it. Our university has a lot of experience of inviting Professors and Scholars to teaching short- term or long-term courses. However, it impressed us that the attendance to Mr. Hu's class was go high from the beginning to the end, Most of them were graduate students of the College of Business and Management. Others were from the College of Economics and other departments. Some teachers from other universities and colleges who were taking advanced study in Peking University participated this class also. The main reasons of success won by Mr. Hu are as follows: (1) his thorough understanding and remarkable development on the area of Cybernetics; (2) serious preparations including a detailed outline, refined transparencies and leading materials; (3) well-organized teaching in class such as discussing around questions raised by students, explaining complicated concepts in simple terms; (4) desire of learning a new course that had not been given before in Peking University and is useful in business management and other fields. Even though the class was finished, the students want to learn from teacher Hu. They asked Mr, Hu to refer more books and papers on Cybernetics, and planed to do some research works on this area. We hope to invite more Chinese students and scholars who have high academic level as Mr. Jixuan Hu does to gave a short- term teaching at Peking University in the future. Best regards to you. Please turn our thanks to the Rockefeller Foundation. Sincerely, Qiwen Wang Professor & Associate Dean ------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Evaluation Letter for Mr. ZHOU Yongming ------------------------------------------------------------------- June 22, 1994 Professor Ruoding Hu Chairman Chinese Department Nanjing University Nanjing, Jiansu, 210008 To Whom It May Concern, This is supposed to be an evaluation letter, but I prefer to call it an letter of appreciation. Mr. Yongming Zhou was, and still is a teacher in my department. He came back to his Alma Mater this past spring semester to do his dissertation research. In the meantime, he gave a series of lectures on cultural studies to advanced students in the department. Most of his audience were graduate students. His lectures were well prepared and well received. The form of seminar made the mutual communications between students and lecturer more active and routine, which is still rare in the classroom of a Chinese university. Mr. Zhou brought some books to the department from which we could get access to the newest development in the area of cultural studies. Besides lecturing in the department, Mr. Zhou conducted fruitful archival research in both Nanjing Library and the Library of Nanjing University. I am pleased to learn that he also established good relationship with other scholars with same research interests at the university. I also would like to thank those people and institution that gave Mr. Zhou this opportunity lecturing at Nanjing University. China is in a stage to absorb all kinds of knowledge and information that might be helpful in its pursue for prosperity and progress. I believe the exchange of ideas through this approach should be a great help. Once again, I appreciate what Mr. Zhou did for my department. His excellent job will be remembered, both as an example of fine scholarship, and of what those Chinese scholars studying abroad could do for their country in one way or another. 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