posted on Oct 17 2002
Dear alumni,
PUAASC was informed of the following two events organized by the Center for
Chinese Studies, one is about Hong Kong and another about U.S.-China relations,
which may be of interest to some of you.
Best regards,
PUAASC
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FRIDAY OCT 18 4:00 pm 4357 Bunche Hall, UCLA
CHRISTINE LOH
"Hong Kong's Clouded Horizon: Ministerial Accountability & the Anti-Subversion
Initiative"
Randall Peerenboom (UCLA School of Law), discussant
Christine Loh will provide an update on Hong Kong, focusing on the HKSAR
government’s new “principal officials accountability system” (a proto-cabinet
executive system), as well as the government’s effort to pass legislation in
2003 on subversion, sedition, treason, secession, theft of state secrets and
prohibiting foreign political groups from using Hong Kong as a “base for
subverting China.”
Christine Loh was a legislator in Hong Kong from 1992-1997 and 1998-2000.
Before that, she spent 14 years in business working for a multinational
commodities trading firm. She was trained as a lawyer in England, and she has
chaired numerous non-profit organizations. She is currently the CEO of Civic
Exchange, a public policy think tank in Hong Kong.
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SATURDAY OCT 19 10:00 am 6275 Bunche Hall, UCLA
The UCLA Center for Chinese Studies
the UC Santa Barbara East Asian Center
and the UCLA Department of East Asian Languages & Cultures
in conjunction with the Southern California China Colloquium
present a day-long conference
PRINT, ANTHOLOGIES, & THE SHAPE OF KNOWLEDGE IN LATE IMPERIAL CHINA
10 am Morning session
STEPHEN WEST (East Asian Languages, UC Berkeley), "Leishu (Encyclopedias) &
the Textualization of Quotidian Life in the 12th Century"
HUI-SHU LEE (Art History, UCLA), "Tu & Hua: The influence of printed maps on
pictorial conventions & subject matter in the Southern Song" (1147-1279)
Pauline Yu (Dean of Humanities, UCLA), Commentator
1:30 pm Afternoon session
DAVID SCHABERG (East Asian Languages, UCLA), "Remastering the Tradition: On
philosophical texts in prose anthologies"
KATHRYN LOWRY (East Asian Languages, UCSB), "The Aesthetic Turn: Editing &
publishing letters at the turn of the 17th Century"
SHANG WEI (East Asian Languages, Columbia University), "Riyong leishu
(Encyclopedias for Daily Use) & the Narrative of Jinping mei (Plum in a Golden
Vase)"
William B. Warner (English, UCSB), Commentator
The papers are available at www.international.ucla.edu/ccs
User Name = seminar
Password = isop
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MONDAY OCT 28 Time & place tba
SEMINAR: China, the U.S., & International Stability
A seminar with a delegation from the Shanghai Institute of International
Studies
YANG Jiemian, Vice President of Shanghai Instiute for International Studies
REN Xiao, Director of Department of American Studies
LI Weijian, Director of Department of Middle East Studies
CHEN Hongbin, Deputy Director of Department of Japanese Studies
PAN Zhongqi, Research Fellow of Department of American Studies
Xue Chen, Research Fellow of Department of Asia-Pacific Studies
The Shanghai Institute of International Studies (SIIS), established in 1960, is
an independent think tank funded by the Shanghai Municipal Government. Now with
a staff of almost one hundred, SIIS is the largest and most prestigious
institution of its kind outside Beijing. It conducts research on international
issues, mainly covering the United States, the European Union, Japan, Russia,
ASEAN and the Middle East. Priority is given to China's foreign relations,
especially relations between big powers and the areas surrounding China. The
Institute also supports research on the political and economic aspects of
Shanghai's foreign relations.
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