Events

Conferences & Meetings \>\> In China

International Conference on Frontiers of Manufacturing Science and Measuring Technology, Xi'an

The conference aims to promote measuring and manufacturing science, strengthening international academic cooperation and communications, and exchanging research ideas.

Date: June 12-13

Venue: Selected places

Website: http://www.icfmm.org

World CSP Asia Forum, Beijing

A platform for addressing key challenges and strategies faced by the concentrated solar power industry. It is geared toward decision makers from the solar industry across the region.

Date: June 18-21

Venue: China World Hotel

Website: http://www.cspasia.org

Semiconductor Asia, Shanghai

The conference offers a venue for executives from semiconductor equipment and material suppliers to meet key decision makers from semiconductor manufacturers.

Date: June 20-21

Venue: Marriott Hongqiao, 2270 Hongqiao Road

Website: http://www.cdmc.org.cn/sa2012

Offshore Investment Conference, Shanghai

This event aims to reveal the abundance of opportunities in the jurisdiction and help navigate the multiplicity and complexity of legal and business issues associated with tax, cross-jurisdictional family planning, offshore and onshore structures, wealth succession, philanthropy and personal affairs.

Date: June 20-21

Venue: Pudong Shangri-La

Website: http://www.offshoreinvestment.com

International Conference on e-Learning, Hong Kong

The conference brings together people with different perspectives, experiences and knowledge. It helps practitioners find ways of putting research into practice and researchers to gain an understanding of real-world problems, needs and aspirations.

Date: June 21-22

Venue: The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Website: http://academic-conferences.org/icel/icel2012/icel12-home.htm

Conferences & Meetings \>\> In the US

China Airborne, New York

China's aerospace industry is growing by leaps and bounds. China Airborne: The Dream of Aviation in Emerging China is journalist James Fallows' account of his travels around China, not only by scheduled but also by private planes, meeting the entrepreneurs, engineers, workers, dreamers and hucksters for whom the sky's the limit in China's latest commercial venture.

Date: May 22

Venue: 725 Park Avenue

Website: http://asiasociety.org

China: From Inside the Embassy to the Campaign Trail, New York

Former US ambassador to China Jon Huntsman will share his thoughts on US-China relations, China's leadership and his time as top envoy in Beijing.

Date: May 23

Venue: Citi building at 399 Park Avenue

Website: http://www.ncuscr.org

Culture \>\> In China

Jacky Terrasson, Beijing

American jazz pianist Jacky Terrasson is one of the few post-bop pianists whose amiable virtuosity can recall Oscar Peterson.

Date: May 25

Venue: Forbidden City Concert Hall

Website: http://www.theatrebeijing.com

American Dollar, Beijing

The American Dollar is an American post rock/ambient band. The band consists of drummer John Emanuele and guitarist Richard Cupolo.

Date: May 25

Venue: Yugong Yishan Club

Website: http://www.theatrebeijing.com

Culture \>\> In US

The Lanke Mountain, New York

The Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe will perform one of the oldest Chinese operas, the Lanke Mountain.

Date: May 18-19

Venue: 725 Park Avenue

Website: http://asiasociety.org

The Monkey King: Journey to the West, New York

This matinee for families features the beloved Chinese hero, the Monkey King, in the classic Journey to the West. It is presented in association with the Children's Museum of Manhattan.

Date: May 20

Venue: 725 Park Avenue

Website: http://asiasociety.org

Diplomatic pouch

The US embassy website this week features the US Olympic table tennis team - all Chinese-Americans.

Lily Zhang, 15, has dreamed of playing table tennis at the Olympics since she was a child. She earned her chance by winning a women's singles qualifying match in North Carolina in April, the embassy says, and now she is going to the 2012 London Olympics.

Zhang is the youngest on the US team, which includes three other Olympics first-timers: Ariel Hsing, 16; Erica Wu, 16; and Timothy Wang, 20.

The US embassy in China is currently seeking candidates for the 2013-14 Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program, which brings accomplished mid-career professionals from eligible countries to the US for a year of study and related practical experience.

Fellowships are granted competitively to candidates who demonstrate leadership and a commitment to public service. The fellowship was initiated in 1978 to honor the late US senator and vice-president Hubert H. Humphrey. Since 1978, more than 4,700 fellows from more than 160 countries have participated in the program, including about 130 from China. Each year, about 180 fellowships are awarded to scholars from about 90 countries around the world.

Us Consul General in Guangzhou Brian L. Goldbeck welcomed participants to the 2012 English Language Teaching Conference last week, noting that "as a former teacher of high school and junior high school students and a life-long student myself, I understand the vital role that educators play in their students' lives and the powerful influence we can have on their future".

Goldbeck said his small university of 12,000 students in northern Wisconsin now offers Mandarin language training, and it hosts nearly 100 Chinese students and several professors.

Houston's Chinese Consul General Xu Erwen met Mayor Mitch Landrieu of New Orleans last week during her visit to Louisiana. Landrieu said that China is an important partner of the US and he is glad to see New Orleans in fruitful cooperation with China in trade, tourism and education in recent years. He also thanked Xu for coming to the World Cultural Economic Forum held in New Orleans.

China Daily