Annual Report - China Institute

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES
China Institute in America
2008 – 2009
Virginia A. Kamsky, Chairman
Chien Chung Pei, Vice Chairman
Patricia P. Tang, Secretary
Jay M. Goffman, Treasurer
Susan L. Beningson
Douglas L. Brown
David Chu
Mary Wadsworth Darby
Jane DeBevoise
Julie Nixon Eisenhower
Eric Hotung
Amabel B. James
Anla Cheng Kingdon
John M.B. O’Connor
Morris W. Offit
Mary Lawrence Porter
Diane H. Schafer
Sophia Sheng
Washington Z. SyCip
Miranda Wong Tang
Oscar L. Tang
John L. Thornton
Shirley Wang
Marie-Hélène Weill
I. Peter Wolff
Yvonne L.C. Wong
Zhang Xin
TRUSTEES EMERITI
Wan-go H.C. Weng
Recognizing the outstanding potential for cooperation between China
and the United States, China Institute’s founders embarked in 1926 on
a mission of advancing a deeper understanding of China in the belief
that cross-cultural understanding strengthens our global community — a
mission we are proud to continue over 80 years later.
The past year has been a milestone in China Institute’s pursuit of
cross-cultural understanding, beginning with the 30th anniversary of the
announcement of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the
People’s Republic of China and the United States on December 16, 2008.
We were honored to join eminent leaders in U.S.–China relations in
commemorating this historic turning point at a conference in Beijing
to examine the decades since the official establishment of bilateral ties,
and to make predictions for the continued development of such
a dynamic and increasingly critical relationship.
The 30th year of official U.S.–China relations saw unprecedented
growth in China Institute’s international presence. In the spring,
the Fifth Annual China Institute Executive Summit drew together
American and Chinese corporate executives, government officials,
entrepreneurs, and economists for a two-day conference on economic
affairs between our two countries. Our usual roster of summer programs
taking place throughout China was enhanced this year as Teach China
held its 2009 National Endowment for the Humanities Summer
Institute at Shaanxi Normal University in Xi’an — the first-ever NEH
Summer Institute to take place in East Asia. Finally, we raised over
$800,000 for the China Institute China Relief Fund and presented a
grant to the China–U.S. Center for Sustainable Development’s Sichuan
Schools Project, facilitating the reconstruction of schools destroyed by
the May 2008 earthquake in Sichuan Province.
We are proud to have launched a new education and technology initiative,
China360. Accessible through our web site or at www.china360online.org,
China360 serves as a Web-based community where K–12 educators and
students interested in teaching or learning about Chinese language and
culture can network, exchange ideas, seek expert advice, and find a trove
of resources — everything from student-to-student insights about living
in Beijing to curricula written by teachers for teachers. The project’s
next phase, expected to launch in 2010, will include a distance learning
platform for language teachers’ professional development, the first step
in our plan to build a robust offering of online courses for teachers,
students, and members of the general public.
This year’s report captures our dynamic, forward-looking organization.
Three years ago we celebrated our 80th anniversary. Today, we continue
to build on our 83 year history as the oldest U.S.–China non-profit
focused on enhancing the U.S.–China bilateral relationship.
Warm Regards,
Virginia A. Kamsky Sara Judge McCalpin
Chairman of the Board of Trustees President
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“At first I was skeptical.
I mean, who gives up
their whole summer just to
learn a foreign language?
But this opened my eyes.
The whole thing was fast
paced, and we learned so
much — more than in a
whole semester of high
school. I’d only had very
basic Chinese before but
this set me on the way to
learning real Mandarin.
It was the best thing.
I wish I could go back!”
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Chinese for Heritage Learners
As well as offering a full range of Mandarin classes for adults, our Chinese for Heritage
Learners is a 10 week course in Mandarin specifically designed for students of Chinese
heritage wishing to build upon the skills inherent in their cultural and linguistic
background in Chinese. Particular emphasis is placed upon expanding conversational
proficiency by developing more complex and sophisticated vocabulary and a deeper
comprehension of cultural contexts.
Studio Program
For many years now, our on-site Adult Studio Program has provided innumerable
students with lessons in calligraphy, painting, and taijiquan. These courses allow
the students to study different perspectives of Chinese culture, from introducing the
etymology of China’s writing system to improving health through slow, gentle Yang-style
taijiquan movements. Taught by recognized authorities in the field of Chinese art,
history, and culture, the program continues to reach out to a vast audience of learners.
Mandarin Chinese Summer
Immersion Academy
For high school students, we offer the China Institute-STARTALK Summer Language
Academy with the support of STARTALK, a federal program created under the National
Security Language Initiative, a multi-agency U.S. government effort to expand foreign
language education in under-taught critical languages. This year China Institute
offered full scholarships to 23 New York metro-area high school students who had
no prior Chinese language background. The program places a particular focus on
recruiting disadvantaged youngsters who would otherwise not have the opportunity
to learn Mandarin. The academy is held five days a week for six weeks during July and
August. Equivalent to one semester of high school Chinese, the academy emphasizes
oral communication while also introducing students to reading and writing Chinese
characters, and to the richness of Chinese culture. In addition, the students visit major
museums and Chinese communities in Lower Manhattan and Flushing, Queens,
so that they can practice in real-life scenarios the Mandarin skills they acquired in
the classroom. Many former graduates of the Academy have returned to participate
in the in-house internship program at China Institute.
Following the summer academy, China Institute also offers these students the
opportunity to continue their language learning through Saturday courses during the
academic year. Upon completion of both courses, students are expected to have achieved
the linguistic competence that would make them eligible to participate in China
Institute’s Summer Study in China Program.
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Summer Study in China
This year’s Summer Study in China Program brought 35 American high school students
to Beijing, China, of whom 25 were funded by U.S. Department of State scholarships.
Living with Chinese host-families with children of their own age, the American students
participated in a seven-week Chinese program at Beijing Yucai School. In addition to
daily intensive language lessons and practice, they attended a wide range of cultural
workshops — in subjects from calligraphy to Peking (Beijing) Opera masks — and visited
many historic sites, including the Great Wall and Summer Palace. They also undertook
volunteer work at the Dandelion School, a school for the children of migrant workers.
Confucius Institute at China Institute
The Confucius Institute at China Institute is
sponsored by the Hanban, the executive body
of the Chinese Language Council International,
which is administered by China’s Ministry of
Education. The Hanban has recognized the
Confucius Institute at China Institute as a flagship
Confucius Institute, an honor bestowed on only
a handful of the over 300 Confucius Institutes
around the world, and it is one of only two
Confucius Institutes in the United States that is
not hosted by a university. Our programs focus
on three major efforts: addressing the growing need for qualified Mandarin language
teachers by providing high quality professional development courses and workshops,
identifying best practices in teaching Mandarin in American K–12 classrooms, and
policy advocacy with respect to encouraging the teaching of Chinese language.
Mandarin for Future Mandarin Teachers
To increase the number of qualified Mandarin language teachers in the United
States, China Institute has partnered with East China Normal University (ECNU)
in Shanghai — one of China’s premier universities — to develop a Masters Program,
Mandarin for Future Mandarin Teachers, focused on providing professional development for
K–12 Chinese Language teachers. The program is held during three successive summers
on the ECNU campus, offering an intensive six-week program, with six to seven class
hours per day. This past year, 20 teachers from across the United States participated in
this program. The program focuses on providing teachers with credits that would
qualify them to become eligible for certification to teach Mandarin in New York State
public schools, as well as in schools in other states through the reciprocity agreements.
In addition to the Masters Program, throughout the year, we also offer pedogogical
workshops at ECNU and China Institute for pre-service and in-service teachers to
further develop their expertise and cross-cultural skills, helping them become more
effective in teaching to American K–12 students.
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Dr. Qun Chen, Vice President, East China Normal
University; Sara Judge McCalpin, President, China
Institute; Dr. Jishun Zhang, Chancellor, East China
Normal University; Elisa L. Liang, Executive Vice
President and General Counsel, China Institute; Prof.
Liping Huang, Vice Dean, Confucius Institute at China
Institute; and Mr. Shuzhe Ding, Director, International
Exchange Division, East China Normal University
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Students in the Summer Study in China Program
volunteering at a local school
Participants in a Teach China study tour visit the
Statue of Five Goats in Guangzhou’s Yuexiu Park
Summer Study in China students begin each day with
taiqi exercises
Elementary school students welcomed Teach China study
tour participants with a performance at a newly-opened
K–12 school in Shenzhen
Renowned expert on Chinese language instruction
Wei-ling Wu, Ph.D., gives a workshop, organized by
the Confucius Institute at China Institute, to Mandarin
language teachers-in-training
China Institute Executive Vice President and General
Counsel Elisa L. Liang; Dr. Jishun Zhang, Chancellor
of East China Normal University; and China Institute
President Sara Judge McCalpin at the launch of
China360 in Beijing
“I owe a lot of my
current goals to China
Institute. They allowed
me the once-in-a-lifetime
chance to study abroad in
Beijing. The entire trip
was wonderful. I made
many friends that I still
keep in touch with, and
I was able to improve
my Chinese far beyond
what my teacher and I
expected. My listening
comprehension improved
dramatically, along with
my speaking ability.
While I was studying in
Beijing, I thought how
great it would be if I
could return home and
eventually get kids to
feel the same way about
studying the language.
There’s probably no way
for me to express how
grateful I am to China
Institute. They do a great
job in getting kids to see
a part of the world that
we really don’t know too
much about.”
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The New York Task Force on Chinese
Language and Culture Initiatives
The New York Task Force on Chinese Language
and Culture Initiatives, which we established
in collaboration with Asia Society, published its
report, Developing Global Competence for a
Changing World: Learning Chinese in New
York Schools, in May. This document, drawing
upon the expertise of a myriad of experts in the
fields of education, business, policy, and cultural
exchange, offers a set of recommendations for
expanding the teaching of Chinese language
and culture in New York so that students can gain the global competency skills
they will need to be successful in the 21st century, ensuring that New York
can “continue to lead, compete and collaborate around the world.”
Teach China
Teach China spearheads our efforts to integrate the study of Chinese history,
society, and culture into the school systems of New York City and beyond.
This K–12 professional development program provides educators from across
the country with a wide range of opportunities to enhance their knowledge of
China. Program components include courses, workshops, China study tours,
and on-line and printed curriculum materials consistent with the National
Standards for History, the New York State Social Studies Standards, and
other state-mandated standards around the country. The program serves
over 200 teachers a year. This year Teach China conducted two study tours
to China: the first, which took place in the summer of 2008 and was
attended by 15 educators from New York City and Westchester schools,
was titled China’s Geography: The South-East Coast, and concentrated on
that region’s part in China’s economic upswing and on the revivalism of its
religious diversity. The second, in April, was the Rural Study Tour, which
was specifically designed for educators from the rural Adirondacks region of
upstate New York: The group visited earthquake-damaged schools in Sichuan
to make connections with educators in China’s rural communities.
China360
Launched in Beijing, China, in
April 2009 and accessible through
our China Institute web site or at
www.china360online.org, China360
serves as a Web-based community
where K–12 educators and students
interested in teaching or learning
about Chinese language and culture
can network, exchange ideas, seek
expert advice, and find a trove of
resources. In this initial phase, the site
focuses on two main audiences: students, at www.iLearn.china360online.org,
and teachers, at www.iTeach.china360online.org. The China360 website offers
students and teachers a one-stop-shop to access expert knowledge and share
resources and insights with their peers. The project’s next phase, expected to
launch in 2010, will include a distance learning platform for language teachers’
professional development, the first step in our plans to build a robust offering
of online courses for teachers, students, and members of the general public.
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“Over the course of three months, beginning on January 16, 1972…
archaeologists discovered the tomb of a second-century B.C. noblewoman
known today as ‘Lady Dai,’ wife of Li Cang, the marquis of Dai.
Accompanying her to the afterlife was a wealth of goods, including some
of the ancient world’s oldest and best-preserved lacquer ware, embroidered
silk, musical instruments, and writings on the importance of exercising
and maintaining good health…Noble Tombs at Mawangdui: Art and Life in
the Changsha Kingdom, Third Century BCE to First Century CE is the first
exhibition in the United States ever to focus exclusively on finds from the
site. The show offers profound insight into not only the opulent lifestyle
and burials that Western Han Dynasty nobles enjoyed, but also the high
level of artistry and craftsmanship achieved during that period.”
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Helena Kolenda, Program Officer for Asia,
Henry Luce Foundation, and her daughter, Chloe,
at the Noble Tombs at Mawangdui Sponsors’ Dinner
China Institute Gallery’s Spring 2009 exhibition,
The Noble Tombs at Mawangdui: Art & Life in the Changsha
Kingdom, Third Century BCE to First Century CE, featured
artifacts never before seen in the U.S., offering a rare
window into daily life during the Western Han Dynasty
Nancy B. Fessenden and Trustee Miranda Wong Tang
at the annual Gallery Dinner
Argie and Trustee Oscar Tang
Detail. T-shaped painting on silk from Tomb 1, Western
Han dynasty (206 BCE–25 CE); ink and color on silk
Ann Tanenbaum, Robert Poster and China Institute
Trustee Marie-Hélène Weill at the annual Gallery Dinner
China Institute Trustee Dr. Susan L. Beningson explains
the significance of a lacquer vessel in the Spring 2009
exhibition, Noble Tombs at Mawangdui, at a private
viewing for the Friends of the Gallery
Chen Jianming, Young Yang Chung, Marie-Hélène
Weill, Virginia A. Kamsky, Willow Hai Chang,
and Anita Christy celebrate the opening of Noble Tombs
at Mawangdui
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Detail. Chengyun embroidery on brown qi with
double-bird and lozenge design, Western Han dynasty
(206 BCE–25 CE); Silk
After touring the gallery, area elementary school
students participate in a Discover China Through Art
workshop to apply what they have learned about China
and Chinese art
Discover China
Through Art
Discover China
Through Art
(DCTA) is designed
to introduce
K–12 students to
Chinese art and
culture through
participatory lectures
and workshops based
on the gallery’s
exhibitions. Each
group visit includes an interrelated gallery talk, video presentation, and
hands-on workshop. This year we offered Inspired Handscrolls to tie in
with The Last Emperor’s Collection, which gave participants the chance
to create traditional-style calligraphic handscrolls; and a Han Dynasty
Designer’s Workshop inspired by Noble Tombs at Mawangdui, which offered
participants a choice between pattern making and calligraphy workshops.
Overall, DCTA directly served more than 4,800 students from schools
throughout New York City’s five boroughs in the course of the year.
Art Salons
With support from the WLS Spencer Foundation, we staged a series
of public Art Salons, each of which was produced and subsequently
disseminated as a DVD in both English and Mandarin. These Art
Salons feature intimate discussions with artists, curators, critics, and
art historians about contemporary Chinese art from the perspective
of social and political contexts, the relationship between contemporary
Chinese and Western culture, and the bridge between traditional
and contemporary Chinese art. The Art Salon topics were Censorship
in the Visual Arts (featuring Colin Chinnery from Ullens Center for
Contemporary Art, artist Zhang Hongtu, and critic Barbara Pollack);
Hong Lei (with Christopher Phillips from the International Center
of Photography); Chinese Artists in New York (featuring Lin Yan,
Jenny Chen, Zhang Jian-jun, and Zhang Xiaoming); Qiu Zhijie
(with Alexandra Munroe from the Guggenheim Museum) and
Song Dong (with Sarah Suzuki from MoMA).
Sinomathèque
Our Sinomathèque program of films — many of which we premiered
in this country — presented 11 movies over the year from China. These
included Please Vote for Me by Weijun Chen; The Flight of the Red Balloon
by Hou Hsao-hsien, which was presented alongside its inspiration,
Albert Lamorisse’s 1956 classic, The Red Balloon; a double-bill of new
cinema, San Yuan Li and Digital Underground in the PRC; The Diva
Mummy, which was presented to coincide with the gallery’s Noble Tombs
at Mawangdui exhibition; Ruby Yang’s The Blood of Yingzhou District,
which won the 2007 Oscar for best documentary short; The Other Half,
whose director Ying Liang was a special guest at the screening;
Xie Lin’s 1957 Woman Basketball Team Member No. 5 with film historian
Richard J. Meyer; and Liu Jiayin’s Oxhide. These screenings were
typically followed by moderated discussions between guest experts
and audience members.
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China Institute Chairman Virginia A. Kamsky; Trustee and SOHO China Founder and
CEO Zhang Xin; and President Sara Judge McCalpin tour the offices of SOHO China
in Beijing as part of the 2009 China Institute Executive Summit
Kai-Fu Lee, President (at time of Summit), Google Greater China
Douglas L. Brown, Chairman and CEO, DLB Capital LLC and China Institute Trustee;
Gregory G.H. Miao, Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP;
Wang Yi, Vice Chairman, BOC Aviation Pte. Ltd. and BOC Group Investment Ltd.;
Yin Mingshan, Chairman, Chongqing Lifan Industry (Group) Co. Ltd; and Lee Edwards,
China Managing Partner, Sherman & Sterling LLP
Matthew Bersani, Partner, Sherman Sterling LLP, and Feng Lun, Chairman, Vantone Group
Virginia A. Kamsky, Chairman, and Chen Feng, Chairman, HNA Group
John R. Sinnenberg, Chairman, Key Principal Partners Corp., and China Institute Trustee
Mary Wadsworth Darby
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“I’ve been a member since
the mid-1990s. I’d seen the
gallery exhibits and been to
a couple of the programs on
art. At that time I was writing
a little poetry and I saw that
the Renwen Society was
having a poetry reading one
Saturday, so I went to that.
I didn’t realize that it was in
Mandarin, and I don’t speak
Mandarin, but I stayed to
listen because I was interested
in hearing the rhythms of the
speech. After 45 minutes or
so, I decided that I couldn’t
really get anything more out
of it, so I went downstairs and
sat in the beautiful garden in
the back of the building. And
while I was there, there was
an intermission in the poetry
reading and the curator of the
gallery came down and she had
some of the poems in English,
and she read two or three of
them to me. I thought that was
just an exceptionally thoughtful
personal gesture. So, that’s
China Institute for me: The
people there not only put on
outstanding programs but also
have an instinctive enthusiasm
for the individual members.
Yes, very much so.”
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Renwen Society
From the outset, China Institute has
provided a natural home away from home
for Chinese expatriates living in this
country. We formalized this function in
2003 with the establishment of the Renwen
Society, which provides lecture programs
in Mandarin for Mandarin-speaking
audiences. This year the Renwen Society
conducted close to 20 lectures and events:
Highlights included lectures by Hengyi
Aisin-Gioro, a direct descendant of the royal family of the Qing
Dynasty, who talked about her family and the Qing court art; Shen Wei,
choreographer, director, dancer, painter, and designer, on his experience
as one of the directors of the Opening Ceremony of the 2008 Beijing
Olympics; and Ambassador Ji Chaozhu, on his recent book The Man on
Mao’s Right. Renwen ended its year of events with a captivating lecture
by Pu Cunxin, a special guest from Beijing. Pu Cunxin is a household
name in China and overseas Chinese communities. The preeminent actor
with the Beijing People’s Art Theater is celebrated for his brilliant works
on stage, in movies, on television and, most recently, as one of China’s
foremost spokespersons on AIDS.
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Trustees David Chu, Yvonne L.C. Wong, and Jane DeBevoise visit with actor Pu Cunxin,
Ambassador Jimmy Kolker, and Dr. David Ho at the Teach China-sponsored lecture
Facing HIV/AIDS — Giving a Face to HIV/AIDS in the People’s Republic of China.
Mr. Pu also gave a lecture in Mandarin to the Renwen Society
Ambassador Ji Chaozhu discusses his recently-published autobiography with
Trustee Chien Chung Pei and Chairman Virginia A. Kamsky
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Chairman Virginia A. Kamsky at
the 2009 Gala with newly-elected China
Institute Trustees John R. Sinnenberg and
Chen Guoqing
Angel and Ming Sheng and Trustee
Miranda Wong Tang
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Anna Hu and Vera Wang
Henry Tang and Trustees Washington Z. SyCip
and Patricia P. Tang
Maurice R. Greenberg
Silas K.F. Chou sings a duet with
Hao Jiang Tian at the 2009 Gala
Younghee Kim-Wait, Lulu Wang, and Trustees
Sophia Sheng and Anla Cheng Kingdon
Kay Ikawa and guest
Maria Vu, Phillip Lim, and Sally Wu
Trustee Oscar L. Tang and Sara Judge McCalpin
The Starr Foundation made
its first gift to China Institute
in 1956, the year after it was
established by the insurance
entrepreneur Cornelius
Vander Starr, a pioneer of
globalization who set up his
first insurance venture in
Shanghai in 1919.
“We have this deep, deep
history with China,” explains
the Foundation’s President,
Florence A. Davis, “and
China Institute has been one
of a group of organizations
that we’ve funded for a long
time that reflect that deep
historical attachment.” The
current chairman, Maurice
R. Greenberg, went back to
China in 1975 and, under his
leadership, the Foundation
has contributed nearly $250
million to China-related
programs over the years.
“Everyone on the board
agrees that anything that
we can do to foster a better
understanding of China,” says
Ms. Davis, “and its history,
its culture, and its place in the
world, will have a beneficial
effect on American relations
with China, and that’s the
key relationship now in
the modern world, on so
many levels and for so many
reasons. China Institute was
one of our earliest grantees,
and after 54 years, we are
proud to continue to support
the Institute’s programs.”

Patricia P. Tang *
Mr. Savio W. Tung
Ms. Shan-Shan Yeh
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Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
The Low Foundation
Shearman & Sterling
Quad-C Management, Inc.
Investcorp International, Inc.
The Samuel J. and Ethel Lefrak / Charitable Trust
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
The M. L. Chen Charitable Trust
Dr. and Mrs. James Chang
Ms. Minalie Chen and Mr. Jackson Hsieh
Mrs. Christopher C.Y. Chen
Chen Guoqing* and Ming Liu
Nellie Chi and George Sing
Mr. James Chin
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Chu
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Mr. and Mrs. Denis Yang
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Mr. Casimir Ahamad
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel E. Bass
Ms. Nancy K. Brenner
Ms. Sophia Brenner
Millie and Lo-Yi Chan
Drs. Robert and Andrea Colton
Mr. Louis Cox
Elizabeth and Derek Cribbs
Mr. Alex Daniels
Ms. Sylvia De Cuevas
Mr. Fred Eychaner
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Falk
Ms. Sylvia L. Gabella
Mr. and Mrs. Tony Gilroy
Ms. Sallie Gouverneur
Mr. Vijay Gupta
Ms. Caroline Herrick
Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Kan
Prof. Patricia Karetzky
Mr. and Mrs. Dong Kingman
Ms. Mildred C. Kuner
Dr. Sarah H. Lederman
Ms. Marianne Lester
Dr. John K. Li
Mr. Richard Littleton
Dr. Cary Liu
Mr. Robert Newman and Ms. Christine Curry
Mr. David T. Owsley
Mr. John S. Potter, Jr.
Mr. John E. Riley and Ms. Sallie Gouverneur
Mr. Michael Robinson
Mr. Peter L. Rosenberg
Ms. Melinda Sarafa
Mrs. Millie Shen
Mr. David Solo
Mr. Randall Ian Stempler
Dr. Judith Stoikov
Ms. Natasha Stowe
Mr. Mike Strauss
Ms. Elizabeth Sweezy and Mr. Ken Miller
Ms. Lois Tarter
Barbara and Donald Tober
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pei Wang
Mrs. Mabel U. Wang
Dr. Marilyn Wilhelm
Mr. Michael A. Zakkour
Mr. Ivan D. Zimmerman and
Ms. Taryn L. Higashi
*Trustee, China Institute
Capital Campaign
Argie and Oscar L. Tang*
The Tang Foundation
Mark and Anla Cheng Kingdon*
Virginia A. Kamsky*
John M.B. O’Connor* and
Anastasie A. Christiansen-Croy
Leslie Tang Schilling
Sophia Sheng*
Charles Tanenbaum
Ann Tanenbaum
Patricia P. Tang*
Mary Lawrence Porter*
I. Peter Wolff*
Matching Gifts
American Express
Chase
CitiFoundations
Ford Foundation
Goldman Sachs & Co.
Unilever United States Foundation
In-Kind Gifts
Adidas
Beijing Review
Bottega Veneta
Briglow
Callaway
James Chang M.D.
China Daily
Continental Airlines
Cai Guo-Qiang
The Dalton School
DC Design International, LLC
Han Feng
GnarlyNuts
Google, Inc.
Hill & Knowlton, Inc.
HSBC Bank USA, N.A.
Anna Hu Haute Joaillerie
Michael Kors, Inc.
L. A. M. B.
Martha Liao and Hao Jiang Tian
Red Egg Restaurant
Setgo Gear
Irene and Fred Shen
Sophia* and Abel Sheng
Sina.com
SmithStreetSolutions, Inc.
Argie and Oscar L. Tang*
The Tides Inn
Monsieur Touton Selection, Ltd.
Yu Zu Tang Foot Spa
Van Cleef & Arpels
Vivienne Tam
“I’ve known about China Institute ever
since I was a kid,” says Chien Chung
Pei, Vice Chair of China Institute’s
Board of Trustees, who founded
Pei Partnership Architects with his
brother, L.C. Pei, in 1992. He is the
middle son of I.M. Pei, and he spent
the first 20 years of his professional
career making key contributions to
many of I.M. Pei and Partners’ most
celebrated projects: the Grand Louvre
in Paris, the West Wing extension
of Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts,
and the Xiangshan Hotel in Beijing.
He is an instinctive innovator, and
pioneered the development of health
care architecture where design serves
as an integral part of the healing
process. He is an eager enthusiast
for China360online: “The website is
going to be an increasingly important
portal for China Institute,” he says.
“Our visibility in New York is good,
but having a really great website that
people can interact with will give us
a worldwide visibility. It’s certainly a
lot more cost-effective than opening
branches all over the place!” A true
internationalist, C.C. Pei has projects
in Mexico, Saudi Arabia and Dubai,
and his current work includes the
Suzhou (China) Museum, the
Chancery for the People’s Republic
of China in Washington, DC, and
the U.S. National Slavery Museum in
Fredericksburg, VA. “China Institute
has always had the role of making
connections between China and the
U.S.,” he explains. “In terms of our
educational mission, we have always
made it possible for Americans who
want to travel to China to learn a
little about China and its culture,
and our language programs increase
the possibilities for communications
between Americans and Chinese. But
now the role of China in America’s
international relations has taken on a
completely different importance, and
one of our key recent initiatives is the
Executive Summit which has become
a very important business tool to help
American businesses penetrate the
Chinese market place, and vice-versa.”

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Jeffrey Gerlinger
Kristine Harris
Chinghan Ho
Lindel E. Holden
Cao Hong
Dong Dong Huang
Tianbo Huang
Margaret Huang
Yajie Jackowitz
Dior Kao
Eric Lee
Mary Xuan Lee
Tze-chung Li
Yue Li
Jinbao Li
Anthony T. Limpe
San Lin
Joy Ann Lo
H. Christopher Luce and Tina Liu
Gene Mei
Mei Mei Meng
Ya Di Ren
Alyssa A. Rose
Nancy S. Sang
Roy C. Sheldon
Dezhi Tian
China Tian
I Ting
Fern Tse
Gwynne C. and Pao-Hwa Tuan
Min-Zheng Veneau
Zujia Wang
Hong Wang
Samuel Wang
Diane T. Woo
Anna C. Wu
May Wu
Yi Pei Wu
Dorothy Yang
Henry Q. Ye
Qing Yu
Jean Yu
Hong Yuan
*Trustee, China Institute
Wen C. Zhang
Jingjing Zhang
Jie Zhang
Jiaxuan Zhang
Junbo Zhang
Pingjian Zhao
Rong Zhu
Enqi Zhu
Yaxu Zhu
Young Associates
Elizabeth Agnew
Casimir Ahamad
Luis Arcentales
Ha Na Bae
Lestrino Baquiran II
Samir Bhatt
Sara J. Braunstein
Ashley K. Brenner
Jo Desha Burgess
Glenn Caldwell
Gregory Camous
Jim Cao
Jeffrey K. Cassin
Irma Cedino
Frank Cerbone
Andrew Chan
Kristina Chan
Polly Chang
John J. Chang
Wuen-E H. Chang
Vivian Chang
Mark Charest
Karen Chau
Catherine Y. Chen
Larry Chen
Dazhi Chen
David Chen
Catherine J. Chen
Simon Chen
Charlton Chen
Yian Chen
Samantha Chen
Romain Cheng
James Chin
June Chin-Ramsey
Paul Chiou
Sunny Chiou
Victor Chiu
Wendy Chon
Edward Chou
Mary Elisabeth Conroy
Willis Coward
Andrew Deas
Sarah Dong
Rondeep Dutta
William C. Ellis
Maggie Qi Fan
John Fang
Jeff Farkas
Andrew Feng
Gael Forterre
Chang Gao
Vivek Garipalli
Evan Garrison
Jin Ge
Susanne Gealy
Michael Gold
Adam Goold
Aaron Groom
Karen Guo
Heng Guo
Jung S. Hahn
Rebecca Hall
Ilana Halpern
Trish Hayward
Christin Holzer
Heady Yuan Hou
David Huang
Yale Huang
Lana Hum
Christina Hung
Tina Israni
Samuel Janier
Leif Jensen
Darren Jer
Sung Kang
Robert Kao
Andy Keung
Jang D. Kim
June E. Kim
Brian Ko
Weipeng Kong
Jason Kuan
Calvin Kung
Kim Kwai
I-chun Lai
Aurore Lambert
King Bun Lau
Nicole Leavenworth
Alexandra R. Leavenworth
Claudia Lee
Angela Lee
Douglas Lee
Pierce Levine
Christina Li
Charles X. Li
Christine Li
Carissa Li
Hanson H. Li
Stephen H. Li
Larry F. Liao
I-Wen Lim
Shen Lin
Jon Lin
Fung Lin
Hao Lin
Jonathan Lin
Zoe Liu
James Liu
Terence Lo
Caroline Lopera
Joe Lu
Robert Lui
Stephanie Lung
Yong Luo
Kirk Manhin
David Mao
Jeremy Marshall

Jessica B. Martin
Leslie Martinez
Gavin McFarland
Elizabeth McKenna
Allan J. Medwick
David Meisner
Victoria Melendez
Edwin Meulensteen
Jeffrey Milidantri
Lilly L. Minkove
Chonlada Mokrue
Jean Montalvan
Michael Montiel
Gabriel Morris
Cheryl Mui
Pooja Munshi
Philip Ng
Caitlin O’Callaghan
Joann Paas
Michael Paas
Gary K. Pai
Catherine X. Pan
Linda Park
Lin Pei
Phyllis Pei
Nicholas Pei
Mark Perry
Maggie Phan
Matt A. Phillips
Lina Rey
Lindsay Richman
Todd Rodgers
Kurt Rossler
Wynn J. Salisch
Michael Sang
Zoe Saunders
Rowena Scherer
Eric Schmitt
Christopher W. Schwarz
Eric Segovia
Amy Sestito
Pingjia Shan
Elaine Y. Sheng
Christina Sheng
Paula Sheu
Jennifer Shiao
Victor Siu
Irinkamol Soontorntqdwong
Randall I. Stempler
Benjamin M. Strong
Wan-Hui Su
Sarah Suzuki
Jun Takayama
Vivian Jing Tang
John Tarantino
Brian Tauzel
Bibs Teh
Juliana Tenczna
*Trustee, China Institute
Shernel Thomas
Hannah Thompson
China Tian
Andrew Tom
Cong Minh Trinh
Roberta Tsang
Dustin Tsu
Ya Y. Tung
Kevin Tung
Esther Uhalte
Christina Vuong
Yue Wang
Wooikoon Wang
Eric Wang
Jason Lesi Wang
Punjaporn Wangkeo
Nelson Wen
Maria E. White
Bill Wong
Whitney Wong
Chris Wong
Kalina Wong
Jessica Wong
Yihe Wu
Yashih Wu
David Xie
Jingqi Xu
Rosalie Yee
David Yee
Hyewon Yi
Ruoyang Yin
Stephanie Yu
Allen Yu
Peter C. Yu
George Yu
Tiaoyao Yue
Albert Yuen
Jack Yuen
George Zeng
Xiaomeng Zhang
Ming Zhang
Zhe Zhang
Yaqi Zhang
Xinyun V. Zhao
Annie Zhou
Yanxin Zhu
Lei Zhu
Jing Zhu
In addition, China Institute is grateful
for the support of its General Members.
Corporate Members
Centenium-Pinetree China Private Equity
Continental Airlines Inc.
Credit Suisse
DLB Capital, LLC
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Google, Inc.
Hill & Knowlton
Jackson Municipal Airport Authority
J.P. Morgan Chase
Jun He Law Offices
Kamsky Associates, Inc.
Key Principal Partners Corp.
Pacific American Corporation
Peridot Asia Advisors, LLC
Skadden, Arps, Slate,
Meagher & Flom LLP
SmithStreetSolutions
Gallery Committee
Diane H. Schafer,* Chair
Agnes Gund, Vice-Chair
Yvonne L.C. Wong,* Vice-Chair
Susan L. Beningson*
Claudia Brown
John R. Curtis, Jr.
Robert Harrist
Maxwell K. Hearn
Annette L. Juliano
Virginia A. Kamsky*
David Ake Sensabaugh
Jerome Silbergeld
Nancy S. Steinhardt
Marie-Hélène Weill*
I. Peter Wolff*
Contemporary Art Committee
Agnes Gund, Chair
Cai Guo-Qiang
Barbara Hunt
Chiu-Ti Jansen, Esq.
The Honorable Uli Sigg
Robert Storr
Larry Warsh
I. Peter Wolff *
Yvonne L.C. Wong*
Dr. Wu Hung
Ai Wei Wei
Summit Advisory Committee
2008–2009
Douglas L. Brown*
Paul Calello
Daniel X. Chen
Anla Cheng Kingdon*
Jay M. Goffman*
Virginia A. Kamsky,* Chair
John M.B. O’Connor*
James B. Rogers
Washington Z. SyCip*
John L. Thornton*
Wang Yi
Zhang Xin*
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