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CNetwork Newsletter Updates (08/22/01)

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1) Meet with Ningbo Free Trade Zone Delegation (/8/25)
2) Shanghai Hi-Tech Personnel Delegation (9/5)
3) Yellow River Cantata Concert (9/15-9/16)
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1) Meet with Ningbo Free Trade Zone Delegation (/8/25)

Introducing the investment environment in Ningbo

The Ningbo Free Trade Zone Delegation will hold a meeting with Silicon
Valley people who are interested in starting up business, investing, or
forming partnership in Ningbo and nearby area (Ningbo is about 150 miles
to Shanghai, and 80 miles to Hangzhou) The delegation will introduce the
investment environment, special policy and benefit in Ningbo. The
delegation members are:

Mr. Liu ! Cunhua
Deputy Director of Administrative Committee of Ningbo Ningbo Free Trade
Zone
Mr. Yu Bin
Director of Investment Cooperation Bureau of Ningbo Free Trade Zone
Mr. Yu Zhuoyong
Officer of Investment Cooperation Bureau of Ningbo Free Trade Zone
Mr. Tan Zujun
Officer of Investment Cooperation Bureau of Ningbo Free Trade Zone
Mr. Chen Yichuan
Officer of Investment Cooperation Bureau of Ningbo Free Trade Zone

To make the meeting more informative, the size of
meeting is limited to 20 persons. If you are
interested, please respond to hzhou4320@... to
reserve a seat. If your response is among the first
20, you will receive confirmation e-mail by Wednesday.


Time: August 25, 2001 2:30 PM
Location: San Jose (Exact location will be given in the confirmation
e-mail)
(Dinner will be served)

Please respond to hzhou4320@... to make a
reservation. In your e-mail, please include the following information:

Your Name:
Your Company:
Your Title:
Your Business Interests:
Your Day-time Phone Number:


Huayuan Science and Technology Association

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2) Shanghai Hi-Tech Personnel Delegation (9/5/01)

CNetwork proudly sponsors the Shanghai Hi-Tech Personnel Delegation,
which
is led by Zheren Cai, Deputy Director General of Shanghai Municipal
Bureau of Personnel.

The main purposes of the delegation is to attract talents in the Silicon

Valley.

The Delegation will explore business opportunities with Silicon Valley
enterprises and engineers, and introduce some of Shanghai's Hi-Tech
development plans.

Time: 7:00 pm -- 9:00 pm Wednesday, Sept 5th.
Admission: FREE

[Location]
Stanford CIS Building (Center for Integrated Systems),
Room 101 (Cypress auditorium)
[Direction]
enter Stanford university through Palm Drive toward the Oval,
make right turn onto Campus Drive (west),
follow Campus drive through 4-5 stop signs,
CIS is on the left side when you come to a 90 degree curve,
park on either side of Campus drive,
Cypress room is on the first floor of the CIS building
** Direction for CIS:
http://www-cis.stanford.edu/misc/directions.html
Map for Stanford Campus:
http://www.stanford.edu/home/visitors/campus-map.html

Name list of the delegation:
1. Zheren Cai, Deputy Director General of Shanghai Municipal Bureau of
Personnel
2. Long Lu, Deputy Director of Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry,
Chinese Academy of Sciences
3. Guoqing Wu, Chief of HR Service Center of Shanghai Municipal Bureau
of Personnel
4. Jintian Chen, Deputy Division Chief of Shanghai Municipal Bureau of
Personnel
5. Mingrong Zhu, Director of Personnel Bureau of Jiading District,
Shanghai
6. Minzhi Hu, Deputy Division Chief of Shanghai Municipal Bureau of
Personnel
7. Lanying Gao, Deputy Dept. Chief of Shanghai General Electronics
(Group) Co. LTD
8. Guang Zhu, Deputy Director of Jiading Hi-tech Park, Co.

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3) Yellow River Cantata Concert (9/15-9/16)

Dear friends, have you ever visited the Yellow River, ever seen the
towering
waves, ever heard the thundering roars of this great and famous river?
Would you like to experience the fiery fight between the boatmen and the

Yellow River? Would you like to refresh your memory of the miseries the

Chinese people suffered during the Japanese Invasion 70 years ago?
Would
you also like to participate in the battles against the invaders?
Please
come and join us in reliving that unforgettable and splendid history.

In memory of the 70th Anniversary of the Japanese Invasion of Northeast
China, (September 18, 1931), as a united action, three Overseas Chinese
choruses -- Silicon Valley Chorus, Harmonic Chorus, and Great Love
Chorus --
are jointly presenting a concert, "Yellow River Cantata". Also to be
performed are "America The Beautiful", "On the Taihang Mountain", "When
You
Believe", as well as other famous Chinese and American folk songs.

Music Director and Conductor: Timothy Ding
Piano Accompanist: Jenny Lin

Time and Place:

Sept. 15, 2001 Sat. 8:00pm
Smithwick Theatre, Foothill College, Las Alto Hills

Sep. 16 2001 Sun. 3:00pm
Herbst Theatre, San Francisco

Ticket Sale and Information:

Admission: $15, $25
Nan Hai Co. 510 Broadway, #300, Millbrae (650) 259-2121
S. F. Star Inc. 1044 Grant Ave. S. F (415) 397-9708
Chinese American Association of Commerce: 778 Clay St. Suite A. S.F.
(415)
362-4306
Herbst Theatre City Box Office (415) 392-4400, www.tickets.com
or Call (408)313-1967, (650) 759-6228.


The Yellow River Cantata

Music by Xian, Xinghai (1905-1945) Lyrics by Guang, Weiran

Xian, Xinghai and Guang, Weiran finished the Yellow River Cantata at a
time
when the whole of Chinese society was suffering from foreign invasion.
Resistance was the cry of the day, and the passionate call to arms, the
ring
of patriotic fervor that swept the land, became the dominant note in the

composer's music. The Yellow River Cantata won the applause of the
people,
but irritated the invaders. As the Chinese people fought back, this
particular musical work underwent the same persecution, the same course
of
struggle and resistance, and eventually the same liberation. The fate
of
the Cantata and the fate of the Chinese people are one.

In October 1938, after the fall of Wuhan, poet Guang, Weiran led the
third
resistance opera troupe from Eastern Shanxi Province through the Luliang

Mountains, an anti-Japanese base area, and crossed the Yellow River.
Along
the way they passed through treacherous gorges, raging rapids, reefs,
and
waterfalls. They witnessed the boatmen on the Yellow River battling the

fierce wind and towering waves; they listened to the deep, resounding
work
songs of the boatmen. Deeply moved by this experience, Guang, Weiran
began
to write a poem to be called "The Yellow River" after arriving at Yan'an
in
January, 1939. On the eve of Lunar New Year, he read the poem at a New
Year
celebration. Xian, Xinghai was present, and upon hearing the poem, was
overjoyed. He expressed his determination to create the Yellow River
Cantata for the opera troupe.

Housed in a crude, earthen cave, the ailing Xian, Xinghai worked for six

consecutive days and finished the composition in March. On April 13,
the
Yellow River Cantata premiered in the auditorium of the College of
Shanbei.
It was an instant success, whereupon it quickly became known throughout
China.

The Yellow River Cantata is divided into eight sections, including two
solos, one duet, and chorus. The spirit of each piece is effectively
introduced by a short recitation preceding the music.