Evento

Olympics and Tibet - Issues in US-China Relations

The California Alumni Association Chinese Chapter
proudly presents

Ling-Chi Wang
Professor Emeritus, Asian American Studies, UC Berkeley

Olympics and Tibet - Issues in US-China Relations

Thursday, June 26, 2008 6:30PM
Restaurant Peony, 388 9th St., Ste. 288, Oakland Chinatown
General Admission: $30 per person (includes dinner)

Come join us for a sumptuous Chinese banquet and an informative evening with Professor Ling-Chi Wang as he examines recent events related to the use of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics and the torch relay to address a number of domestic and foreign policies in both China and the United States.

About the speaker:
Professor Ling-chi Wang is a distinguished scholar and activist on Asian American issues. He was at the center of the struggles that shaped the creation of the Ethnic Studies Department at UC Berkeley, and has been an advocate ever since of the departments social activist agenda. He has been centrally involved in the fight to expand civil and political rights of racial minorities in the U.S., dialogue surrounding the Japanese governments responsibility to Chinese, Koreans, and other Asian targets of Japanese aggression during World War II as well as playing a key role as strategist and advisor during former Los Alamos National Laboratory scientist Wen Ho Lees battle against espionage charges.

About the CAA-Chinese Chapter:
The California Alumni Association (CAA) Chinese Chapter is committed to serve the alumni and to advance the welfare of the University of California at Berkeley. Since its founding in 1933, the Chinese Chapter has provided monetary scholarships to deserving students entering the Berkeley campus and currently provides over 20 scholarships and endowments annually, the most of any club or organization at UC Berkeley.

For additional information, contact Bak Chan at bak_chan@mba.berkeley.edu or 510-891-7068.