UCLA Center for East Asian Studies
Now in its twelfth year, the UCLA East Asia Speakers Series organized by CEAS Director James Tong has hosted a number of distinguished government, business, and academic leaders from Asia and North America. These events, staged at UCLA and elsewhere in the Los Angeles region, are designed to foster greater understanding of the East Asian trends and events. Most of the events are open to the general public while others are restricted to invited guests. Several recent events are discussed on separate CEAS webpages. Click on highlighted text to visit those pages.
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December 5, 2001 Greater China Track of the California in the Global Economy Conference. Presented as part of the UCLA Anderson Graduate School of Management's "Anderson Forecast. Speakers included Yoshi Inaba, President and CEO, Toyota; George Leung, Chief Economist, Hong Kong Shanghai Bank; K.Y. Tang, Chief Economist, Hong Kong SAR Bank; Po-chih Chen, Chairman, Council for Economic Planning and Development, Taiwan; Laura Cha, Deputy Chairman, Securities Regulatory Commission, China; Perng Fai-nan, President, Central Bank of China; Kenneth Courtis, VP, Goldman and Sachs for East Asia. Several of the presentations are available online. A generous grant from Wilbur Woo (Vice Chairman, Cathay Bank) made the Greater China Track portion of the conference possible.
November 2-4, 2001 Integrative East-West Medicine Conference: “Improving Quality of Life: Integrative Approaches to Pain and Cancer. Ka-kit Hui, conference organizer and chair. Co-sponsored with the UCLA Center for East-West Medicine.
September 7, 2001 Presentation by Hong Kong Chief Secretary Donald Tsang. Sec. Tsang is the top ranking civil servant in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Co-sponsored with the Hong Kong Schools Alumni Federation.
July 28, 2001 Performance by Li Yundi, winner of the 2000 Frederic Chopin Competition Gold Medal, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Music Center of Los Angeles County. Co-sponsored with UMSOLA, Hanyi, Cathay Bank, and the Hong Kong Schools Alumni Federation.
July 24, 2001 Reception for Li Yundi. In addition to a brief performance by Li, the event included a performance by Zhao Hui on the qin and a presentation by UCLA International Studies Vice Provost Geoffrey Garrett.
May 25-27, 2001 "After the End: Hong Kong Culture after 1997" included a scholarly conference organized by Shu-mei Shih, director of UCLA Comparative and Interdisciplinary Research on Asia, and a film series organized by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. CEAS and other units cosponsored the conference. Conference papers and information on the film series are available online.
April 30, 2001 "Hong Kong Since 1997: Evolution of the SAR" Christine Loh, former member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council (1992-2000) and current CEO of the think tank Civic Exchange, spoke at a seminar cosponsored with the UCLA Center for Chinese Studies. Ms. Loh writes a weekly column.
March 26, 2001 "Hong Kong: Platform for Partnership" Peter Woo, chair of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, spoke to a group of business and media professionals at the Omni Los Angeles Hotel. The event was co-sponsored with the Hong Kong Association of Southern California. The text of Mr. Woo's address is available at the Trade Development Council's website.
February 16, 2001 Hong Kong and the United States: Commissioner Jacqueline Willis. As the head of the Hong Kong mission to the United States, the Honorable Ms. Willis spoke to a large group of local business, media, and education professionals on current trade and cultural relations between the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the United States. Vice Provost Robert Buswell welcomed Ms. Willis. The text of Ms. Willis's address is available at the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office website.
February 9, 2001 The Chinese Film Industry Top representatives from the Chinese Ministry of Film and film studios in Xi'an, Beijing, and Shanghai spoke to a group of Los Angeles media, film industry, and education professionals.
October 13-15, 2000 "Remapping Taiwan: Histories and Cultures in the Context of Globalization" This was the fifth annual conference on Taiwan at UCLA and was organized by UCLA Comparative and Interdisciplinary Research on Asia, headed by Shu-mei Shih. CEAS and several other organizations cosponsored the event which featured presentations by scholars from three continents. The conference schedule and papers are available online.
August 22, 2000 China Religions Forum featuring a delegation of religious officials from China in discussion with local religious leaders and scholars. These religious leaders were on their way to a U.N. sponsored religious summit. China's official English language newspaper carried a number of articles on the visit:
"Religious Gurus Leave for the US"
April 20, 2000 Democracy and Human Rights in China: A Film and Panel Discussion featuring Michael Apted's Moving the Mountain and Wang Chaohua (UCLA graduate student and Tiananmen Square prodemocracy leader), Seth Faison (New York Times), Catherine Bauknight (Sipa Press), and Jim Zimmerman (Amnesty International). (Co-sponsored with Amnesty International)
April 19, 2000 Visible Traces: Rare Books and Special Collections from the National Library of China Exhibition Symposium featuring Janet Baker (Bowers Museum of Cultural Art), Philip Hu (NYU), Richard Strassberg (UCLA Dept. of East Asian Languages and Cultures), and Yang Ye (UC Riverside Dept. of Comparative Literature) Held at the Los Angeles Central Library.
November 4, 1999 Views from the Epicenter: Geological, Geotechnical, Structural Engineering and Disaster Relief Perspectives of The Taiwan Earthquake of September 21, 1999 -- symposium featuring presentations by Profs. Jiann-wen Ju, Jonathan Stewart, and John Wallace, all of the UCLA Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
November 3, 1999 Thailand After the Crisis -- symposium featuring Olan Chairpravat, Thai Senator and Banker, and Pongsak Hoontrakul, Business Analyst. (Co-sponsored with the UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies)
October 28-29, 1999 Economic, Social and Legal Issues in China's Transition to a Market Economy: Doctoral Student Research Conference featuring doctoral candidates from UCLA, USC, and UCSD as well as a keynote address by Baizhu Chen (Marshall School of Business, USC). (Co-sponsored with the UCLA Center for International Business Education and Research) Held in Ventura, California.
October 20, 1999 Honorable Justice Barry T. Mortimer, Vice-President of the Court of Appeal of the High Court, Hong Kong: "One Country, Two Systems: Hong Kong’s Legal System after the Handover" (Co-sponsored with the Asia Society Southern California Center, the Hong Kong Association of Southern California, the Southern California Chinese Lawyer Association, and the Los Angeles County Bar Association.)
October 14, 1999 Mark Elvin, Distinguished Historian on "The Chinese Style of Premodern Economic Development Seen in Environmental Perspective: The Case of Jiaxing" (Co-sponsored with the UCLA Center for Chinese Studies)
July 28, 1999 Father George Zee, President, Wah Yan College (Hong Kong): "Methods of Visual Diagnois in Chinese Medicine"
April 6, 1999 Woo Chia-wei, President, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology: "The State of Scientific and Technical Education and Research in Hong Kong"
January 27, 1999 Barbara Foster, Hunter College professor: The Secret Lives of Alexandra David-Neel
December 16, 1998 China Tobacco Technology Delegation: "Chinese and US Management Techniques"
November 23, 1998 Hong Kong Democratic Party Leader: Martin C.M. Lee: "Democracy in the Hong Kong SAR: the
First Year"
(co-sponsored with the Wah Yan Alumni Association)
Mr. Lee was introduced by the Honorable Howard Berman, Member of the U.S. House of
Representatives
November 13, 1998 Chinese Communist Party Political Bureau Member and President of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Li Tieying: "Social Science in China"
October 29, 1998 Chinese Dissident and Nobel Peace Prize Nominee Wei Jingsheng: "Democracy in China: Retrospect and Prospect"
May 22, 1998 Noted Chinese Dissident Wang Dan: "The Chinese Student Movement: Retrospect and Prospect"
May 2, 1998 Seminar on "Relations across the Taiwan Straits"
Secretary-General Hsu Hui-yao of the Taiwan Straits Foundation gave the keynote address
March 23, 1998 Lucheon talk by Mr. Chen Chien-jen, Director-General of the Taiwan Government Information Office
February 11, 1998 Hong Kong Revisited: The First Six Months
(co-sponsored by the Torrance Area Chamber of Commerce) Presentations by Thomas Chan
Director of Government Information Services Hong Kong Special Administrative Region;
Dunson Cheng CEO and Chairman, Cathay Bank; and Thomas Plate Editor, Los Angeles Times
October 24, 1997 Official Campus Visit of Ambassador Francias Lee,
Director-General of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office of Los Angeles
Talk on "The Republic of China and its Role in the Pacific Region"
August 11, 1997 Symposium on Democraticization in Taiwan
Presentations by Taiwan professors Thomas Peng, Cheng You-ping, and Ko San-ji
August 12-16, 1997 "Tribute to King Hu" Film Festival
Presentations by Shangguang Lingfeng and Cheng Pei-pei
August 16, 1997 Closing Night of the Pan-Asian Film and Video Festival
(co-sponsored with UCLA Film Archive).
Director Tsai Ming-liang presented a film and addressed the audience.
June 12, 1997 California Trade Forum on Hong Kong
(co-sponsored with the Pacific Rim Society and the Monterey Park Chamber of Commerce)
May 12, 1997 Book-warming of Prof. Enright on his book Hong Kong: The Competitive Advantage (co-sponsored with the Asia Society and the Hong Kong Association of Southern California)
May 8, 1997 Dinner Talk by Elizabeth Wong, JP, OBE, on "Hong Kong after 1997"
April 24-May 1, 1997 Made in Hong Kong Film Festival
(co-sponsored with the UCLA Film Archive)
Gala Premiere of "Comrades, Almost a Love Story" featuring the personal
appearance of director Peter Chen and leading actor Leon Lai (April 24) Director Kirk Wong
presented "Rock and Roll Cop" (April 29) Director Tsui Hark presented "The
Blade" (May 1)
February 14, 1997 Hong Kong 1997
(co-sponsored with the Torrance Area Chamber of Commerce)
Keynote Address by Michael Lee, Director of the HK Economic and Trade Office
Speeches by Frankie Leung and Anthony Wong
January 22, 1997 Dinner Talk by Charles Kao, former chancellor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong
September 27, 1996 Hong Kong Forum Keynote Address by HK Finance Secretary Donald Tsang. Additional presentations by Ronnie Chan, Frang Ching, James To, Michael Brownrig, Dunson Cheng, Garrett Cheng, William Mow, and Gary Larsen.
May 23, 1996 Los Angeles Premiere of "Good Men, Good Women"
(co-sponsored with UCLA Film Archive).Featuring award-winning Director Hou Hsiao-hsien.
April 4, 1996 Symposium on Taiwan Presidential Election.
Presentations by Professors Ssu-ying Ho, Tai-shun Yang, and Parris Chang.
