The recruitment delegation of University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), will visit Los Angeles on October 31 (Saturday) and you are sincerely invited to attend the event, in which you can talk face-to-face with USTC Vice President, Deans and Director of Human Resources Office about the job you are interested in, or any kind of collaboration you want to develop with USTC, or give any advice about the future planning of the University.

Time: 2pm-6pm Oct. 31

Location: Taper Hall of Humanities at USC

Room 208

3501 Trousdale Parkway

Los Angeles, CA 90089

213-740-4552

USTC is recruiting faculty at different levels, from associate professors/ research scientists, full professors/ senior scientists, to “Hundred Talents Program” scholars of China Academy of Sciences, Changjiang Scholars of Ministry of Education, and National “Thousand Talents Program” scholars. There are over 70 academic programs of the 12 schools that have vacant positions. Part-time faculty is welcome as well, as adjunct professors, chair professors, honorary professors, and visiting professors.

New faculty will be provided with lab apace, experiment instruments, research staff, as well as an apartment. Changjiang professors, and “Hundred Talents Program” professors will be provided with initiating research funds of about 2 million RMB, while the National “Thousand Program” scholars will be provided with much more.

We will also offer necessary assistance in your application for research funds of the country, and help your spouse find a job and your children get proper schooling opportunity.

Refer to this website for more information:

http://www.ustcif.com/global/files/File/News/AlumniNewsletter/Delegation09

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南京举办中国留学人员国际交流大会（10/24-25）

为加速集聚海内外高层高端人才智力，以“融全球智力，促创新发展”为主题的第二届中国留学人员南京国际交流与合作大会将于本月24日——25日在南京国际博览中心举行。

南京市曾于去年举办了首届留学人员国际交流与合作大会，引进一百五十七名高端留学人才，对接创业项目五十七个。此后，共有十五批留学人员代表团来到该市考察、洽谈项目。

本届大会由国家人力资源和社会保障部、科技部、教育部、国家外国专家局和江苏省政府、南京市政府主办，杭州、宁波、广州、南昌、合肥、苏州、常州、扬州、南通、常熟、泰州等16个城市参与协办，显示了各地对延揽海外人才的重视。

本届大会主要内容包括：开幕式暨“100秒看亮点”高层论坛，参会的城市领导将围绕本市人才工作亮点进行主题发言；大型展示和人才项目对接活动；留学人员专题沙龙，涉及LED、环境能源、绿色产业、投融资等五个专题；现场对接，由参会的留学人员与高新区、软件园、创业园及博士后流动站、工作站进行考察、对接。

大会专门设立了中高级人才招聘专区，届时将有16个协办城市的100多家知名企业进场招聘。同时，已确定参会的101个博士后科研工作站中，有95个博站提出博士后科研项目440个，招收进站博士约570名；59个博站提供招聘博士岗位465个，需求博士698名，总计需求博士人才1200多名。

本届大会将有海内外留学人员、高层次人才、博士及博士后等方面代表约1000人参加，加上各参会城市、企事业单位、人才及金融等机构、相关协会等，参会总人数将超过4000人。

一、会议时间和地点

1、时间：2009年10月24日

2、地点：南京国际博览中心（建邺区白龙江西街5号）

二、会议主要内容

1、大会开幕式暨泛长三角地区市长主题论坛。

2、博士后科研工作站和流动站设展，与海内外博士进行人才项目交流对接。

3、各博士后站自行组织有意向的博士到本单位实地考察洽谈。

联系方式

联系人：南京市人事局李佳、朱清怡

联系电话：025-83639200，57711724

传真：025-57711724

E-mail: jiajia_lee_26@hotmail.com

宣传网址：www.njzjw.gov.cn

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广州向世界发出邀请全省进入“2010年广州亚运”时间

亚运倒计时一周年在即，广州亚组委将组织策划一系列国际交流活动，两大国际大会将在广州举行，届时广州将向世界发出邀请。广东省迎接2010年广州亚运会动员大会举行（11/12-27/2010），宣布全面进入“亚运时间”。http://www.gz2010.cn

图：张广宁市长访美期间诚挚邀请海外华人华侨参加“2010年广州亚运会”

11月11日-13日，第16届亚运会代表团团长大会将在广州举行，广州亚组委将向亚洲45个国家、地区奥委会发布代表团参赛政策与程序，同时正式向各奥委会发出参赛邀请。代表团成员将听取广州亚运会竞赛与场馆、兴奋剂检测、安保、票务等方面的陈述，还将参观亚运场馆、参加广州亚运会“和谐墙”奠基仪式等。期间还将举行亚奥理事会协调委员会第七次会议、医学与反兴奋剂委员会会议等。

11月9日—14日，世界城市和地方政府联合组织（UCLG）世界理事会会议暨广州国际友城大会将在广州举行。UCLG是目前最大的世界城市和地方政府国际组织，会员包括136个国家的1000多个城市会员和112个全国性地方政府协会。此次大会是广州市近年来规模最大、层次最高的国际会议之一。以友城大会举行为契机，广州市市长张广宁将邀请与会代表参加倒计时一周年仪式，并向各代表发出亚运会邀请函。

12月12日，广播电视与媒体服务部在广州举办第一次世界媒体大会，美联社、法新社等来自中外的媒体将汇聚一堂，了解广州亚运会筹办工作以及赛事亚运会通用政策。

11月12日，广东省委、省政府将在中山纪念堂举行广东省迎接2010年广州亚运会动员大会，国家有关部门，省、市主要领导将出席，省主要领导将作动员讲话。大会标志着广东省全面进入“亚运时间”。

用手机了解亚运赛事 上官方网站购买门票http://www.gz2010.cn/en

作为“广州向世界发出邀请”系列活动的重要组成部分，在广州亚运会倒计时一周年之际，将推出第十六届亚运会无线官方网站和第十六届亚运会官方网站高级阶段版本，届时大家通过手机就能随时随地了解广州亚运会的权威信息，还可以通过亚运官网在线传递火炬、购买亚运门票。

11月8日将举行广州亚运会无线官方网站上线仪式，届时，广大市民将可通过手机等通讯设备，随时随地访问官方网站，了解广州亚运的最新、最全的信息。无线官方网站将突出“随时随地，便捷访问”的特点，及时传递第16届亚运会最新、最权威的信息。

11月13日将举行第16届亚运会官方网站高级阶段版本上线仪式，高级网站将充分考虑国内外用户浏览习惯的差异及媒体、观众对于亚运信息需求的差异。亚运火炬在线传递网站、频率申请频道、亚运票务网站、亚运测试赛网站等专题网站也将陆续在高级网站开通上线。

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加州中文教師協會通知：中文教學研修會十月舉行（舊金山大學10/31）
加州中文教師協會定10月31日在舊金山大學舉行2009年度秋季研修會，為加州各層次的中文教師和其他中文教育從業人員，提供一個業務進修與發展的良好機會。

據研修會組委會主席、戴維斯加州大學儲誠志教授介紹，針對外語教學研究的當前形勢和本地區中文教學業務發展的實際情況，本次研修會的主題確定是「中文教學方法的反思與發展」，共邀請五位資深學者和教師，就中文教學方法的若干問題進行四場專題演講。包括：哥倫比亞大學中文部主任劉樂甯教授主講「課堂教學方法的適應性問題」，國防語言學院莊稼嬰教授和陳佩瑜教授主講「任務式教學在漢語課堂中的應用」，舊金山大學李智強教授主講「漢語語音教學及其涉及的語音學問題」，國防語言學院許和平教授主講「後方法時代漢語教學的反思和前瞻」。

專題演講之外，研修會還安排有中文教材和專業圖書及其他教學資源展覽。研修會時間為10月31早上8時30分到下午4時30分，除了協會會員以外，也歡迎其他中文教學同行和熱心人士參與，會議註冊和其他資訊請上協會網頁www.cltac.org 查詢。

加州中文教師協會成立於1960年代初期，當前會員近300人，分佈於加州（主要是北部和中部）近百所大中小學和其他中文教育與研究機構，是美國歷史最久、規模最大的區域性中文教學組織。除了秋季研修會以外，該協會還舉行每年一次的國語（普通話）演講比賽和春季學術討論會。

近年來，每屆學術討論會和專業研修會都有一百多位會員和專業同行參與，成為本地區中文教師分享教學研究與經驗成果、提升專業能力、開闊視野、保持先進的重要平臺；每年的國語（普通話）演講比賽更是吸引了高達七百多位大中小學學生參賽，在本地社區形成了廣泛的社會影響力，成為海外中文教學的一個盛典，也有力地推動了加州中文教學的發展。

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USC US-China Institute: Talking Points （10/20-28）

Talking Points
October 20 - 28, 2009

Dear Zhenying,

Our comprehensive calendar of China-related events across North America is below. Information about the USC US-China Institute/USA Pavilion student ambassador program at the Shanghai Expo is available here: http://china.usc.edu/ShowArticle.aspx?articleID=1838.

China’s government has been encouraging Chinese firms to “go out” (zouchuqu), that is to set up operations and invest abroad. Chinese banks have been urged to support this drive. In recent years there have been headline grabbing acquisitions and near misses. Best known acquisitions include Lenovo’s 2005 purchase of IBM’s personal computer division for $1.75 billion and Sinopec’s recent $7.2 billion purchase of Addax, a Swiss oil company with extensive holdings in Iraq. High profile failed bids include CNOOC’s attempt in 2005 to acquire Unocal, a Southern California-based oil firm, for $18.5 billion and this year’s $19.5 billion effort by Aluminum Corp. of China to buy Australian mining giant Rio Tinto.

Yesterday, Daniel Rosen spoke at the USC US-China Institute about the nature, scale, and

importance of these investments. Rosen, a fellow of the Peterson Institute for International Economics and principal of the Rhodium Group, explained that while there has been talk in China of “going out” since the 1990s, Chinese outbound foreign direct investments (OFDI) only became significant this decade and only really began to climb since 2004-2005. Prior to this, it was much easier for firms to simply expand their domestic operations. They could more readily manage this and profits were more certain, especially for export-oriented companies. China’s rapid economic expansion and the rapid growth of Chinese cities caused some planners to worry about access to key mineral and other resources and pushed large state-owned firms to start making foreign acquisitions. Now, though, “going out” is partly driven by a desire to produce closer to markets so as to avoid possible carbon-tariffs in the future. The relative lack of experience managing operations abroad remains a limiting factor for Chinese firms. Rosen noted that Vice Premier Wang Qishan publicly rebuked the aspirations of Hunan-based Sany, a heavy machinery producer, arguing the firm was unprepared to deal with foreign regulators and workers.

While the rise in Chinese OFDI acquisitions was steady and impressive up to the global economic downturn last fall, Rosen emphasized that China’s outbound direct investment is a tiny fraction of world total. On a per capita basis, China’s cumulative outbound investment totaled just $72. America’s is $9,300 and Germany’s is $15,000. And while reaching out, China remains open to foreign investment within China. Roughly $5 is invested by foreigners in China for every $1 that Chinese have invested elsewhere.

The relative share of total world foreign direct investment, 1980-2007. The US share has declined from nearly 40%, but is still greater than any other nation. China's share is less than 1% of the total.

Our web magazine US-China Today has feature articles about Chinese investments and projects in Africa and Latin America. The articles include interactive maps documenting investments or contracts in particular countries. And on November 13, Deborah Brautigam will speak at USC on her new book The Dragon’s Gift: The Real Story of China in Africa.

Among the many interesting programs over the next two weeks is today’s talk at UCLA by Wan Yanhai, China’s foremost HIV/AIDS activist, and Tuesday’s symposium at the Library of Congress on Ding Cong, one of China’s most influential cartoonist. Carnegie Hall and the Orange County Philharmonic are teaming up for the ongoing “Ancient Paths, Modern Voices” festival. One of the festival events features films produced in Beijing last summer by pairs of USC and Communication University of China students .Please look below and in the calendar section of our website for more details.

Finally, Dodger fans were disappointed last night. But not by the performance of Kuo Hung-chih. The Taiwan-born relief pitcher struck out two Phillies and turned in a scoreless inning. Kuo is the third player from Taiwan to play with the Dodgers.
We always appreciate hearing from you and are grateful when you pass Talking Points along and encourage friends and colleagues to subscribe.

Best wishes,
The USC U.S.-China Institute
http://china.usc.edu
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USC

10/22/2009: Literary Luncheon
USC, Doheny Memorial Library
Time: 11:30AM - 2:00PM
Contact: Toni Miller
Phone: (213) 740-2328
Lisa See discusses her most recent novel, Shanghai Girls.

10/26/2009: Roundtable Conversation with Mark Edward Lewis
University of Southern California
East Asian Library Seminar Room, Doheny Memorial Library
Cost: Free
Time: 4:00PM
Join Professor Lewis, one of the most interesting and productive scholars of early China in the Euro-American world, for a series of multi-faceted histories of ancient China.

10/28/2009: Documenting The Global City: Beijing
Regency South Coast Village Theater
Costa Mesa, CA
Time: 8:oopm
USC School of Cinematic Arts' Mark Jonathan Harris and students from USC present and comment on their work following the sample screenings.

California

10/22/2009: The Instant City and the Postspatial Turn in Chinese Cinema
UC Berkeley
IEAS Conference Room, 2223 Fulton Street, 6th Floor, Berkeley, CA
Cost: Free
Time: 4:00PM - 6:00PM
UC Berkeley presents a talk by Yomi Braester on the trope of a city constructed in the blink of the eye in recent Chinese films.

10/24/2009: Tea and Chinese Cultural Aesthetics
Lenart Auditorium, UCLA Fowler Museum , Los Angeles, CA
Cost: Free
Time: 3:00PM - 4:00PM
Pei-kai Cheng will examine how aesthetic appreciation and choice of wares for tea ceremony influenced the development of Chinese porcelain-making technology.

10/27/2009: Musical Journeys Through China with Wu Man
Orange County Performing Arts Center’s Samueli Theater, at Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Irvine, CA
Time: 8:00PM
World renowned pipa virtuoso and founding member of Yo-Yo Ma’s cross-cultural Silk Road Ensemble, Wu Man returns to Orange County with Musical Journeys through China.

10/28/2009: China on the World Stage: Ready for Prime Time?
UC Berkeley
Address: 3401 Dwinelle Hall, Berkeley, CA
Cost: Free
Time: 12:00PM - 1:00PM
UC Berkeley presents a talk by Thomas Fingar on China's role in the world stage.

North America

10/20/2009: Chinese cartoonist and caricaturist Ding Cong
Conference: 8: 30 a.m. - Noon
Whittall Pavilion, Thomas Jefferson Bldg. Library of Congress,
Washington, DC
Exhibition: 1:45 p.m. 4: 30 p.m.
Mason Art Gallery, School of Visual and Performing Arts, George Mason
University, Fairfax, VA
The Library of Congress and George Mason University are sponsoring a one day symposium and exhibition showing Ding Congs life and work.

10/21/2009: Quanzhou Marionette Theater
Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall
Address: 881 Seventh Avenue , New York, NY 10019-3210
Cost: $30 - $42
Time: 7:30PM
Music, song and puppetry unite as the talented puppeteers and musicians of the Quanzhou Marionette Theater perform selections from Chinese folk tales.

10/22/2009: Qin And Chinese Calligraphy
China Institute
125 East 65th Street, New York, NY 10065
Cost: $10 China Institute member / $15 non-member
Phone: 212-744-8181
Time: 6:30PM
In this lecture-demonstration, Mingmei Yip explores the ancient Chinese philosophy of nurturing life and longevity by harnessing breath, energy, and qi
(chi) through qin-playing and calligraphic brush strokes.

10/23/2009: Taste of China with Wu Man
Zankel Hall, New York, NY
Time: 7:30PM
World renowned pipa virtuoso and founding member of Yo-Yo Ma’s cross-cultural Silk Road Ensemble, Wu Man performs at Carnegie Hall.

10/24/2009: Ba Da Chui, Percussion Quartet hosted by Wu Man
The Performance Project @ University Settlement , New York, NY
Time: 3:00PM
This native Chinese percussion quartet, whose name means “eight great hammers,” promises a feast of sound.

10/24/2009: Shen Wei Dance Arts at 10
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
1071 Fifth Avenue (at 89th Street), New York, NY
Time: 7:30PM
Shen Wei Dance Arts launches its 10th-anniversary season with a program that explores Shen Wei’s creative process through performance and a discussion with the artist.

10/25/2009: Neighborhood Concert: Ensemble ACJW
Flushing Town Hall, New York, NY
Time: 2:00pm
Featuring musicians of The Academy — a program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and The Weill Music Institute in partnership with the New York City Department of Education.

10/25/2009: Neighborhood Concert: Zhang Family Band
Henry Street Settlement, New York, NY
Time: 3:00PM
This native Chinese ensemble performs traditional music used in village rituals, including temple fairs, weddings, funerals, and seasonal festivities.

10/25/2009: Chinese Teahouse
Asia Society
725 Park Avenue New York, NY 10021
Cost: $25 and $30
Phone: 212-517-ASIA
Time: 7:00PM
A traditional Chinese teahouse presents the culture of music and tea together.

10/26/2009: Juilliard Orchestra
Alice Tully Hall
1941 Broadway New York, NY 10023
Time: 7:30PM
This all–Tan Dun concert under the composer’s leadership features the distinguished soloist Cho-Liang Lin performing a world premiere.

10/27/2009: Lang Lang and Friends
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall, New York , NY
Time: 8:00PM
Carnegie Hall presents pianist Lang Lang and other Chinese musicians.

USC U.S. – China Institute
3535 S. Figueroa St.
FIG 202
Los Angeles, CA 90089-1262
Tel: 213-821-4382
Fax: 213-821-2382
Email: uschina@usc.edu
Website: http://china.usc.edu

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UCLA Center for Chinese Studies: Event Spotlight (Week of 10/19)

eNewsletter

Week of October 19, 2009

Dear friends,

This fall's events offer a rare opportunity to explore the world of tea. Visit the Fowler Museum's exhibit "Steeped in History: The Art of Tea." Hear this Saturday's lecture by prominent tea scholar Pei-Kai Cheng. And be sure to mark your calendar for November 7, when UCLA PhD James Benn will deliver the prestigious Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture in Chinese Archaeology and Art on the subject of his newest book, the uses of tea among Buddhists in Asia.

With best regards,

David Schaberg

Yunxiang Yan

Richard Gunde

and the Center staff

Event Spotlight

Tea and Chinese Cultural Aesthetics

PEI-KAI CHENG, Chinese Civilization Centre, City University of Hong Kong

Saturday, October 24
3 pm - 4 pm
Lenart Auditorium, UCLA Fowler Museum

Learn more about the event »

Events

Save the Date: The Buddhist Arts of Tea in Medieval China

James A. Benn delivers the 22nd Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture on Chinese Archaeology and Art
Saturday, November 7
2 pm - 3:30 pm
Lenart Auditorium, UCLA Fowler Museum
Learn more about the event »

Extramural Events

Calligraffiti: Writing in Contemporary Chinese and Latino Art

An exhibition at the Pacific Asia Museum, through January 17, 2010
September 17 - January 17
Wednesday through Sunday - 10 am - 6 pm
Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena
Learn more about the event »

Podcast

An Interpretation of Wu (external things) in the Chinese Classical Literary Tradition

A talk by CHENG YU-YU (Professor of Chinese Literature, National Taiwan University), delivered on October 8, 2009.
listen to the podcast »

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华东师范大学将召开世界体育运动学科盛会：挑战与未来方向

“World Conference on Physical Education and Sport: Challenges and Future Directions”

June 1-4, 2011

East China Normal University

Shanghai, Peoples Republic of China

Co-Hosts: The International Society for Comparative Physical Education & Sport (ISCPES) and West Virginia University, College of Physical Activity & Sport Sciences.

Conference Theme: The conference will address current educational practice and future directions of teaching and in physical education and sport across the world. The purpose is for attendees to gain an understanding and appreciation of the unique and shared challenges and opportunities for quality P-12, community, and university physical education and sport programming that exist around the world.

Conference Topics: The conference will accept papers related to teaching and coaching in physical education and sport in a broad range of areas. Examples of these topics will include:

1) National policies, culture, standards, and reform in physical education and sport.

2) Quality P-12, university, and community-based physical education and sport programs.

3) Teaching and coaching effectiveness and assessment in physical education and sport.

4) Physical education teacher and coaching education: problems and practices.

5) Collaboration and conflict between sport and physical education.

6) School and community partnerships in physical education and sport.

Scope of Conference: The conference will solicit papers from all corners of the world. A call for papers and invited keynote presentations will guarantee representation from Africa, Asia, Australia/New Zealand, Central and South America, Eastern Europe and Russia, Europe, the Middle East, the Caribbean, and North America.

Call for papers: A call for papers will be held in 2010 for paper, poster, and roundtable presentations.

Registration: The conference will be extremely affordable. A $350 registration fee ($295 for ISCPES members) will cover three breakfasts, three lunches, an end-of-conference banquet, all conference transportation, and of course, the conference. Student registration is $150.

Lodging: Single and double rooms will be available for $70.00, $40.00 or $30.00 a night. As a bonus may come early or stay after the conference at this price!

Conference Highlights:

1) Tour of East China Normal University

2) Dinner and social activities in downtown Shanghai

3) Program of scholars from around the world

Contact Information:

East China Normal University

Dr. Xioazan Wang

Tel: 0086-021-54345076

Fax: 0086-021-54345131

Cell: 13816299311 (available from January 2010)

Email: xiaozanwangecnu@126.com

West Virginia University

Dr. Lynn Housner,

Tel: 001-304-293-0850

Fax: 001-304-293-4641

Cell: 001-304-282-1412

E-mail: lhousner@mail.wvu.edu

Website of conference

http://www.iscpes.ecnu.edu.cn/