Dear KCCAA members,

You might heard a recent episode of Jimmy Kimmel’s Kids Table Government Shutdown Show broadcasted by ABC Network. In this show, one of kids talked about killing all the Chinese so that the United States does not need to pay back their debts to China. In response to this clearly racial incident, there is petition going on to request White House to take an investigation for this unacceptable incident. Please see details in the following web link in this regard:

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/investigate-jimmy-kimmel-kids-table-government-shutdown-show-abc-network/tLxzbBjg

I would like all of you, KCCAA members, to be aware of this incident. As it requires certain number of signatures for White House to take an action, I would appreciate you to review and make your decisions on this petition based on your best understanding to the situation.

Thank You!

Forest Rong

President of KCCAA

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The 16th biennial Edgar Snow Symposium is coming back to Kansas City in 2014! Help us launch our countdown drive with a kick-off party November 13, 2013, at Union Station's beautiful Board Room. The Symposium theme is "Ed Snow's Kansas City: Where the Arts and Entrepreneurship Intersect." Join us for a special evening of art, music, and stimulating conversation including keynote speaker Crosby Kemper III reflecting on a year teaching in China. The evening's Honorary Co-Chairs are the First Lady of Kansas City, Ms. Licia Clifton-James, and the First Lady of UMKC, Mrs. Yvette Morton. There will be an elegant catered dinner by BoLings Chinese Restaurant, and a hosted beer and wine bar. Mark your calendar and RSVP today!

7 p.m. Wednesday, November 13, 2013 at the Board Room at Union Station: 30 W. Pershing Road, Kansas City, MO

Tickets just $25 per person or $250 for a table of 10, thanks to the generous underwriting support of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and the City of Kansas City Missouri. Additional donations are warmly welcome.

Seating is limited – click here to purchase your ticket online today.

You may also mail payment to the Snow Foundation c/o Diastole, 2501 Holmes, KCMO 64108 or call 816-235-8855.

The need to understand China has never been more pressing.

The global giant is constantly in the news, yet conflicting impressions abound. Within one generation China has transformed from an impoverished, repressive state into an economic and political powerhouse.

China expert Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom provides answers to the most urgent questions regarding this newest superpower in a discussion of his new book China in the 21^st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know on Wednesday, September 11, 2013, at 6:30 p.m. at the Central Library, 14 W.10th St.

Focusing his answers through the historical legacies that largely define China's present-day trajectory — Western and Japanese imperialism, the Mao era, and Tiananmen Square — Wasserstrom introduces us to the Chinese Communist Party, the building boom in Shanghai, and the environmental fall-out of rapid Chinese industrialization.

He also explains unique aspects of Chinese culture such as the one-child policy and provides insight into how Chinese view Americans.

Finally, he provides guidance on the ways we can expect China to act in the future vis-à-vis the United States, Russia, India, and its East Asian neighbors.

Wasserstrom is Chancellor's Professor of History at the University of California, Irvine. His previous books include Global Shanghai and China's Brave New World.

This event is co-sponsored by the Edgar Snow Memorial Foundation and the Kansas City Chinese American Association.

Admission is free. A 6 p.m. reception precedes the event. Free parking is available in the Library District Parking Garage at 10^th & Baltimore. RSVP at kclibrary.org or call 816.701.3407.…

The biggest Chinese New Year Celebration in Kansas City metropolitan organized by KCCAA is coming back to Yardley Hall of JCCC on Sunday January 19th, 2014. As we are in the process to select the dances to be performed on the stage, limited open positions in our dance team are available and open to public. Please join us if you have interests, desires, and passionate for Chinese dances. Participant needs to have basic dance foundation and previous dance performing experience will be a plus. Please contact us at kccaaboardofdirectors@yahoo.com. Registration ends on Thursday, August 22, 2013. The first class will start on Sunday August 25th.

KCCAA
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