The Rocky Road to Liberty: A Documented History of Chinese Immigration and Exclusion 

Chinese American Society (CAS) is organizing an event for its book debut “The Rocky Road to Liberty: A Documented History of Chinese Immigration and Exclusion”. This event is dedicated to celebrate the 160 years of immigration history of Chinese Americans in the US, to raise awareness of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1892, and to support the immigration reforms for the new century.   Many politicians at city, state and federal level will attend this event, including Congressman Mike Honda and State assembly member Paul Fong. 
 
The event is co-sponsored by the California History Center. Specific information for the event is as follows:

Time: 3-5pm, Saturday, March 27th 
Venue: California History Center 
(Next to Flint Center in De Anza College) 
Address: 21250 Stevens Creek Blvd, Cupertino, CA 95014  

There are two tiers of tickets:  the $60 ticket includes the book and a cocktail luncheon, the $20 ticket is for cocktail only.  Please send this event information via email asap to reach all of your association members and encourage them to attend this important event concerning Chinese immigrants in the U.S..  For ticket purchase, please contact Harry Luan: 925-260-0239, email: sluan2000@gmail.com.  
 
CAS is a non-profit organization to inspire Chinese Americans to participate in social and political services.  We are a new organization with ambitious determination to make our voice heard and goals reached.

An Inside Look at Tencent/QQ (走近腾讯-企鹅传奇) 

Sunday March 14, 2010, 2:00 pm - 6:00pm

Hilton Santa Clara Hotel

Speakers:

      Jeff Xiong, Co-CTO

     Xi Dan, Vice President

      Gordon Sun, Chief Scientist

      Peter Zheng, General Manager, QZone Product Center

      Steve Zheng, General Manager, Tencent Research Institute

      Ying Sha, Director of Game Development 

As you may know, Tencent is the China's biggest and world’s third biggest Internet Company by market value. It is also the best-performing stock in the Hang Seng index in 2009.  Founded in 1998, Tencent has grown into China's largest and most used Internet service portal. As of September 30th, 2009, the number of registered QQ Instant Messenger users has reached 1.057 billion. Active users numbered at 484.9 million. Peak concurrent users have reached 75.50 million. QQ Games platform counted about 5.7 million users simultaneously on-line. QQ.com has become China's most visited Internet portal website. 

Agenda: 

2:00PM – 2:30PM  Registration and Networking

2:30PM – 4:30PM  Tencent Presentation

4:30PM – 6:00PM  Q&A 

The event will be in Chinese language.   Snacks and drinks will be provided.

Admission is free.  However seats are limited.  RSVP today to guarantee your spot. 

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Tsinghua 2010 Chinese New Year Party

Please join us for the "Tsinghua 2010 Chinese New Year Party" on Feb. 19th.

We'd like to present a program of 8 performances, all by Tsinghua alumni and families, from 1960s, to late 1990s, and to the next generation of Tsinghua alumni! Please see the program and details online and in the attachment.
http://www.tsinghua.net/main/ index.php?q= ODNkNTYzYmYzNHM9MTA2

We are pleased to have the original musicians of Maya Zhongguo , who are Tsinghua Alumni, to join us. MaYaZhongguo was the hottest song online with more than 290,000 hits within three months after its first online on Oct 1st 2009! The band visited China and was invited to Hunan Satellite TV 2010 spring festival show.
http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=5Z5C8j5CjLE&feature=related

Following the performances, we will host Karaoke party, dance party, game rooms, and prize draws till midnight. For the convenience of families, there will be a childcare/game room too.

When: 7:30pm--12:00am Feb. 19th (Fri)
Where: 6148 Bollinger Road, San Jose, CA 95129 (CPAA 飞扬艺术中心)
Tickets:
Online: $8 for adults, $4 for seniors (over 60)
http://www.tsinghua.net/main/ index.php?q= ODNkNTYzYmYzNHM9MTA2

At door: $10 for adults, $5 for seniors (over60)

Please come to join in this grand party and celebrate Chinese New Year. You will certainly meet old friends, and get to know fresh faces with each head turn.

 ‘The Importance of California Agricultural Exports for our State Economy’

Date: March 19, 2010

Presented by the Monterey Bay International Trade Association (MBITA) and the Salinas Valley Chamber of Commerce

http://www.mbita.org/events/calagexports-seminar.html

Fee: Free for lifetime members; $10 for members and $25.00 for non members
RSVP send email to rsvp@cina.org with subject "CINA 2/17 name = ". Additional $10 for no rsvp

Venue: Fenwick & West, LLP.
801 California Street
Mountain View CA

CNetwork 2010 Chinese New Year Gala

Dear Friends,
 
I am going to organize a trip to Half Moon Bay this Sunday, Jan. 10th. We will visit both Fitzgerald Marine Reserve and Pillar Point in this trip.
 
Fitzgerald Marine Reserve is one of the best beaches in the bay area. You can see a variety of marine lives during the low tide. The lowest tide on Sunday is around 1:45pm (-0.18 feet). So the condition is perfect this Sunday. Pillar Point is 2.5 miles on the south with great view of the harbor and nearby Air Force Station. Please check the following sites for more information.
http://www.fitzgeraldreserve.org/
http://www.bahiker.com/southbayhikes/fitzgerald.html
http://www.bahiker.com/southbayhikes/pillarpt.html
http://www.militarymuseum.org/PointPillarAFS.html
 
For this trip, we will meet at Milpitas 99 Ranch Market (338 Barber Lane, Milpitas, CA) at 12:00pm for carpool. Then we will head to Fitzgerald Marine Reserve. You can use "Lake st, Moss beach, CA" for direction. Just go CA-237 W, then I-101 N, CA-92 W, and CA-1 N. Turn left into Vermont Ave from CA-1 and drive 0.3 mile down to the beach. Free parking is available there. 
 
We will meet on the beach around 1:00pm, stay there for one hour, and then hike South to Pillar Point and back (round-trip distance of 5 miles). We will return after watching the sunset on Fitzgerald Marine Reserve. After the hiking, we will have an optional dinner in Fremont Spicy Town, 麻辣诱惑 (Ma La You Huo), at 43683 Boscell Rd, Fremont, CA. 

If you are interested in this trip, please send me an email at  simon.he@cnetwork.org  for reservation. If you want to participate in carpool, please let me know if you need a carpool seat or can provide carpool seats, your departing area, and your phone number. Carpool cost will be shared among participants (about $5 per person for gas, given to the driver directly). If you have any question, please feel free to contact me through email (preferred) or cell phone (213-327-4298).


Xinming(Simon)

Dear Friends,

It has been more than a month since our last hiking trip. The New Year is coming. Let's get together and celebrate the new year with a trip to Santa Cruz. For this trip, we will see Monarch butterflies in Natual Bridge State Beach, and also hike for 2 hours in Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park. The trip date is this Saturday, Jan. 2nd.   Natual Bridge State Beach, with its famous natural bridge, is an excellent vantage point for viewing migrating whales, seals, otters, and most noticeably, Monarch Butterflies with the peark season from mid-Oct to early-Feb. Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park is home of the Redwood Grove, Douglas fir, madrone, oak and the most unusual feature of the park, a stand of Ponderosa pine. For more information about the parks, please visit http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=541 http://www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=546 http://www.bahiker.com/southbayhikes/henrycowell.html   For this trip, we will first gather at Milpitas 99 Ranch Market (338 Barber Lane, Milpitas, CA) at 10:30am. Then we will meet in the picnic area in Henry Cowell Redwoods Park (see the direction below) between 11:30am to 12:00pm. We will have lunch while gathering there. After that, we will hike 2 hours inside Henry Cowell Redwoods Park, then head to Natual Bridge State Beach around 2:00pm. Inside Natural Bridge State Beach, we will take a 2-mile walk to see Monarch butterflies and the beautiful coastline. We will also play volleyball and frisbee on the beach and watch the sunset. The returning time is around 4:45pm. We will have an optional dinner in Milpitas after the trip. The address of Henry Cowell Redwoods Park is 101 North Big Trees Park Road, Felton, CA 95018. The driving direction from Milpitas is to take I-880 South for 7 miles and then continue on CA-17 South for 21 miles. Turn right into Mt Hermon Rd for 3.5 mile, slight right at Graham Hill Rd  0.2 mile, then turn left at CA-9 S for 0.6 mile, turn left at N Big Trees Park Rd.   The picnic area is located near parking lot 4. You can either park inside the park for $10 (this fee also covers the entrance fee for Natural Bridge State Beach), or park free along CA-9 before turning into North Big Trees Park Road. If you park inside the park, just ask the staff where parking lot 4 is (make a right turn after passing the entrance booth where you pay the fee and drive down the road to see parking lot 4). If you park along CA-9, just walk along North Big Trees Park Road for 50 meters, cross a bridge, take the Meadow Trail on your right side for 500 meters, stay left on the 3-way intersection, after 100 meters, you will see the picnic area on your right side. In case you can not find the picnic area, we will also meet again in the park visitor center between 12:15pm to 12:30pm.   The address of Natual Bridge State Beach is 2531 W Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz, CA. The driving direction from Henry Cowell is to take CA-9 south for 5 miles, turn right into CA-1 for 0.6 mile, slight right on Mission St for 1.6 miles, turn left into Swift St 0.7 mile, then turn right at W Cliff Dr 0.5 mile. The visitor center is about 0.3 mile from the park entrance (just drive all way down the road). You can park either outside the park for free, or inside the park (no need to pay the entrance fee if you have already paid in Henry Cowell, just show your receipt). If you are interested in this trip, please send me an email at simon.he@cnetwork.org for reservation. If you want to participate in carpool, please let me know if you need a carpool seat or can provide carpool seats, your departing area, and your phone number. An optional carpool location in Cupertino 99 Ranch (10983 North Wolfe Road, Cupertino, CA) will be added if needed. Carpool cost will be shared among participants (around $8 per person for gas and park entrance fee, given to the driver directly). Please feel free to contact me through email or phone. My cell phone number is 213-327-4298.   

Wish you all a happy New Year.  

Xinming(Simon)