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Hazel "The Queen" Walker Comment by Hazel "The Queen" Walker on March 28, 2009 at 9:40am
Vince, I will attend on the 9th it sounds like a great opportunity to meet others. I spent 3 weeks in china with local friends, wow did they show me the ins and outs of China. Can't wait to go back, I fell in love with China and the people.
Vince Wong Comment by Vince Wong on March 10, 2009 at 11:11pm
Please come to the 2nd Annual Asian Festival presented by the Asian American Alliance and Indy Parks on May 9, 11 am - 4 pm at Garfield Park. It's a wonderful, family friendly, and free celebration of Asian culture and cuisine. I hope you join us!!
Vince Wong Comment by Vince Wong on October 17, 2008 at 11:28pm
You are all invited to Asian American Alliance's cAtAlyst program reception on Nov. 13 at 5 pm downtown. It should be a great networking event. Dr. Bill Chin, VP of Discovery Research at Lilly will be a guest speaker. Let me know if you want more details.
Brian Huff Comment by Brian Huff on August 28, 2008 at 12:17pm
Hi all, does anyone know of good software to learn Cantonese?
Greg Medcalf Comment by Greg Medcalf on June 19, 2008 at 2:53pm
Hi, just returned from a China trip and plan to have a trip show and tell at the Weber Grill on Friday, June 27th at 6:00 pm.

Join us if interested.

Greg, 317-383-7324 gregm@tigersolutionsinternational.com
Amy Stark Comment by Amy Stark on May 16, 2008 at 8:56am
I am new to this group, and to SI--and this is my first post within the group, so be gentle. : )

For the past couple of years I have been studying the infrastructure of the Internet and how it can provide a "neutral conduit" for ideas. There are currently over one Billion people on the net... very soon that number will be three Billion. For the first time in recorded history a regular guy in Indianapolis will be able to communicate with a regular guy in China. What ideas will be shared, and how will we communicate effectively?

I started a group based on this passion called " I P on everything " I welcome you all to join. We live in exciting times.

What if this group worked collaboratively to predict and solve an issue thay may arise from grassroots communication between China and Indiana? The first step would be to indentify a possible issue, don't you think?
Bruce LaDuke Comment by Bruce LaDuke on April 21, 2008 at 8:19pm
I'm hoping to get a better understanding of the differences between the people and culture in China and the American rendition of it's government. Seeking to understand China more holistically and in particular the conflict in Tibet from a Chinese perspective.
Greg Medcalf Comment by Greg Medcalf on April 16, 2008 at 1:40pm
Hi All, it does seem as if there are some great opportunities to get more involved in the Chinese community here, and some great items mentioned here.

The Confucius Institute in Indianapolis is having an inauguration ceremony April 25 starting at 10am at IUPUI Cavanaugh hall. I will be there, hope to see you there too.

John, is there a specific event you'd recommend during the Ming that might be a good opportunity for some of us to meet? Ghost Opera?

A humorous story, Ran, who is in this group, gave me some Chinese medicinal herbs? when I mentioned my knee was aching. Youre supposed to put it in bathwater. I'm not sure what it is but it looks like Marijuana with stems and all and I was a little concerned about get pulled over on the way home with 8 bags of it!

She is in China now doing some prep work for my visit there end of May.
Kun Ma Comment by Kun Ma on April 16, 2008 at 8:42am
Hi John: there is one more organization I can think of: ICCCI (Indianapolis Chinese Community Center, Inc. (http://indy-iccci.org/). My kids attend the Sunday Chinese Language School organized by ICCCI. Both ICCCI and Lilly's Chinese Culture Network (CCN) have well-connected people that may help you expand your options further.

Let me know if you need my assistance.
John Clark Comment by John Clark on March 25, 2008 at 9:06am
lend me your brains, Smaller Sinophiles. Oct 26 to Jan 11 IMA will have a major exhibition, "Court Arts of the Ming Dynasty." As always, IMA is planning to put on a cluster of Chinese-related performances, discussions, etc. The highlight of what they have lined up so far is a visit by the composer Tan Dun and a performance of his "Ghost Opera." (Check out the Kronos Quartet's version of this work.)

I'd like to use this exhibition and connected events as a platform for connecting and amplifying the work of a lot of organizations around Indy that care about China. In a few weeks I'll convene a discussion with these groups to talk about how they can plug into IMA's endeavors (e.g. are there any speakers or events IMA could add to their list); and even better, to get these groups talking to each other about how to collaborate.

Who to invite? Who cares about China around Indy? Colleges' Asian studies programs (including IUPUI's Chinese government funded Confucius Institute opening in April); k-12 schools offering Chinese language; Eli Lilly's Chinese cultural club. Who else? What local businesses are particularly engaged in China?

And as long as I have started picking your brains ... what sorts of thought-provoking events do you think IMA or other groups could organize about China (culture, history, politics, etc.)?

Thanks for the thinking
 

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Greg Medcalf Brian Huff Kun Ma Dave Goush Ran Huang Hazel "The Queen" Walker John Clark Bruce LaDuke Amy Stark Vince Wong Elena Juan Donghua (Jerry) Cao Tod Esquivel Di Wu Bethann Buddenbaum Chad Goode
 
 

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