China’s Growing Role in Michigan
The Chinese are coming! The Chinese are coming! Coming to the Motor City—Detroit—as well as the rest of the state that put the world on wheels.
This is good news for the automotive community that has been repeatedly pummeled by the hollowing out of American domestic manufacturing. The biggest always fall first—and hardest—during any recession. After housing and construction, the auto industry followed leading the nation into massive unemployment during the economic decline of 2008. Read more… By Tom Watkins.
The Chinese are coming; let’s welcome them
The Chinese are coming! The Chinese are coming! Coming to the Motor City and to the state that put the world on wheels.
This is good news for an automotive community periodically pummeled by the hollowing out of America’s domestic manufacturing. The biggest always fall first and hardest during any recession. After housing and construction, the auto industry followed, leading the nation into massive unemployment during the 2008 economic decline. Read more… By Tom Watkins
2013年(第十七屆)「華人慈善晚餐」圆满结束
Thanks to the volunteers and sponsors that made this year’s soup kitchen possible. Read more…
Host Families Needed for 2013-2014 School Year
NextGen is an international student exchange program that is co-operated by Oakland Schools and the Center for Management Training, a Michigan non-profit organization dedicated to improving relations between China and the US through education. The NextGen Exchange Program is seeking host families around Novi, Troy, West Bloomfield and Berkley. Read more…
The Chinese have arrived In Michigan
The Who’s-Who of Michigan’s top business professionals, government leaders, corporate CEOs, entrepreneurs and veteran regional champions gathered last week on Mackinac Island for the annual Detroit Regional Chamber- Mackinac Policy Conference – they ought to be looking over their shoulders.
What happens in China. . . does not stay in China. Global happenings impact us right here in Pure Michigan. Read more… By Tom Watkins
Building World-Class Educational Bridges With China: Why It Matters
A true game changer took place recently with a bang that was reminiscent of Napoleon’s famous quote, “Let China sleep, for when she wakes she will shake the world.” Read more… By Tom Watkins.
OPINION: U.S. relationship with China could prove most important of 21st century
As the Who’s-Who of Michigan’s top business professionals, government leaders, corporate CEO’s, entrepreneurs and veteran regional champions gather this week on Mackinac Island for the annual Detroit Regional Chamber- Mackinac Policy Conference – they ought to be looking over their shoulders.
What happens in China, does not stay in China. Global happenings impact us right here in “Pure Michigan.” Read more… By Tom Watkins.
US/China economic relations in the next 10 years
US-China 2022: Economic Relations in the Next 10 Years” is a groundbreaking study on the state of the US-China economic relationship over the past three decades, and projections for cooperation through 2022. Sponsored by the China-United States Exchange Foundation, the study seeks to identify potential economic benefits both countries may achieve in the next decade. Read more…
English for Heritage Language Speakers Program
English for Heritage Language Speakers Program, an adult scholarship program for native speakers of Mandarin Chinese who are interested in working for the U.S. federal government, which offers advanced English and career classes to help prepare them for these opportunities. The program takes place at Georgetown University and lasts for 8 months. See more…
世界汽车之都底特律沉没了吗？
- –AIAG亚太区总监陈以龙解读真正的底特律汽车城 风传“一元屋“ ”一双鞋能在底特律换两套房“，国内网上已有人开始组织“抄底团”前去看房。底特律，这个举世闻名的世界汽车之都，曾经的美国第四大城市，最近却以破产、衰败甚至“鬼城”的形象频频见诸各种媒体报端，吸引了众多注意力。在众多国人眼里，城中心房子尚且如此，遑论郊区？一时间，人们不竟有这样的疑问：底特律到底怎么了？Read more…
Foreign language has support
Hartland High School teacher Pam Iden said the state’s two-credit foreign language requirement is better preparing students for the modern work force and opening their eyes to cultures and ideas outside their community.
A proposal in Lansing would end Michigan’s foreign language requirement, however, in hopes of giving students who are not heading to college more vocational options at school.
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2013底特律中国人协会CAGD理事会选举委员会理事候选人提名期限延长通知
2013年，底特律中国人协会将有6位理事离退，根据协会章程，从2013年3月4日起中国人协会开始接受候选人提名，到2013年4月21日止，由一位会员提名，二位以上会员支持，确定理事候选人正式参加投票。理事候选人的提名推荐请发邮件到 nominateboard@cagd-us.org. Read more… — 2013底特律中国人协会CAGD理事会选举委员会
底特律中国人协会2013年3月23日在美华协会受理的中国签证取件通知
如果你还没有领取在美华协会受理的中国签证护照，请于2013年4月27日星期六上午11时到11时30分，到底特律中文学校115房间领取返还的签证护照。 过时不候。(Updated 4/17/2013)
底特律中文学校位于Birmingham的Derby Middle School。 地址: 1300 Derby Road, Birmingham, MI 48009。
密西根华人合唱团将举行《华音春颂》合唱音乐会
时间：2013年4月20日星期六，6:30 – 8:30 PM
地址：4700 East Huron River Dr., Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Morris Lawrence Building of Washtenaw Community College
Admission: Free and open to public. More information.
Jiangling Motor Company Senior Engineering Positions
1. Power Transmission Expert
2. EESE Expert
3. NVH CAE Expert
4. Vehicle Attribute Integration Exper
5. CAE Senior Engineer(Construction and Dynamic)
6. Calibration Expert
7. Gasoline Timing System Design Lead Engineer
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Growing Ties Between Michigan And China
As China leapfrogs over Germany for third place among countries where Michigan products are exported to, the effort to build two-way bridges between the huge Asian nation and the Great Lakes State continues to flourish. Michigan exported $3.2 billion worth of goods and services to China in 2012, a 25 percent increase from 2011. . . . → Read More: Growing Ties Between Michigan And China
America Can Help China Clean-up Its Environmen
It’s hard to utter the word, “sustainability” or “environmental stewardship” without followed by “China”. With 1.3 billion people (one-fifth of the planet’s population), most building projects are done on a grand scale–everything from skyscrapers to factories and bullet trains, sea and airports. Considering China as one big construction site, it has often been said . . . → Read More: America Can Help China Clean-up Its Environment
ChinaDaily: Michigan visitors see lessons in China’s schools
The seven-member delegation of educators and education-policy makers visited Beijing, Xi’an and Jilin from March 22 to 30 to meet with officials at various levels of government. They discussed the prospect of partnerships between US and Chinese schools and possible establishment of a jointly administered international school in Xi’an. Read more… By Yu Wei in San Francisco (China Daily)
paparazzi: Consul General of the People’s Republic of China visits Michigan business and governmental leaders
Chinese Consul General Zhao Wei-Ping, newly appointed to his post, was invited to Michigan by Chinese Association of Greater Detroit president Lisa Gray of Northville to meet with business and governmental leaders. Read more…
底特律中国人协会与坎通市联合成功举办首届孔子文化节
3/30日由底特律中国人协(CAGD)与坎通市联合在在坎通樱山剧场(Canton Cherry Hill Theater)成功举办了首届孔子文化节晚会，以纪念孔子2564年诞辰。孔子的思想博大精深，不仅对中国社会历史发展具有广泛而深远的影响，对世界文明进步亦产生了重要影响，是宝贵的世界人类文化遗产。 Read more…
Commentary: Michigan rides the Chinese tsunami
Sipping my morning coffee, I am trying to shake off jet-lag after returning from China – a place I have traveled to, off and on, for over a quarter of a century. I still marvel at the enormity of all there is to absorb each time I travel there – a constantly exploding land of change and complexity.
But I am equally frightened that most Americans are dangerously uninformed when it comes to China –home to one-fifth of all humanity – and the second-largest world economy that may soon surpass our own.
Read more… By Tom Watkins.
Jobs: 中国远景能源(Envision Energy)有限公司全球人才招聘
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铺架中美交流的桥梁
Commentary: What America could learn from China
China, the world’s oldest continuous civilization, the most populous nation on Earth, with an economy which has grown at an average of nearly ten percent a year for three decades, is on a roll by any measure.
As we begin the Chinese year of the snake and as the 21st century unfolds, China continues to seek to reclaim its “Mandate from Heaven.” Read more… By Tom Watkins
Commentary: Year of the Snake
On March 2, the Detroit Chinese Business Association hosts its annual Chinese New Year Celebration. Most Michiganders welcomed the New Year several weeks ago, but the tradition of our Chinese friends and neighbors celebrating their new year began on Feb. 10th. Read more… By Tom Watkins
Commentary: China’s Precious “Exports” Flood The World
“When our thousands of Chinese students abroad return home, you will see how China will transform itself.” — Deng Xiaoping
China is exporting more than cheap “stuff” to America. Increasingly, the Chinese are sending us their most prized possession: their children.
According to a study by the Institute for International Education, China has become the largest source of foreign students in U.S. universities.
Read more... Tom Watkins
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上海四協會舉辦2013年春節聚餐会
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Commentary: A Place in Our Future
Once upon a time, what happened in China stayed in China, having little impact on America. Those days are gone. Forever.
Now what happens in China plays out on the world stage. We will continue to feel the ripple effects of the tsunami wave of China change. Change that will continue to wash upon our shores well into the 21st century. How we adapt to and help lead the change will define America’s destiny.
What transpired in China over its 5,000 year history is mind-boggling enough to historians. But to everyday people, the last thirty years have been both remarkable and universally acknowledged.
Read more… By Tom Watkins
Commentary: Maturing Together: Growing Up With China
What has transpired in China over its 5,000-year history is mind boggling. The last thirty years have been both remarkable and universally acknowledged.
There once was a time when what happened in China had minimal impact on our lives in America. Those days are gone. Now what happens in China no longer just stays in China. We will continue to feel the ripple effects of the China tsunami wave of change that will continue to wash upon our shores as the 21st century unfolds. How we adapt to and lead these changes will help define our destiny. Read more… By Tom Watkins
Learn Chinese!
Could Governor Snyder follow Brooks Patterson’s lead and call for the teaching of Chinese in all Michigan schools? Governor Snyder could catapult Michigan forward in his State of the State (SOS) address by calling for the teaching of Chinese history, culture and language in all of our schools. The reinvention of Michigan may well require that students learn Chinese and much more about China, the “Middle Kingdom.”
Radical? Absolutely. Yet this initiative would help place Michigan on the global map, making our state an economic magnet for Chinese direct investment to prepare our children for the hyper-competitive, disruptive, transformational, knowledge-based economy where ideas and jobs now move effortlessly across the globe. Read more… — Tom Watkins.
As China’s Influence Grows, So Does the Need for Greater Understanding
As China continues to play a more prominent role in the international community, businesses must adapt to changes in an increasingly connected, globalized world. To do so, a greater understanding of China’s history, culture and language are necessary. Read more… — Tom Watkins
Lin Yu fund donation receipts mailed out
Thank you all who donated to Lin Yu fund to help Lin’s family during their most difficult time. The donation receipts have been mailed recently. Should you have any questions, please contact Min Fu at mfu@cagd.org.
清纯密西根的空间 优酷视频空间-聊聊影视，聊聊明星！See Michigan on Chinese YouTube
Michigan as seen on Youku http://i.youku.com/puremichigan
Watkins commentary: A new term for Obama, a new president for China
Now that we’ve elected our president, international attention turns to the China where Communist Party leaders met today to solidify their selection of a new president
Ever since the American Empress of China ship set sail for China’s shores in 1784, the United States and China have remained connected. Since the very beginning, our trade policies have produced both benefits and strains to that relationship. Read more at Detroit Free Press.
We elect China selects. “She”/Xi is China’s new president. Who is She/Xi?
Contrast between China and our selection of a new president ///America Elects — China Selects …. who is she?
America Elects — China Selects
…. who is she?
Who will be the next leader of China?
“She.” Vice President Xi (pronounced “shee”) Jinping is expected to replace current President Hu (pronounced “who”) Jintao as China’s next “selected” President when Communist Party leaders gather two days after we vote to to elect our leader.
Why should we care? Because going forward ALL major issues impacting the world will intersect at the corner of Beijing and Washington, DC.
Read more at Education News…
The Asian American Vote – Canton Area Candidate Forum
2012 candidates have been invited from the following races: U.S. Senate –‐ Michigan 11th U.S. Congressional district 20th and 21st Michigan House districts State Board of Education Michigan Supreme Court Justice University of Michigan regents Michigan State University trustee Wayne State University board of governors Wayne County Prosecutor, Sheriff, Clerk, Treasurer, Register of Deeds, . . . → Read More: The Asian American Vote – Canton Area Candidate Forum
Watkins: Breaking the bank – or the China?
Worth reading: An Adult Conversation On China
Governor Romney and President Obama owe the American people a better explanation of what their China policy will be moving forward and how it will help create opportunities and jobs here at home … Tom Watkins
Detroit 5th Consular Soccer Tournament
Led by CAGD president Lisa Gray, representing China, the CAGD soccer team participated the 5th Annual Consular Soccer Tournament last Saturday, October 13th, in the Ultimate Soccer Arena in Pontiac. This was the first time that the Chinese ethnic group participated a large local sports event. The team was organized by John Wu, coached by . . . Read More: Detroit 5th Consular Soccer Tournament
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