Partners and supporters celebrated Chinese New Year 2020 with CUSWF in style!
In the Year of the Rat, we welcomed wealth, abundance and fertility.
At the fabulous Central Park West rooftop venue of our partner Hongkun, we enjoyed an evening of toasts, merriment and appreciation of Chinese-American friendships. Together we can change the world! Let's celebrate the power of women opening doors for positive change. When: Thursday, February 6th -- 5:30 pm to 8:00
Where: 888 7th Avenue at 56th Street
Food, Drink, Raffle, Fun!
On December 20, 2019, CUSWF friends and supporters gathered at the Foundation Building in New York's financial district for our annual holiday party.
Our Executive Director Leslie Wolf-Creutzfeldt welcomed the guests and gave a moving overview of all that we accomplished this year in support of our SAGE initiatives - in Social Medicine and Wellness, Arts, Gender Equality and Education.
Dr. Rachel Yager, our Director of Education, shared more highlights of our education work.
Our Chief Development Officer, Lisa Faith Phillips, led a fun-filled raffle, which awarded hundreds of dollars in prizes, with all the proceeds going to support our important work.
We hope to see you all at our next holiday party!
December 10, 2019
The Altman Building, New York
Can meaningful cooperation be unearthed between China and the United States?
Could the trade war irreparably debilitate their long-held, foundational economic partnership?
How are the diplomatic differences between the two superpowers impacting economies domestically and globally?
Join the South China Morning Post's China Conference: USA on December 10, 2019 to hear business leaders and government officials debate how the global economic, social and technological landscapes will evolve during this time of immense competition and disagreement, and attempt to establish a framework for rebuilding positive, albeit competitive, dialogue between them.
It will bring together policymakers, business leaders, academics and entrepreneurs to share their views and vision on future growth and opportunities in the region.
December 14, 2019 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Location: China Institute, 40 Rector Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY
For over 5,000 years, music has been essential to Chinese culture. Its language is tonal, its poems were once sung, and traditionally an educated person was understood to be a musical expert. On the world stage, Chinese music enchants audiences from various cultures and opens a door to a civilization that contributes to the richness and diversity of all the humanities.
With performances on Pipa (琵琶), Ruan (阮) by musicians from the US-China Music Institute of the Bard College Conservatory of Music, Chat on Chinese Music /茶话中国音乐presents a musical conversation to delve deeper into the journey of Chinese music in the world.
Chat on Chinese Music /茶话中国音乐, a public educational series presented by Music at China Institute 华美音乐, invites audiences of all ages to hear performances and chat with top musicians in order to have a deeper understanding of Chinese music.
Conductor Jindong Cai(蔡金东) is the director of the US-China Music Institute, co-director of the Chinese Music Development Initiative, professor of music and arts at Bard College, and associate conductor of Bard’s The Orchestra Now. Prior to joining Bard he was a professor of performance at Stanford University. Over the 30 years of his career in the United States, Cai has established himself as an active and dynamic conductor, scholar of Western classical music in China, and leading advocate of music from across Asia.
Ma Lihong is a graduate student in ruan performance at the Central Conservatory of Music (CCOM) in China.
December 5, 2019 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: China Institute, 40 Rector Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY
Nicholas R. Lardy, renowned China economist and author of The State Strikes Back: The End of Economic Reform in China?, will be in conversation with Shang-Jin Wei, Professor of Chinese Business and Economy at Columbia University, on state dominance in China and what’s next for the country’s economy.
The Speakers
Nicholas R. Lardy is the Anthony M. Solomon Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. He joined the Institute in March 2003 from the Brookings Institution, where he was a senior fellow from 1995 until 2003. He is an expert on the Chinese economy.
Lardy’s most recent books are The State Strikes Back: The End of Economic Reform in China? (2019), Markets over Mao: The Rise of Private Business in China (2014), and Sustaining China’s Economic Growth after the Global Financial Crisis (2012).
Dr. Shang-Jin Wei is N.T. Wang Professor of Chinese Business and Economy and Professor of Finance and Economics at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business and School of International and Public Affairs. He has been a consultant to numerous government organizations including the U.S. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, United Nations Economic Commission on Europe, and United Nations Development Program, the Asian Development Bank, and to private companies such as PricewaterhouseCoopers. He holds a PhD in economics and M.S. in finance from the University of California, Berkeley.
Thursday, October 10, 2019
6:00 PM
Location: China Institute, 40 Rector Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10006
FREE for all attendees, advance registration is required.
In All in My Family, filmmaker Wu Hao (People’s Republic of Desire, 2018) turns his camera inward. After starting a family with his husband in the United States, Wu documents his Chinese family’s journey to acceptance. What will they say when he brings home his husband and their two kids for the first time? Following the screening, Wu will discuss LGBTQ+ life in China today.
Tuesday, October 15, 2019
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Location: China Institute, 40 Rector Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10006
Fees:
Members: $5
Non-Members: $10
Ticket Special: FREE admission to What Makes China Laugh? Will be granted to attendees who purchase tickets to Kung Fu Komedy’s Comedy Road Trip! Travel, Stand-Up, & Storytelling at the New York Comedy Club on October 16. Present proof of ticket at China Institute door for free entry.
China Institute and Kung Fu Komedy present an uproarious conversation about humor and standup comedy in China. The event will feature stand-up comedians Jesse Appell, Joe Schaefer, and Norah Yang, and Christopher Rea, author of The Age of Irreverence: A New History of Laughter in China.
September 23, 2019 -- China Institute presented an informative talk on China’s emerging tech winners. Rebecca Fannin, founder of Silicon Dragon and author of Tech Titans of China, and Wei Jiang, Managing Partner, Momentor Ventures, explore China’s biggest tech successes, the challenges entrepreneurs face, and the country’s enormous high-tech ambitions.
Rebecca A. Fannin is a leading expert on global innovation. As a technology writer, author and media entrepreneur, she began her career as a journalist covering venture capital from Silicon Valley. Rebecca’s career has taken her to the world’s leading hubs of tech innovation, and her articles have appeared in Harvard Business Review, Fast Company and Inc.
Rebecca’s first book, Silicon Dragon: How China is Winning the Tech Race (McGraw-Hill 2008), profiled Jack Ma of Alibaba and Robin Li of Baidu, and she has followed these Chinese tech titans ever since. Her second book, Startup Asia (Wiley 2011), explored how India is the next up and comer, which again predicted a leading-edge trend. In 2010, she formed media and events platform Silicon Dragon Ventures, which publishes a weekly e-newsletter, produces videos and podcasts, and programs and produces events annually in innovation hubs globally.
CUSWF's executive director Leslie Wolf- Creutzfeldt and board member Mingyi Xu welcome author Rebecca Fannin at the China institute reception.
Her new book, Tech Titans of China : How China's Tech Sector Is Challenging the World by Innovating Faster, Working Harder, and Going Global, is available. ( 2019).
September 23, 2019 at China Institute
We learned who are China’s emerging tech winners, and what are tech giants Alibaba and Tencent’s next moves in a fascinating talk with Rebecca Fannin, founder of Silicon Dragon and author of Tech Titans of China, and Wei JIANG, venture partner at early-stage ZhenFund, as explored China’s biggest tech successes, the challenges entrepreneurs face, and the country’s enormous high-tech ambitions.
Wei JIANG is a venture partner at ZhenFund. His investment portfolio includes Leap.ai, Subtle Medical, Citcon, etc. Wei held leadership positions in a number of world class internet companies. Prior to ZhenFund, he was the Chief Marketing Officer at Google Greater China. Wei had founded startups in both US and China. Wei graduated from Peking University with a bachelor degree in Information Systems. He also holds an MBA from William E. Simon School of Business Administration, University of Rochester.
Rebecca A. Fannin is a leading expert on global innovation. As a technology writer, author and media entrepreneur, she began her career as a journalist covering venture capital from Silicon Valley. Following the VC money, she became one of the first American journalists to write about China’s entrepreneurial boom, reporting from Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong. Today, Rebecca pens a weekly column for Forbes, and is a special correspondent for CNBC.com.
Her next book. Tech Titans of China, is being published this year. (Hachette Book Group, 2019). Rebecca’s first book, Silicon Dragon: How China is Winning the Tech Race (McGraw-Hill 2008), profiled Jack Ma of Alibaba and Robin Li of Baidu, and she has followed these Chinese tech titans ever since. Her second book, Startup Asia (Wiley 2011), explored how India is the next up and comer, which again predicted a leading-edge trend. Give customers a reason to do business with you.
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A discussion with Tia Powell, MD about her book Dementia Reimagined.
Midtown, Manhattan
Tuesday, May 14th, 2019
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Out of Phoenix Bridge, 1997
Director: Li Hong
China Institute, Wednesday, June 19, 2019
5:30 Reception, 6:30 Film
This groundbreaking documentary from Li Hong, China’s first independent female documentarian, follows two years in the lives of four young women from the countryside who have come to Beijing for jobs. Although they work long hours as maids or street vendors and share a tiny room no bigger than a closet, they savor these years— between living as a daughter at home and returning to the village to marry —as probably the freest time of their lives.
A remarkable achievement, this touching film is a fascinating look at the lives of women whose experiences are rarely explored. As they straddle traditional and modern roles, their stories uniquely exemplify the conflicts between the swift changes in women’s roles occurring in China and around the developing world.
Join us on May 15th for a very special evening of comedy and networking with Women's Media Group to support a great cause - a fellowship/scholarship fund for women of diversity. It's a FUNraiser
The night starts with a networking cocktail hour that includes 2 drinks and delicious passed hors d’oeuvres. Then hilarious comedian Terri Trespicio emcees a spectacular line-up of very funny women authors!
• Phoebe Robinson (Author of "Everything's Trash, But It's Okay" and co-host of "2 Dope Queens" podcast and HBO series)
• Blythe Roberson (Author of "How to Date Men When You Hate Men")
• Annabelle Gurwitch (Author of "Wherever You Go, There They Are")
• Sarah Cooper (Author of "How to Be Successful Without Hurting Men's Feelings")
• Lane Moore (Author of "How to Be Alone")
• Farnoosh Torabi (Author of "When She Makes More")
• Dorie Clark (Author of "Entrepreneurial You")
And it's all for a great cause - the Women’s Media Group Fellowship/Scholarship program!
WMG’s Fellowship/Scholarship program supports young women of diversity who are interested in publishing careers. These include a stipend for fellows at the City College of New York's Publishing Certificate Program and tuition, room and board for the Columbia Publishing Course Scholarship.
Wednesday, May 15th, from 6:00PM - 9:00PM
Caroline’s on Broadway, 1626 Broadway, between 49th & 50th Streets
Tickets: $75
Organized by: FortuneTimes Group (FTG) and World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
PROGRAM OVERVIEW SYMPOSIUMX brought together a community of W3C members and industry thought leaders in building the next generation of emerging technologies and standards for financial innovation. Expert Panel Discussions showcase trends, strategy, and implementation in Security, Identity, Privacy, Open Banking and Emerging Innovations. Leveraging W3C’s network of leaders and member companies, participants will benefit from business networking for partnerships and new strategic applications. What's something exciting your business offers? Say it here.
LOCATION
FORTUNETIMES GROUP
55 Exchange Place
5th Floor
New York, New York 10005
Organized by: FortuneTimes Group (FTG) and World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
SYMPOSIUMX brought together a community of W3C members and industry thought leaders in building the next generation of emerging technologies and standards for financial innovation. Expert Panel Discussions showcase trends, strategy, and implementation in Security, Identity, Privacy, Open Banking and Emerging Innovations. Leveraging W3C’s network of leaders and member companies, participants will benefit from business networking for partnerships and new strategic applications.
LOCATION
FORTUNETIMES GROUP
55 Exchange Place
5th Floor
New York, New York 10005
NEW YORK, March 8, 2019 -- The China-U.S. Women's Foundation and Fortune Times Group, our education partner, celebrated International Women's Day by bringing together men and women to commemorate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women.
Discussions were held on action steps to encourage gender parity and to empower women and girls around the world.
All enjoyed a wine and cheese reception and inspiring conversation!
NEW YORK, February 13, 2019 --Thank you all our CUSWF friends and members who joined us for our first event with the China Institute on February 13, 2019.
Everyone enjoyed a reception and discussion of Pearl S. Buck’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Good Earth, followed by a screening of the film inspired by the book.
Pearl S. Buck, a Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, was an advocate for marginalized children and an activist who spoke out against discrimination and injustice. Her humanitarian vision continues to be a source of inspiration today.
Wednesday, January 16, 2019
6:30-8:00 PM
Members: FREE ( Member); Non-Members: $5
Location: China Institute, 40 Rector Street, 2nd Floor, NYC
Set during the turbulent years of China’s second Civil War, the family saga Myriads of Lights recounts the heart-wrenching story of Hu Zhiqing and his family struggling to live through those difficult times in Shanghai.
This film is black and white, and is in Chinese with English subtitles.
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
6:30-8:00 PM
Members: FREE(Member); Non-Members: $5
Location: China Institute, 40 Rector Street, 2nd Floor, NYC
At the twilight of the second Civil War, a corrupt Nationalist (KMT) official, Hou Yibo, forcibly takes over an apartment building from its original owner, Kong Youwen. Acclaimed as a classic realism film made at the end of the turbulent 40s, Crows and Sparrows presents an ever-growing zeal in the general public for a new era and new society.
This film is black and white, and is in Chinese with English subtitles.
Wednesday, January 23, 6:00-7:30 PM
Speakers: Barbara Pollack and Lu Yang
Members: Free(Member); Students: $5; Non-Members: $10
Location: China Institute, 40 Rector Street, 2nd Floor, NYC
On January 23, renowned critic Barbara Pollack and LU Yang, China’s hottest new digital artist, will discuss what this new generation of artists and their work mean for China, the art market, and the world.
Barbara Pollack is an award-winning journalist, art critic, and curator who is one of the world’s leading authorities on contemporary Chinese art. Pollack’s writing has appeared in Vanity Fair, The New York Times, the Washington Post, the Village Voice, Departures, Artnews, Art and Auction and Art in America, among many others. Her latest book, Brand New Art from China: A Generation on the Rise, was released in September, 2018.
Lu Yang (b.1984) is a Shanghai-based multi-media artist who creates fantastical, often morbid and shocking visions of death, sexuality (or a-sexuality), mental illness, and neurological constructs of both real lifeforms and deities. Deeply immersed in the subcultures of anime, video games, and sci-fi, Lu Yang taps into the enormous influence of Japanese cultural imports on a particular generation in China (those born in the 1980s) as means for provocative imagination that never fails to fascinate, bewilder, and even enrage her audience.
Monday, January 7, 6:00–7:30 PM Speakers: Winston Ma, Clay Shirky Location: China Institute, 40 Rector Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY
China’s “digital silk road” initiative aims to help the country’s tech giants sell their products to emerging markets. But the initiative has raised concerns among U.S. businesses that China will dominate global internet standards, including those for critical 5G technologies, restricting their ability to compete. What is the Chinese perspective and response? Will the “digital silk road” help enrich emerging economies as they embrace new waves of technology?
Winston Ma, CEO of China Silkroad Investment & Development and author of a new book on China’s digital development, joins Clay Shirky, author and leading voice on the internet’s social impact, to reveal the lesser-known path of China’s ambition and ascension to super power status in the digital world.
December 2, 2018, New York City China Institute sponsored a screening and discussion with the director Wu Hao of this fascinating documentary and winner of SXSW Best Documentary 2018. PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF DESIRE explores the China’s digital universe, where live streamers earn as much as $200,000 a month and tells the stories of two Chinese online stars who have risen from isolation to fame and fortune. Following the film, attendees were invited to stay for an exclusive conversation between Wu Hao, the film’s director, and journalist Isaac Stone Fish, a senior fellow at the Asia Society’s Center on U.S.-China Relations.
On November 14, 2018 at the China Institute, NYC, VC guru Gary Rieschel, Olivia Wang, Head of U.S. for ZhenFund, and Fei Wang, Cornell Medical health data mining and machine learning expert, discuss how big data and other health innovations have investors rushing for China.
From September 25 - November 17, 2018 in New York City, Fairy Island is a grand imaginary dreamland that revolves around the deepest desires of six women who reside there. It attempts to give life to the dreams of these 6 women by creating a restful place; a place where they can enjoy the happiness of a “dream come true” experience.
On November 8, 2018 - CUSWF’S Education Director and CEO of Fortune Times Group, Dr. Rachel Yager, and W3C brought together industry-thought leaders, Google, Shopify and Credit Suisse and many others for Symposium X: Financial Innovation on the Web. Fascinating talks and panels were given on the emerging technologies and latest innovations and the changing landscape and future in the financial markets.
August 21, 2018, New York City - China-US Women’s Foundation was pleased to introduce New York audiences to classic Chinese theater with a twist. Yuting He (Rain), an award-winning playwright and actress from Shanghai Theater Academy and currently a Columbia University Visiting Scholar, brings together ancient themes in a modern performance. The play Where Is My Maple Town tells the classic story of Li Yufeng, a gifted scholar who struggles to hold onto his principles in a society which conspires against morality at every turn.
Producer Genevieve Yiming Wang, based in New York/Shanghai, whose credits include Broadway Touring musicals: CATS, WICKED, GHOST China Regional Tour. "We are thrilled to add to the diverse culture spectrum in New York City theatre. As a team of young Chinese women, we aim to create platforms for Asian theater talents and to offer our own interpretations of ancient Chinese culture. I believe in Yuting's play with Xiaopeng's vision, and the universal theme within ancient Chinese drama," she said in BroadwayWorld.
"A social comedy set in ancient China which causes us to reflect on society today, and the price of our own success." - David H. Hwang
Where is My Maple Town ran from August 24 to September 2, 2018 on Theatre Row, 410 West 42nd Street, New York, NY.
Photo credit: Zhe Chen
SOLD-OUT! October 5, 2018 - At the China Institute, Kai-Fu Lee, tech luminary and author of AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley and the New World Order, shares his insights with Andrew McAfee, Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Initiative on the Digital Economy at the MIT Sloan School of Management, about how AI will change our lives. Rana Foroohar, the Financial Times, will moderate the conversation.
August 29, 2018, New York City - China-US Women’s Foundation supporters and founders enjoyed the lovely new play Where Is My Maple Town by Yuting He (Rain), an award-winning playwright and actress from Shanghai Theater Academy and currently a Columbia University Visiting Scholar. Here Ms. He is pictured, holding her bouquet of flowers, and on her right is the play’s producer Genevieve Yiming Wang with CUSWF supporters who joined us for this special evening.
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“Women can be a powerful force for positive change”
May 23, 2018, New York City - The China-US Women's Foundation (CUSWF), a not-for-profit organization with offices in New York and Shanghai, called for closer ties between women in China and the US in order to be a catalyst for positive change. At an inaugural summit, speakers discussed how latest technologies like femtech and big data are helping women in China and the US to achieve their potential.
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