Semester's Events of Spring 2006

*These events are subject to change

February 2: Chinese New Year Celebration/SHKCA Welcome Night

• Chinese New Year Celebration/SHKCA Welcome Night
• Where: 174 Barrows Hall
• When: Feb 2, 2006 7:00pm
  
  Come join us to learn more about Chinese New Year, listen to stories and folk history. There will be some special Chinese New Years delicacies, along with tea and games. Everyone is welcome to come, and tell you friends about this special event!
  
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February 15: Game Night

• Event: SHKCA Game Night Spring 2006
• When: Wednesday 2/15/2006, 7:00-9:00pm
• Where: 122 Barrows Hall
  
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March 2: Movie and Pastry Social Night

• Date: March 2nd, 2006
• Time: 7:00 pm, Thursday evening
• Location:174 Barrows Hall
• Cost: FREE!!!
  
  Featured Movie: McDull, Prince de la Bun
  
  The Society of Hong Kong and Chinese Affairs will be hosting a “Movie and Pastry Social Night”, showing the Hong Kong animation McDull, Prince de la Bun.  A variety of baked Chinese pastries along with tea and drinks will be provided to everyone for FREE!  Take a break from studying for midterms and join us for some fun.  Come meet some cool people and enjoy some delicious pineapple buns!

March 15: Academic Night - Tomb of the First Qin Emperor

• Date: March 15th, 2006
• Time: 7:00 pm, Wednesday evening
• Location:121 Barrows Hall
  
  Professor Jeffrey K. Riegel of the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures will speak about his connection with the archaeological work being done at the tomb of the First Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huangdi. The Tomb of the First Qin Emperor was constructed over two thousand years ago near present day Xi'an, China. Terracotta figures and portions of the tomb were accidentally discovered in the 1970s and archarological work has been done on the site ever since. Everybody is welcome, but space is limited, please arrive early.
  
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March 22: Movie Night - A World Without Thieves 天下無賊

• Date: Wednesday, March 22, 2006
• Time: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
• Location: 121 Barrows Hall
  
  "FREE MOVIE NIGHT! FREE FOOD!"
  
  The Society of Hong Kong and Chinese Affairs will be hosting the second movie night of the spring semester. The event is free and everyone is invited to come. However, space is limited so arrive early!
  
  SHKCA will be showing "A World Without Thieves" "天下無賊". Starring Andy Lau and Rene Liu, the movie was released last year. The movie will be in Chinese with English subtitles, 113 mintues long.
  
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April 19: Academic Discussion Series: Law and Asian Americans Today

• DATE: April 19th, 2006, Wednesday
• TIME: 7 pm
• LOCATION: 122 Barrows Hall
  
  The Society of Hong Kong and Chinese Affairs will have an academic discussion on Law and the Asian Asian American Today with Professor Ling-chi Wang, professor of Asian American Studies from the Department of Ethnic Studies.
  
  Professor Ling-chi Wang is a distinguished scholar and activist on Asian American issues. He was at the center of the struggles that shaped the creation of the Ethnic Studies Department at UC Berkeley, and has been an advocate ever since of the department’s social activist agenda, particularly in the wake of the Bakke court decision and other attacks on affirmative action. He has been centrally involved in activism, scholarship and dialogues about the rights of Chinese-speaking students in K-12 education, the housing crisis in San Francisco’s Chinatown, the 1996 campaign finance scandal, and, most recently, issues around the Japanese government’s responsibility to Chinese, Koreans, and other Asian targets of Japanese aggression during World War II. He played a key role as strategist and advisor during former Los Alamos National Laboratory scientist Wen Ho Lee’s battle against espionage charges. His recent publications in Asian American studies include "Being Used and Being Marginalized in the Affirmative Action Debate: Re-envisioning Multiracial America from an Asian American Perspective" in Asian American Policy Review and "Structure of Dual Domination" in Amerasia Journal.
  
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April 20: Joint Academic Event with HKSA: A Talk By Regina Ip Lau

• DATE: April 20th, 2006, Thursday
• TIME: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
• LOCATION: 150 University Hall
• Event InfoName: My Vision of a New Hong Kong - a New Political and Economic
  
  The Hong Kong Students Asssociation and the Society of Hong Kong and Chinese Affairs will host a joint academic event this Thursday evening, with special guest speaker Ms. Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee, former Secretary of Security of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
  
  Mrs Ip joined the Administrative Service in September 1975 and was promoted to the rank of Director of Bureau in May 2000. Over the years, she served in a number of Secretariat bureaux and departments including Civil Service Branch, Home Affairs Department, the former New Territories Administration and later the City and New Territories Administration, Security Branch, Trade Department, Chief Secretary's Office and Trade and Industry Branch.
  
  She was Deputy Director of Administration from 1990 to 1993 and Deputy Secretary for Trade and Industry from 1993 to 1995. She was appointed Director-General of Industry in September 1995 and Director of Immigration in August 1996. She was appointed a Principal Official in July 1997. In July 1998, she was promoted as the Secretary for Security. She resigned in 2003, ending her 28 years of government service.
  
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May 4: SHKCA End of the Year Celebration and Election

• DATE: May 4th, 2006, Thursday
• TIME: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
• LOCATION: 174 Barrows Hall
  
  Everyone is invited to attend SHKCA’s year-end election and celebration party on May 4, 2006.  Currently, all official position of the Society of Hong Kong and Chinese Affairs are open to all registered members that will remain in UC Berkeley next year.  If you have placed yourself on the SHKCA mailing list, you should be receiving an officer application form by next week.  Elections will take place during the year-end celebration.  Food and drinks will be provided, so take a break from all the studying and join us for some fun.
  

Past Events:

Events from Spring 2006

Events from Fall 2005

Events from Spring 2005

Events from Fall 2004

Events from Spring 2004

Events from Fall 2003

Events from Spring 2003

Events from Fall 2002

Some events from Spring 2002