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		Asian Martial Arts Studio: Lion Dance ^Votes:0 Lion Dance home about kungfu history About the Troupe Founded in 1983, hailed as "one of the five most prestigious performing ensembles in the state of Michigan" by the Michigan Council for the Arts, the Award winning Asian Martial Arts Lion Dance Troupe is made up of members chosen from within the kung-fu program. Along with regular martial arts training, they join special weekly classes in the art of Chinese lion dance. It must be noted that Chinese lion dancing is an extension of the Chinese martial arts, and traditionally is always performed by martial artists. The dancers go through extensive training in the many intricate steps and body movements that form the basis of the lion dance, as well as the use of various percussion instruments and their traditional rhythms which accompany t Read More Go to Site


		Chinese Americans in Los Angeles ^Votes:0 A Brief History Chinese Americans in Los Angeles he Chinese established their first community in Los Angeles at today's El Pueblo Historical Monument. By 1870, a population of about two hundred had settled in the area known as Calle de los Negros, parallel to today's Los Angeles Street across from the Garnier Building. They were farm laborers, servants, road builders and small shopkeepers. Since then, the Chinese have played an important part in the development of Los Angeles. Today, the Chinese American population of nearly 400,000 has become one of the influential ethnic groups in Los Angeles County. The community is proud to be part of Los Angeles history and currently is working at El Pueblo to create the Chinese American Museum of Los Angeles (CAMLA) in the Garnier Building. Despite t Read More Go to Site

		Chinese Historical Society of California ^Votes:0 If your browser doesn't automatically go there within a few seconds, you may want to go to www.chssc.org/index.shtml manually. Read More Go to Site

		Closing ^Votes:0 " A Second Generation Call to Action" By Kristie Wang 1999 West Coast ITASA Conference University of California at Berkeley April 11, 1999 Introduction Most of us who grew up in the United States are quite familiar with the stories of the American civil rights movement. We all are familiar with the courageous tales of Harriet Tubman and the underground railroad, Rosa Parks' refusal to move to the back of the bus, and Martin Luther King's march on Selma. We know how individuals like them have brought about dramatic changes in American society. Every successful political and social change movement has its own stories of people who stood up in the face of injustice and demanded their rights to dignity and freedom. These stories also are filled with the numerous unsung heroes who par Read More Go to Site

		Committee of 100 ^Votes:0 Save the Date: April 17-19, 2008 The Committee of 100's 17th Annual Conference Venue : Beverly Hilton Hotel , Los Angeles Date :April 17-19, 2008 Program/Office Full Time Intern Committee of 100's Second Greater China Conference BRIDGE TO CHANGE II ???? ???? (?) Committee of 100's Second Greater China Conference Venue: China World Hotel, Beijing ??? Date: November 26-27, 2007 Conference Agenda ( updated 11/21/07 ) Conference Speakers Conference Registration Conference Sponsors List \| Sponsorship Brochure About The Committee of 100 Daily China News Brief: November 20, 2007 Archives Library of Congress Welcomes APAs (Some C-100 members were mentioned in the article) November 05, 2007 American Dream DVD Series features C-100 members Dr. David Ho and Jenny Ming November 01, 2007 »more: Article Read More Go to Site

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		The Chinese Connection ^Votes:0 The Chinese Connection The Chinese Connection SOE's Nuttall says Chinese-Americans who study Chinese score higher on the math portion of the SAT By Mark Sullivan Staff Writer A firm grasp of math facts and solid computational skills help improve one's Scholastic Aptitude Test mathematics scores, but so might learning to read and write Chinese, according to Prof. Ronald Nuttall (SOE). Assessing the standardized test scores of Chinese-American pupils, Nuttall and two colleagues found those who had studied Chinese did significantly better in math than those who had not, with an average difference ranging between 30 and 80 points. These findings were reported in the January edition of the Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology by Nuttall and his collaborators, Chieh Li, an assistant professor of Read More Go to Site

		The Institute of Chinese Culture Page ^Votes:0 "; document.write(bodystring); //document.write("(body background='http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/7123/images/bgrnd"+num+".jpg')"); //document.write(" "); // //---> The Institute of Chinese Culture What's new? ---> Welcome to the homepage of the Institute of Chinese Culture (ICC). The ICC, founded in Houston in 1970, became the first non-profit, formally chartered Chinese language school and cultural organization in Texas. It was established to promote and preserve the Chinese culture and heritage within a multicultural community. The ICC had its beginnings at the campus of Rice University and then relocated to the Clarewood location in 1988. A fire in 1995 destroyed the building which housed the ICC. The education operations continued from facilities generously provided by Read More Go to Site

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