Spring 2012 Upcoming Events

GCCDU will be going to OWU on Feb. 25 to support Chinese Culture Club(CCC) at their China Week events. A group from Denison will also be performing that afternoon in OWU’s Grey Chapel. Lunch will be provided.

Email gu_y3@denison.edu if you are interested in the trip. There is still time!

The inaugural GCC National Canadian Conference was held on January 28, 2012 at University of Toronto – Downtown Campus.

Overview

Over 200 delegates from The University of Western Ontario, University of Toronto, Queen’s University, McGill University, Wilfrid Laurier University, and University of Waterloo attended. Other highlights included keynote speakers, entertainment by Chairman George, and a networking session.

A Successful Event

The event was successful, with a full house from beginning to end. Delegates gained insights on China and Chinese Business Culture from a number of notable speakers, including Mark Rowswell (Dashan 大山), arguably the most famous Western personality in Chinese media; and Benjamin Boehm, Vice President of International Business, Bombardier Aerospace. Delegates also had the opportunity to network with professionals from companies such as Deloitte and Ernst & Young.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Support

Exciting news all the way from Ottawa: Prime Minister Stephen Harper expressed his best wishes for the GCC National Canadian Conference in a letter of support.

 
For more information, visit our Events page as well as www.gccCanada.ca. Be sure to see all of the photos in our Gallery.
 
 
Stay tuned for more exciting events and updates.

Hi all! Welcome to the new semester. We have some exciting events planned for the upcoming weeks and hope that you’re as excited as us!

Here is a list of the events we have planned for January/February:

 

Chapter Meeting

February 1, February 15

Mason Hall 3247

 

Chinese Saturdays

Every Saturday 2:00-4:00

EQ Greene Lounge

 

Karaoke

February 10, 9:00-10:00

Location TBD

 

See you there!

The Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, one of our sponsors, is holding a free movie screening of the award-winning “Crossing Hennessy” <月滿軒尼詩> on February 8, 2012, at 8:00 PM in the Cecil B. Day Chapel of the Carter Center. Directed by Ivy Ho (岸西) and starring Jacky Cheung (張學友) and Tang Wei (湯唯), Crossing Hennessy” <月滿軒尼詩> is the winner of Best Screenplay and Film of Merit in the 2011 Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards. There are limited seats available, and tickets are required for admission. Please contact Veronica Song at ysong48@emory.edu for tickets and related questions.

Dear members of Tufts GCC,

We’s like to update you on the progress the Symposium planning team has made so far. We are excited to share that we have 9 confirmed speakers as of Jan 26. They are:

-William A. Reinsch, Chairman of U.S-China Economic and Security Review Commission (Congress)

-Ambassador J. Roy Stapleton, Director of the Kissinger Institute for Chinese-US Studies at Woodrow Wilson International Center

-William Kirby, Director of Harvard Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies

-Shuisheng Zhao, Executive Director of the Center for China-US Cooperation, University of Denver

-Jamie Horsley, Deputy Director of the China Law Center and Lecturer in law at Yale Law School

-Sharon Hom, Human Rights in China

-Professor Lee, the Fletcher School

-Margaret Woo, Professor of law at Northeastern

-Michael Beckley, Belfer Center Harvard Research Fellow

We will continue to keep you posted with our progress! Please visit our official Symposium website for more info.

 

Cheers,

Tufts GCC E-Board

Dear GCC Members, Alumni and Friends,

With members coming from the Columbia, Yale, Fordham Chapters and around the New York area, the 2012 kickoff was a great success! Members had the opportunity to get together and learn from one another on a wonderful Friday evening at the Rubin Museum of NYC. Thank you very much for your participation – please check back from time to time to get the most updated news from the GCC Alumni Association.

Please see below for photos of the event!

Sincerely,

–
Wynne Lam — 林敬恺
President of GCC New York City Alumni Association — GCC纽约市校友会会长
Global China Connection – 全球中国联接

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Hi everyone! We hope everyone had a wonderful winter break. Now that a new semester is starting, the Emory GCC exec members are working hard to make one of our largest projects possible–the China Business Summit which will be held in March in Atlanta, GA. More details will come as soon as they are finalized. Please stay tuned for more updates!

Dear members of Tufts GCC,

Tufts GCC is excited to welcome TWO delegations of select student leaders from China’s two elite universities to visit Boston next month. We will be hosting both delegations along with our colleagues at Harvard GCC and MIT GCC.

The first delegation comes from Peking University. Their visit is a part of an annual exchange program called the Global View Initiative, and the team consists of 16 select undergraduate students who come to experience American universities and interact with our students. They will be staying with us from Friday February 3rd to Saturday February 4th.

  The second delegation comes from Tsinghua University. The 17 delegates in this group are older, and include mostly graduate students and upperclass undergraduates. The students in this delegation all hold important posts at Tsinghua’s Student Council/Union and the Communist Youth League, and most are expected to go on directly to become cadres in the Party. They will be staying with us from Wednesday February 8th to Thursday February 9th.

WE ARE OFFERING YOU THE RARE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET AND INTERACT WITH THESE STUDENTS, and we will be hosting various social mixers and academic panels with these delegates. Now, we want you to help us host them during their stay here.

I have attached the information of the delegates below. You may choose to host only one of the delegations, although we would really prefer that you host both. To sign up, please fill out this short form.

Thank you very much for your enthusiasm and participation, we look forward to these two EXCITING events. Please do not hesitate to email us at tufts@gccglobal.org should you have any questions.

PKU GVI Delegates

Tsinghua Delegates

赴美出访人员信息汇总1225 (Tsinghua Delegates in Chinese)

Best,
Tufts GCC E-Board

 

Wonderful People!

Speakers: Lin Su, Noah Lim, Ruth Joyce, David Dettmann, Randall B. Dunham

 

Four Founders: Yi JU, Yao LU, Bonny TAI, Qianli LI (left to right)

Dear Alumni and Friends of GCC,

Happy new year of the Dragon!

Since inception, GCC has grown from a handful of chapters to a global network spanning over 70 chapters. All this couldn’t be possible without your individual efforts and belief in the organization’s mission: “Building Relationships that will Change the World”.

As GCC continues to grow in scope and influence, so has the number of GCC members graduating university and starting careers around the world. The GCC Alumni Association was founded to engage GCC alumni while maintaining and strengthening the bonds of friendship that were fostered at the university level.

In anticipation of an eventful 2012, the New York City Alumni Association invites you to its Kickoff Party on January 20, 2012 at The Rubin Museum of NYC. Come join us for a festive Friday night and meet members from across the GCC network! Please note that admission is $10, which includes 1 drink and hors d’oeuvres will be provided. Please find event details on the attached invitation and RSVP to wynne.lam@gccglobal.org as soon as possible.

Sincerely,

Wynne Lam — 林敬恺
President of GCC New York City Alumni Association — GCC纽约市校友会会长
Global China Connection — 全球中国联接

Where: University of Toronto Campus
When: Saturday, January 28, 2012
Conference Name: Global China Connection National Canadian Conference 2012
Conference Theme: Growing Opportunities in China
Universities Involved: UWO; UofT; Queens; McGill; Laurier

Speakers:

• Karl Moore, Professor at McGill University, Well-Known Consultant, Columnist at Forbes, and Published author
• Peter Harder, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, President of the Canada-China Business Council
• Benjamin Boehm, VP International Business and Head of Bombardier Aerospace China

Topics:

• Finance and Trade
• China and the Society
• Entrepreneurship

Others: Gala Night Dinner – Network Opportunity with Speakers

Price: $25 Entrance Fee. Other miscellaneous costs include transportation and accommodation. This information will be provided to you at a later stage.

www.gccCanada.ca
conference@gccuwo.org

Tufts GCC will be co-hosting the 5th annual China-US Symposium at Tufts University, 9-10 March 2012!

The China-US Symposium is an education initiative that aims to explore and discuss the future of international relations between these two great nations. It is led by Tufts undergraduate students from all fields, and graduate students from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, with the support of The Institute for Global Leadership, ALLIES, and Global China Connection.

This year, we explore how the 2012 leadership transitions in China and the United States. The symposium is broken into four panels: Military Security, Diplomacy and Engagement, Economics and Business, and Law Development and Environment.

This is Tufts GCC’s headline event of the year, and will mark our first major conference event since our founding in the winter of 2010.

Check out our website here: http://www.tuftsgloballeadership.org/programs/chinaussymposium

Date: November 30, 2011
Time: 5:30 – 6:30 PM
Location: MSC N306
Emory GCC will be holding its first student panel discussion on Chinese Pop Culture. Come join us for a casual, interesting discussion and get your questions concerning Chinese culture answered! Topics will include new trends in Chinese theatre, TV shows, and the rising “Zhai” culture. Student panelists who will be present include Wencong Chen (the founder and president of the Emory Chinese Theatre Club), David Fisherman (a Chinese major who has studied in Peking University and traveled extensively around China), and Fei Ni (an actor in the recently shown Chinese play “Rhinoceros in Love”).

The GCC Feed Aggregator: The Future of Connecting

Hey everyone! My name is Sahil Khatod and I am the Director of Media at GCC management. Over the last year, many chapters have begin actively updating their own wordpress blogs, and management has been reading up on all of these to stay connected with what chapters are working on. It has been absolutely fantastic to stay connected with everyone.

So we decided-- why not make this feed aggregator of chapter blogs a part of how GCC members stay conncected.

Introducing: The Feed Aggregator 

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Letter from the President: GCC's Year, Our Year - Part One

Dear Global China Connection,

This is GCC's year, this is our year. Between now and September 2012, GCC makes the leap from student group into global institution. From San Diego to Beijing to Toronto to New York, every single event and new friendship we create is getting us there. But we can't do it individually. To make that leap successfully, GCC Management will become an effective leader for our chapters and members in the long term. This is the first of three letters in which I will outline our plan to do that this school year.

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What's New With GCC: Chapter Highlights

The strength of GCC lies in its individual chapters and the energy, enthusiasm, and hard work that goes into producing the many events held year round by them. This section highlights some of the impressive and inspiring work being done by a handful of highly active GCC chapters.

GCC - Western Ontario

Despite being in its first year, the Western Ontario Chapter has already prepared an exciting and full schedule of major and casual events for this coming school year.

To list a few, they will be holding multiple networking seminars, etiquette sessions, as well as developmental workshops. All of these event will culminate in a networking event planned for later this school year. They will be hosting GCC’s first ever Canadian annual conference in Toronto, Canada, and their chapter will be traveling to New York City in the spring to attend the annual Columbia University Conference.

For more on the Western Ontario chapter and their impressive activity, check out their website.

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