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The 2009 OCG Part II Conference ended with the keynote speaker, Jon Huntsman, US Ambassador to China. Check out some of the articles covering the event.

AP: US Envoy Criticizes Coverage of Obama China Visit

China Daily: Ambassador: US-China relations more focused on global issues

Global Times: US Ambassador says Obama trup a success

Souhu.com: 图：美驻华大使洪博培北大演讲

We are pleased to announce that we are live blogging our 2009 Beijing On Common Ground Conference all this week at www.thefacesblog.com! The 2009 Conference is from Nov. 15-21 and jointly hosted by the Peking University and Renmin University Chapters of FACES.

Disclaimer: The views posted on The FACES Blog are the individual experiences and opinions of FACES members. They do not represent the official views of the FACES Organization.

Best,

The FACES team

Peking University, Beijing, China
Renmin University, Beijing, China

Public Events Schedule

Information also available at the facebook event.

• The Dalai Lama’s visit to disputed territory on the China-India border strains relations
• A US Congressional report makes China cyberwarfare claims, provoking denials
• China continues its pursuit of oil in the Middle East and Africa, encountering US interests
• Somali pirates hijack Chinese coal ship in the Indian Ocean

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Tuesday, November 10, 2009 5:45 pm Program
Fromm Hall University of San Francisco Parker St. (between Golden Gate & Fulton)
FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Reservations recommended. Please call (415) 422-6828

Co-presented by USF Center for the Pacific Rim and cosponsored by the Chinese Historical Society of America, Forum for American/Chinese Exchange at Stanford (FACES), the Institute for Holistic Health Studies at San Francisco State University and Volunteers in Asia

Description: For over 3000 years, traditional Chinese medicine has brought health and healing to millions of people throughout Asia. Today, TCM is enjoying a surge of popularity in the US also as people seek answers to health questions that elude western practitioners. While the increasing worldwide respect for and use of TCM is laudable, there is also a tragic consequence: the decimation of a wide ranging and growing number of animal species whose parts are used in traditional medicine. In fact, seven of the world’s eight species of bear have seen their numbers reduced as a result of the demand for their body parts. Yet for the highly endangered Asiatic Black Bear, whose story is perhaps the most tragic, there is a ray of hope in the form of a unique partnership between the Chinese Government and Animals Asia Foundation, a Hong Kong based charity.
Please Join Jill Robinson and Lixin Huang for a fascinating look at the use of endangered species products in traditional medicine. Robinson and Huang have formed a unique partnership aimed at providing TCM practitioners and users world-wide with information regarding alternatives to endangered species ingredients in traditional medicine.

Download the flyer (PDF) for more details. FACES members are offered the members’ rate of $5.

http://faces.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/docs/chinabrief_101909.pdf

Happy reading!