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A Report on
The 20th ACPS
Annual Meeting
Conference
Photo Album
We just concluded a successful conference on "Harmonious World - China's Domestic and Foreign Policies"
from July 14-15, 2007 at San Francisco State University, hosted and
co-sponsored by the Center for US-China Policy Studies, the College of
Behavioral and Social Sciences, the Mr. and Mrs. S.H. Wong Foundation
Ltd. Hong Kong. For the information about keynote speakers, programs, papers, etc., please visit the
conference
website.
Two books flowing from the
conference papers, titled: "Harmonious World and China's New
Foreign Policy" and "China in Search of a Harmonious
Society," will be published by the Rowman & Littlefield
in 2008.
The nation's foremost China scholars, Professor Joseph Fewsmith and Professor Robert Ross, are featured keynote speakers, and they addressed China's pronounced domestic and foreign policy issues at the conference. Dean Kassiola delivered a welcome speech at the opening plenary on the dilemma of industrial civilization and China's development path in the 21st century and attended the two-day conference. Dr. Yenbo Wu, Associate Vice President for International Education, also attended the two-day conference and introduced Professor Joseph Fewsmith, one of the keynote speakers at the dinner banquet. The conference received a wide coverage by local Chinese media, such as World Journal, Sing Tao Daily, Ming Pao, Qiao Bao, KTSF Ch. 26, etc. People from the SF bay area communities also attended the conference.
The above are some pictures taken at the conference. It was a great international gathering where ACPS members and distinguished China scholars from the United States, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Europe and elsewhere came together to exchange their views on the topics related to the broad theme of the conference and other important topics related to
China.
A summary of membership business meeting (July 14th, 2007):
1. discuss and approve a motion on the meetings next year as proposed above.
2. explore possible sponsorship of our members' visit to Taiwan.
3. discuss and approve a motion to increase the membership fees and leave the fee structures to the Board to decide.
4. discuss and approve a motion on ACPS bylaws amendments:
(1) Original text
The mission of ACPS is to promote the understanding of Chinese politics among the academic communities, especially in mainland China , Taiwan , Hong Kong , Macau and the United States .
Proposed amendments
The mission of ACPS is to promote the understanding of Chinese politics among the academic communities, in the United States and all parts of the world.
(2) Original text
The editor(s), appointed by the Board of Directors, serves a three-year term. The editor reports directly to the Board of Directors which can dismiss the editor(s) by 2/3 votes. Under no circumstances will the journal become independent from ACPS.
Proposed amendments
The editors of the Journal of Chinese Political Science (JCPS) shall be appointed by the Board of Directors for a renewable 3-year term. The Board of Directors can dismiss the editors for gross misconduct or incompetence with a 2/3rd vote of the entire board. Under no circumstances shall the JCPS become independent of the ACPS. If a vacancy occurs during the editor's term, the associate editor shall become the editor, and a new associate editor shall be appointed.
The above motion were fully discussed and approved unanimously by members present at the meeting on the 14th of July, 2007.
Respectfully reported by:
Sujian Guo, ACPS President
August, 20, 2007
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