History: Lingnan Foundation

Lingnan Lunch

The Lingnan Foundation has hosted Lingnan Lunches for the past 20 years. They occur every other month (except during summer) at the China Institute and bring together people working in the area of educational exchange with China to share news and discuss relevant issues.

The dates for the 2008-9 Lingnan Lunches are: Oct 2, Dec 4, Feb 5, April 9.

Please contact Leslie Stone at leslie.stone@yale.edu or 203-432-1063 if you wish to attend.

Past Lunches

4/18/08: Steve Orlins, President of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations--A Look Ahead at U.S.-China Relations

2/18/08: Tianle Chang--NGOs in China: Facing New Challenges

12/5/07: Victor Yue Yuan, Chairman, Horizon Research Group--Single-kids Generation and Its Social Impact to Today's China

10/12/07: Daniela Salaverry, Pacific Environment--How Grassroots NGOs are Protecting China's Rivers and Lakes

9/14/07: Glenn Shive, Director, Hong Kong-America Center--Higher Education in China: Recent Developments

2/8/07: Morris Rossabi, Sino-Mongolian Relations: Unequal Neighbors.

12/7/06: Professor Helen Siu, Yale University--Remaking the Rural-Urban Divide in South China: Modernity and Marginality

10/5/06 Selena Cantor, College Board, Karen Kane, Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia U., Margot Landman, National Committee, Alysoun Mahoney, China Institute-- China in the Schools: The Push to Bring China-Related Curriculum to America’s Elementary and Secondary Schools

4/28/06 Hong Yang, Professor, Bryant University--Bryant University's U.S.-China Institute

3/24/06 Qiao Fenghe of the Chinese Consulate's Education Section and Peggy Blumenthal, Executive Vice President of the Institute of International Education-- Increased Opportunities and New Activities in U.S.-China International Exchange.

2/3/06 Frank Kehl, President, U.S.-China Exchange--What? A Labor Shortage in China?

10/2/05 Lin Xaodong, Assoc. Prof. of Technology and Education at Teacher's College--Educational Reform in China

6/2/05 Mark Sheldon, Director, Hong Kong Office, Yale-China Association--Current Events in Hong Kong and Sara McCalpin, President, China Institute--Current Events at the China Institute

2/3/05 Arnold Chang, Chinese Painting Expert-- Art and Auctions in China

12/2/04 Michael Ma, Environmental Writer and World Fellow at Yale--Environmental Movements in a Changing China

10/7/04 Extended Session: Programs and Priorities Among China-Related Organizations

6/3/04 Rebecca Weiner, writer/interpreter/freelance China consultant--Once and Future Shanghai: Causes and Consequences of Shanghai's Re-emergence as 'Pearl of the Orient

4/1/04 Peggy Blumenthal, Vice President for Educational Services Institute of International Education--Chinese Student Enrollment in US Universities: What the Data Show and What We Still Don't Know

2/5/04 Edward Chow, Visiting Scholar, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace--Strategic Implications of China's Energy Future

12/4/03 Jason Kindopp, Resident Scholar, National Committee on US China Relations--Unofficial Religious Groups in China

10/9/03 Gerard Postiglione, Professor and Director, Wah Centre of Research on Education in China, University of Hong Kong--Hong Kong's Role in the Development of Higher Education

6/5/03 Wan Yanhai, AIDS activist; Nancy Chapman, Executive Director, Yale China Association--Public Health Challenges in China

4/3/03 Zhang Ye, Director of China Programs, The Asia Foundation--Migrant Women Workers and Emerging Civil Society in China

2/6/03 Elizabeth Knup, Managing Director and Chief Representative of Kamsky Associates, Inc. at its Beijing office--Corporate Social Responsibility in China: Relationships between U.S. Corporations and Chinese Social Organizations

12/12/02 Cai Yanmin, Vice Dean, Sun Yat-sen Law School; Li Ao, Clinical Teacher, Wuhan University Law School--Clinical Law in China

10/3/02 Jack Maisano, President, China Institute--Asia's Media Challenge

6/7/02 Nancy Yuan, Vice President and Director, The Asia Foundation, D.C. Office; Rudi Jeung, Assiant Director, The Asia Foundation, D.C. Office--Development Assistance in China: issues and Challenges

4/11/02 Morris Rossabi, Professor of History at Queens College of City University--World Events and Islamic Uyghurs in Xinjiang

2/7/02 Amy Gadsden, Special Advisor on China, Bureau of Democracy Rights and Labor, US Department of State--Perspectives-Historical and Otherwise-on Chinese Legal Reform

12/6/01 Extended Session: Programs and Priorities Among China Related Organizations--representatives from each organization present their current work

10/4/01 John Holden, President, National Committee on US China Relations; Douglas Murray, President Emeritus, Lingnan Foundation--China's Reaction to the Sept. 11th Attacks and US China Relations in the Aftermath