A Quarterly Publication of Taiwanese American Foundation of San Diego

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Taiwanese American Community Center (TACC)

Vol. 12 No. 1

Publisher: TAFSDEditor-in-Chief: Ted Fan Executive Editor: Jing-Ping Shih English Editor: Ching-Chih ChenContributing Writers: Ching-Chih Chen, Ted Fan, Philip Lee, Edward T. Cheng,Jing-Ping ShihFor free subscription, please contact TACC: 7838 Wilkerson Court, San Diego, CA 92111

The Taiwanese American Heritage Week of 2010 will be held from May 15th to May 22nd at the San Diego Taiwanese American Community Center. This year’s programs include sculpture exibition, special seminar, food fair, dancing and singing performances, etc. Please see inside pages for details

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Celebration

Monthly Book Club presented by Prof. Wu De-Min

Life Experience Seminar hosted by Jimmy Wu (4/10/10)

Sculpture by Tomi Yang

Presentation by Prof. Ruby Liao in

“Formosa Betrayed” producer Will Tiao visited TACC

2010 Lunar new year party

Soprano Hui-Ju Chen (l), Baritone Yi-Cherng Lin (m) and Pia-nist Pin-Huey Wang (r) will perform at TACC on May 22nd.

Life Experience Seminar hosted by Wang Ing (2/6/10)

TAHW Special SeminarTime: 05/01/10, Saturday, 2:00 PMTopic: The Meaning of Taiwanese Japanese songs to the TaiwaneseSpeaker: Dr. Chang Wu-Yen

In the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, the most popular music in Taiwan neighborhood was the Japanese songs rendered into Taiwanese lyrics. Such music comforted the physical and mental fatigue of the Taiwanese in Taiwan’s darkest political era, and it also became a driving force behind Taiwan’s eco-nomic development. Unfortunately it was unfairly labeled the “decadent sounds”, “vulgar songs” and so forth. Dr. Chang has gained some knowledge from having collected, arranged and analyzed related materials for the past thirty years. Taking advantage of the opportunity of meeting with Taiwanese compatriots, he will share with all what he has learned. He will audio-visually compare and contract original Japanese singers’ signing and movie theme songs with popular songs that Taiwanese were very familiar with. While allowing us to collectively recall sights and sounds of our youth, he will discuss with the audience the tangled relations between the Taiwanese people and the Taiwanese Japanese songs.Having prepared a lot of precious audio-visual materials, Dr. Chang hopes that those who are interested in Japanese films, be-fore and after the Pacific War, will come to his talk. Dr. Chang was from Yunlin, Changhua County, Taiwan. After graduating from Changhua High School and then Taipei Medi-cal College’s Dental Department, he earned his doctoral degree in dental medicine at Tokyo Dental Medicine University. He is currently practicing in Japan.

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Dr. Chang Wu-Yen

Taiwanese Food FairTime: 5/15/09, Saturday, 12:00PMPlace: TACC Parking LotThe Taiwanese Culture Association presents “Taiwanese Cul-ture & Food Fair”. The fair features selections from traditional Taiwanese cuisines. Good music, performance and information for the young and old alike will add to the food fair fun.

Tomi Yang Sculpture ExhibitionMay 15th, 2010 - July 31st, 2010Reception: 5/15/09, Saturday, 2:00PMPlace: TACC GalleryTomi Yang was born in Ching-Shui, Taichung, Taiwan, gradu-ated from National Taiwan University of Arts majored in Sculp-ture. He taught art for several years and worked in the studio of sculpture master Yang Ing-Feng for 10 years. Mr. Yang im-migrated to US in 1979, engaged in construction business and studied Buddism in his spare time. Currently, he devoted his full time in making sculptures. Mr. Yang has exhibited his works in both US and Taiwan, and has won many awards.

Movie ClubTime: 5/15/09, Saturday, 3:00PMMovie Title: Story of Yoichi Hatta (Patten-rai)Yoichi Hatta (八田 與一, 1886 - 1942) was a Japanese engineer, known for his contributions in hydraulic engineering in the Japanese-ruled Taiwan. Hatta was born in Kanazawa, Ishikawa. After graduating from Tokyo Imperial University in 1910, he

joined the Seat of Governor-General of Taiwan, served as a technician of the government. He was the designer of Chianan Canal (嘉南大圳) and Usantou Reservoir (烏山頭水庫).

Opening Ceremony & “Bird and Water Dance Ensemble”Time: 5/16/09, Sunday, 5:30PMPlace: TACC Auditorium

Will present 2010 TACC High School Scholarship, Mother’s Day Special Award, and Mao-Chun Memorial Scholarship.

“Bird and Water Dance Ensemble” was founded in 2003 and is the first dance ensemble formed by people with physical, visual and other disabilities in Taiwan. Combining the art of dancing and growth of the mind, they have explored the artistic potentials of the people with disabilities. They enhanced people’s mind, en-riched the quality of daily lives, promoted the special arts and cul-ture development, and further purified our general practice in the society. Through sharing and applying the special arts of dancing, the members have repeatedly overcome various difficulties, con-stantly encouraged each other, and have always displayed their creativities with a goal to bring happiness to all.

TACC Karaoke Competition Time: 5/21/09, Friday, 6:30PMPlace: TACC AuditoriumCome share your vocal talent, have fun and win prizes at TACC Karaoke Competition. To sign up, please contact Taiwan Center at 858-560-8884.

Hiking Club

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Time: 5/22/09, Saturday, 6:00PMPlace: TACC Auditorium

“New Eternal Hope” (新望春風) will be performed by So-prano Hui-Ju Chen, Baritone Yi-Cherng Lin, Pianist Pin-Huey Wangand together with TACC senior club chorus. Baritone Yi-Cherng Lin has earned his Doctor of Musical Art degree in Voice Performance with an opera concentration at University of Maryland, College Park in June 2006. In addition to the Taiwan sound concert series, he has created, directed and performed the Taiwanese Musical Eternal Hope and Bygone Years. Currently, Dr. Lin is the conductor of Greater Washington Taiwanese American Chorus. Pianist Pin-Huey Wang received her Doctor of Musical Arts degree in the collaborative piano program at University of Maryland, College Park, in 2008. Ms. Wang is an active

collaborative pianist with a wide range of vocal and chamber repertoire. She is currently an adjunct piano faculty member at Montgomery College, Maryland. Soprano Hui-Ju Chen earned her Doctor of Musical Art degree in Voice Performance at the University of Maryland in 2008. Dr. Chen’s Career highlights include a 2007 perfor-mance of Taiwanese songs in the March for Taiwan event on Capitol Hill for an audience that included United States Senators. Actively engaged in music activities in the New York and Washington DC metropolitan areas, she has enter-tained audiences in her operatic roles in the Taiwanese musi-cal Eternal Hope in 2006 and Bygone Years in 2007. She is currently the conductor of the Ya Yin and Hakka Tung-Fa Choruses of Washington D.C. and the Soprano soloist at St. Luke’s Parish.

Understanding Science Seminar Series (XII)

Movie/Documentary Club & Culture and History Lecture Series (XLI)

Time: 06/05/10, Saturday, 1:30 PMTopic: Japanese colonial politics in TaiwanSpeaker: Hwalin Lee, Ph.D.“Asia’s First-class Nation”, a documentary film produced by Japan’s NHK, will be shown. The film is in Japanese but will be accompanied by Dr. Lee’s interpretation in Holo Taiwanese and Mandarin Chinese. The film is the first of a series titled “Japan on the World Stage”. It is about 72 minutes in length and portrays history of Taiwan under the Japanese rule from 1895 to 1945. In addi-tion, it has an in-depth discussion of Japan’s policy in Taiwan and a comparison with British and French colonial policies.Professors Ping-Hui Liao, Ching-Chih Chen and Ming T. Tsu-ang will participate in a panel discussion of the filmDr. Lee was born in 1935 at Chu-san, Nantou County, Tai-wan. After graduating from the Pharmacology Department at National Taiwan University, he did his graduate studies in the U.S. and received his Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Chemistry at University of California-San Francisco in 1966. In 1986,

he established Chuan Lyu Foundation to provide financial grants to educational institutions for promoting Taiwanese culture and other Taiwan-entered causes. Over the years, the recipients of grants from the foundation include Cambridge University, University of California-Berkley, University of California-Santa Barbara, University of California-San Diego, Columbia University, Formosa Foundation, Taiwanese Ameri-can Citizens’ League (TACL) and other Taiwanese American organizations such as FAPA, NATPA and NATWA, and public television in Northern California. In addition, his foundation has also donated to TsuNah Foundation and disaster reliefs in Taiwan. It is worthy of a special note that in 2009, Dr. Lee’s donation created Chuan Lyu Endowed Chair in Taiwan Stud-ies at University of California-San Diego. This event is sponsored by TACC Film Appreciation Club and TACC Culture and History Seminar Series. The co-sponsors are Taiwan National University Alumni Association in San Diego, S.D. Association of Taiwanese American Physicians and Pharmacists, and Forever Young Society.

Time: 06/20/10, Sunday, 2:00 PMTopic: Urban PlanningSpeaker: Philip LeePhilip Lee received his bachelor degree in architecture from Chung-Yuan University in 1965. He then continued his graduate study at the University of Washington in Seattle and received his master degree in Urban Planning in 1968. His planning career spanned more than 35 years working for the various governmental agencies including Middle Georgia Area Planning Commission, Lincoln-Lancaster County Planning Department and Culver City Community Development De-partment. The scope of his work is extensive and encompasses

all phases of the planning process. He retired from the City of Culver City in 2004. His work involved in zoning administra-tion, capital improvement program, land use planning, flood plain management, sit plan and architectural review, prepara-tion of the general plan, downtown development, land subdi-vision, transit development program, airport noise study, and housing element, etc.His topic will cover the following subjects:1. Brief discussion of the planning process.2. Components of the general plan.3. Zoning regulations.4. Site plan and architectural review.5. Things to consider when buying a house.

TAHW Traditional Taiwanese Concert “New Eternal

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Understanding Science Seminar Series ()Date & Time: Sunday, April 25, 2010, 2:00 PMPlace: TACC Large ClassroomSpeaker: Jau-Fang WuBook to be discussed: 台灣大劫難– 2012不戰而勝台灣 (Taiwan Disaster) Author: Hong-Bing Yuan

Mr. Yuan, a famous Chinese writer in exile, was born in Inner Mongolia in 1952. As a teen-ager during the Cultural Revo-lution that began in 1966, he witnessed tragedy experienced by his people as a result of Chinese Communist persecution. Mr.Yuan consequently vowed to write about what the Mongolians had suffered and thus began his journey on the difficult path of an underground writer.

After completing his graduate study at Beijing University’s Law School, Mr. Yuan was invited to teach at the school, and then appointed to lead the research office of Procedural Law. To promote democracy and criticize extreme leftist thought, he established organizations and published books and magazines. Eventually, for his dissident views and activities, he was arrested by the Chinese government and banished to Guizhou in 1994. In 2003, he established the Law School of the Guizhou Normal University and was appointed its Dean. In 2004 taking advantage of the op-portunity of heading a delegation visiting Australia, he applied to the Australian gov-ernment for political asylum and has since remained in exile. He has published more than ten books in literature and in law.

Taiwan Disaster was published in Novem-ber, 2009. It was based on three docu-ments of action programs that came out of an expanded politburo meeting in June 2008. These documents provide strategic guidelines to all of China’s government departments on the way to annex Taiwan without a war by 2012. With the book, Yuan strives to warn Taiwan of Beijing’s strategy and detailed tactics for taking over Taiwan. In addition, he has offered Taiwan suggestions to counter Beijing’s measures.

Date & Time: Sunday, May 30, 2010, 2:00 PMPlace: TACC Conference RoomFormat: Round Table Discussion

At this meeting, club members will discuss

and exchange views on the following pos-sible topics:

1. New federal health law’s impact on senior citizens 2. The meaning of Google’s withdrawing its operation from China 3. Cases of Taiwanese American churches taken over by Chinese 4. One Japanese view of the PRC ChineseAnd others

Date & Time: Sunday, June 27, 2010, 2:00 PMPlace: TACC Large ClassroomSpeaker: Ching-Chih ChenBooks to be discussed: War Experience of Taiwanese serving in the Japanese Army edited by Cheng Li-Ling and One Taiwanese Japanese Soldier: the Life of 簡茂松 (Chien Mao-Hsiung) written by 濱崎紘一 (Hamazaki Koichi)

During WWII, the Japanese colonial government drafted over 207,000 Tai-wanese into the Japanese army. Over 30,300 of these soldiers were killed or lost during the war. And, after the war a very small number were tried for war crimes and punished accordingly.

Shortly after Japan’s surrender in August 1945, the Chinese Nationalists took control of Taiwan and subsequently shipped about 20,000 of the Taiwanese soldiers to China to fight the Chinese Communists in the Civil War. Many of them were killed and those captured by the Communists were absorbed into the People’s Liberation Army and subse-quently fought in the Korean War.

The speaker will rely on the two afore-mentioned books and other related writ-ten materials to discuss war experiences and sufferings of the Taiwanese soldiers.

The first book was a collection of inter-views conducted by Cheng Li-Ling who had interviewed 20 Taiwanese who had served in the Japanese military during WWII. They stationed separately in China, Malaysia, Singapore, Cambodia, the Philippines, Indonesia, and so on. Some of them had volunteered while the others were drafted. Some of them were with the navy, some with the army.

There were some who served as police-men, translators, etc. The second book was originally written in Japanese by journalist Hamzaki Koi-chi. The author wrote about the story of Taiwanese Chien Mao-Hsiung who first served as a Japanese soldier, was tried for war crime and then after having served prison sentence sent to Japan. The book was translated into Chinese by Hsu Cheng-Juei.

Time: 06/13/10, Sunday, 2PMTopic: The Latest Development of Woman’s HealthSpeaker: Jack Hsiao M.D.

Dr. Hsiao recieved his B.S. degree from Cornell University and earned his M.D. from SUNY/Buffalo School of Medicine He did his residency training at SUNY/Buffalo School of Medicine. He is the Vice Chairman of Department of OB/GYN at Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women and Newborns. Time: 06/26/10, Saturday, 7PM Crystal Children’s Choir was founded in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1994. Since then, it has grown into a 1,200 member organization. The choir’s mis-sion is to strive for choral music excel-lence by providing choral music educa-tion to children and blending the best of Eastern and Western musical traditions. Crystal Children’s Choir has per-formed at prestigious venues including St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican, Taipei National Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House, Davies Symphony Hall, Carnegie Hall, and Beijing Concert Hall.

Date: 05/22/10, Saturday, 8AMPlace: Carlsbad BeachMeet at Carlsbad Beach Parking Lot

Date: 06/04/10, Friday, 8AMPlace: Escondido’s Daley RanchMeet at Barns and Noble Book Store parking area by Tulip Street Date: 06/19/10, Saturday, 8AMPlace: Los Penasquitos Canyon Preserve (East Approach)Meet at Canyonside Community Park & Recreation Center

Health Seminar

Hiking Club

Book Club

Crystal Youth’s Choir