International Symposium on Poverty Alleviation ??????????????????? thru Distance Education and Summer Service Learning

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International Symposium on
Poverty Alleviation ???????????????????
thru Distance Education and Summer Service
Learning

• November 14-16, 2007
• Tsinghua University
• Beijing, China
• 2007?11?14-16?
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• Poverty Alleviation
• is the First Step,
• Toward a Harmonious
• World !

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Symposium Mission ??????

• To empower US and Chinese students with the
  critical ability to communicate effectively
  across cultural and linguistic boundaries
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• The Wang Foundation is A Nonprofit Public
  Benefit Corporation 501(C)(3) Incorporated in the
  State of California
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Poverty Alleviation??action items ?? Summer
Service Learning??????? Cultural Linguistic
Training ?????? Vocational Distance
Education????
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Near-Term Goals ????
The Strategic Vision of The Wang
Foundation ?????????

• To assist Tsinghua University in their Poverty
  Alleviation Through Education Program
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• To provide U.S. students with unique
  opportunities that deepen their understanding of
  Chinas people and culture
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• To improve lives of rural Chinese through
  Distance Education and Summer Service Learning
  Program
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• To teach practical skills that allow rural
  residents to constructively participate in the
  economic revolution
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• To promote collaboration and exchange between
  China and the U.S. through work-study programs
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The Wang Foundation
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U.S. Students in China 2003??????

• Source Ministry of Education,
  China
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• Total U.S. Undergraduates Studying Abroad
  169,920
• Source Lincoln Fellowships Commission
  Briefing
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Poverty Related Problems
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• Agricultural subsidies of 1 billion a day by
  rich countries like U.S., Europe, and Japan force
  poor countries out of the market
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• Norway and Mongolia each paid U.S. import duties
  (about 23 million) but Mongolian exports were
  145 million, and Norways exports were about
  5.2 billion
• ???????????????????2,300???,????????1.45???,???
  ?????52???
• U.S. extracts more duties from Bangladesh on its
  2.3 billion in exports than it does from France
  on its exports of 30 billion
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• Micro-financing, with high interest charged to
  women which continue widen the gap between haves
  and have nots
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Poverty Trend?????

• Deng Xiaopings free market trade policy started
  in 1979 it brought more than 400 million out of
  poverty in 25 years.
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• The gap between haves and have nots has increased
  dramatically!
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• By 2050, the world population will increase from
  6.5 billion to 9 billion, with growth coming
  almost entirely from poor countries there will
  be increased poverty, more disease, and continued
  violence.
• ?2050?,????????65????90?,??????????????,??????
  ????????????
• How can we change this picture for the better?
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Solution to Poverty ?????

• More Globalization, not less but
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• More Charity, not less but
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• More Micro-loans, not less but
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• Linking Vocational Training with Distance
  Educationthe key answer to poverty
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Management Team ????

• Dr. Peter C.C. Wang, CEO
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• Dr. Grace L. Wang, CFO
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The Wang Foundation
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• Wang Foundation Advisory Board
• Members
• Loren J. Anderson
• Ron Moffatt
• Sidney Rittenberg
• George F. Russell, Jr.
• Wang Foundation Website
• www.WangFoundation.net
• http//fp.sce.tsinghua.edu.cn

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Want to send your students to participate 2008
SSLP ?

• Please contact
• Ms. Zhang Yan
• SCE Tsinghua University
• E-mail
• Zhy0907_at_mail.tsinghua.edu.cn

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Want to send your students to attend Mandarin
teachers training at Tsinghua?

• Please contact
• Prof. Tang Ling
• SCE Tsinghua University
• E-mail
• tangling_at_mail.tsinghua.edu.cn

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Want to send your students to study in China?

• Please contact
• Ms. Fu Bo
• China Education Association for International
  Exchange
• E-mail Fubo_at_ceaie.edu.cn

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Thanks for listeningand remember
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Dont miss this slow boat to our
collective future! ??????????????????
Wang Foundation
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Dont miss this slow boat to our
collective future! ??????????????????
Wang Foundation
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