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*PPAA18 ***** 1:37 p. m., Friday, June 4, 2004 ***** #First Edition
Washington Business and Technology Institute (WBTI)
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Advisory Board: Governor Kenny Guinn, Chairman; U. S. Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign, Vice Chairmen; U. S. Representatives James Gibbons and Shelley Berkley, and Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman, Executive Directors.
U. S. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao
Chairperson
Dr. Tony T. Lei
President
District Judges Mark Denton and Valorie Vega
Vice Presidents
Dr. William N. Thompson
Director of Public Administration Institution
Dr. E. Lee Bernick and Dr. G. Keong Leong
Deans of Graduate School of Business and Public Administration
Dr. Sue Fawn Chung
Director of Culture Institution
Justice of the Supreme Court William Maupin, Attorney General Brian Sandoval, and District Judge Stewart Bell, Honorary Chairmen of Clark County District Attorney and Police Civil Commission (CCDAPCC)
District Attorney David Roger and Clark County Sheriff Bill Young
Chairmen of CCDAPCC
(702) 255-9058
*It's our pleasure to pay a tribute to the above officials who dedicate to the civic and community service spects of our organization in an honorary or adjunct capacity.
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Overview: A Strategic Plan for Wang Center INC. ---a project of the implementation of an educational entrepreneurship
By Peter C. C. Wang*1
***Editor's note: Opinions expressed by this author, Dr. Peter Wang, are freely and absolutely his own. They do not necessarily reflect the views of ownership and management of this Institute.
Dear Tony and Judy:
It was a good exchange of ideas about the implementation for Wang Center Inc. over the phone with you. I am sure that we'll find ways to work together for the betterment of Sino/US relations. Deeply appreciate your sympathy and prayers during the mourning of loss of my father. May God reward you peace and happiness because of your faith in Him. An updated version of my strategic plan is sent with this e-mail. Take care,
Peter
Dr. Peter C.C. Wang
P. O. Box 234
Pebble Beach, CA 93953
Phone: 831-624-1694
E-mail: Petercwang@aol.com
Wang Center INC.
Prepared by Peter C.C. Wang June 4, 2004
Overview: A Strategic Plan for Wang Center INC.
China's population now exceeds 1.3 billion people and is expected to reach 2 billion by 2050. Just over half of the total current Chinese population is under the age of 25. One of the greatest challenges confronting China is the education of her young people. Building schools and providing teachers for several hundred millions of students will cost staggering sums of money and will be an enormous and complex undertaking. The challenges are great but so are the opportunities! My vision is that the international community can play a pivotal role in developing educators, the educational system and educational content that can change the world and illustrate to Chinese authorities the great wisdom of international cooperation in promoting mutual prosperity, knowledge and peace.*2
The role I envision for the Wang Center INC. is to facilitate cooperative initiatives to expose Chinese educators to the best international education practices, and to demonstrate how extensive use of technology and distributed learning techniques are the logical, most efficient and cost effective ways in which to address the current educational deficit as well as to involve educators, young people and other stakeholders in the United States and China to develop relevant courseware. Given that the cost of IM complete computers is dropping dramatically combined with the rapid expansion of open-source software, cost is no longer a severe limiting factor in wider use of information technology in education. What is urgently needed however is the development of high quality and relevant courseware including educational software, audio and video programs. These programs must be distributed across the vast expanse of the entire country, from the great cities of Beijing, Shanghai to the smallest villages in the Gobi Desert. A comprehensive library of courseware programs that teach mathematics, languages, sciences, history and arts should complement and enhance the conventional school experience, as well as furnish a core curriculum for self-study and adult education. In order to take advantage of low-cost teleconferencing notebook computers and leverage the full potential of available technology we must develop courseware and training programs. An essential companion goal is training advanced IT professionals as human resources for this new pedagogical shift in education.
To promote education in China is a gigantic task but the potential results are well worth the effort. The opportunity is open now and if people of vision and goodwill act I am confident that collectively we can have a significant impact on the future of China, the United States and the world! Time has finally arrived. The world desperately needs innovative development of this kind. For many poor regions throughout the world, this offers unique opportunity to reduce the economic divide. Such divide is the main reason why we live in such a confused world. Progressive development and dissemination of digital courseware is an innovative and viable solution to the problem of educating Chinese young people. Such a pedagogical undertaking, in turn, would offer substantial hope to young people everywhere on earth. With digital network tools plus the latest teleconference desk top computers to distribute carefully developed courseware as content we can empower teachers to educate hundreds of millions of people including K-12 students in remote areas of China.
There are well over 400,000 experts busy developing open-source software without any coordination or integration. At the same time, the application level of open-source technology has entered into rivalry with some of the major enterprises such as Microsoft, Oracle and SAP. It is both possible and necessary first to train large numbers of students in the open source, to integrate and install open-source software, and then to educate them on the ?�inside??of expert level open source codes. Taking these steps would prepare large numbers of highly proficient IT professionals serving as support to the educational needs of China. These professionals would make it possible to complete the IM environment including the testing of open source IM and other essential software such as Open Office 1.1 on all Linux-compatible notebook computers. All of the above objectives can be organized and carried out by an Open Source Institute (OSI), to be established within the Wang Center INC. To this end, the Wang Center INC. proposes to establish the International Open Source Association (TIOSA) to promote collaboration, integration, and training for specifically targeted development in open source products. TIOSA shall recruit at least one Patron Member (PM) from China, Japan and United States prior to end of 2005. The inaugural international TIOSA meeting will tentatively held in China in 2006 and thereafter to be held in the United States and other countries.
There are three initial contents as courseware must be developed and to be used in K-12 educational program which can be listed as:
Language training both English and Chinese
Conservation of global resources
Protection of natural environments
Through digital network, it is possible for us to teach the potential ecological degradation while attempting to alleviate this major societal problem.
MISSION STATEMENTS:
The Wang Center INC. supports educational projects in China to reduce the gap between the haves and have-nots with the following emphases:
Positive impact on the lives of an extremely large number of people through mutual understanding and comprehensive education.
Benefit of students in remote and
inaccessible locations in China.
Provision for students in the United States and Asia with opportunities to participate in programs and activities that can change the world.
Promotion of mutually beneficial trade including the important small business sector and others.
Teaching practical skills that people can use everyday.
Educating students with skills and knowledge that would help them to enter higher levels of educational opportunities in China.
Promotion of close collaborations and partnerships between China and United States.
BUSINESS PLAN:
To be presented after consultations with China and major sponsors from Foundations and Corporations with business interest in China.
CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS:
In Beijing, China or in Carmel Valley/ Pebble Beach, California USA
CORPORATE STRUCTURES:
The Wang Center INC. has been incorporated in the State of California as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation. The structure, operation, and focus of the center shall be consistent with the terms of this and any other subsequent agreement(s) and shall, among other things, include the following;
(1) Governing Board. The governing board of the center shall
consist of a Board of Directors that includes Peter C.C. Wang,
the Founder of the Center plus two other directors. In
addition to its annual meeting, the governing board shall meet
at least semi-annually to review Center's operation and to
advise the Founding Director.
(2) Operation would generate excess funds from proprietary products and services offered by the Wang Center INC. could be distributed as scholarships awarded annually by the board of directors and advisors.
ORGANIZATIONS AND PURPOSE:
Education for a just, healthy, sustainable and peaceful world
Empower teachers with newest high technology as tools
to give every child a chance to share the educational benefits of
the digital age and make globalization work for the benefit of
every child in every village
Establishing the Open Source Institute (OSI)
training high-level IT professionals
developing courseware as content
Establishing the International Open Source Association (TIOSA)
promoting partnerships and integration
sharing information among TIOSA professionals
PROPOSED STRATEGIC PARTNERS:
Deputy Premier, China
Ministry of Education, China
Ministry of Information Industries China
Ministry of Science/Technology China
Ministry of Economics and Trade, China
Ministry of Overseas Chinese Affairs, China
Ministry of Agriculture, China
Ministry of Ming Zhen
Ministry of Culture, China
Beijing University High School, Beijing
Beijing Normal University, Beijing
China Education Electronics Corporation, Beijing
Sichuan University in Chengdu
Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma
Wayne State University, Michigan
Lee Foundation, Hong Kong
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle
IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft and 10 others
PROPOSED MANAGEMENT:
Dr. Peter C.C. Wang, Founding Director, Chairman
Dr. Peng Liu, President and Director
Dr. Grace L. Wang, Treasurer and Director
Dr. Tosiyasu Kunii, Director of OSI and TIOSA
Dr. Masayuki Ida, Consultant of OSI
PROPOSED CORPORATE ADVISORS:
Dr. Loren Anderson
Board Member and Past Chair, National Association of
Independent Colleges and Universities: Board Member American
Leadership Forum; Board Member: Washington Association of
Independent Colleges and Universities
President, Pacific Lutheran University
Dr. William H. Foege
Senior Advisor, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation,
Senior Advisor, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation,
Member, American College of Epidemiology,
Member, American Medical Association,
Board Member, Rockefeller Foundation; The Casey Foundation
Board of Regents, Pacific Lutheran University
Mr. Yunxiang Wang
Ambassador, Consul General of The People?�s Republic of China in
San Francisco (1999-2004)
Wang Center Advisor for International Programs at Pacific
Lutheran University
Mr. Sidney Rittenberg
Recipient of the first Peace Maker Award in 2003 from the Wang
Center for International Programs,
Consultant to many Fortune 500 corporations with business
interest in China
Mr. Richard N. Hildahl
International Development Projects on behalf of the World Bank
and several multi-lateral organizations
Board of Regents, Pacific Lutheran University
Dr. Robert Thomas
Dean, College of Sciences and
Dean, College of Liberal Arts
Wayne State University
Thesis advisor to over twenty Chinese Ph.D. Students in physics
Dr. Janet Rasmussen
Executive Director, Wang Center for International Programs,
Elected Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
Harvard University Ph.D. in Germanic Language and Literatures
VISION AND SCOPE:
In addition to the great and worthy goals of this initiative in China discussed above, my personal motivation is to provide additional scholarships at the Wang Center of Pacific Lutheran University for highly qualified and motivated students who show commitment to lifetime service. Furthermore I hope to encourage and inspire others to join the cause of using technology effectively to promote education and literacy in areas of the world with an educational deficit.
My preference is to have a Deputy Premier of the State Council to be in charge of this project in China to insure its future success and support including adequate financial support from China and United States. At that time the proposed management would be reorganized and shall be dedicated to raise funds and long term planning.
Members of the International Open Source Association will come from the worldwide open-source community including open-source educators, investors and strategic partners.
The Open Source Institute could be a specific program under the Wang Center for International Programs of Pacific Lutheran University.
Our business model can be extended to cover all part of the globe and is not limited to China.
The initial core group of open-source experts in education will soon be formed with memberships from major computer industries and academic institutions.
BUDGET CONSIDERATIONS:
Digital Network to reach all interior China is approximately $25 millions plus annual maintenance costs. Costs in use of satellite and all radio transmissions are to be paid by the Chinese government.
Courseware and content development is dependent upon the level of support from Chinese Government.
Costs related to empowerment to high school teachers are dependent upon the support from major computer corporations and foundations.
It is estimated that the total initial funding needed to launch support of educational reform in China could be $50 millions.*3
QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS: Please contact:
Dr. Peter C.C. Wang
PO Box 234
Pebble Beach, CA 93953
Tel: 831-624-1694
Cell: 831-236-7670
E-mail: Petercwang@aol.com
Fax: 831-625-3702
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References
*1. Dr. Peter C. C. Wang is the Chairman of Wang Center Inc. and a Regent of Pacific Lutheran University.
*2. Wang, Peter C. C.. 'Overview: A Strategic Plan for Wang Center INC.,' "An e-mail to Dr. and Mrs. Tony Lei by Dr. Peter C. C. Wang," Pebble Beach, CA: Wang Center, Inc.

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PPAA18 ***** Friday, June 4, 2004 ***** #First Edition
Washington Business and Technology Institute (WBTI)
http://communitylink.reviewjournal.com/lvrj/wbti
Advisory Board: Governor Kenny Guinn, Chairman; U. S. Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign, Vice Chairmen; U. S. Representatives James Gibbons and Shelley Berkley, and Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman, Executive Directors.
U. S. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao
Chairperson
Dr. Tony T. Lei
President
District Judges Mark Denton and Valorie Vega
Vice Presidents
Dr. William N. Thompson
Director of Public Administration Institution
Dr. E. Lee Bernick and Dr. G. Keong Leong
Deans of Graduate School of Business and Public Administration
Dr. Sue Fawn Chung
Director of Culture Institution
Justice of the Supreme Court William Maupin, Attorney General Brian Sandoval, and District Judge Stewart Bell, Honorary Chairmen of Clark County District Attorney and Police Civil Commission (CCDAPCC)
District Attorney David Roger and Clark County Sheriff Bill Young
Chairmen of CCDAPCC
(702) 255-9058
*It's our pleasure to pay a tribute to the above officials who dedicate to the civic and community service spects of our organization in an honorary or adjunct capacity.
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Digging Up Our Past: Chinese Communities in Lumbering and Mining in late 19th Century California and Nevada
By Sue Fawn Chung, University of Nevada, Las Vegas*1
Have you ever thought about what it would be like if the community was predominantly Chinese? A 3-year project (1999-2001) with the U.S. Forest Service, UNR, UNLV, Wing Luke Museum in Seattle, and the Passport in Time volunteers provided me with the opportunity to explore life in the late 19th century Chinese mining community called Island Mountain in northeastern Nevada, about twenty-five miles from the Idaho border. Using oral histories, government documents, local records, court documents, photographs, newspapers, and archaeological finds, it has been possible to gain some insight into the character of this transitional Chinatown from 1873 until 1916.*2
In 1873 Emanuel Penrod left his ranch in Genoa in search of gold. He had been one of the original founders of the rich Comstock Lode in Virginia City, but sold out to Henry Comstock before the Lode became a bonanza. He eventually settled down with his wife and children in Genoa and worked in nearby Carson City, the capital of Nevada. When one of his sons died from a tragic accidental death in Carson City, he felt restless and hopped on the Central Pacific Railroad heading east.
The transcontinental, completed in May 1869, opened new areas for mining and among them was the new mining town of Tuscarora, Elko County, which boasted a Chinese population of 2,000, thus rivaling Virginia City and Gold Hill (the Comstock Lode). The Beard brothers had founded the site and brought Chinese workers to help develop the irrigation system needed first for placer mining and then hydraulic mining. The Chinese stayed and mined. There were two Chinatowns and several wealthy merchants, most notably Ah Lee Lake (b. 1855, immigrated 1869, still active 1910), who in the winter wore an ermine lined Chinese silk jacket and who traveled to San Francisco and China regularly to buy supplies for the miners in the area. Ah Lee Lake was the wealthiest Chinese in Elko County and had good relations with both the Chinese and non-Chinese communities. In Tuscarora, Chinese miners worked alone, in groups, or with miners of other ethnic origins. It was a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural community.
Penrod decided to search for a new placer mining site and headed in a northeastern direction after disembarking at the major Central Pacific roundhouse town of Carlin. Instead of heading toward Tuscarora, he went further to the northeast, about 75 miles, near the mining town of Bruno City that quickly became a ghost town. He came upon a 8,000 feet loaf-shaped mountain surrounded by clouds and called it ��Island Mountain.�� There, along with two friends, he discovered a rich new source of gold. He realized he needed water for more placer mining so he turned to Chinese workers, noted for their irrigation systems in China and in the Carson Valley, especially in Genoa, as well as Tuscarora. Eventually they brought in hydraulic mining equipment. A monitor had a force of 5,000 pounds under water pressure. A ��Little Giant�� monitor could blast 16,000 gallons of water a minute and wash away 4,000 cubic yards of earth in a 24-hour period. Penrod and his two associates struck it rich. With his newfound wealth, he ran for State Assembly and won a seat for one year in 1874-5. But his real success was at Island Mountain, where he, his wife, and children had settled and where he lived until 1897. Penrod estimated that during his 24 years at Island Mountain, he took out a quarter of a million dollars. He also set the precedent of allowing law abiding Chinese to remain relatively unmolested.
According to the 1875 state census, 50% of the population of Island Mountain was Euro-American and 50% was Chinese, a total of 50 people. Some of the ditch diggers and miners had come from nearby Tuscarora, Mountain City, and Placerville, Elko County. By 1880 there were 71 inhabitants of Island Mountain: 54 (76%) Chinese, of whom 45 (83%) were miners and the remainder: 4 cooks, 2 woodchoppers, 2 merchants, 1 laundryman, 1 loafer, and 1 prostitute; 6 Native Americans (2 women, 1 child, 1 medicine man, 2 hunters); and 11 Euro-Americans (2 women, 1 farmer, 2 teamsters, 6 miners), including William Allen Penrod and his wife, Rebecca. Nevada attracted the Chinese because its constitution allowed resident aliens to buy, own, and sell land. By 1897 the character of Island Mountain changed because Penrod had sold his interests to the Gold Creek Mining Company, and the company decided to develop a new town named Gold Creek about 3-5 miles away on flat land instead of hillside. There the Euro-Americans resided in their new buildings, but the local hotel had a Chinese cook (Ah Bing, b. 1854, immigrated 1880, single, replaced in 1920 by Charlie King, b. 1874, married). By 1900 there were only five Chinese officially living in Island Mountain. The Gold Creek Mining Company recognized the need to have a larger water supply and built the 137 acre Sunflower Reservoir (821/310 million gallons of water), employing approximately 200 Chinese workers and 89 other workers. Some of these Chinese workers probably remained in the area and a few moved into the recently abandoned houses in Island Mountain, now called Gold Creek��s Chinatown between 1897 and 1900. The Reservoir controlled the water from the canal system that the Chinese had built earlier and improved it to the point that it was maintained by a little boat that sailed along the canal system. Mining was possible only from approximately March to September/October, so most of the Chinese miners had other jobs or spent the winter elsewhere. According to the local newspaper, the average income from a season was $9,000 during peak years, so it was possible for miners to rest upon their laurels on a good year.
In 1903 Doctor and Mrs. Mathey visited Island Mountain and Gold Creek. A professional photographer, Hilda Mathey provided a visual of the town filled primarily with Chinese miners. Two notable residents stood out: Hong Lee and Hong Lem, two brothers who ran the local store on Peking Street for a total of 40 years. When one brother died, the other moved from Tuscarora to take over the business. When the U.S. government required a registration of Chinese businesses, the Hong Lee Store was duly recorded. They sold goods to the local population: Chinese, Native American, Euro-American. They carried American products such as sugar, maple syrup, bullets, and clothing as well as Chinese products, such as silks, rice wine, and preserved vegetables. The Hong Lee Store advertised in the newspaper. They welcomed visitors to the community and this was publicized in the newspaper, in particular, when a reporter traveled through the area and stopped at Hong Lee��s for the traditional shot of whiskey to fend off the freezing cold. Hong Lee��s was on the main route between Carlin/Elko (major Central Pacific/Southern Pacific stations) and Boise until the 1920s. The Chinese also shared their Chinese New Year��s celebration with everyone and ladies were often rewarded with silk handkerchiefs. Lem, as the merchant was called, purchased toads from the children, pickled them, and sent them to China. He probably collected pine nuts from the Native Americans and sent these back to China too.
Hong Lem��s store was well-constructed and branches of willow trees were used for the panes of the air-tight windows. There were at least two rooms in the store and in another building or room was three cooking areas �V probably for the different temperatures needed to boil hot water for tea, high heat for wok cooking, and lower heat for slow cooking, such as making soups. Shortly after 1903 Lem had made enough money to enter into the middle-class and put a middle-class wooden front on his store. His shop was a gathering place for many of the community members, most of whom had turned from mining to ranching as the years passed.
Nearby there was gambling in one of the buildings and the Chinese welcomed Native Americans and Euro-Americans to the gaming tables. Although there was one prostitute counted in 1880, it was more probable that women came to the town on a wagon from Tuscarora as the population decreased. Most of the Chinese miners were unmarried and many spent most of the lives away from women. A few probably married or lived with Native American women from the nearby Shoshone tribe.
Franklin Jesse Baker, a teamster, was among Lem��s close friends and they helped each other in time of need. For example, when Mrs. Baker��s sister was snowed-in and out of food, it was Lem who came to the rescue with provisions for the stranded family. One day Baker testified in court when two men tried to swindle Lem by selling him over $100 worth of goods for his store with the intent of never producing the products. By custom, Chinese testimony in court against whites, especially in criminal cases, were not regarded with any validity so Baker��s testimony was crucial in recovering the money for Lem. The Bakers, like the Martin family, invited Lem and his room mate to dinner and, according to Della Baker Johns, the daughter, ��Mother served what she would normally serve to the family with the exception of always including rice when they came for dinner.�� When Lem was ill, the Bakers and Martins often took him to the doctor in the neighboring town, either Tuscarora or Elko.
As isolated as it might seem to be, the Chinese of Island Mountain were concerned about larger issues. When the 1906 earthquake and fire wrecked San Francisco��s Chinatown, the Chinese in Elko raised money to help their brethen and Lem was among them. From a fragment of a book in Chinese found at the store, it was evident that someone read Chinese and was concerned with the newly established republic (post 1912). Undoubtedly it was Lem since he could sign his name in Chinese.
Lem��s roommate was known as China Joe. In 1910 he sent $1,000 back to his family in China -- $700 more than the average $300 sent to families in China. On the morning of August 2, 1910, he went duck hunting with Bob McKenzie and accidentally drowned in Sunflower Reservoir. Attempts to rescue him had been unsuccessful until the next day when they found him, a duck clutched in his hand. He was buried next to his brother in the local Chinese cemetery and from his headstone, it was revealed that the brothers came from western Guangdong. Thus differences that probably had existed in their homeland were obviously forgotten in their new homeland. Lem observed important Chinese traditions including the Qingming festival every year for the two brothers until his own death.
By 1916 the Hong Lee store disappears from the county tax rolls and one can presume that Lem either died or moved away to spend the last years of his life. With his departure, Island Mountain gradually became a ghost town and then disappeared. Gold Creek burned down in the 1920s and also became a ghost town with a sidewalk that leads nowhere. The Chinese community of Island Mountain thrived during a period of anti-Chinese movement elsewhere in the American west. The residents could establish positive relations with the larger community because of mutual economic benefits, the positive attitude of the community leaders toward other races and ethnic groups, and a frontier spirit that allowed positive interracial interactions.*3
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References
*1. Dr. Sue Fawn Chung is also Fellow and Director of the Cultutre Institution (CI) of Washington Business and Technology Institute (WBTI).
*2. Chung, Sue Fawn. 'Digging Up Our Past: Chinese Communities in Lumbering and Mining in late 19th Century California and Nevada,'
"An e-mail to Dr. Tony Lei from Dr. Sue Fawn Chung," (June 4, 2004), Las Vegas, Neveda: UNLV.
*3. Ibid.

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