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One Enchanted EveningTHE MUSEUM’S 21ST ANNUAL Chinese New Year Celebration was a night to remember. With 370 in attendance, it was our largest banquet to date and we were able to successfully raise over $40,000 for the Museum’s programs.

During the dinner speeches, I mentioned the famous story of Three Brothers Breaking Chopsticks (三兄弟折筷子). The story goes that three feuding brothers could not agree on anything. So, one day, their wise father gave them each a chopstick and asked them to break it. One by one, the chopsticks broke…snap! The father then took three chopsticks and put them together as one and asked the brothers to break it as a whole. One by one, the brother’s tried and failed. Together the assemblage was unbreakable. The moral, of course, is that alone we are weak, but together, united by our great mission we, SDCHM, can accomplish anything!

That night, we accomplished a great feat: this unforgettable banquet demonstrated the strength and generosity of our entire community! It would not have been possible without all who attended, as well as SDCHM Staff and volunteers. There are many who deserve special recognition for contributing to the success of the evening, and first among them are our Banquet Co-Chairs, Dolly Woo and Polly Liew who tirelessly worked to get every detail perfect. We must also thank our Mistress of Ceremonies, the talented Dr. Lilly Cheng, as well as our very gracious hosts Susan & Dee Lew, the owners of Pearl Chinese Cuisine. Robert Nelson and Jean Fujisaki donated hundreds of oranges from their orchard, and Donna Lee, with Kathleen Dang, compiled the best raffle prizes in our recent history. We had two corporate

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By Tiffany Wai-Ying Beres, SDCHM Executive Director

Above: The Chinese New Year Celebration banquet held at Pearl Chinese Cuisine in Rancho Bernardo.

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IN THIS ISSUE

One Enchanted EveningÄ

One-Stroke CalligraphyÄ

Propaganda PaintingsÄ

Dumplings & Family FunÄ

Fashion Valley’s Year of the Rooster

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Key to Chinese Typewriters

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Chinese New Year Fair

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SAN DIEGO CHINESE HISTORICAL MUSEUM

We thank the Honorary Circle for their annual contribution of $1,000 to SDCHM’s Operating Fund. With their support, SDCHM produces quality programs, educational courses, and special museum exhibitions. For more information on how to join the SDCHM Honorary Circle, please email us at [email protected].

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Museum StaffExecutive Director Tiffany Wai-Ying BeresTreasurer Dr. Teh-Hsuang (Tom) LeeMuseum Operations Manager Rashid S. HasirbafEducation & Events Coordinator Kathleen DangMarketing & Communications Coordinator Tanya AubinMuseum Registrar Tasha HobbsMuseum Registrar Jo Ann YangGuest Services Associate Amber Sykes

The mission of the San Diego Chinese Historical Museum is to educate and inspire by preserving and celebrating the richness of Chinese history, art, culture, and the contributions of Chinese Americans.

SDCHM的宗旨是教育和激勵

大眾，並保存和弘揚豐富的

中華歷史藝術文化，以及在

美華裔的貢獻.

Honorary AdvisorsMuseum Founder & Executive Director Emeritus Dr. Alexander ChuangCurator of Chinese American History Murray LeeAdministration Consultant Tom HomHistorian of Chinese History Dr. James Tung

Board of DirectorsMichael Yee, ChairRobert Nelson, Vice ChairDr. Teh-Hsuang (Tom) Lee, TreasurerLi-Ann Wong, SecretaryAngela Yu AlldredgeEleanor Bregman, Esq.Wayne ChanDiana Marjip - ChuhSawyer HsuDr. Polly LiewDr. Sheldon LouMarion SoDr. Sandra WawrytkoDr. Mark WheelerDolly Woo

Advisory BoardStephen ChinLi HuaiLee Ann KimSally Yu LeungDr. Wendy MaruyamaDr. Sarah SchneewindRobert SidnerKatrina W. Wu, Esq.

Honorary CircleJenny Benson 彭曹秀麗

Shu-Gar Chan 陳樹家

Dr. & Mrs. William & Margaret Chang 張慎四, 桂華珍

Dr. Winnie Wong Chase 黃安琪

Drs. Shu & Kuang-Chung Chien 錢煦, 胡匡政

David Du 余建強

Gary & Peggy Cheong Fong 徐佩文

Gorman & Delores Fong 方周明, 黃兆群

Norman Fong 鄺振南

Dr. & Mrs. Y.C. & Luna Fung, Dr. Conrad Fung 馮元禎, 喻嫻士

Fredrick & Deborah GerlachDr. Richard Henke 恒棋醫生

Tom & Loretta Hom 譚卓儀

Dr. Jaw Jim Hsieh 謝肇金

Ping-Shen & Daisy Kuan 關彬森, 林小蝶

Dr. & Mrs. George & Jean Cheng Kung 龔耘, 鄭瑾

Theresa Lai 黎霍德芬

Drs. Haldane & Susan Yee Liew 劉浩翰

Dr. & Mrs. Shao-Chi & Lily Lin 林紹基, 邵友理

Andrew P. & Grace C. Y. Lu 路平, 孟慶雲

Herbert & Betty Ma Lu 胡敦敏

Roxana Ou 江樂舜

Dr. & Mrs. Lu & Georgina Bien Sham 沈呂九, 卞韻濤

Larry & Theresa Song 宋良銘, 吳驄

Kwang G. & Grace Tan 譚光耿, 李麗君

Charles & Linda Tu 杜武青,張林

Drs. Charles & Lily Wang 王正平, 李惠英

Chen-Wai & Jing-Ling Wang 王振威, 鄭錦麟

Drs. Shen-Ye & Florence Wang 王善宜, 蘇芳子

Edward G. & Ellen G. Wong 黃文邁, 黃遇蓮

Joseph & Cathy Wu 黃文蕙

Drs. Jung Fu & Jennie Wu 吳榮富, 張翹楚

The San Diego Chinese Historical Society & Museum is funded in part by the City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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WELCOME

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TA BL E OF C ON T E N T S

Cover One Enchanted Evening:

Chinese New Year Celebration

2 Acknowledgments

3 Board Chair’s Letter

4 Director’s Update

5 One-stroke Calligraphy/ California Commercial

Abalone Fishing

6 Propaganda Paintings

7-9 Banquet Photo Gallery

10 Dumplings & Family Fun/

Fashion Valley’s Year of the Rooster

11 Key to Chinese Typewriters

12 Community Report

13 Education Highlights

14 Chinese New Year Fair

15 Funding & Donor Support

16 Support Our Chinese Museum

Michael Yee at the San Diego Chinese Historical Society and Museum’s annual banquet.

Dear SDCHM Family,Thank you to all of you who celebrated our Museum’s annual

dinner. It was an overflowing gathering of friends and family, and we can joyfully reflect on this incredible celebration as a symbol of the community support that exists for our Museum. I wish to thank the co-chairs of the dinner, Polly Liew and Dolly Woo, as well as the Museum board, and our individual and corporate sponsors for their generosity and belief in our institution. I also commend and am grateful to the tireless work of the staff and volunteer team, under Tiffany’s leadership, for the making it an unforgettable event.

I have a couple of stories to share. I chatted with a couple from Wisconsin, where I was born. They came to the museum through the clever cooperative admission with the Gaslamp Quarter Historical Foundation. They enjoyed the story I shared of the museum history, and the guarding stone lions, affectionately named Alex and Agnes, after the museum’s founding executive director and his wife. We miss them.

The wonderful Radical Machines exhibit included a 1913 dictionary published by China’s first modern publishing house Commercial Press. The founding leader of this firm was Xia Ruifang, my great-grandfather. My mother and I so enjoyed seeing the entire exhibition and the book on display.

Following this exhibit, I’m looking forward to Tom Hom’s Unseen Portrait exhibition opening on May 20th. As one of the founders of our San Diego Chinese Historical Society and Museum, we are greatly appreciative to him for honoring our Museum at his 90th birthday celebration.

On behalf of the Board of Directors, I want to thank you for supporting San Diego’s only Asian museum. Each of you contribute to its success through your donations, time, and energy and we encourage you to get more involved as we grow and flourish.

All the best,

Letter from The Board Chair

Michael YeeSan Diego Chinese Historical Society & Museum Board Chair


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THE YEAR OF THE ROOSTER IS A CHANCE AT a fresh start, a time for goal-setting and optimism that accounts for all the auspicious things that a new year brings. Here at SDCHM we have started the spring with wonderful news and momentum for an exciting year ahead. Radical Machines has seen record visitor attendance, and wonderful publicity including national coverage on NBC news! We collaborated with the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association of San Diego (CCBA) and the San Diego Chinese Center (SDCC) to stage the 35th Annual San Diego Chinese New Year Fair—the oldest and largest event in San Diego County to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year. As Education Sponsor of the fair, we organized two days of free learning activities and Chinese culture-related arts and crafts for children throughout the weekend. More than 1,000 children and adults joined in our activities! On top of that, our Chinese New Year Celebration Banquet was not only the best attended to date, but also lots of fun! To all of you that volunteered and/or attended these events, thanks for your participation and for helping us start the year off on the right track!

For our loyal readers, you have probably noticed that our quarterly newsletter looks different. Our great appreciation goes to Jean Fujisaki who helped to give these pages a fresh design makeover. The goal was to focus and streamline content, while also making the pages as accessible and beautiful as possible. Still a work in progress, we welcome your feedback and recommendations on these new changes.

This Rooster year we are also celebrating some very

generous patrons and sponsors who are investing in our future. Our sincerest thanks to Marion So who transferred stocks to the Museum valued at over $50,000. This is a donation, which will strengthen our endowment, will ensure our museum’s growth in years to come. There are countless other donors and volunteers who deserve to be acknowledged for channeling their philanthropy to help support San Diego’s only Asian culture museum. Please see our report on p. 15. Together, we will elevate SDCHM to a whole new level!

We also want to recognize the generosity of one of our founders, Tom Hom, who, for his 90th birthday asked his family and friends to contribute to the Museum in lieu of a gift. More than $17,500 was raised in his honor! Thank you to all of you for your generous contributions and we hope that you will join us on May 20, when we will present Tom’s Unseen Portrait: The Art of Tom Hom. Most of us know Tom Hom as a talented politician, businessman and father; our upcoming exhibition will trace Tom’s accomplishments as an artist, from his cartoons penned in the 1950s to his more recent watercolors that explore life as a Chinese American.

SDCHM’s history is rich and its collection is deep. I urge you to join our family in celebrating multiculturalism in the community this Rooster Year! With lots of fun events and exhibitions planned this season, I promise you’ll enjoy what we have to offer.

Below (l to r): Theresa Lai, Dr. Sarah Schneewind, and Marion So, Board Member.

Tiffany Wai-Ying Beres (center) with Banquet Co-Chairs Polly Liew and Dolly Woo.

Message from the Executive DirectorBy Tiffany Wai-Ying Beres, SDCHM Executive Director

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BASED IN UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, Hsi Fang Temple (also known as San Diego Buddhist Association) is a Chinese Buddhist temple that promotes Humanistic Buddhism. It was founded by the Venerable Master Hsing Yun in 1989. Hsi Fang Temple was built to serve those who are interested in learning Buddhism, Chinese culture, meditation, and acts as a bridge of cultural exchange between the East and the West.

One-Stroke Calligraphy at Fashion Valley Mall By Venerable Miaozhang, San Diego Buddhist Association

It is associated with the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist order in Taiwan as well as the Hsi Lai Temple in Hacienda Heights, California and over two hundred branch temples in the five continents worldwide today.

Having propagated the Dharma for over seventy years, Venerable Master Hsing Yun has continued to inspire people through cultural and educational endeavors. Writing with his heart, he has thus created his incredible One-Stroke Calligraphy.

The Venerable Master’s exhibition has toured many countries around the world. During this year’s Lunar New Year, San Diego Buddhist Association had the privilege to collaborate with Fashion Valley Mall, San Diego Chinese Women’s Association, and San Diego Chinese Historical Museum in putting together the Lunar New Year Celebration as well as Venerable Master’s One-Stroke Calligraphy on exhibit in Fashion Valley. This has given us another opportunity to reach out further to the San Diego community and collaborate with many wonderful cultural organizations.

“One-Stroke Calligraphy” by Venerable Master Hsing Yun on display at Fashion Valley Mall.

POBy Dr. Todd Braje, San Diego State University, Author of Shellfish for the Celestial Empire

AT THE DAWN OF THE CALIFORNIA GOLD Rush, California coastal waters teemed with marine life, especially fish and shellfish. Famously, Chinese immigrants, like many others from around the globe, arrived on the docks of San Francisco Bay and initially were welcomed as part of the new California economy. But in the face of growing anti-Chinese sentiments, many émigrés retreated to the state’s social, economic, and geographic margins. It was Chinese immigrant fishermen who first recognized the commercial potential of massively abundant black abalone available along California’s central and southern coast. By 1853, Chinese immigrants realized the fortune to be made in fishing, processing, and exporting intertidal black abalone of southern and Baja California. Originating from a traditional fishing province in China, many Chinese immigrants came with the skills and knowledge to be successful fishermen. From these humble beginnings, they founded the commercial California abalone fishery and were responsible for its growth and expansion over the next several decades.

Dr. Todd Braje and his students at San Diego State University have meticulously documented the diverse archaeological record of Chinese black abalone harvesting along the Northern Channel Islands, located off of the Santa Barbara coast. Braje’s new book, Shellfish for the Celestial Empire: The Rise and Fall of Commercial Abalone Fishing in California, is the culmination of over a decade of field, archival, and laboratory work and explores the history of Chinese abalone fishing in southern California, using the Northern Channel Islands as a case study. Braje uncovers how and why Chinese immigrants founded the commercial abalone

fishery in California, the ways in which they managed the fishery for decades, and the erosion and collapse of the fishery after the Chinese were forced out by xenophobia and intolerance. Braje argues that lessons from history and archaeology can help restore healthy abalone communities in California and avoid future crises. There are lessons to be learned from history; we just need to know where to look and how to see and interpret them.

The Genesis of California Commercial Abalone Fishing


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sponsors: U.S Trust, represented by Board Member Angela Yu Alldredge, and the law firm of Seltzer Caplan McMahon represented by Advisory Board member Katrina Wu. There were also a number of individuals who sported us: Dr. Richard Henke, The Charles Wei-Hsun Fu Foundation, the Twin Dragon Foundation, and Sawyer Hsu. Lastly, we must also acknowledge an important supporter of SDCHM and the entire Asian Community, Supervisor Ron Roberts who gave a wonderful speech about the significance of the Museum in San Diego.

Throughout the night, we had several performers who captured the audience’s hearts: Xintong Zhao 赵欣彤, played the guzheng (the Chinese zither) and serenaded our ears with her poetic melodies. Xue Bin 雪彬, a local vocal talent, sang a beautiful Huamei Opera piece entitled “Flower Dialogue对花.” Tanya Aubin, SDCHM’s own Communications Coordinator, impressed us with her rendition of the classic song

“The Moon Represents My Heart 月亮代表我的心,” and lastly, Zhong Weiqi 鐘維奇 performed an ancient Chinese dramatic art that is part of Sichuan opera,“Face-Changing 變臉.” A skilled performer in more ways than one, he also demonstrated tremendous acrobatic feats when he also balanced a teapot on a straw!

It was an evening of laughter, smiles, and fun. When I was hired a year ago, I thought I had joined a small Chinese museum, I never imagined that I’d be adopted by such a large community family! I will certainly never forget this celebration and my heartfelt thanks goes to making our SDCHM New Year’s celebration so successful.

Images courtesy of Special Collections & Archives,UCSD.

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MIDWAY THROUGH MARCH, I PRESENTED MY RESEARCH on Hua Guofeng propaganda paintings in a weekend lecture at the museum. The “Hua era” of modern Chinese history, particularly the two crucial years between 1976 and 1978, tends to be overlooked, and the propaganda produced in this period is no exception. In the lecture, I used images from a variety of sources to show how Hua Guofeng’s 華國鋒 government couched itself in a rhetoric of political legitimacy. I argued that Hua’s painted persona was always dependent on appearing with politicized objects and/or people, the latter acting as foils to boost the leadership credibility of Hua himself. In this respect, I suggested that the propaganda paintings marked a departure from the more well-

known images made to glorify Mao Zedong in his lifetime (and after his death).

I undertook this research in 2016 as part of my graduate studies at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). UCSD itself carries a strong collection of 77 Chinese propaganda posters purchased in China in the 1970s by one of my supervisors, Professor Paul Pickowicz. The entire collection is viewable online in high-

resolution at http://library.ucsd.edu/dc/collection/bb67250839, so I welcome you to have a look at some of these enthralling images. Now is an exciting time for Chinese studies at UCSD: our Library is expanding its collections of books and materials, while the Department of History and the School of Global Policy and Strategy continue to develop strong ties with a variety of top Chinese academic institutions. UCSD has dozens of China-related events each year including collaborations with SDCHM, and you are always very welcome to come to campus and participate in these programs.

Propoganda Paintings of the Hua Guofeng Era

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By Matt Wills, Department of History, UC San Diego

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Banquet Highlights Photography By Paul Nestor

San Diego Chinese Brush Painting Society Members: Lisa Curry, Joanne Sullivan, and Portia La Touche

From top left, clockwise: Mark Wheeler & Alix Hart, Steve & Angela Alldredge, and Li-Ann Wong

Dee & Susan Lew, and County Supervisor Ron Roberts

Guzheng Performer Xintong Zhao

Mask Changing Performer Zhong Weiqi Dr. Russell & Carolyn Low Pattie Woo, Marion So, Cathy & Joseph Wu


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Friends and Family of Danny & Kitty Tow Dr. Lilly Cheng, Mistress of Ceremonies

Fah-Seong & Polly Liew with their grandkids, Sheridan & Harrison.

Friends and Supporters from the Mingei International Museum and Asian Arts CouncilVocalist Xue Bin performs Huamei Opera

Su Bing, Caroline Chinn, Sharon Garuba, and Melanie Marks Mitsuo Tomita, Cicely Meng, County Supervisor Ron Roberts and Ed Tsai

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Anthony & Susan Mournian, Jon & Kyung Pak of U.S. Bank, Wesley Quach of CCBA

Twin Dragon Foundation Sponsor Table

White Dragon Martial Arts & Mark Wheeler, Board Member

County Supervisor Ron Roberts & Tiffany Wai-Ying Beres

Danny & Kitty Tow with their Grand Basket prize highlighting Downtown San Diego museums and attractions

Friends and Family of Tom & Loretta Hom


Fashion Valley’s Year of the RoosterBy Margaret Peterson, San Diego Chinese Women’s Association

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Dumplings & Family FunBy Margaret Peterson, San Diego Chinese Women’s Association

SAN DIEGO’S 2017 CHINESE NEW Year celebrations included special activities at San Diego’s Fashion Valley Mall, thanks to a well-coordinated partnership between SDCHM, the San Diego Chinese Women’s Association (SDCWA), and the San Diego Buddhist Association (SDBA). Fashion Valley Mall welcomed the Year of the Rooster on January 28 with traditional lion dancers frolicking to cymbals and drums, and the Fortune God distributing chocolate gold coins to shoppers.

This year marked the first concerted effort by Fashion Valley to provide performances, displays and arts that would showcase the rich history behind the 15-day Spring Festival. Interested in an authentic, festive and family-friendly celebration, center management team The Simon Group and SDCWA gathered potential lead partners to explore possibilities for the Mall’s public activities. This core group included SDCHM Education Coordinator Kathleen Dang; Venerable Miaozang of the Buddhist Association and SDCWA Executive Board members that included President Lei Wai, Cindy Cheu, Emma Hom, Judy Lim and Margaret Wing-Peterson. The three organizations continued to provide Simon Group with technical assistance regarding local artists, performers and other resources.

What a great celebration it became! Red lanterns festooned Macy’s Center Court for the main stage where SDBA children’s

dance troupe delighted the audience with graceful moves and beautiful costumes. Window displays of one-stroke calligraphy by eminent monk, Venerable Master Hsing Yun, plus a vintage lion dancer costume with drum from the private collection of Susie and Ray Quon, enabled Mall visitors to admire and inspect more closely these unique forms of Chinese art.

The two weekends of activities provided other performances including demonstrations of Shaolin Kung Fu and various forms of Tai Chi, such as the Fan, Sword and Wudang Horsetail Whisk routines. Chinese calligraphers translated English names into Chinese characters for intrigued Fashion Valley visitors. The Mall also set aside a special area for children’s art activities and storytelling, provided by SDCHM staff and volunteers.

Partners were excited about this successful collaboration, which benefited everyone and set the stage for an anticipated return to Fashion Valley Mall for the 2018 Lunar New Year. The Mall found access to local, accurate and engaging cultural education for its visitors. Meanwhile, thanks to this opportunity from Fashion Valley Mall, SDCHM, SDCWA and SDBA were able to increase community awareness about their non-profit organizations, enhancing vital outreach in their parallel missions about cultural education and community service.

THERE’S NO BETTER WAY TO USHER in the Year of the Rooster than to slurp freshly boiled dumplings with 70 new friends!

Chinese food lore and customs became a real-life delicious experience for registrants, staff and volunteers at the SDCHM’s community dumpling-making celebration on Saturday, January 28. This was the first time the Museum sponsored such an event, and it was declared a great success by all attendees. They enjoyed a short slide show from Rachel Gao, SDCHM volunteer, who discussed the history and meaning of Lunar New Year celebratory foods, with extra emphasis on the significance of dumplings. After a demonstration from staff and volunteers, which included members from the San

Diego Chinese Women’s Association (SDCWA), the group then jumped into “hands-on” dumpling making. Children and adults of all ages learned how to fill and fold wrappers, then waited patiently for their handiwork to be boiled and served. Cooks could choose between traditional fillings of seasoned pork or egg-cellophane noodles and the enthusiastic crowd made—and ate—plenty of both. Attendees happily saw how to expand the deliciousness with sprinkles of scallions, soy sauces, chili paste and sesame oil. Full stomachs and lots of family-style fun were indeed an auspicious beginning to this Year of the Rooster!

The San Diego Chinese Women’s Association (SDCWA) has been a long-time supporter of SDCHM efforts to

promote awareness and understanding in the San Diego community regarding Chinese culture. Over the last 25 years, SDCWA’s philanthropic grants have provided financial support, materials, and volunteer power to SDCHM’s educational activities. We are so delighted to collaborate with our friends at SDCHM in sharing and educating the community on Chinese culture during this dumpling-making party.

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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IS often tacitly western, designed to meet the needs of North Americans and Europeans. However, Tom Mullaney, in his talk on Saturday, February 25, demonstrated the unique challenges of designing information technology in the East, and how this led to advances decades before Silicon Valley would get to them. To demonstrate his point, Tom posed the deceptively straightforward question, “what happens when you press a key on a keyboard?”

Almost any Westerner would tell you the same thing, “what you press is what you type!” This makes sense for an alphabet of 26 characters plus some symbols, but what about a language with over 70,000 characters? Finding the key you want to press would take far too long and would require quite a stretch! Early 20th century American media satirically posited building-sized typewriters with tens of thousands of keys, but this mischaracterizes the nature of the problem. Putting 70,000 keys on a device is engineering. Creating an interface that affords a person the ability to select 1 of 70,000 characters is design. A giant key-based typewriter for Chinese does

not make any sense. This solution for one language simply does not transfer to another.

Driving the human-centered theme home, we learned about how the first mechanical Chinese typing interface was conceived when Prof. Samuel Caldwell (c. 1959) learned from one of his international students how Chinese is written. Chinese characters are composed of a series of 8 basic strokes and the order in which these strokes are written does not vary from person to person. From this knowledge about people, the iterative design process could begin. Rather than selecting a character with a key press, you would select a stroke. With 8 basic strokes and around 30 compound strokes,

a stroke-based keyboard has a manageable number of keys to become familiar with and makes typing Chinese characters as intuitive as writing them.

That works great until you realize that some Chinese characters are composed of over 50 strokes. This is a lot of typing for just one character! Once you begin using this system, however, you realize that characters become uniquely specified after only a handful of strokes. In other words, after you type a few strokes, the system can PREDICT which character you want and fill in the rest of the strokes for you. That’s a predictive keyboard over 50 years before the iPhone came out of Silicon Valley!

Tom took us through many more artifacts and described the questions they represented from Chinese culture’s confrontation with the information age: from how to arrange movable type, to how to bootstrap an input for Chinese in an IT world dominated by the Latin alphabet.

Entering from stage right, Scott Klemmer pulled out his iPhone and asked the audience to recall their last phone with a physical keyboard. This confrontation highlighted how Westerners have begun to feel a pain experienced by the East a hundred years ago: there is not enough

room to fit all of the letters and symbols used for writing. And what has the most prevalent solution been? Predictive typing.

Armed with this perspective of intercultural design thinking we can examine the past and look forward with powerful new questions: Looking back at the history of information technology, we can gain a deeper understanding by asking, “if these people were speaking and writing Chinese, would they have even been asking these questions?” Looking at the problems of today and tomorrow, we can ask, “is this a brand new problem for the world or just my culture?” The right design may have been uncovered over a hundred years ago.

Key to Chinese TypewritersBy Ariel Weingarten, PhD Student in The Design Lab @ UCSD

Dr. Thomas S. Mullaney was interviewed by NBC Asian America inside the exhibit.

A grandmother and grandchild practice typing

Chinese on a modern

computer in the exhibition.


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Spring Community ReportJANUARY 4San Diego Museum Council ....... Kathleen DangMandarin Meetup ................................Rachel Gao

JANUARY 7Tai Chi Meetup .................................... Herman LiMuseum & Garden Tour ................. Tanya Aubin

Lecture & Book Signing Dr. Todd J. Braje, Associate Professor of Anthropology at SDSU presented his newly released book which sheds light on a group of enterprising Chinese immigrants who recognized the untapped resources along the coast of California.

JANUARY 11Mandarin Meetup ................................Rachel Gao

JANUARY 12SDUSD AERO .............................. Kathleen Dang

JANUARY 14Tai Chi Meetup .................................... Herman LiAPHD Walking Tour ................... Kathleen Dang


JANUARY 21Lecture & Exhibit OpeningSDCHM launched the international debut of Radical Machines: Chinese in the Information Age, which explores the seemingly impossible, yet technologically crucial Chinese typewriter – a machine that inputs a language with no alphabet, yet has more than 70,000 characters. The exhibition was curated by award-winning Stanford historian Dr. Thomas S. Mullaney.


JANUARY 28Tai Chi Meetup .................................... Herman Li

Make Your Own Dumplings Day SDCHM hosted a dumpling-making party to celebrate the Year of the Rooster. Staff and volunteers demonstrated how to fold the dumplings into auspicious shapes for a very lucky and tasty treat!

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Simon - Fashion Valley MallSDCHM hosted free arts and crafts for children in the Play Area of Fashion Valley Mall.

SDCHM collaborated with San Diego Chinese

Women’s Association and San Diego Buddhist Association to present special programming at Fashion Valley Mall to celebrate the Lunar New Year.

FEBRUARY 1-28SDMC & Macy’sSDCHM provided half-off admission as part of the San Diego Museum Council and Macy’s Museum Month for the entire month of February.

FEBRUARY 1Mandarin Meetup ................................Rachel Gao

FEBRUARY 3

Liberty StationSDCHM featured three artists from the Chinese Brush Painting Society who conducted a live painting demonstration that displays the ancient art of Chinese brush painting and calligraphy for Friday Night Liberty.

FEBRUARY 4Museum & Garden Tour ................. Tanya AubinMacy’s UTC ................................... Kathleen Dang

FEBRUARY 5New Children’s MuseumSDCHM hosted free arts and crafts for children in the lobby of The New Children’s Museum to celebrate Chinese New Year and children’s art making.


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35th Annual San Diego Chinese New Year Food & Cultural FairIn partnership with San Diego Chinese Center and Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association, SDCHM presented children’s arts and crafts activities, storytelling, and celebrity guests for all visitors from the SDCNY Food & Cultural Fair.

FEBRUARY 14San Diego History Center ........... Kathleen Dang


FEBRUARY 18Third Saturday Lecture ................ Kathleen Dang


FEBRUARY 25Tai Chi Meetup .................................... Herman Li

Chinese Computing & the Future of I.T. SDCHM hosted Dr. Thomas S. Mullaney and Scott Klemmer of UC San Diego in a lecture and dialogue on Chinese telegraphs, typewriters, and computers.

MARCH 1San Diego Museum Council ...Rashid S. HasirbafMandarin Meetup ................................Rachel Gao

MARCH 4Tai Chi Meetup .................................... Herman LiMuseum & Garden Tour ............. Kathleen Dang

Special Lecture Matthew Wills, PhD. Candidate at UC San Diego, presented a lecture that sheds light on the propaganda drawings of Chairman Mao’s successor, Hua Guofeng and discusses its use and statement in that political era of China.

MARCH 8Mandarin Meetup ................................Rachel Gao

MARCH 11Tai Chi Meetup .................................... Herman LiAPHD Walking Tour ................... Kathleen Dang


MARCH 18Tai Chi Meetup .................................... Herman LiThird Saturday Lecture ....................... Herman Li


MARCH 25Tai Chi Meetup .................................... Herman Li

MARCH 25-26Open House San DiegoSDCHM opened its Mission Building doors for free admission and offered building tours to celebrate architecture, urban design, and the built environment with the San Diego Architectural Foundation. SDCHM’s Mission Building is featured as an Orchid winner and a historic site of Downtown San Diego.


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Education Highlights

Two UC San Diego students compete in a Chinese versus English typing competition during the opening of Radical Machines.

Kathleen Dang presented a lecture to the Rotary Club of Rancho Bernardo on the Asian Pacific Islander Formation of San Diego.

SDCHM hosted free arts and crafts activities at The New Children’s Museum for Chinese New Year!

The cutest panda emerged from our San Diego Chinese New Year Children’s Activities!

EDUCATION OUTREACH

DePortola Middle School . . . . . 32

White Sands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Rancho Bernardo Library . . . . . 60

Mount Everest Academy . . . . . . . . 8

Vista Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Ocean Knoll Elementary . . . . . 100

Rancho Penasquitos Library . . . 40

San Diego Co-Operative . . . . . . . 51

Francis Parker School . . . . . . . . . 44

Coronado Public Library . . . . . . 30

Carmel Valley Library . . . . . . . . . 40

North Clairemont Library . . . . . 30

Pacific Beach Library . . . . . . . . . . 30

Banyan Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

La Jolla Riford Branch Library . . 30

Bird Rock Elementary . . . . . . . . . 26

Carmel Mountain Library . . . . . 20

Fletcher Elementary . . . . . . . . . . 78

The Country School . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Del Mar Pines School . . . . . . . . . . 22

Southwest High School . . . . . . . 18

La Jolla Elementary . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Hidden Valley Middle School . 161

Chammakilawish School . . . . . . . 13

Jewish Family Service . . . . . . . . . . 10

Coleman University . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Edison Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Ideate High Academy . . . . . . . . . . 22

Out & About . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Bear Valley Middle School . . . 308

San Dieguito Newcomers . . . . . . . 20

Rotary Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Temecula Valley Charter . . . . . . 29

Black Mountain Middle School .180

Coronado Middle School . . . . . 224

SDCAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Cathedral Catholic High . . . . . . 30

Total Student Participants 1,805

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SPECIAL EVENT

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The 35th Annual San Diego Chinese New Year Fair

A Fair in the Spirit of CollaborationBy Kathleen Dang, SDCHM Education & Events Coordinator

ON THE WEEKEND OF FEBRUARY 11 & 12, THE Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association of San Diego (CCBA), the San Diego Chinese Center (SDCC), and SDCHM came together to stage the 35th Annual San Diego Chinese New Year Fair, the oldest and largest event in San Diego County to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year. MyMy Lu, CCBA Board Member, “As neighbors who share the mission of preserving and promoting Chinese culture, CCBA was pleased to work with SDCHM at the Chinese New Year Fair to showcase a historic and educational perspective of the Chinese community. This collaboration is part of a larger partnership we look forward to fostering with SDCHM to positively impact our community.”

Free to the public and held on Third Avenue & J Street in San Diego’s historic Chinatown district, this important event seeks to increase awareness of Asian communities in the San Diego region. This year, over 10,000 people joined in the annual celebration, with food and commercial booths, continuous live cultural performances on stage, lion and dragon dancers, an Asian Story Theater, cultural displays, and family educational programs throughout the day.

Due to organizational changes, CCBA took over leadership and financial responsibility for the fair this year. The Museum was a partner in this transition effort and collaborated

by acting as “Educational Sponsor” of the fair: organizing two days worth of educational programming and free Chinese culture-related arts and crafts for children throughout the weekend. We also invited special guests such as Bamboo Panda, mascot from the San Diego Zoo and local children’s book author Dr. Virginia Loh-Hagan to read her book PoPo’s Lucky Chinese New Year.

The Museum was thrilled to participate this year as more than 1,000 children and adults participated in these Museum-led educational events throughout the weekend, a significant increase from years before when SDCHM did not host the education programs. Informal feedback from parents was very positive, and we hope to expand our offerings again next year.

Photos, top: CCBA’s San Diego Lucky Lion Dancers and the Southern Sea Lion Dance Team perform in front of the Museum. Above: Kathleen Dang, SDCHM Education & Events Coordinator, read ‘The Year of the Rooster’ by Oliver Chin with the help of Bamboo Panda from the San Diego Zoo.Left: Dr. Virginia Loh-Hagan, local author, presented her newest book ‘PoPo’s Lucky Chinese New Year.’

Thank you to all our volunteers and friends who visited throughout the weekend. We look forward to continued collaboration on the fair as we continue growing this important public New Year’s tradition in our community.

SPRING 2017

FUNDING & DONOR SUPPORT

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Report by Dr. Teh-Hsuang Lee, Museum Treasurer

Archive & Learning Center Building Fund

In Honor of Tom Hom

Current Quarter DonationsAnonymous ...........................................$10,000.00Jenny Benson...........................................$1,000.00Todd J. Braje .................................................$50.00Joseph & Helena Chan ..............................$500.00Carol Chang ...............................................$200.00York & Terry Chen ....................................$100.00Theresa Cheng ...........................................$100.00Edward & Diana Chuh ...........................$5000.00Lu Dai ..........................................................$100.00Richard Henke ........................................$1,000.00Morgan Hickman ......................................$500.00Edward & Lorraine Kleeman ...................$200.00Shirley Kloe ..................................................$90.00Sally Yu & Hok Pui Leung ........................$500.00Fah-Seong & Polly Liew............................$800.00Caroline Marks ............................................$25.00Walter & Mary Munk ................................$200.00Robert C. Nelson & Jean A. Fujisaki ....$1,380.00Howard & Carole Robin ...........................$500.00Howard & Judith Rubenstein ...................$250.00Francoise & Salim Shah ............................$100.00Kwan L. & Marion Miulam So ..............$2,394.00Seaver Soon ................................................$100.00Hung-chao & Julia Tai ..............................$100.00Mitsuo & Patricia A. Tomita ....................$300.00Sandra A. Wawrytko ..............................$1,000.00Edward G. Wong ....................................$5,850.00Joseph & Vivian Wong ..............................$500.00Li-Ann Wong ...............................................$30.00Simon L. Wong ..........................................$500.00De-Min & Chin-Sha Wu ..........................$100.00Michael & Criselda Yee ...............................$30.0021st Century China Center - UCSD ....$1,000.00Balboa Thrift & Loan ................................$500.00Mia/Feng Family Foundation ...............$1,000.00SDGE ........................................................$2,500.00Seven Mile Casino ..................................$5,000.00Sudberry Family Trust ..............................$500.00Twin Dragon Foundation Fund............$1,350.00 (Jewish Community Foundation)US Bank ...................................................$2,500.00Subtotal ....................................... $47,849.00

Ruth Allsbrook ...........................................$100.00Brenda Baker & Stephen Baum ...............$360.00Jenny Benson..............................................$100.00Magdolna F. Bornemisza ............................$35.00Barbara J. Brown ........................................$100.00James S. Brown........................................$2,500.00Ron & MeiJean Chan ..................................$50.00Russell & Evelyn Chan ..............................$100.00George & Edna Chow ...............................$100.00Thomas Cohen ...........................................$150.00Nancy A. Curcio ..........................................$40.00Zu Hua Dai ...................................................$50.00Burnsam & Bonnie Dang .........................$500.00Carolyn Eckhart ...........................................$10.00Eileen J. Ingrande ........................................$50.00Gorman & Delores Fong ..........................$150.00Randolph Fong ............................................$75.00Katherine L. Goo .........................................$20.00Adrienne R. Hom ......................................$100.00David & Lorraine Hom .............................$100.00Edward Ricca & Janice Hom ......................$50.00Mary Lou Hom ..........................................$100.00 Natsumi Hom...............................................$50.00

Alexander & Agnes Chuang............. $273,000.00Richard & Sophia Henke .....................$75,000.00Shu-Gar Chan .......................................$70,000.00Fah-Seong & Polly Liew.......................$50,000.00Hwei-Chih & Julia Hsiu Endowment Fund .$20,000.00Richard & Laura Bregman...................$15,000.00

(matching from Bank of America Foundation)Anonymous ...........................................$11,100.00Gene Lay ................................................$11,000.00Pei Chi & Rosalind Chou ......................$4,000.00Wu Chung Hsiang & Vicky Ching .......$1,000.00Robert E. Lee ...........................................$1,000.00Charles & Linda Tu ................................$1,000.00Chen-Wai & Jin-Ling Wang ..................$1,000.00Jim Yow & Suzie Hom ...............................$500.00Sherwin & Julie F. Wang ...........................$500.00Robin G. & Tammy Tran Low..................$200.00Michael & Criselda Yee .............................$200.00Grand Total .............................. $534,500.00

Endowment Fund

Hwei-Chih & Julia Hsiu Endowment Fund $90,000.00Suzanne & Shu-Gar Chan ..................$75,000.00Richard Henke .....................................$75,000.00Kwan L. & Marion So ........................ *$60,000.00Theodore Tchang .................................$50,000.00Jung Fu & Jennie C.C. Wu ..................$31,000.00Alexander & Agnes Chuang...............$30,000.00Fah-Seong & Polly Liew......................$22,500.00Tom & Dorothy Lee ............................$20,000.00Shao-Chi & Lily Lin ............................$20,000.00Andrew & Grace Lu ............................$25,000.00Andrew C. & Janet C. Wang...............$19,000.00Norman & Pauline Fong .....................$17,000.00Genghis Khan California, Inc. ...........$13,300.00Shu & Kuang-Chung Chien ...............$13,000.00Drumright Memorial Fund ................$10,000.00Tom & Loretta Hom ............................$10,000.00Sandra Wawrytko/Fu Foundation .....$10,000.00Joseph & Vivian Wong ........................$10,000.00Winnie Wong Chase ...........................$10,000.00James Ho ................................................. $7,500.00Y.C. & Luna Fung .................................. $8,600.00Lilly Cheng ............................................. $5,000.00Peter Shih ................................................ $5,000.00George & Jean Kung .............................. $4,000.00Anthony Y.H. & Lillian W. Lu .............. $4,000.00

(matching from Merck Partnership for Giving)Charles & Linda Tu ............................... $3,200.00Dee & Susan Lew ................................... $3,000.00Robert E. Lee .......................................... $2,000.00Jack & Shirley Fu ................................... $1,000.00Ernest Chun-Ming & Huei-Jen Huan . $1,000.00Stuart H. & Irene W. Hurlbert ............. $1,000.00Theresa F. Lai .......................................... $1,000.00Murray & Gladys Lee ............................ $1,000.00Edward G & Ellen G Wong .................. $1,000.00Gorman & Delores Fong ...................... $1,500.00Michael & Criselda Yee ............................ $400.00Chun & Donna Lee .................................. $200.00Robin G. & Tammy Tran Low................. $200.00Raymond & Lillie Cheung ....................... $100.00Milton Low & Lynn Low ....................... *$100.00Howard & Judith Rubenstein .................. $100.00Steve & Susanna Kuei ................................. $50.00Grand Total ..............................$661,750.00

Wellman & Susan Hom ........................... $100.00Neta Howo ................................................. $150.00Celia T. Hsiao ...............................................$25.00Nanson & Sylvia Hwa .................................$50.00Janice & John Hom ......................................$50.00Yupeng Jiao ................................................ $100.00Marcon & Susan Joe ................................. $100.00John & Valarie C. Hom ............................ $300.00Lee Ann Kim ................................................$90.00Virginia Kim ............................................. $100.00Kris & Ron Cho ........................................ $150.00Mary N. Kruse .............................................$10.00Hwa-Wan & Carol Kwan ......................... $100.00Alan K. Lee ................................................ $100.00Chun & Donna Lee .................................. $200.00Francis T. Lee ............................................ $300.00Kathy & Menie Lee ................................... $100.00Kim & Carole Lee ..................................... $100.00Murray & Gladys Lee ............................... $100.00Steve & Nancy Leong ..................................$30.00Dee & Susan Lew ...................................... $200.00Fah-Seong & Polly Liew........................... $200.00James & Melinda Lim .............................. $200.00Karen Lim .....................................................$50.00Fei Liu ........................................................ $100.00Betty Lou Look ............................................$20.00Milton & Lynn Low .....................................$90.00Brian & Sandra Lum ................................ $100.00J.B. & L.K. Lum ......................................... $100.00Linsien Lum .............................................. $100.00John & Kathryn Ma .....................................$90.00Ping Ma ...................................................... $100.00Thomas H. Mang ...................................... $400.00Xing Mao ................................................... $100.00Mary L. Jung .................................................$50.00William & Shirley McClure ..................... $100.00Meribel W. Lee .............................................$20.00Walter & Mary Munk ............................... $250.00Margaret Iwanaga Penrose ................... $5,000.00Roberto Pizzuto & Camille Perna .......... $500.00Sandra Rowe .................................................$25.00David & Grace Seid .....................................$50.00Sheryl Sherman ............................................$90.00Carol Showley ..............................................$25.00Michael & Rosemary Stepner ....................$90.00Sylvia C. Lum & James Bagansky ........... $100.00Steven M. Uyeji ......................................... $100.00Adrienne D. & Juan C. Vargas ................ $100.00Harry & Jean Wan .................................... $100.00Patricia Welsh ........................................... $100.00James & Laurie Wen ................................. $100.00Mark Wheeler ........................................... $100.00Peter R. Wheeler ....................................... $100.00Andrew & Beatrice V. Wilson ................. $200.00Al & Patsy Wong ..........................................$25.00Betty Wong ................................................ $100.00Edward G. Wong ...................................... $500.00Hubert & Beverley Wong ........................ $100.00Joe & Sharon F. Wong .................................$50.00Sharon Wong & David Darl .......................$50.00Song & Sue Wong ........................................$25.00Grant & Lila Yee ........................................ $100.00The Well-Grow Foundation .................... $200.00Tyler and Susan Cramer Fund ................ $250.00 (Jewish Community Foundation) Subtotal .......................................$17,595.00Additions to Endowment .........$50,100.00Grand Total ..............................$115,544.00

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dr. sun yat-sen memorial extension

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chuang archive & learning center

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