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President’s Report

Our sincere thanks to China Cultural Centre for giving

our members such an interesting and enjoyable August

lunchtime meeting. They showed videos and explained

the culture and traditions behind the Spring Festival

and the Lantern Festival celebrations. We were taught

to make glutinous rice balls - see recipe elsewhere in

this Bulletin. There was also an exhibition curated by

Shen Jiawei of some of his own paintings and those of

Chinese artists who had their paintings in the finals of

the Archibald Prize over the years.

Our evening meeting featured ACFS Committee

member Architect Robert Dodgson, who gave us

glimpses of his life in China and his exciting future

projects in Australia. It was lovely to meet Mia, his

lovely Shanghai wife, and daughter Snow. Dinner at our

favourite Haymarket Chinese Restaurants ended a

delightful evening.

Other events attended were:

■ A talk by former diplomat Cavan Hogue on Putin and

Russia

■ The Peace Foundation's book 'Conversations in

Peace' launched by Dame Marie Bashir at Gleebooks

■ ACRI talk by Hugh White

Dr David Ng and Hans (Johnny) Schneider are our

September speakers and I look forward to catching up

with some of you then.

We are planning a 'Spirit of Mao's Long March' Tour to

China in October 2016. Details will be published in the

October Bulletin.

Margaret Yung Kelly, President, August 2015

Donations:

Many thanks to Dr Rosita Holenbergh and

Ms Carol Lindsay for their kind donations.

Welcome New Members

Mr James Duker and Mr Jerome Prince Foster;

Ms Cherie Rawson-Harris.

NB: Note to Members:

Please advise if you would like to receive your Bulletins by email. Please email ACFS at:

acfsnsw@acfsnswi.com.au

Upcoming Tour:

Harbin Ice Sculptures Tour, Jan 2016, with Tour Leader

Christine Wong. Please register your interest.

ACFS Library

ACFS has a great collection of books and magazines on

China both in English and Chinese. The books and

magazines are both non-fiction and fiction and date

back over 70 years. The list of books is published on our

website http://www.acfsnsw.org.au/joomla/. Further

to the note in the last bulletin, the ACFS Library will be

open to members to browse and borrow books

between the hours of 10.15am to 12.00pm every

Tuesday. The period of borrowing will be 4 weeks but

can be renewed if not reserved by another member.

Please contact Mark Seeto before going to the library.

Contact:

Mark Seeto on

0417 691 988 mseeto@bigpond.net.au

ACFS President Margaret Kelly with

ACFS Patron Prof Dame Marie Bashir

at Gleebooks for the launch of the

Peace Foundation’s ‘Conversations in

Peace’

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Dates for your Diary:

ACFS Regular Activities

Qigong: Every Wednesday, 10am, Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts, 280 Pitt Street, Sydney, exercise class $15.

Call Miranda Ho on 0402 918 383

Mandarin: Every Tuesday. General Language class 10.30am-12noon in our ACFS Rooms, $17. Contact Mark Seeto,

ph. 0417 691 988 or email mseeto@bigpond.net.au

FILM – FENG SHUI

When: 6pm, 11 September 2015 (Friday)

Where: China Cultural Centre in Sydney

Director: Wang Jing

Stars: Yan BinYan, Chen Gang, Jiao Gang, Li Xian

Duration: 118 Minutes

Subtitle: English

Cost: Free

The film is set in the city of Wuhan in 1990s. Ma

Xuewu, head of the general affairs office of a state

owned factory movies into a new apartment

provided by the factory, together with his wife Li

Baoli, who works at a socks shop. However, the

move is by no means the beginning of a happier life

for the family. Ma suggests a divorce, his wife finds out about his these changes in life and the pressure that comes with them, Ma takes his

own life. Baoli’s best friend, Xiao Jing, believes that all the mishaps are due to the bad Feng Shui of their new house, calling it a heart shot

by then thousands arrows. Baoli, the strong-minded widow, refuses to yield to her destiny, yet is determined to support the whole family

on her own.

EXHIBITION - ANIMATION SHORTCODE

PLEASE NOTE: Our ACFS October lunchtime meeting will be a visit to

yhis Exhibition on the 7th of October.

Date &Time: 10am-1:00pm &2:00pm-5:00pm

Tuesday to Saturday, 19 Sep-10 Oct 2015 (Except 1, 2 & 3 Oct)

Venue: China Cultural Centre in Sydney,

Level 1,151 Castlereagh Street, Sydney

Entry: Free

In China, Hunan is entitled as “the Forerunner of Animation” and

“the Capital of Original Animation”.

Specially designed for Sydneysiders,

this “Fantastic Hunan” Animation Exhibition consists of video screening

zone, experience zone, parent-child zone and display zone, exhibiting new animation works and products of Hunan. Twenty

animation films will be shown, such as Crazy Magic, Shanmao and Jimmy, Splendid China—Hunting

Treasures and The Story of Hongmao and Lantu. Fifteen mobile and web games,including Manor Era and Constellation Hunter can be exper

ienced on the spot. The exhibition employs full use of parent-child experience, challenging missions

and mobile APP experience shows, allowing visitors to enjoy the real spirit of Hunan Animation. We welcome Sydneysiders to explore this

fantastic exhibition at China Cultural Centre in Sydney.

The ACFS

Bulletin is kindly

sponsored by:

Ph: 1300 764 224; email: ctstours@chinatravel.com.au

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ACFS social activities

ACFS August meeting

With Robert Dodgson at

CHINA BOOKS, and at

dinner below.

Making sticky rice balls with sesame filling

for Spring Festival at the

China Cultural Centre, Sydney.

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Happy

Spring

Festival!

China's transition to innovation hub

By Peter Cai , China Spectator, 19 /8/2015

The Chinese like to remind people that they are to

thank for a many invention including gunpowder, the

compass, printing and papermaking. Today, we’d

probably refer to them as ‘disruptive technologies’ as

they fundamentally transformed the way things were

done. The reason that China is so keen to remind the

world of its incredible creativity of the past is its

lacklustre present-day performance.

These days, it is common for China-watchers to ask

if the country can innovate as it transforms from the

world's factory to a nation based on developing cutting

edge science and technology? Some leading Western

business people don’t think the Chinese can do it.

Take Carly Fiorina, the former CEO of Hewlett-Packard,

who, before declaring her candidacy for the presidency

of the US mocked China’s ability to innovate: “ …Yeah,

the Chinese can take a test, but … they are not terribly

imaginative. They’re not entrepreneurial, they don’t

innovate. That is why they are stealing our intellectual

property.”

China-bashing has become something of a US

presidential election ritual among candidates.

“We invest in 3,000 people here. We contribute a lot

to the development of Microsoft’s global products. If

we don’t contribute anything in terms of innovation,

why should the company invest in China? It would be

totally unthinkable,” Mr Hon told Business Spectator.

“I can say that for all the multinational companies

based here in China.”

Hon, an internationally recognised expert in speech

technology, says the idea that Chinese companies

simply copy Western technology and business models

is out of date. Hon says it was fair to make that point

few years ago, but says it is no longer valid.

“Now, it is no longer true. I see some of the

innovations for the first time in China. China absolutely

has first-rate stuff to show the world, I would even say,

in some areas, it leads the world,” he says.

The veteran computer scientist says that Chinese

companies are particularly good at combining,

integrating and improving business models, processes

and technology.

A recent report by McKinsey Global Institute, titled The

China Effect on Global Innovation, supports Hon’s take.

The report finds China is now taking the global lead in

two areas of innovation, namely in improving

consumer products and in improving manufacturing

processes. To take Tencent as an example, its average

revenue per user was $US16 in 2014, $US10 more than

Facebook. The Chinese computing giant generates

most of its revenue from online gaming.

Hon also identifies two areas where the Chinese are

overtaking the US: mobile internet and mobile

payment.

“Forty per cent of transactions in the US are still being

done through cheques,” according to Hon. He then

pointed at me and noted: “The kids your age have

never seen a cheque. In terms of mobile payment,

more innovation will come from China.”

Indeed, during a recent trip to China it was obvious to

me that mobile payment through WeChat is

ubiquitous. When I tried to pay a taxi driver in cash, he

seemed mildly frustrated and asked: “Can’t you do it

through WeChat?”

According to Hon, Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of

Facebook, is taking hints from Chinese internet giants

in terms of mobile payment. There you go, a Silicon

Valley giant learning from a Chinese upstart, something

no one could imagine just a few years ago.

China’s sheer number of consumers also help their

companies to thrive. Chinese consumers are ready

adopters of smart phones, social media and e-

commerce. “That part I have so much confidence in,

because if you look at China in terms of mobile

internet usage, it is far more than anywhere else in the

world. So they have an environment that is better than

anyone else,“ he says.

The Taiwanese-born scientist says that although China

is not yet at the forefront in terms of ground-breaking

disruptive technologies, it is nevertheless good at

inventing ‘Uber-type’ innovation.

“If you look at the companies that generate the most

wealth, it is the ones that combine technology with

better business process and models,” he said. “Uber is

that type of innovation.”

If you are looking for signs of positive development in

the world’s second largest economy, the ability and

enthusiasm to innovate is a good place to start.

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China's economy giving us a fair shake July 25, 2015 - 12:49AM

By Harold Mitchell

I was always amazed by our China expert Kevin Rudd

and his colourful use of the Australian vernacular,

especially, 'fair shake of the sauce bottle.' Louise

reckons he should have added a suck and lost a shake

while Charlie thinks he should have deleted sauce and

inserted "the sav", if you know what I mean.

In any case KR was quoting the wrong "sauce" if you

ask me because, like all the Sinophiles, he could see

that the great Heavenly Kingdom would become the

source of our future wealth even though many of our

leading economists are now talking about the Chinese

economy hitting a wall, some even think a great one.

It's obvious to me that a lot of our leaders and

commentators are getting it wrong.

However Trade Minister Robb has pulled off a coup

with the Australia China Free Trade Agreement. The

2014 figures show the Chinese share of Australia's total

trade at 24 per cent. Clearly understanding China is

all-important as Charlie, our regular economic

commentator has always said. There is absolutely no

doubt that the People's Republic is going to continue

to be a real source of our future wealth.

Building relationships with China is important and this

week I hosted a lunch with a very powerful source,

Mr Sun Shoushan, a senior member of the Chinese

administration as well as the Communist

Party. Malcolm Turnbull would reel at the power

Mr Sun has. He's effectively the boss of all state-owned

media, including publishing, press, television, radio and

film. It was an honour to have Mr Sun join me with a

number of colleagues from the Dentsu Aegis Network

advertising company, the company to which I sold my

advertising interest.

Mr Sun had a very clear message: the Chinese

economy will continue to have sustained growth. It's

GDP per capita has more than doubled in the

past seven years with annual growth rates of around 9

per cent and 10 per cent. Net savings per household

is 40 per cent and is proof the Chinese are thrifty and

disciplined people. As a percentage of GDP, their debt

is running at about 1 per cent, well below

Australia. Mr Sun made it very clear that the growth in

the Chinese economy would continue but it would

moderate by necessity as the economy matured. He

made it plain that the growth was managed and

that makes all the sense in the world because their

economy is changing from one based on building great

infrastructure to a new era of output based on the

operation and utilisation of those infrastructure

assets. And even though they have a rapidly growing

and enormous domestic consumer market, they know

they need to be involved with the rest of the world and

Mr Sun's visit to Melbourne and Sydney indicated just

that.

My other invaluable source of information about the

Peoples Republic of China is Mr Min Zhu, the deputy

managing director of the IMF and formerly a deputy

governor of the People's Bank of China. He previously

worked at the Royal Bank and taught economics at the

John Hopkins University. Mr Zhu's message was exactly

the same: China is managing its economy down so that

it doesn't become over-heated and exposed to the

boom-and-bust syndrome so common in the

West. They take a very long-term view and so should

we by realising that they are great allies and partners

for what we will both want and need for generations to

come.

Current negative commentary about China's

performance underestimates their intelligence.

Mr Min Zhu has a PHD and an MA in economics from

John Hopkins University and a Masters from the

Woodrow Wilson School. Mr Sun, has a PHD from his

Chinese university. They know East and West better

than most of us.

China's going to be a major force for the foreseeable

future and Andrew Robb has got us on board. Good on

him. So has Barnaby Joyce with his deal this week to

send a million live cattle to China. I think my two

sources stack up against all the doubters.

Louise wanted to finish with a go at Australian slang.

"This is not just icing on the cake. It's the dead horse

for the dog's eye – you can't live without that!"

World's first 3 D printed houses

A 3D printed house under construction.

Photo: Yang Hui/GT

Freshly-printed walls waiting to be turned

into a building.

The interior of a 3D printed house.

A cleaner washing the basin in the bathroom.

The basin was also 3D printed.

The exterior of a 3D printed villa built by the

Shanghai company.

Buildings appearing overnight and being created by huge

machines is no longer science fiction.

A Shanghai-based construction company is now one step

ahead in the global race to build some of the world's first 3D

printed houses.

So far, Yingchuang Construction Technique has built over a

dozen 3D printed houses, including a villa and the world's

tallest 3D printed building - a five-story apartment building.

The company uses four 3D printers, that are 6.6 meters tall

and almost as wide and long as a basketball court, to print

walls layer by layer, one by one. The "ink" used is a fine

mixture of cement and construction waste which is

environmentally-friendly and cost-effective. The company said

the walls they build are even stronger than normal concrete

walls.

Visitors can check out their 1,100-square-meter villa in the

Suzhou Industrial Park, Jiangsu Province. The company took

a week to print and assemble the villa, moving much faster

than if they used traditional construction methods which would

have taken one to three months. The company is now

decorating the interior of the apartment building.

The company's four printers are able to print 10 200-square-

meter houses within 24 hours. The company refused media

requests to show their printers in action, saying that it's a

business secret.

3D printing technology can save between 30 and 60 percent

in building materials and shorten production times by 50 to

even 70 percent, while decreasing labor costs by 50 to 80

percent, the company claims.

So far, it has already received orders from several countries,

including Egypt. It's also working with Dubai to build the

world's first 3D printed office building.

Global Time

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Australia China Friendship Society

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Invites you to join our ACFS Ice & Snow tour to discover this magnificent winter wonderland in North East China on the 10 nights, 11 days tour to Harbin, Changchun, Shenyang, Dalian, and Shanghai

We have been able to obtain for members and friends this specially priced tour, organised by

CHINA TRAVEL SERVICE (AUST.) PTY. LTD. (Licence No. 2TA001849)

The tour will depart from Sydney on 18 January 2016 and arrive back in Sydney on 28 January 2016. Please complete the attached booking form and return to Ms Amy Rae, China Travel Service (Aust) Pty. Ltd Sydney Office, Level 1, Suite 3 -7, 650 George Street, Sydney 2000 as soon as possible to secure your place on this fabulous tour.

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Please make cheque deposit of $350.00 payable to CHINA TRAVEL SERVICE

The balance of the tour costs is payable by 30 November 2016 and a meeting of tour members will be held about two weeks prior to departure. Travel Insurance is essential. CTS (Amy Rae Tel: 02 9372 0081) can arrange it at

special minimal cost or you can make your own arrangement. Book as soon as possible

DON’T MISS OUT!! Tour Leader is ACFS Committee Member Ms Christine Wong

Tel: 0411 127 273 Email: C_wong9@hotmail.com

Tour Inclusions:

*Twin share room at 5 star hotels

*Fully inclusive tour with

breakfast, lunches and & dinners

*Transfers, tours including

admission fees

*All airfares with airport taxes

and fuel surcharges

*Chinese Visa Fee

* Fully escorted tour by local

English speaking guides

*Tipping

*Travel bag Tour Exclusions:

*Travel Insurance

*Personal expenses

Tour Cost: $3900 per person

on twin share basis

Single Room Supplement: $1100

ACFS Ice & Snow Tour of China

18 January-28 January 2016(10 Nights/11 Days)

18 January Day 1, Sydney / Shanghai/ Harbin

Fly from Sydney to Shanghai with China Eastern Airlines on flight MU562 at 1200. Upon arrive in Shanghai at 1920, you will

need to clear the airport formalities and connect to flight MU5619 at 2105 to Harbin; upon arrival, meet and greet by CTS tour

guide, transfer to your hotel. Hotel: Wanda Realm Harbin Hotel or similar

19 January Day 2, Harbin (B/L/D)

Harbin is the city bears “Ice World” as its main claim to fame. Highlights today: Visit to the St. Sophia Church, which was built

in 1907. Then head for the Central Avenue of Harbin, a place that is full of Russian style buildings. After dinner, visit to the Ice

& Snow World.

20 January Day 3, Harbin (B/L/D)

Morning tours to the famous Songhua River. Watch the local winter swimmers exercise, one of the features of Harbin’s Ice &

Snow Festival, then go to visit the Sun Island Snow Carving Exhibition. You may also take your free time wandering around the

riverbank or participate into local citizen’s amusement activities. After lunch, we will visit the Siberian Tiger Park. As the

natural environment becomes worse, many creatures are endangered and some have died out. The Siberian tiger is

considered endangered. In the 1980s, it was listed as one of the first-class national protected animals of China. For dinner,

enjoy the Russian Style Meal.

21 January Day 4, Harbin/Changchun (B/L/D)

After breakfast, travel by coach to Changchun, the capital city of Jilin province. Upon arrival, visit the Imperial Palace that used

by the last Emperor PuYi of Qing Dynasty after 1924.

Hotel: Sheraton Changchun Jingyuetan or similar

22 January Day 5, Changchun/Shenyang (B/L/D)

In the morning, you will visit the largest park in Changchun---the Nan Hu Park. With its beautiful lake, weeping willow trees,

flowers, singing birds and traditional Chinese ancient buildings, this park is able to compare with the beautiful landscape of

Southern China. Continue travel by coach heading for Shenyang. Upon arrival, check in at your hotel.

Hotel: Shangri-la Hotel or similar

23 January Day 6, Shenyang (B/L/D)

The highlight of today’s trip in Shenyang is the renowned Shenyang old Forbidden City. Before the Qing emperor defeated the

peasant uprising army at the end of Ming dynasty and conquered Beijing, Shenyang was the capital city of the Qing Dynasty.

Shenyang old Forbidden City is one of the only two large-scale palace complexes in China. Later, visit 918 Museum. The noble

Chinese resistance is presented in a heroic way. For dinner, you will have the local flavour meal, Lao Bian Dumpling Feast.

24 January Day 7, Shenyang/Dalian (B/L/D)

After breakfast, take a bus ride to Dalian. Up arrival, visit the Russian Style Street or Japanese Style Street. Afterwards, tour to

the Bin Hai Road, North Giant Bridge, Tiger’s Land, Xin Hai Square City Sculpture or the People’s square if time permit.

Hotel: Hilton Hotel or similar

25 January Day 8, Dalian/Shanghai (B/L/D)

After breakfast, take the morning flight MU5624 at 1125 to Shanghai Pudong Airport. Upon arrival in Shanghai, visit the

Shanghai Xintiandi, which is a new tourist attraction in downtown Shanghai, featuring the city’s unique “Shikumen” houses

and a maze of narrow alleys, which have been converted into specialist F & B, retail, entertainment and cultural facilities. For

dinner, we sample the delicious Shanghai Cuisine.

Hotel: Grand Central Hotel or similar

26 January Day 9, Shanghai (B/L/D)

A day excursion to Zhujiajiao water town, the town is a vibrant ancient water village which formed 1,700 years ago, it was an

important trading hub for the surrounding countryside, and many of the buildings that can be seen there today date back to

the Ming and Qing dynasties.

27 January Day 10, Shanghai /Sydney (B/L)

Free time in the morning; in the late afternoon, we will take the Maglev train to airport for your flight MU561 at 2020 to

Sydney.

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