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“The First Stop of Wang Jackson’s World Tour

– Press Conference in New York, USA”

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On the evening of July 14, 2023,
hosted by the

Family Film Awards,

Olympia Art Awards,

Global Artists Alliance,

Wall Street Satellite TV,

“Blessed and Shared” National Brands,

Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Service Center,

Times Chinese Figures,

Huanyu

The “Wang Jackson 2023 World Tour Dream Tour First Stop
– Press Conference in New York, USA”

co-organized by Guardian kicked off at the GM Building in New York.

About 80 New York art circle celebrities, overseas Chinese leaders,
and corporate giants were invited to participate in the event.

W-Jackson whose real name is Wang Yonghua,
is a special artist and the first person to imitate Michael Jackson in Asia.

He was highly praised by former US President Clinton and has been invited to perform in large-scale international events many times.

He has participated in the entertainment programs of
CCTV and David TV for many times,
and won the China-Africa Peace Ambassador,
China Internet “Internet Celebrity Award”,
Shanghai World Expo Outstanding Contribution Award,
CCTV Annual Charming Person Award,
World Harmony Foundation “Harmony Star” ”
and other awards.

In 1980, Wang Jackson was born in Shangqiu, Henan Province.

He admired the international superstar Michael Jackson very much when he was a student.
By chance, Wang Jackson, who is good at singing and dancing, embarked on the road of imitating Michael Jackson’s special actor.

Today, he has participated in large-scale charity performances in New York, Washington, San Francisco and other places, and has held tours to commemorate Michael Jackson in many places.

Wang Jackson’s superb imitation has been recognized by
Michael Jackson’s family and team.

He was invited to the Michael Jackson family’s Beverly Hills and Michael Jackson’s mansion, and he personally gave the Chinese paintings of ink bamboo and Qipai shrimp to Michael Jackson’s children.

uring this trip to the United States, Wang Jackson had in-depth exchanges with the Hollywood Family Film Awards team, and will soon start a resident performance in New York, the global art and financial capital where Michael Jackson MJ has the greatest influence; at the same time, he will start a global tour.

The Family Film Award

is a national award specially approved by President Clinton in 1996, and it is a voice for positive energy in Hollywood. The first family film awards-family film awards-produced by the top American producer Dick Clark, Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullak, Julia Roberts and other Hollywood superstars were invited to participate, they praised the family film awards, and the films they starred in were also family films

People like to sit together and watch, such as Forrest Gump,
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.

After the 2020 Family Film Awards was acquired by
the famous Chinese female entrepreneur

Ma Xiaoqiu

during the epidemic, it has become more integrated into
China’s “family” culture.

For three years, the host and spokesperson of the Family Movie Awards is Dean Cain, the American youth idol and the sixth-generation actor
of Superman.

As a descendant of Japan, he was admitted to the world-renowned Princeton University in the 1980s, and then entered Hollywood until he became a well-known Hollywood star in the United States.

Dean’s path is exactly the path of the second generation of Americans entering Hollywood today! More importantly, as a descendant of immigrants, Dean knows that global culture is jointly created by human beings all over the world, and it is the common memory and wealth of human beings all over the world.

The economic take-off of a country is a good thing for
the big family of the world.
When he blessed China’s
Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

It’s been 14 years since Michael Jackson, the world’s superstar and King of Pop, passed away, but his legacy of music and philanthropy will live on in our hearts forever.

Friends who like home movies and Jackson, don’t miss this imitator, a distinguished guest of Hollywood home movies, the best crystallization of Chinese culture and western music

– Wang Jackson will see you there! 2023 –

King Jackson’s golden germanium water specially prepared for fans around the world – for the health of fans, is about to set sail! 2023-
see you there!

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Over the past weekend, DYF Entertainment
hosted two screenings of Sight

One was held in Flushing, New York, where over 600,000 Asians
and the American Chinese reside,

The Second Screening was at the GM Building on the
34th floor of DYF’s office in Manhattan.

DYF jointly hosted the Flushing Screening with a few influential
community organizations,

the second screening was hosted by

Beijing University Alumni Association,
and sponsored by DYF Entertainment .

About 200 people attended the two events.

Sight

is an American movie with Chinese heritage.
The movie is based on
Dr Ming Wang’s journey from China to America,
and how this journey has turned an ordinary Chinese
to an extra-ordinary human being.
At the height of his career as a celebrate doctor he doesn’t forget
to give back to the society
with what his talents, family and faith have brought him to where he is today.

Sight

celebrates the Chinese culture and the America dream
in its best manifestation.

In two hours, Sight
does well in clearly expressing its powerful message
of faith, love and hope through powerful imagery
and excellent story telling.

It tastefully blends lighthearted moments with an impactful drama

Sight, leaves the audience including myself, and the other guests,

feeling uplifted rather than deeply saddened.

It is an extremely touching film that gives positive and important insight
into how one can find harmony in their relationship with their past
and illuminate the present with the light of faith and optimism.
Dr Wang himself said it best,

if we can embrace our past we can have a better present.

What strikes me most is the seemingly simple chronological story wrapped
in a highly emotionally charged story telling language and imageries
centered around love, perseverance, optimism and faith in the face
of adversity.

It is based on the autobiographical book written by
Doctor Ming Wang named From Darkness to Sight—

A Journey from Hardship to Healing. It depicts the trials and
tribulations of his life through difficulties faced both in
his humble beginnings in China during the cultural revolution
and as a world renowned laser eye surgeon in the United States.

The juxtaposition between the past and the present lives of
Doctor Wang
is at the center of the film.

The 5-year old Kajal, an orphan in Calcutta whose eyes were intentionally blinded
by her stepmother who poured acid into her eyes while the girl was asleep
(a blind singing beggar would get more profit )

parallels with Dr Wang’s childhood traumatic experience when his only friend,
a young teen girl classmate was violently snatched away
by the local hooligans.

In both cases Dr Ming Wang could do nothing.
Kajal’s eyes were too damaged to be salvaged. When the stepmother found
that Kajal could not sing, she was then abandoned to die.

The young girl in Ming’s life simply vanished
(The movie reminds me of young Forest and Jenny ).
When Kajal was brought into Ming’s life,
the teenage girl’s image also appears in his dreams to hunt him.

Where is peace and healing?

The evil acts of humans are always matched by the greater benevolence of the Creator,

a message strongly vibrates throughout the movie,
otherwise how could it be explained
that another blind teenager orphan Maria, a fifteen year old girl from
Moldova in Eastern Europe,
was brought to Ming for surgery.

The first surgery failed. The second succeeded .
What has happened in between two surgeries?
It’s the same technology, the same doctor and the same hospital.

The only difference in between is Dr Ming Wang’s visit to the church
where Kajal was.

She was then playing with the other blind kids happily when the
heavy minded doctor walked in. Kajal placed a wooden beaded cross
in Ming’s hand when he leaves.
If a 5-year old could accept the fatality and move on, why can’t
Ming give the surgery of Maria’s eye another chance, this time with faith in God?

Miracle happen!

When Maria sees herself first time in 15 years she slowly murmurs:

I’m so pretty.

The crowds broke into tears. So did I.

Another scene in the movie that speaks directly to me
is Ming’s rejection by Jon’s Hopkins Admission Dean
simply because of his color- the guy didn’t even bother to look at Ming’s application.

I had a similar experience.

The first semester when I sat in the English class for a course of Medieval Allegory 101,
my young English professor simply wouldn’t believe I came up with the
“echo analysis”
saying the Red Cross in the Fairy Queen got lost in the Dark Forest
and walked in circles in the woods is because the dark woods symbolizes
the clouded dark mind that can no longer tell truth

(Una – the princess in the besieged fortress waiting to be rescued )
from falsehood ( Deussa who seduced the Red Cross and made him lose the way.)
When you only listen to yourself, it’s like you are listening to the echos
of your own voice. Falsehood is an echo,

l wrote. My thesis got a B! The English professor simply wouldn’t believe
a Chinese fresh from China could come up with such a “brilliant theory”.

My 5-year university fellowship requires me to get straight A！

I went to my own professor Prof. Mathewson (bless his soul)
who taught literary theory in comparative literature department and explained to him
how I got the image. I told him when I was 17 years old I graduate from high school
but there was no job nor university entrance exam to take, just like what Dr Ming
describes in the movie.

It’s a very bad period in Chinese contemporary history and we could do nothing
to change our fate. One of my aunts who worked in a remote mountainous county
next to Tibet asked me to be a replacement teach for two months because
their Chinese teacher was having a baby.

I went. These two months created the most unforgettable experience in my life!
Every day at 3pm, a train would pass by the mountain pass
we would all then swaRm onto the gate of the school
on the mountaintop to wave and call out to the train:

Train bring us out the giant mountains 火车 带 我们 出大山

Our voice was so young and loud it pierced through the fog in the mountains
and valleys and we would jump and run tumbling down to the bottom
of the mountain
where the train would stop, our voices echoed after us, rumbling like a
thunder storm chasing us.

The train was gone, the Hope was gone.

Prof Mathewson held my cold hands and my tears washed down my face.

My English professor, after learning the story, apologized
and changed my grade to A.

That day I learned two things:

1. fairness to all. 2. Forgiveness.

America is a very forgiving country.

Once you know you are wrong, you apologize.
People will give you and give you a second chance.

Dr Ming got enrolled into university in 1977 during
the first university entrance examination after a ten-year rupture
in the enrollment system,

I was enrolled in the following year 1978. 1977 and 1977
were actually only 6 months apart.

Dr Wang came to America in 1982 to study his Master and PhD;

I came to America in 1985 to study for my PhD
after I got my Master in China.

It is this kinship and parallel paths with Dr Ming

I identify and the movies.

The movie is like a mirror and my journey in china and to America
is getting played out.
The imageries and messages in the movie Sight
resonate with lots of audiences.

I am sure that its powerful imagery and universal message will elicit a
deep emotional response from viewers of all races, colors, ages and creeds.

The ghost of Dr Ming’s past that constantly haunts his thoughts and
affects his performance in the present left him after Kajal case.

The movie ends with Dr Ming Wang dancing with Kajal leading the way
… blind but happily accepting what life has brought her.

There is always a silver lining no matter how faint it is.
It keeps us living on with hope and love.

Sight keeps you feeling an overriding light of optimism throughout the
hardships shown on the screen.

Even though Sight deals with heavy subject matter, it does not weigh you down.
The movie always keeps a balance between the dark traumatic events
and the lighthearted optimism of the story.

For instance the pretty Chinese girl from Tsingtao who works in the bar
Dr. Ming and his fellow doctors frequent and the subsequent dating scenes
between the two
provide a balance to the haunted nights.

The uneasiness I have is that there are times where the screenwriter
does tend to lose touch with reality though and in certain places
the dialogue feels contrived and forced.

( The movie needs a voice over. The few characters in the lives of Ming
here in America and over there in China
just don’t sound authentically Chinese.)

It gives the impression that the character is a caricature of an actual person
and they are just being used as a tool or prop to express ideals unnaturally.

This overly deliberate approach is not needed, as the story itself naturally
and effectively evokes the desired emotions.

And I would cut fifteen minutes to shorten and speed up the movie.

If I had a choice and Liberty

I would leave out the family members of Dr. Ming Wang back in China.
Their story belongs to another movie.

This movie is about Dr Ming.

It’s his journey, a journey of sight and healing.

To bring them here, it feels like overkill.

Dr. Jeannie Yi

CEO, DYF Entertainment

DYF Entertainment, Flushing Sight Screening

Dr. Ming Wang,

Dr. Jeannie Yi, Executive Producer of Family Film Awards

Dr. Ming Wang

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ASIAN AMERICAN BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER (AABDC) USHERS IN LUNAR NEW YEAR

-THE YEAR OF THE RABBIT – WITH A RALLY AGAINST ANTI-ASIAN HATE 

@ FEDERAL HALL NATIONAL MEMORIAL 26 WALL STREET IN MANHATTAN

FRIDAY, JANUARY 20 at 6:00 PM

Lunar New Year 4721 Event  To Feature Key Speakers

Kathy Wylde, CEO Partnership for New York City

Frank Wu, President, Queens College

NEW YORK, NY – 01/09/2023 – The Asian American Business Development Center (AABDC) announced hosts  a Lunar New Year celebration on Friday, January 20th @ 6pm ET.  The event will combine the traditional celebration of Asian heritage with a rally at Federal Hall National Memorial (26 Wall Street) in New York City to combat anti-Asian hate. (The main entrance of Federal Hall is located at 15 Pine Street (corner of Nassau and Pine Street) in Manhattan’s Financial District)     AABDC has led the Lunar New Year celebrations since 2000 in New York City and delighted the Asian American community by having the Empire State building lit up in red and gold, the auspicious color for the new year. Lunar New Year 4721  is  the Year of the Rabbit, signifying patience and luck. ..

Lunar New Year Rally & Celebration:

6:00 pm Arrive & Registration

6:30 pm-6:40 pm Program Starts with lion dance

6:40 pm-7:00 pm Announcement on ASAP / Keynote Speakers

7:00 pm-7:30 pm Culture Performance

7:30 pm-8:30 pm Networking Reception

8:30 pm Event Ends

Honorees

Consul General of Consulate General of Malaysia in New York:  Mr. Amir Farid Abu Hasa;  Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia in New York: Mr. Winanto Adi;   Consul for Economic Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia in New York: Mr. Herbhayu Needleman;  State Sentor:  Iwen Chu;  Deputy Commissioner, NYS Department of Labor:  Linda Sun;  Director of Asian Affairs, NYS Governor’s Executive Chamber: Elaine Fan;  Senior Advisor, United States Senator Kirsten Gillibrand: Lisa Hofflich;   Community Liaison of Community Engagement Division, Office of City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams:  Joonyong Ahn

According to president and founder John Wang, the Asian American Business Development Center, Inc. is a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization established in 1994. It assists Asian American businesses in strengthening their capacity to compete in the mainstream market, to expand business opportunities and to promote recognition of Asian American businesses’ contributions to the general economy. For more information on AABDC, please visit: www.aabdc.com. or contact:  (212) 966-0100 / info@aabdc.com  

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Pianist Dr. Chen Wang “Journey to Love & Peace”

Photo credit: Jeff Smith

Young Global Leadership Foundation was proud to present pianist, DR. CHEN WANG’s, Journey to Love & Peace on Sunday, October 23, 2022, at 7:30pm to a full house at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall. This marked her New York Concert Debut which was met with great admiration and applause. The concert was sponsored by the Young Global Leadership Foundation with UN NGO ECOSOC Special Consultative Status, together with Michigan State University School of Music, Australian International Culture Industries Association, Global Stress Initiative, Global Corporate Social Responsibility Foundation, Global Wealth Elite Club, International Strategies Alliance & Good News Network, to name a few. The recital promoted awareness, advocacy & action for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) & launched the recital tour that Wang is performing this year.

Photo credit: Jeff Smith

Wang performed Lizst’s Liebestraume and Chinese classics from the Tang Dynasty with great passion and brilliance. TONY and Award Winning Broadway Producer of “Passing Strange”, Regional Theater and Film , Vasi Laurence states:

“In difficult life moments, music can be a way to express who you are and Chen excels in that. Her playing is powerful and compelling and transports you on a very visceral level from deep reflection and calm to feeling joyful and exultant. Chen’s versatility and choice of music by Franz Liszt illustrates her ability to play some of the most technically difficult music that has ever been composed for piano…and the inclusion of music from the Tang Dynasty (which was the Golden Age of culture and the arts) was beautiful and exquisite. Chen is a fascinating and unique pianist who mesmerized the audience for ninety minutes. During intermission a patron turned to me and said, “She has magic fingers. She is magnificent.” I am sure that we will see and hear more of Chen Wang on the global concert stage. Congresswoman Grace Meng issued her a certificate of Outstanding and Invaluable Service to the Community.

Photo credit: Jeff Smith

A patron stated:
“The program Dr. Wang offered was important to note as it was at the top level in piano repertoire in terms of musicality and technical difficulty. The success of her performance can be attributed to Dr. Wang’s reputation as a promising and respected talent in piano performance. The extreme difficulty of the repertoire, which included Franz Liszt’s Soirées de Vienne, S.427, No. 6 (Valses caprices d’après Schubert), Three Petrach Sonnets from Années de pèlerinage, S.161, Second Year, and “La danza from Soirées musicales de Rossini, S. 424 gained the attention of music aficionados. Pianists must possess outstanding skills to execute the works of Liszt successfully. Dr. Wang met that challenge. Her extraordinary musical expression was truly effective in delivering the dramatic impact to the audience which warranted two standing ovations after the last piece finished.
Her musicianship was fine and profound, with strong and well controlled connections of all phrases. Her rare skills allow her to deliver music in ways others cannot and distinguishes her from other musicians.”

Chinese pianist Chen Wang began her piano studies at the age of five & was admitted to the middle school affiliated with Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing at the age of eleven. She continued her studies in the United States with famous pianists & educators including Deborah Moriarty, Panayis Lyras, Stephen Drury & William Heiles at the New England Conservatory, U niversity of Illinois at Urbana Champaign & Michigan State University. She holds a DMA in Piano Performance from Michigan State University.

In China, Chen was invited to be a spokesperson & guest pianist in the ninth World’s Children Call for Peace event in Beijing, together with over 100 institutions & children from more than 60 countries. In the US, Chen has given performances for the City of Boston, Omaha Summit at the 53 rd Warren Buffett Berkshire Hathaway Meeting & Massachusetts General Hospital. She received the Global Youth Leadership Award at the United Nations Headquarters Global Social Responsibility Summit in New York in 2018. This year, she gave solo piano performance at World First Metaverse Lantern Festival & North America Virtual Lunar New Year Gala. While working towards a double performance major in piano & percussion in the U.S. on a full scholarship, Chen discovered the interconnection between the two & developed her own performance style. Incorporating East Asian philosophy & western classical music, from Chinese poetry in the Tang Dynasty to Italian Renaissance literature, she explores the connections among nations, people & nature.

Chen Wang is Vice President of the Arts of Young Global Leadership Foundation (United Nations NGO ECOSOC Member), Vice Chairman & Guest Artist of Australian International Culture Industries Association & a member of expert committee of the China Association for Promoting Children’s Culture & Art. Chen is a multi-winner of several international piano competitions. She is a signed artist on Ivory Classics Music & ChinaWise USA.

For more information on Dr. Chen Wang go to www.cwangmusic.org.

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Positive Community Great Emancipation Day 1/1/2020 – JOINT DECLARATION
Joint Declaration
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As representatives of the Asian, Black and Hispanic communities, we stand together against all acts of racism and violence and stand against those who would divide us and sow mistrust and fear.

We mourn the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery, and call for swift and sure justice to prevail.

We embrace the fact that the United States is a multiracial, multiethnic nation, and affirm our commitment and responsibility to advance the many elements that unite us: a belief in the value of diversity, the contributions of immigrants and the power of multi-cultural collaborations.

We believe that taking action is as important as expressions of support, and will soon be announcing a groundbreaking effort to provide long-term support for Black, Latinx and Asian small businesses impacted by Covid-19. We are also preparing a webinar that will bring together journalists from our communities to have an open discussion about how race relations are being reported, and how the media can influence a change in perspectives. These efforts are just a beginning.

Today, we reaffirm our solidarity with diverse leaders and institutions all across our nation and pledge to fight to turn the tide against racism everywhere.

Please see Hispanic Federation

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John Wang
Founder & President
AABDC

Frankie Miranda
President
Hispanic Federation

Michael J. Garner
President
One Hundred Black Men

“The Positive Community Magazine” Marks 20th Anniversary with the Inaugural
Great American Emancipation Day Awards Banquet
Honoring Champions of Community Progress on
Wednesday, January 1, 2020

Sponsored by Prudential Financial

Honorees include: Hon. Mildred C. Crump, president Newark Municipal Council;
Hazel N. Dukes, president New York State Conference, NAACP; and
Rev. Calvin McKinney, general secretary National Baptist Convention, USA

Awards Banquet to be Held New Year’s Day from 2 pm-6 pm ET in the
Grand Ballroom at the Historic Robert Treat Hotel in Newark, NJ
EMCEE – LIZ BLACK – WBLS/WLIB RADIO

NEWARK, NJ – January 1, 2020 – In celebration of its 20th anniversary, The Positive Community (TPC) is hosting the first annual Great American Emancipation Day Awards Banquet honoring three extraordinary individuals for their exemplary community service with the Torchbearer Award: Hon. Mildred C. Crump, president Newark Municipal Council; Hazel N. Dukes, president New York State Conference, NAACP; and Rev. Calvin McKinney, general secretary National Baptist Convention, USA on Wednesday, January 1, 2020, from 2 pm-6pm ET in the Grand Ballroom at The Robert Treat Hotel in Newark, NJ.

The awards banquet purposely takes place on New Year’s Day, an important date in American history, especially for African Americans. On New Year’s Day, January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation declaring slaves within the rebellious states free. The Great American Emancipation Day Awards Banquet is sponsored by The City of Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka, Prudential Financial, AARP, McDonald’s, PSEG, RWBarnabas Health, Two Fish and Five Loaves and Berkeley College.

“Prudential’s partnership with The Positive Community is steeped in our alignment around financial literacy and creating pathways to financial wellness for all,” says Shané Harris, Vice President of Corporate Giving and President of the Prudential Foundation. “We are particularly honored to be a part of TPC’s Great American Emancipation Day Awards Banquet to celebrate and highlight the progress of the black community. We congratulate The Positive Community for two decades and service to the black community, and we salute the awardees for their dedication and service to this continued progress, particularly in our hometown of Newark.”
“January 1 is a date of deep meaning to African Americans,” says Adrian A. Council, co-founder and publisher of The Positive Community. “It is our day of liberation, the start of our freedom journey. Without this day there would be no Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., no Motown, no Juneteenth, no Godfather of Soul no Queen of Soul.”

Joining the three honorees will be organization honorees: African American Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey, John Harmon, president; African-American Clergy and Elected Officials (AACEO Brooklyn), Rev. Robert Waterman, president; and Friends of Harlem Hospital, Rev. Jacques A. DeGraff, president.

The vision of TPC co-founders Council and Editor-in- Chief Jean Nash Wells was to create a balanced medium that accurately reflects the community building efforts of churches, small businesses, corporations, and concerned individuals.

“TPC was founded to keep our churches and communities informed,” says Wells. “Above all else, we value the progress of our children, and the integrity of African American culture, values, and traditions.”

Today, their vision is alive and well with TPC growing in circulation and influence and participating in and co-sponsoring church and community events that focus on health and financial literacy.

In 2012, TPC created and introduced The Cultural Narrative. Written to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Great Emancipation, the document is an account of America’s freedom journey condensed into 281 words. On New Year’s Eve 2012, hundreds of churches participated in TPC’s Great Watch Night Initiative which involved singing the Negro National Anthem; having a young person read The Cultural Narrative before the congregation; and concluding with everyone exiting the sanctuary singing the Negro hymn We’ve Come This Far By Faith. What started as an initiative is now an established tradition among many churches and clergy groups.

As TPC observes its 20th year, the publication remains faithful to accurately reflecting the very best of the communities it serves. Like the pages of TPC, the Great American Emancipation Day Awards Banquet commemorates the best of black life and culture from fashion, music, and the arts to economic development and intellectual and cultural achievements. Enhancing the celebration will be a special New Year’s Day cuisine prepared by Rev. Kevin Smallwood, owner of Two Fish and Five Loaves.

Launched in 2000 by Adrian Council, Publisher and Jean Nash Wells, Co-Publisher and Editor-in-Chief, The Positive Community (TPC) is the only faith-based lifestyle magazine targeted to the African American consumer in the New York/New Jersey market. For nearly two decades, the magazine has delivered on its tagline, focusing on Good News from the Church and the Community.

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The event has received great support from the Publicity Department of CPC Shanghai Committee and the Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China in New York.

Some notable guests for the reception will include:

SUN Guoxiang (Consul General)
XU Lin (Minister of Publicity Department of CPC Shanghai Committee/ Member of the Standing Committee of CPC Shanghai Committee)
QIU Xin (President of Shanghai United Media Group)
WANG Jianjun (Executive Vice President of Shanghai Media Group)
REN Zhonglun (Chairman and President of Shanghai Film Group)
HU Minghua (Director of Shanghai Municipal Culture Management Division)
WAN Minmin (Deputy Director of Information Office of Shanghai)

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Hon. Gale A. Brewer

Borough President of Manhattan

1 Centre Street, 19 South

New York, NY 10007

Hon. Gale A. Brewer

Manhattan Borough President

(Storefront District Office address to be announced)

New York, NY 10027

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