Category: Major Events

This includes the major event posts.

Celebrate Chinese New Year and the 50th Jubilee of the US-China Peoples Friendship Association!

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On Sunday afternoon, February 18, the Minnesota Chapter of the USCFPA will hold a banquet at the Peking Garden Restaurant in St. Paul to welcome the Year of the Dragon, and to celebrate 2024 as the 50th Anniversary of the US-China Peoples Friendship Association.  Both the National Organization and the Minnesota Chapter were founded in Read more about Celebrate Chinese New Year and the 50th Jubilee of the US-China Peoples Friendship Association![…]

USCPFA-MN Celebrates Bill Holm and his Coming Home Crazy Essay Collection

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On, Tuesday, May 16, the Minnesota Chapter of the USCPFA, together with literary publisher  Milkweed Editions, celebrated the essay collection Coming Home Crazy by the late Minnesota author, poet, and professor Bill Holm.  In 1986 Holm spent a year in Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, after which he wrote a collection of essays depicting life in Xi’an Read more about USCPFA-MN Celebrates Bill Holm and his Coming Home Crazy Essay Collection[…]

USCPFA-MN Joins Shaanxi-Minnesota Association for “Meet Shaanxi in Minnesota” Delegation Event

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On Saturday, March 11, 2023, the USCPFA-MN joined with the Shaanxi Minnesota Association and other groups in welcoming the Shaanxi Provincial People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries to a “Meet Shaanxi in Minnesota” event held at the Wayzata Middle School / Yucai Chinese School campus in Plymouth, MN.  Led by Mr. Quan Jian of Read more about USCPFA-MN Joins Shaanxi-Minnesota Association for “Meet Shaanxi in Minnesota” Delegation Event[…]

“Coming Home Crazy” to be Revisted, Celebrated

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Minnesota author Bill Holm’s brilliant essay collection from his year in Xi’an, Shaanxi Province in the mid-1980s, “Coming Home Crazy”, will be celebrated by the Minnesota Chapter of the USCPFA, together with the work’s publisher, Milkweed Editions, on Tuesday, May 16, 2023 at 7:00 pm at the Open Book literary center in Minneapolis. Reflections on Read more about “Coming Home Crazy” to be Revisted, Celebrated[…]

Minneapolis Celebrates its Sister City Relationship with Harbin

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For the first time since the pandemic hit, the City of Minneapolis hosted its “Sister Cities Day” at Nicollet Island Pavilion on July 17.  Of all the sister cities represented that day, a special celebration was held for the 30th Anniversary of the sister city relationship between Minneapolis and Harbin, China. The USCPFA-MN is the Read more about Minneapolis Celebrates its Sister City Relationship with Harbin[…]

Award-Winning Chinese-American Author Jamie Ford Coming to Minneapolis

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The USCPFA-MN is pleased to be a co-sponsor of the upcoming visit of Jamie Ford, (author of the New York Times best-seller The Hotel at the Corner of Bitter and Sweet) will be speaking about his upcoming book, The Many Daughters of Afong Moy, which will be published this August by Atria Books, a Simon Read more about Award-Winning Chinese-American Author Jamie Ford Coming to Minneapolis[…]

USCPFA-MN Spearheads July 17th Celebration of 30th Anniversary of Harbin-Minneapolis Relationship

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On Sunday, July 17, Minneapolis will once again host the community for “Sister Cities Day” at Nicollet Island Pavilion to celebrate the city’s many Sister City relationships.  This year, the main event will focus on the 30-year Harbin – Minneapolis Sister City Relationship. Once again, the USCFPA-MN will provide and staff a information and activities Read more about USCPFA-MN Spearheads July 17th Celebration of 30th Anniversary of Harbin-Minneapolis Relationship[…]

USCPFA-MN Chapter Leadership at State Capitol Rally Against Hate

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Minnesota USCPFA Chapter President Ralph Beha spoke at the #Stop Asian Hate Rally at the Minnesota State Capitol on Sunday, March 28, along with fellow Chapter Board Members Melody Zhou and Chen Zhou. The Rally, sponsored by over 30 organizations in Minnesota, commemorated the victims of the March 16 Atlanta murders, six of whom were Read more about USCPFA-MN Chapter Leadership at State Capitol Rally Against Hate[…]