Chinese American Society (CAS) is organizing an event for its book debut “The Rocky Road to Liberty: A Documented History of Chinese Immigration and Exclusion”. This event is dedicated to celebrate the 160 years of immigration history of Chinese Americans in the US, to raise awareness of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1892, and to support the immigration reforms for the new century.   Many politicians at city, state and federal level will attend this event, including Congressman Mike Honda and State assembly member Paul Fong. 
 
The event is co-sponsored by the California History Center. Specific information for the event is as follows:

Time: 3-5pm, Saturday, March 27th 
Venue: California History Center 
(Next to Flint Center in De Anza College) 
Address: 21250 Stevens Creek Blvd, Cupertino, CA 95014  

There are two tiers of tickets:  the $60 ticket includes the book and a cocktail luncheon, the $20 ticket is for cocktail only.  Please send this event information via email asap to reach all of your association members and encourage them to attend this important event concerning Chinese immigrants in the U.S..  For ticket purchase, please contact Harry Luan: 925-260-0239, email: sluan2000@gmail.com.  
 
CAS is a non-profit organization to inspire Chinese Americans to participate in social and political services.  We are a new organization with ambitious determination to make our voice heard and goals reached.

An Inside Look at Tencent/QQ (走近腾讯-企鹅传奇) 

Sunday March 14, 2010, 2:00 pm - 6:00pm

Hilton Santa Clara Hotel

Speakers:

      Jeff Xiong, Co-CTO

     Xi Dan, Vice President

      Gordon Sun, Chief Scientist

      Peter Zheng, General Manager, QZone Product Center

      Steve Zheng, General Manager, Tencent Research Institute

      Ying Sha, Director of Game Development 

As you may know, Tencent is the China's biggest and world’s third biggest Internet Company by market value. It is also the best-performing stock in the Hang Seng index in 2009.  Founded in 1998, Tencent has grown into China's largest and most used Internet service portal. As of September 30th, 2009, the number of registered QQ Instant Messenger users has reached 1.057 billion. Active users numbered at 484.9 million. Peak concurrent users have reached 75.50 million. QQ Games platform counted about 5.7 million users simultaneously on-line. QQ.com has become China's most visited Internet portal website. 

Agenda: 

2:00PM – 2:30PM  Registration and Networking

2:30PM – 4:30PM  Tencent Presentation

4:30PM – 6:00PM  Q&A 

The event will be in Chinese language.   Snacks and drinks will be provided.

Admission is free.  However seats are limited.  RSVP today to guarantee your spot. 

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