Asian Studies Program to Present Speakers

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The Asian Studies Program at the University at Buffalo will present three speakers in November who will address issues related to doing business in China, Korea and Vietnam.

All events will be free of charge and open to the public. They are as follows:

€ LECTURE: "DOING BUSINESS WITH CHINA," 9:30 a.m., Thursday, Nov. 7, 355 Fillmore, Ellicott Complex, UB North (Amherst) Campus

The speaker, Dr. Zhongjun Hao, holds the C.V. Starr Chair in International Business at Hofstra University and is a former member of the economics faculty of Tsinghua University in Beijing. Hao has been a partner in China International Trust and Investment Corporation (CITIC) and worked on projects in China sponsored by the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank.

Co-sponsored by the Geography Department and the International Business Club.

€ ASIA AT NOON Brown Bag Lunch Series, noon, Friday, Nov. 8, 250 Student Union, UB North (Amherst) Campus

The speakers will be Mark Ashwill, director of UB's World Languages Institute, and Hoang Vu Cuong, UB instructor in Vietnamese. They will discuss new UB ventures related to Vietnam. These include Summer in Vietnam, the study-abroad program in language and culture, and the Vietnam Executive Program, through which nine Vietnamese business executives this month visited UB and businesses in Western New York, Toronto and New York City.

€ LECTURE: "THE CHALLENGE FOR KOREA IN THE 21ST CENTURY," 3 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 12, 106 Jacobs Management Center , UB North (Amherst) Campus

The speaker will be Ambassador Park Noh-Soo, Korean Consul General in New York.

Co-sponsored by the Korean Language and Culture Program of the World Languages Institute and the International Business Clubs.