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US-China Peoples Friendship Association

The USCPFA Midwest Region

Monthly Luncheon Meeting

Sunday, May 20

~~Photos of China~~

Linda Hanley will show pictures that she took on the trip that she and
Joyce Cox made to China in January--sightseeing (Harbin Ice and Snow Festival)
and teaching English and visiting in Boaji / Xi'an area.

1:30 pm

Princess Garden Restaurant
89th and Wornall
$12 per person

Reservations required Click Here


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Past Meetings

August 2003 Meeting

Frankie Wu told "her side of the story." Sometime ago, Dr. Bill Wu told us about growing up in China and coming to the U.S. to live but he didn’t tell us much about meeting and marrying Frankie. Now she got the chance to tell us her side: her coming to the U.S. and growing up here as a Chinese-American, meeting, marrying, raising a family and being a supporting companion to a prominent Chinese physician here in Kansas City.


Balance Coach


Give Away
Newly arriving international students at UMKC usually have very little in way of household goods and supplies and even less money with which to buy these things.

Therefore the International Student Affairs Office sponsors a Giveaway each year and the Edgar Snow Fund is trying to help collect items. Many of these students are from Asia.

So, clean out your closets, attics and basements and donate your findings to the Giveaway. Donations are collected in August at

Central United Methodist Church
5144 Oak Street

Monthly Luncheon Meeting

Second Sunday of the Month
(May will be the Third Sunday because of Mother's Day)

Guests Welcome

Princess Garden Restaurant
89th and Wornall Road
1:30 pm
$12 per person

Reservations required Click Here

A recent program featured showing of the video

The Road Home

Editorial Review
Amazon.com

At the start of the most recent film from Chinese director Zhang Yimou (Raise the Red Lantern, Ju Dou, Shanghai Triad), a young man returns to his native village after the death of his father, the village's schoolteacher, who died while trying to raise money for a new schoolhouse.

His body is in a neighboring town; the young man's mother insists that it be brought back on foot, lest his spirit not find his way home.

From this starting point, the young man recounts the tale of his parents' courtship, which involved a red banner, mushroom dumplings, a colorful barrette, and a broken bowl.

The Road Home is beautifully filmed, particularly the luminous face of Zhang Ziyi (from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon), whose performance is a heartrending portrait of hope and yearning.

A simple but deeply emotional film. --Bret Fetz

Send a free Mother's Day Card


USCPFA Midwest Region Conference

"China: Ancient Past, Dynamic Future"
Kansas City, Missouri
October 15-17, 2004

Marriott Country Club Plaza Hotel
Rooms for the Conference are
$109 plus tax
(Available for the nights of the 13th through 17th at that price)
More info

Items of Note

Edgar Snow Award

Recently, Dr. William Wu was awarded the Edgar Snow Award recognizing that he, as Edgar Snow before him, has done so much to promote understanding be-tween the people of the United States and China. One of the goals of the USCPFA
is to promote understanding.

USCPFA Midwest Regions Papers

Do you have papers, programs, pictures or letters related to
USCPFA that can be preserved for posterity?


USCPFA Midwest Regions papers are archived with Midwest Manuscript Collection associated with UMKC, the same archive that has the Snow Reading Room and associated archives. Dave Boutross, the director of the archives, is interested in Slides and photos of China.

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