ViSA Weekly Newsletter: 11/18/14

[Mimi Pham]

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               Save the Date: ViSA Events       NOVEMBER   19
 ViSA Dinner!  *Location:* Saybrook Dining Hall
*Time:* Every Wednesday from 5-7pm
Come join us for our weekly dinner now back in the Fellows Lounge in the
Saybrook Dining Hall! Meet us for good food and good conversation!


      OPPORTUNITY

 ViSA Elections!
We’ve listed the board positions with brief descriptions below. If you are
a freshman, sophomore, or junior and have enjoyed your experience with
ViSA, we strongly encourage you to consider running for board. You’ll have
the chance to engage with other leaders in the Yale community and advocate
for changes that will affect student life for years to come. It’s a truly
rewarding experience - we’ve learned so much and met so many new people
during our terms on board!

We’ll have more details on elections/White Elephant (our annual gift
exchange event) soon, but here are the board positions:

*Co-Presidents *

   -  Lead ViSA board and moderate board meetings
   - Attend weekly AASA executive board meetings and represent ViSA
   externally
   - Must have at least 2 semesters of ViSA board experience
   - Contact jenny.nguyen at yale.edu or kevin.nguyen at yale.edu

*Cultural Chair*

   - Organizes cultural show every fall
   - Coordinates cultural performances and advises for cultural events
   - Contact nancy.nguyen at yale.edu

*Treasurer*

   - Manages organization finances and event budgets
   - Applies for grants and funding for organization activities
   - Contact Giahoa.nguyen at yale.edu

*Secretary*

   - Records minutes at board meetings
   - Manages organizational communications, including weekly ViSA
   newsletter
   - Contact Mimi.pham at yale.edu

*Social Chairs*

   - Organize social events within ViSA and with other groups
   - Contact Jason.j.liu at yale.edu minhtri.pham at yale.edu or
   kevin.a.nguyen at yale.edu

*Political Chair*

   - Organizes political events, including discussions on Vietnamese issues
   and speaker events
   - Represents ViSA at weekly PAEC (Political Action and Education
   Committee) meetings
   - Contact mark.pham at yale.edu or Zhaoning.xu at yale.edu

*Historian *

   - Maintains ViSA alumni database and liaises with alumni
   - Expands record of ViSA activities
   - Maintains and expands institutional memory
   - Takes photographs at ViSA activities
   - Contact tonytung.nguyen at yale.edu

*Publicity Chair*

   - Creates promotional material and media for ViSA events
   - Maintains ViSA Facebook page and group
   - Contact Hannah.truong at yale.edu


If you are interested in candidacy, please send Jenny and Kevin a brief
(250-300 word) statement about any relevant experience, goals, etc.  you
have for your chosen position!
     NOVEMBER   21
 Vietnamese Language Table

*Location: Balcony of Berkeley Dining Hall Time: Noon Date: Every Friday*

Come eat lunch with Thay Quang, our wonderful Vietnamese professor and
mentor and converse in Vietnamese (and also English) with fellow lovers of
Vietnam.

Come join us for some good food and company and maybe learn some / practice
your Vietnamese!
     NOVEMBER   20
 Debate: Chinese War on Prostitution  *The Downfall of Dongguan, the
"Chinese Sex Capital" *

*Date:* Thursday, November 20th, 2014
*Location:* WLH 203
*Time:* 7 PM

*Dress Code:* Casual
*Language:* English


*Background: *

   On February 2, 2014, near 7,000 police in Dongguan, the “Chinese Sex
Capital” in Guangdong province, launched a massive crackdown on
prostitution, resulting in about 1000 arrests in the span of three months.
A total of five party officials were investigated and removed from office
during the raids. According to the official news agency, Xinhua News ,
Dongguan businesses expected to lose 50 billion yuan ($8 billion) due to
the raids. China’s State Television CCTV denounced prostitution as a moral
decay. Ironically, high-ranking members of the Communist party are often on
the receiving end of the services provided by the four to six million sex
workers in China.

In retrospect, was the Dongguan crackdown on prostitution a justifiable
cause and an effective approach?

Key Questions to be Answered:

   1.

   Should prostitution be legal in China? What are the moral and practical
   concerns for legalizing prostitution in China?
    2.

   What about Dongguan sex industry that makes it uniquely Chinese-
   intertwined with Chinese political and social complications?
    3.

   Was the crackdown on Dongguan sex industry politically motivated by
   inner-party conflicts?
    4.

   How is prostitution linked with governmental corruption in China? Is
   prostitution the problem or the symptom?
    5.

   How effective was Secretary Hu Chun Hua’s
   “treat-the-symptom-then-the-disease” approach towards the crackdown?
    6.

   Where is the future of Chinese sex industry going? If prostitution is a
   problem of concern, how should China deal with it both legally and socially?

Resources:

http://www.ibtimes.com/prostitution-thriving-china-dark-underbelly-economic-prosperity-1239731
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http://time.com/2851900/china-wechat-prostitution/
<http://yale.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c5f6452dc0b7de78f15e3a2fa&id=3599799680&e=65c7702717>

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/07/world/asia/red-lights-dim-in-chinas-sin-city.html?_r=0
<http://yale.us3.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=c5f6452dc0b7de78f15e3a2fa&id=c854cd61d3&e=65c7702717>

http://factsanddetails.com/china/cat11/sub76/item131.html
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*The Format:*

This week’s roundtable will be in the form of a debate, where participants
volunteer to speak from both sides. A round of closing remarks will be made
in the end.

Everyone is welcomed to participate! Feel free to join us for dinner before
the debate. Calhoun dining hall at 5:30pm.

Please email Sandy Jin (qiuyuan.jin at yale.edu) or Johnny Xu (
zhaoning.xu at yale.edu) if you have any questions!


Join the conversation! Snacks will be served.
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