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AWARE is still meeting at Pizza M / Cafeteria and Company on Main
St. in downtown Urbana, roughly 5pm Sundays. Come by if you'd like
to chat, drink beer or tea, eat pizza, etc. with us.<br>
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And, at 7pm next Monday, there'll be another United for Peace and
Justice conference call, this time on ... <br>
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size="4"><strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black">
The US “Asia-Pacific Pivot” and the Struggle <span>for</span>
US-China <span>Peace</span> and Solidarity</span></strong></font></font><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR:
black; FONT-STYLE: normal">While the <span>United</span>
States continues to intervene militarily and to engage in
covert actions in a growing list of places across the Middle
East, Africa and Eastern Europe</span></em><em><span
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black">,</span></em><span
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black"> it is also
increasing its military might in East Asia, pushing Japan to
replace its self-defense forces with a regular military, and
pushing other South East Asia nations to undertake military
build ups. These actions increase the potential <span>for</span>
a new era of conflict between the US and China and the US and
Russia.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR:
black"></span> <font id="role_document" size="2"
color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial;
COLOR: black">Lee Siu Hin, a long-time member of UFPJ’s
Coordinating Committee, has been working in the US and China
<span>for</span> the past several years as a bi-national
solidarity activist. He is recently back in the US, and will
talk about his work in China, his observations about China
and Chinese-US relations and the views of the Chinese
people. This call will consider how US activists can build
bi-national solidarity with Chinese and Asian people.</span></font></p>
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Please RSVP if you'd like to join it:<br>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR:
black">Call-in Number: </span></b><span><b><span
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><a
href="tel:%28712%29%20432-1212" target="_blank"
value="+17124321212">(712) 432-1212</a></span></b></span><span><b><span
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><br>
Meeting ID: 446-724-667#</span></b></span> <span><b><span
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></span></b></span> <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR:
black">Please RSVP: </span></b><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:
Arial"><a href="mailto:info.ufpj@gmail.com" target="_blank">info.ufpj@gmail.com</a></span></b><span
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Agenda:</span></b>
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face="Arial">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">1)
Chinese perspectives on the US and US <span>peace</span>
activism</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">2) The
TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) and its
military/social-economic impact to the Asia-Pacific
region </span></p>
</font> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">3) The increasing US
military influence in the Asia-Pacific region</span><font
id="role_document" size="2" color="#000000" face="Arial"></font><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">4) The
re-emergence of Japanese military power in the region, with
the support of the US</span><font id="role_document" size="2"
color="#000000" face="Arial"></font><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">5) The new
US cold war against China and Russia, and the emerging
China-Russia alliance.</span><font id="role_document" size="2"
color="#000000" face="Arial"></font><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">6) Q&A</span><font
id="role_document" size="2" color="#000000" face="Arial"></font><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">About Lee
Siu Hin: Siu Hin is the National Coordinator of <a
href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=lgx1%2BljejyiykxPA6eSvz1ho0yzhU9%2Bh"
target="_blank">National Immigrant Solidarity Network</a>
and a former Pacifica Radio reporter. He is the 5<sup>th</sup>
generation son of Chinese-Japanese immigrants, born in Hong
Kong, China. He has lived in China and the US where he has
worked <span>for</span> bi-national solidarity and <span>for</span>
labor, <span>peace</span>, immigrant rights, and
anti-globalization movements. He works with a many US and
Chinese organizations.</span></p>
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