ENTERTAINMENT
By Imran Vittachi | April 26, 2012
The Environmental Nature Center (ENC) in Newport Beach will be the place for Orange County's first - albeit brief - exhibition of landscape paintings by the Chinese artist Bo Hong. He is considered one of the top and most sought-after artists in China, show organizers said. "I can look at it and come back an hour later and see something different," said Lloyd Ikerd, a Corona del Mar resident who is one of the show's two presenters. "It's just amazing art. " The show, titled "A Pure View," will stay up at the ENC, 1601 16th St., through the weekend.
ENTERTAINMENT
By Imran Vittachi | January 19, 2012
COSTA MESA — To the crashing of cymbals and beating of drums, a brilliantly adorned troupe of Lion Dancers at South Coast Plaza on Thursday heralded the arrival of the Year of the Dragon. The shopping center was kicking off its 13-day celebration of the Lunar New Year. A 40-foot red paper dragon coiled itself in the two-story space around Jewel Court, and a ring of holiday greetings from the balcony above proclaimed "Happy New Year" in English and the languages of four Asian countries marking the occasion: China, Japan, South Korea and Vietnam.
NEWS
November 5, 2011
Authorities are looking for victims of an alleged fraud scheme that promised investors returns on money given to sponsor trips to China and Taiwan for prominent politicians. Irvine resident Kuei Fuang Tsuei Hu, 62, and her son Jack Hu, 26, were arrested in October and charged with three counts of wire fraud. Jack Hu was also charged with misusing the U.S. seal, according to an FBI news release. The two are accused of defrauding customers by telling them their money was being invested in Jack Hu's company, London International Group, to sponsor visits to China for former presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton or to send former Vice President Al Gore to Taiwan.
SPORTS
August 10, 2011
EDITOR'S NOTE: This corrects an earlier version of Jeff Thomas' golf scores. Newport Harbor High product Leah Robertson and CdM Aquatics Coach Stephanie Schnugg, as well as former UC Irvine men's players Greg Enloe and Griffin Lerman, are playing for Team USA at the World University Games water polo tournament beginning Thursday in Shenzhen, China. UC Irvine Coach Marc Hunt is also head coach of the American men's squad, which begins play Thursday against Singapore.
NEWS
By Imran Vittachi, imran.vittachi@latimes.com | August 5, 2011
COSTA MESA — A three-member delegation from Costa Mesa will travel to Ordos, China, this month to explore the prospect of forming a sister city relationship. "We're going there to see what the fit is, and they're going to come here to see what the fit is," Costa Mesa Mayor Pro Tem Jim Righeimer said Friday. Righeimer will join Costa Mesa Conference and Visitor Bureau board members Susan O'Brien Moore and Dan Joyce on the trip, which starts Aug. 16. Righeimer said he will pay his own way. The bureau will cover its board members' travel expenses.
SPORTS
June 27, 2011
UC Irvine alumni Griffin Lerman and Greg Enloe have been named to the United States roster for the men's water polo World University Games, set for August in Shenzhen, China. Marc Hunt, the UCI men's water polo coach, will be the head coach for Team USA. Enloe and Lerman, a 2010 second-team All-American for UCI, are listed as two of three defenders for the Americans. —From staff reports Eddy Germany-bound Elizabeth Eddy, a Newport Harbor High alumna playing at USC, was one of 17 players named to the U.S. Youth Soccer Olympic Development Program's Under-19 roster for a three-game exhibition trip to Germany coinciding with the World Cup in July.
NEWS
By Chriss Street | June 27, 2011
Editor's note: Chriss Street originally published this book review on his blog, Chriss Street and Company . There has been nothing more cowardly in my lifetime than the American government's dysfunctional response to China's economic imperialism. The Chinese have shown a unique political sophistication in co-opting the elites of corporate America with crony business deals, and politically pacifying Congress with a willingness to fund U.S. deficit spending. But with the common man's concern rising, two academics at UC Irvine, Peter W. Navarro and Greg Autry, have just published: "Death By China: Confronting the Dragon – A Call to Action," a muckraker's call to confront the dangers of America's dance with the Chinese Dragon in the 21st century.
SPORTS
June 23, 2011
Corona del Mar High alumna Tumua Anae has been named to the U.S. women's water polo national team roster for the upcoming FINA World Championships in Shanghai, China. Anae, a goalie, was also on the team as it won its sixth FINA World League Super Final on Sunday by defeating Italy, 9-7, in the final in Tianjin, China. Newport Harbor High alumna Anne Belden was also on the FINA World League Super Final team, for which UC Irvine women's coach Dan Klatt is an assistant. The Americans are going for their third straight world championship after claiming titles in 2007 and 2009.
SPORTS
June 11, 2011
Misty May-Treanor posted a video on her Facebook page for all her fans, and titled it, "Off to the Finals!" In the video, she is riding on a bus approaching Chaoyang Park in Beijing, China, site of the beach volleyball competition at the 2008 Olympics. "It's a bit of a surreal moment. It's like déjà vu," May-Treanor said in the video. "Getting ready I got goose bumps just thinking about it. Wish us luck and Kerri and I are going to play hard. " The duo that won gold in Beijing in 2008 did play hard.
NEWS
By Jim deBoom | July 27, 2010
The final orientation meeting for those interested in learning more about the Newport-Mesa-Irvine Interfaith Council introductory tour to China is at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at Harbor Christian Church, 2401 Irvine Ave., Newport Beach. The meeting will be the last chance to register for the 2010 tour. This is the council's seventh trip to China. More than 850 youths and adults have been on previous council tours of the People's Republic. The Oct. 14-22 trip to Beijing, Suzhou, Hangzhou and Shanghai is open to members of the faith communities, service club members and the general public.