China Focus
China Focus is the official IR/PS student organization designed by and for scholars of the Greater China Region. We provide an active forum for student, faculty, and community participation in intellectual, academic, professional, and social activities related to China and China's relations with the rest of the world.
We organize academic forums and public lectures, networking and professional engagements, community service initiatives, as well as cultural events of interest to the entire IR/PS community. We aim to provide a high-level forum for intellectual debate and discussion, as well as a close-knit community of scholars centered around collective learning, networking, and intellectual, professional, and research collaboration.
2009-2010 Board of Directors:
Eddie Hsu
Steven (Kuo-Ting) Ma
Takehiro Masutomo
John Andrew Petrequin
Candice Wang
Eddie Hsu
Career Track: International Politics
Region: China
Language(s): Mandarin Chinese
Eddie received his bachelor's degree in global studies from UC Santa Barbara. As an undergraduate, he studied abroad at Peking University in Beijing and National Taiwan University in Taipei. He is a native of California and grew up in northern California in a suburb of San Francisco. He focuses on the greater China issues, with a particular interest in Sino-American relations and cross-strait affairs.
Kuo-Ting (Steven) Ma
Career Track: International Politics
Region: China
Language(s): Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, French
Steven was born in Taipei, Taiwan and immigrated to the southern California when he was 6. Steven has worked for TECRO (Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office) and the Taiwanese representation to the World Trade Organization where he worked on trade in services. In his free time he manages his family's traditional Chinese breakfast restaurants in Los Angeles.
Takehiro Masutomo
Career Track: International Management
Region: China
Language(s): Japanese, English, Mandarin Chinese
Takehiro received his bachelor's degree in the School of Sociology and Social Work at Kwansei Gakuin University. As an exchange student, he studied international politics and economics at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. Having traveled many cities and villages in China, he has a particular interest in China's enlarging income gap, political and economic reforms, and Japan-China relationship, and, beyond, further integration of East/Southeast/South Asia.
John Andrew Petrequin
Career Track: International Negotiation
Region: China
Language(s): French, Mandarin Chinese
John Andrew lived in Liaoing Province for two years teaching English and studying Chinese. Before going to China, John Andrew worked in corporate sales for a management consulting firm in Washington, D.C. Additionally, he worked in political campaigns on both the national and state levels. He attended the University of North Carolina at Wilmington as an undergraduate as a political science and French major. John Andrew is a political junkie and loves traveling, spicy food, and exercising.
Candice Wang
Career Track: International Management
Region: China
Language(s): Mandarin Chinese
Candice is the first student admitted into the BA/MIA program at IR/PS. She previously spent a semester in China, studying globalization and the Chinese economy at Fudan University. She wrote her undergraduate senior thesis on China’s Corporate Social Responsibility practices. In addition to CSR issues, she is also interested in human rights in China.
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