Tai-Pan Society

The Tai-Pan Society

The Tai-Pan Society is dedicated to fostering understanding and communication between

the peoples of America,

the peoples of Asia and the Pacific Region. This is accomplished

through seminars, conferences, publications,

networking with government, private sectors

and with the media. The Tai-Pan Society bridges the uniqueness and

diversity of Asia to

the pragmatic, innovative American people.

Founded in 1970, The Tai-Pan Society, through its headquarters in Honolulu, brings

together American and Asian

peoples with the focus of increasing knowledge and

developing stronger business relationships.

A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, The Tai-Pan Society provides a forum for building

awareness of the more than

thirty countries broadly defined as the Asia-Pacific Region,

New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific Islands. The focus

being on Greater China and India

The Tai-Pan Society is supported by contributions from foundations, corporations, and

individuals who believe in the

need to build stronger business development ties between

America and Asia.

Managing Director
Wàng Fēng

The Tai-Pan Society

's mission is

to foster better understanding between Asia and

America.

To promote greater knowledge of Asia in the U.S

The Tai-Pan Society today fulfills

its

mandate

through programs

encompassing politics and business throughout

diverse

countries of Asia.

As economies and cultures become more interconnected, The Tai-Pan Society’

programs have

expanded to

address Asian American issues, the effects of

globalization, and pressing social

concerns in Asia. The focus being

on the

impact of

Greater China and India on the world order.

To educate

increase the awareness of the growing influence of The Asian Region

on the

world’s

economy

both economically and politically. To be part of the solution

in resolving

and mediating

growth issues in Greater

China and India that will bring

decreasing

pressure on world relations.

The

Tai-

an Creed

To persevere under loss, to fight the bitterness of defeat, to overcome weakness of

grief,

to be

the victor over

anger, to smile when tears are close, to resist evil men

and base

instincts, to

avoid hate and to pursue love, to

always make room in your

heart for

someone in need, to go

on when it would easy to quit, to seek ever the

dream, to look up

with unquenchable faith in

something evermore about to be.

This; is what a Tai-

an can

do.

"IF"

If you can keep your head when all about you

Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,

If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you

But make allowance for their doubting too,

If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,

Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,

Or being hated, don't give way to hating,

And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:

If you can dream--and not make dreams your master,

If you can think--and not make thoughts your aim;

If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster

And treat those two impostors just the same;

If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken

Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,

Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,

And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings

And risk it all on one turn of pitch-and-toss,

And lose, and start again at your beginnings

And never breath a word about your loss;

If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew

To serve your turn long after they are gone,

And so hold on when there is nothing in you

Except the Will which says to them:

"Hold on!"

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,

Or walk with kings--nor lose the common touch,

If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;

If all men count with you, but none too much,

If you can fill the unforgiving minute

With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,

Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,

And--which is more--you'll be a Man, my son!

--Rudyard Kipling

Shāng Tuán