Monday, July 22, 2019

America's future begs for AsAm scientists

Forward!     Know our critical importance to USA

    
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The Chinese American (Ch-Am) community is the most promising DOMESTIC source of future scientists for Chemistry, Math and Physics.
     
         The pictures below show that ChAms, only 2% of nation's population, played at least a 75% role in chemistry, mathematics and physics in representing America in the International Olympiad for high school students. 

                               IN CHEMISTRY  (click on 1, 2 and 3)

     Shown below are pictures of the US Chemistry teams in the International Olympiad from 2013 to 2018.  See how splendidly they performed. 

 2017 int. Ch. Oly. 4 golds 
      2018   4 golds                                         2017     4 golds

  
    2016  1 gold, 2 silvers, 1 Bronz                 2015     1 gold, 3 silvers   

  2013 2g 2silver                2014    1 gold, 3 silvers                             2013    2 golds, 2 silvers


                20 of the highest-scoring students in the US 
       National Exam, US National Chemistry Olympiad, 2018
    (95% are Chinese Americans, judging from their last names)
                          

                              IN PHYSICS  (Click here)

      Featuring the U.S. team preparing for the International Physics Olympiad.
Featuring the U.S. team preparing for the International Physics Olympiad
The picture shows those who scored in the top 20 in the US National
Physics Olympiad; 80% of them are Chinese Americans judging from the last names.
  
          The US physics team also did well in the International Physics Olympiad, though not quite as splendidly as our chemistry or math teams.  Our physics team averages about 1 Gold and 1 Silver each year, over the last 40 years


                                   IN MATHEMATICS  (click here)

2018 math first

      2018     US Team Takes First in International Math Olympiad, under head coach Po-Shen Loh, Carnegie Mellon University.  The US team was FIRST in 3 of the last 4 contests.

            Drafting a 2nd letter to FBI Director Wray 

      Dir. Wray has not replied to my letter to him of 3 weeks ago.   Consequently, I begin to write to US Congressional Delegates and presidential candidates informing them of the grave mistake that Wray is making to damage the long-term interests of the US.  At the same time, I continue to write Wray.  My 2nd letter will contain the above info.  I'll ask Wray, "What if your totalitarian "whole-of-society approach" profiling against scientists of Chinese origin would drive these young ChAm science talents from science or even from the US?"

      I'll also ask, 

Director Wray, do you want to destroy the most promising 
DOMESTIC source of future scientists for chemistry, math and physics?

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S. B. Woo


President and a volunteer for the past 20 years
80-20 Educational Foundation, Inc, a 501 C-3 organization,
Lieutenant Governor of Delaware (1985-89)
 
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Monday, July 15, 2019

Forward. A telling picture!


    
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A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words

APS News, July 2019

Featuring the U.S. team preparing for the International Physics Olympiad.
   Featuring the U.S. team preparing for the International Physics Olympiad


The Above Picture Should Cause


a) FBI Director Wray to reflect:  "Hmmm!  All these Asian American faces.        I bet at least 50% are Chinese American(ChAm) faces.  Will my totalitarian 
     "whole-of-society effort" to catch Chinese spies, which certainly violate the civil 
     rights of innocent ChAm scientists, eventually drive these students out of Physics
     or even out of the USA?  Who will replace them?  Will I be causing deep 
     damage to the long-term  interest of US science?  I want to protect our national
     secrets, but I MUST not violate the rights of innocent scientists of Chinese origin. 
     I need to re-examine my "whole-of-society effort" advocacy."
     

b) many of us in the STEM field to reflect*"Why am I  so timid?  I am 
      a tenured & Chaired professor.  Yet when my Dean told me not to go to China
      anymore, and to get out of a first-rate international collaborative science program 
      in China, I meekly agreed.  I've studiously abided by the rules of the Univ. and the
      granting agencies, and yet I submit to such outrageous extra-legal verbal 
      instructions from an administrator like an errand boy."  

      "I am a selfish coward.  I shouldn't set such shameful precedent for these 
       young students who will be future scientists.  I wasn't thinking about the long-
       term interest of US science.  I was only thinking about pleasing the Dean. 
       While my Dean was only thinking about the number of dollars received from the 
       funding agencies instead of what's best for science.  What is the use of being a 
       chaired professor, if I behave like an errand boy.   I must do better from here on. 
       Otherwise, I'll hate the face I see in the mirror each morning."

*  The above is the composite of two true events.  I believe hundreds of similar
    events occurred on campuses all over the U.S.  Rise, professors.  See how EF 
    responds to grave events with courage and integrity.  Has anything happened to 
    me and/or my colleagues on the Board who have been the "point persons" for the 
    AsAm community for decades?  Step up to be counted!  Together we can do 
    even better in helping our nation to be a "more perfect union."  

c) many administrators of universities to reflect: "Why am I 
     betraying my academic principles and letting grant dollars and politics lead me 
     by the nose, since becoming an administrator?  I used to be a strong believer in
     free and open exchange of science for its advancement!  I used to be against race
     profiling.  What FBI Director Wray is advocating is nothing less than urging the            entire US society to race profile scientists of Chinese origin.  Yes, I am shamefully
     implementing that policy.   I need to re-set my moral compass this moment."
     
    "In addition, some of these ChAm professors, backed by an organization like
     this 80-20 Educational Foundation, may one day decide to sue me for my 
     extra-legal instruction to them to stop their collaboratory activities in China.  
     need to be more judicious and law-abiding."

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S. B. Woo


President and a volunteer for the past 20 years
80-20 Educational Foundation, Inc, a 501 C-3 organization,
Lieutenant Governor of Delaware (1985-89)

GOOD NEWS:

    CIT  (Calif. Insititute of Technology)  
and Washington U. 
 
just joined a list 12 other universities to send out 
a campus-wide communication to stress the importance of protecting innocent international scientists from political pressure generated by people like FBI  Director Wray.  We thank Alice Huang, EF Vice President & former 
President of AAAS, for approaching CIT !

 
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Monday, July 8, 2019

Why were these dire warnings ignored?

Make Good Use of our Financial Strength

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                                                         The Ideal Situation
  • 80-20 has the responsibility to warn you early about approaching political danger.  See the 8 explicit dire warnings issued by EF in the last 17 months, shown below.
  • YOU need to hear the warnings & respond immediately to deter the oppressors from treading on us, and strengthen our defense.
  •  How to respond cost-effectively?  Money talks.  If half of the estimated  100,000 AsAms, who have read EF's warnings, would each have sent in  $100, EF's war chest would have been boosted by $5 millionduring those  few months. Politicians would have been impressed to no end; ceased their  aggressive policy against us & perhaps seek to befriend us.    
  •  Result:  Problem solved.  It's that simple.  You wouldn't have to worry about being an innocent victim any more.  80-20's war chest would be $5 million*larger, which would indeed indirectly protect you further. America becomes a more perfect union.  It's a win-win-win.
*Note (1) EF Board Members don't benefit from a large war chest.  You do; and
          (2) Endowment for the Jewish AIPAC org. is $140 million; its annual 
               expenditure is $60 million.  So EF has a long way to go to catch up.
                 
                                               The Real Situation

       The real world situation is disappointing at first.  However, 80-20 deeply believes that its supporters are highly educated, very smart and learn quickly.  That is why EF is reviewing the past, detailed below, with you.

                        8 WARNINGS in 17 Months, sent to you by EF

 1) EF's Feb 28, 2018 e-newsletter to you:  

Tough Time Ahead - Let's Forge UNITY  ... The AsAm community, particularly
the Ch-Am community, may be facing tough times in the coming months and 
years.  Let's forge unity....

2)  EF's March13, 2018 e-newsletter to you:

Read it so that you'll know how tough things are these days.  The extra-legal pressure is intentional.  The only way the pressure will let up is if we mount effective counter pressure. ....

3)  EF's March 19, 2018 e-newsletter to you, entitled "Big changes that may hurt  
     you"

              Alarmed By Director Wray's statement?  Watch out.  
     There'll be more such statement/actions to come that may hurt you.  

        Nat'l Security Strategy of 2018, issued by Pres. Trump and 
                    Nat'l Defense Strategy, issued by Gen. Mattis


4) EF's March 26, 2018 email to you:  [YOU be the judge. Is our warning explicit?]

  EF Forewarned You about the Coming Big/Bad Changes
When EF found out that many of you didn't get the subtle warnings, we sent out the following explicit warning: March 19, BIG changes that may hurt us. " 


 5) EF's July 30, 2018 e-newsletter to you:  [After EF single-handedly defeated an
   unconstitutional law, passed by the House.]
Mission accomplished THIS time. Will EF be as successful the next time?  My guess is "NO!" unless each of us will do our share to forge unity within the AsAm community, before it is too late.  Things will likely get tougher.  

 6) EF's Aug. 13, 2018 e-newsletter to you: 

According to Politico, President Trump called "almost every student"
from China a spy. ....  Mark our words: thing will get worse


 7) EF's Dec. 24, 2018 e-newsletter to you: 
        TIMIDITY: Our shame & perhaps our downfall.  .....
My aim is to get you to begin asserting your leadership in the service of our community at a tough time.

8) EF's May 6, 2019 e-newsletter to you, entitled CALL TO ACTION - protecting innocent Ch-Am scientists:

Respond to this Call To Action to lessen your chance      of being a victim!

    [UC, Berkeley, Stanford, U of MI and UC, Davis were the four which started 
the campus wide communication to protect scientists of Chinese origin.  Since then,8 other universities have joined.  They are U DE, Princeton, Rice, Yale, U MD, Case Western Reserve, Columbia, and MIT. We need more.]

    We learn from our mistakes and move on to be smarter and stronger.  Beware: we are a very small minority; we can't afford too many mistakes.   
                              If you like this email, please FORWARD.

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S. B. Woo

President and a volunteer for the past 20 years
80-20 Educational Foundation, Inc, a 501 C-3 organization,
Lieutenant Governor of Delaware (1985-89)

Worthy News:  An open letter to Trump and US Congress by 100 China experts: China is not an enemy.  It was published in Washington Post on 7/3/2019.
 
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