http://www.huaren.org/

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www.huaren.org/

WHF Mission Statement
To ensure that Huaren are treated with dignity wherever they are, by promoting the well-beings of all peoples, and by cultivating in Huaren and non-Huaren the spirit of living together as communities of equal citizens.

Objectives

To serve as a forum for Huaren around the world to discuss issues which concern them and address those concerns where appropriate.
To foster understanding and relationships among Huaren and non-Huaren.
To promote civil societies based on the rule of law, democracy, liberty, universal values, human rights, and fair and equal access to resources.
To foster the development of a non-partisan national, regional and international network to support and promote a worldwide peace movement committed to transparent and accountable governance.
To promote the culture of peace through non-discriminatory multicultural policies based on mutual respect, tolerance, the sharing of resources/information and the elimination of poverty through sustainable development.
To encourage and support Huaren in their fair and active participation in the political, educational, social, cultural and economic processes of their respective countries.
To form strategic alliances with Huaren and non-Huaren organisations worldwide with common aims and objectives.


*** Huaren are people of Chinese origin by birth, descent and heritage inside and outside China.***

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Chinese Communities Worldwide

Since its inception it has been our objective at ¡°Huaren¡± to network ethnic Chinese associations and professionals into an interactive entity.

Outside China, the nature of ethnic Chinese is complex. At ¡°Huaren¡± we understand that some of us, for example those living in Indonesia or Thailand may not have a Chinese name. They were discouraged or legally banned from studying the Chinese language. We know that even in countries such as Europe, U.S., Australia or New Zealand not many second generation ethnic Chinese could speak Mandarin or a dialect. Furthermore ethnic Chinese do not share a common religion, we do not practice a prescribed set of customs or culture, and we certainly do not subscribe to a in a given set of political ideology.

Nevertheless that does not diminish our identity as ethnic Chinese, even though we are citizens or residents of countries we are born in or choose to reside in. Wherever we are, there is so much that we could contribute, individually or collectively to the society.

¡°Huaren¡± provides a forum for people from different parts of the World to exchange ideas. Networking provides the means whereby members could share their experience; liaise with each other, support or help one another, or just making friends.

The ¡°Huaren Liaison Project¡± seeks to compile a database of associations, ethnic Chinese community or political leaders, student organisations, Chinese cultural troupes as well as specialists in various fields. We invite sinologists and other non-Chinese professionals in Chinese affairs to join us. We even include web-based ¡°virtual¡± entities. The project is on-going, and we need our members world wide to help us with this interesting, rewarding, and enormously difficult task.

It is our vision that eventually we would be able to highlight ethnic Chinese communities in various countries, as well as profile local leaders. To a certain extent we hope be able to meet friends wherever we go.

This is a long term, ambitious project. As the proverb says, ¡°The man puts in the efforts, but the Heaven makes it a success.¡± We can do our very best; the final outcome could be very circumstantial.

Let us hope that we could galvanise our collective intelligence, so that ethnic Chinese as a community could be better understood, more respected and successful in our own endeavours.

Please contacted us at Huaren.

Y. S. Yow (Network Coordinator)