Decorative Sushi Workshop, October 13 in Cranberry.

Via Sushi Life.

The Japan-America Society of Pennsylvania will present a Decorative Sushi Workshop on October 13.

Kazari Maki-Zushi is a patterned or decorative sushi that is derived from several sushi techniques. Kazari Maki-Zushi can be anything – flowers, fruit, animals, words and even logos. No prior experience is necessary as it involves a different process than creating regular sushi.

At this event, Fumiyo Iwadachi will demonstrate techniques to make decorative sushi. Participants will make their own peach blossom and square designs.

Registration is $25 for JASP members and $35 for non-members.

It will be held at House of Chen at 101 Brandt Dr. in Cranberry (map). Registration can be completed online.

Shadyside rental company hiring Mandarin-speaking office aide.

A Shadyside rental company is hiring a Mandarin-speaking office aide for an apartment complex.

Chinese (Mandarin native fluency) speaking office help needed in busy apartment rental office.

Korean Language Social Hour, October 4 at Pitt.

The University of Pittsburgh's Asian Studies Center will host a Korean Language Social Hour on Thursday, October 4.

For Korean language learners and English language learners, please come and join our event! Music, Food, and lots of activities!!

The event is free and open to the Pitt community, and will be held in 3911 Posvar Hall (map) from 4:30 to 5:30 pm.

Hug Thai Noodle House coming soon to Oakland.

Hug Thai Noodle House will open a location in Oakland on October 3. It is located at 422 Semple St. (map) in what was formerly AJ's Burger Peruvian. Hug Thai currently has another location in Lawrenceville.

Bunkasai at Pitt, October 6.

The University of Pittsburgh's Japanese Student Association will host a Bunkasai (culture festival) on October 6. It runs from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm in the William Pitt Union's Assembly Room (map) and is free and open to the Pitt community.

ASPIRE Pathway (辅道教育) / WholeRen Education hiring Chinese-speaking online History/Politics/Social Work tutors.

ASPIRE Pathway (辅道教育), a subsidiary of Pittsburgh-based Chinese education consulting group WholeRen Education, is hiring online tutors in History, Politics, and Social Work.

The academic support department of Wholeren Education is looking for talented, experienced tutors for college level Chinese international students in the US. We help both struggling and gifted students reach their full potential by supplementing the instruction they receive in class and guiding them toward study practices and aides that can help them excel. Tutors work with individual students one-on-one, though we occasionally organize group activities for students who are studying the same material. Our team offers compassionate, motivating assistance to students, and we expect our new hires to do the same. If you have experience tutoring students, please submit an application.

2016 Stephen Chow movie The Mermaid (美人鱼) at Oakland's Carnegie Library, October 7.

The October installment of International Cinema Sunday features the 2016 Stephen Chow movie The Mermaid (美人鱼), the highest-grossing movie in China that year.

Chinese Language Social Hour, October 2 at Pitt.

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The University of Pittsburgh's Asian Studies Center will host a Chinese Language Social Hour on Tuesday, October 2.

For the students who want to learn and practice Mandarin and Cantonese, also the Chinese speakers who want to practice and improve their English, please come and join our event! Music, free food, make friends, lots of activities! Mark it on your calendar!!

The event is free and open to the Pitt community, and will be held in 4217 Posvar Hall (map) from 4:30 to 6:00 pm.

Kang to rejoin Pirates for the final weekend of the season.

Via Newsen.

Korean infielder Jung-ho Kang will rejoin the Pittsburgh Pirates for their final weekend of the 2018 season.

Kang has been playing games in the fall instructional league in Bradenton, Fla., after undergoing surgery to debride cartilage in his left wrist. Kang completed his rehabilitation by playing five instructional league games. General manager Neal Huntington said Kang will get some playing time, but he didn't anticipate him starting all three games.

"We only have three games left in our season after today and wanted to respect his hard work, his intent to get back, his work to get back," Huntington said. "It's not really going to help us a lot in our evaluation process as to where we take this, but at the same time, give him an opportunity to get back to the big leagues, which is any guy's goal."

Kang was not able to enter the United States last year after a December 2016 DUI arrest in South Korea, later revealed to be his third such charge since 2009. He was also investigated but not charged by the Chicago Police Department in 2016 after a sexual assault allegation was made against him.

Kang joined the team in 2015 after being a top prospect in the Korean Baseball Organization.

"Rotating to the Top: How Career Tracks Matter in the Chinese Communist Regime," October 2 at Pitt.

via mit.edu

The University of Pittsburgh's Department of Political Science will host Yiqing Xu of the University of California San Diego and his talk "Rotating to the Top: How Career Tracks Matter in the Chinese Communist Regime" on October 2.

This paper takes a novel perspective on the selection of leaders by depicting the importance of career tracks. Using full and alternate Central Committee members of the Chinese Communist Party from 1982 to 2017, we measure career tracks - both the horizontal and vertical movement of individuals - using machines learning techniques, and link them with political selection. Our main finding is that career tracks play an important role in the Chinese political system despite the in influence of patronage networks. In addition, when comparing the roles of career tracks and personal ties over time, we find suggestive evidence that Chinese politics becomes more paternalistic in the 19th Party Congress.

The talk runs from 12:00 to 1:30 pm in 4801 Posvar Hall (map) and is free and open to the public.