While people around the U.S. were planning how to spend this year's July 4th weekend, over a thousand Chinese from all over North America were packing their bags and flying to Houston, Texas, to attend the three-day Chinese-American Academic and Professional Convention.
華人菁英．為國建言﹘﹘一九八七年北美華人學術研討會由七月四日獨立紀念日帶來的三天「長週末」（long weekend），人人計畫著如何渡假。有將近千位散佈在北美各地的華人，則收拾行囊，攜家帶眷飛往德州。