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SUMMARY:Chinese Labour Corps: Library of Birmingham Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:The Chinese Community Centre-Birmingham is commemorating the contribution of the Chinese Labour Corps in World War I. \nIn November 2018\, Britain commemorated the end of World War I with events across the country. One group that has been consistently overlooked is the Chinese Labour Corps (CLC) – volunteers from mainland China who were sent by the Chinese government to support the British and French armies on the Western Front. While hostilities ceased in November 1918 and troops returned home\, the CLC remained behind to clear battlefield debris into 1919 with the final units not leaving until September 1920\, almost two years after armistice. \nTheir contribution was never acknowledged in Britain until a campaign to recognise the CLC began in 2013.  Since then\, a number of projects have taken place and the Chinese Community Centre-Birmingham (CCC-B) is bringing together elements from Ming Ai Institute’s ‘British Chinese Armed Forces Heritage’ exhibition which commemorates the CLC in WWI and the Hong Kong British Army Aid Group in WWII together with artefacts from the Chinese in Britain Forum’s ‘Ensuring We Remember’ campaign under the title ‘Chinese Labour Corps: The Forgotten Men of World War I’. \nThe full exhibition will be on display at CCC-B from 1st – 8th February 2019 (not Sunday 3rd February) and after this\, selected items will go on display in the Spotlight zone of the Library of Birmingham from 11th Feb-1st March. \nOn Wednesday 27th February there will be a Panel talk in the Library Voices of War & Peace Engagement Centre. \nGuest speakers: \nSteve Lau\, Chinese in Britain Forum/Ensuring We Remember Campaign \nChungwen Li\, Ming Ai Institute \nPeng Wenlan\, The Meridian Society \nThe exhibition and talk are free to attend. Contact Kate Gordon on 0121 685 8510 or email kategordon@ccc-b.org.uk to register your interest.
URL:https://sacu.org/event/chinese-labour-corps-library-of-birmingham-exhibition/
LOCATION:Library of Birmingham\, Centenary Square\, Broad Street\, Birmingham\, B1 2ND\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Event
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190209
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190210
DTSTAMP:20261026T160241
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SUMMARY:The Meridian Society's Chinese New Year Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Saturday 9th February\nThe Meridian Society’s Chinese New Year Celebration \nSACU’s partner organisation The Meridian Society invites you to join them for their Chinese New Year celebration:- \n“Firstly we will be going to BFI Southbank for the documentary triptych by Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni depicting life in 1970s China. Afterwards we will be going for a Chinese new year meal at Taste of China in Bloomsbury. The two can be booked separately or together.” \nTimes \n\n13.30pm for 13.40 at BFI Southbank (website for directions)\n17.45 for 18.00 at Taste of China\, (googlemaps for directions)\n\nAs places are limited please e-mail to reserve your place early. The deadline for booking is extended to Wednesday 30th January with payment no later than Friday 1st February. \nPriority will be given to current Meridian Society members\, supporters who book for both events\, then on a ‘first come [payment received] first served’ basis. \n \nChung Kuo Cina (Film) \nIn 1972\, during Mao’s Cultural Revolution\, Antonioni was invited to direct a documentary about New China. The result was a three-and-a-half hour film divided into three parts. \nThe first part\, taken around Beijing\, includes a cotton factory\, older sections of the city\, and a clinic where a Cesarean operation is performed\, using acupuncture. The middle part visits the Red Flag canal and a collective farm in Henan\, as well as the old city of Suzhou. The final part shows the port and industries of Shanghai\, and ends with a stage presentation by Chinese acrobats. \nMao disliked it so much that Antonioni was consequently charged with being anti-Chinese as well as counterrevolutionary. The movie was finally shown at Beijing’s Cinema Institute 30 years later. \n \nDishes\nSoup\nSweet Corn and Pork Rib Soup\nMain Courses\nSpicy Seabass in Pot\nStir Fried Lamb in Chilli\nGriddle Spicy Chicken\nSweet and Sour Pork\nRed Braised Pig’s Trotters\nSalt and Chilli Squid\nStir Fried Aubergine and Green Bean\nMixed Vegetables\nRice and Stir Fried Noodles\nTo Finish\nFresh Fruits \nPrices \nMembers of The Meridian Society\nlunch £25\, film £12.50 (£10.50 concessions*)\, combined £37 (£35)\nAssociates (members of SACU and family members of Meridian Society members)\nlunch £27.50\, film £12.50 (£10.50 concessions*)\, combined £39 (£37)\nNon-members\nlunch £30\, film £12.50 (£10.50 concessions*)\, combined £42 (£40)\n* concessions for the film are available to seniors\, students\, unwaged and disabled (evidence required on the day).\nPlease note:  Members of BFI pay lower prices and are advised to buy their own tickets. \nPlaces will be confirmed on receipt of payment. Payment should therefore be made as soon as possible and no later than Friday 1st February. \nPlease send your cheque made payable to ‘The Meridian Society’ to:  The Treasurer\, 5 Mildmay Street\, London N1 4AB.  Alternatively if you wish to pay by direct bank transfer please contact us and we will forward our account details. \nNote: Membership for the Meridian Society is an annual fee of £35 a year (£20 for concessions). \nVisit The Meridian Society website for information about other activities.
URL:https://sacu.org/event/the-meridian-societys-chinese-new-year-celebration/
CATEGORIES:Public Event
ORGANIZER;CN="The Meridian Society":MAILTO:themeridiansociety@gmail.com
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190205
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190211
DTSTAMP:20261026T160241
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SUMMARY:Happy New Year of the Pig!
DESCRIPTION:Here is our list of Chinese New Year 2019 celebrations around the UK (plus NYC and Sydney). \nHappy New Year!\n新年快乐!\nLondon ……………https://londonist.com/…/chinese-new-year-in-london-events-c… \nManchester………..https://www.visitmanchester.com/ideas-and…/chinese-new-year… \n\nLiverpool………….. https://liverpoolexpress.co.uk/celebrations-for-chinese-ne…/ \nCardiff……………… https://cardiff.carpe-diem.events/…/9215152-chinese-new-ye…/ \nMacclesfield………..https://www.macclesfield-tc.gov.uk/celebrating-chinese-new…/ \nBangor……………. https://www.northwaleschronicle.co.uk/…/17354591.chinese-y…/ \nSheffield…………….https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/confucius/events/cny \nBirmingham…………https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/…/chinese-new-year-2019-wh… \nSouthampton………https://www.ukshaolintemple.com/event/chinese-new-year-2019/ \nNewcastle……………https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/…/chinese-new-year-2019-wha… \nYork……………………https://www.eventbrite.com/e/chinese-new-year-2019-at-york-… \nNew York……………https://www.cityguideny.com/article/Chinese-New-Year-NYC… \nLeeds…………………https://www.visitleeds.co.uk/whats-on/chinese-new-year.aspx \nSydney………………https://www.sydney.com/…/chinese-new-year-celebration-year-…
URL:https://sacu.org/event/happy-new-year-of-the-pig/
CATEGORIES:Public Event
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190204T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190208T160000
DTSTAMP:20261026T160241
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SUMMARY:Chinese Labour Corps: Exhibition at Chinese Community Centre-Birmingham\, 4-8 Feb 2019
DESCRIPTION:Chinese Labour Corps: The Forgotten Men of World War I:\nExhibition at the Chinese Community Centre-Birmingham\nFriday 1 Feb to Friday 8 Feb (not Sunday 3 Feb)\nThe Chinese Community Centre – Birmingham is going to stage the first exhibition in the West Midlands about the Chinese Labour Corps in February 2019\, coinciding with Chinese New Year. \nIn November 2018\, Britain commemorated the end of World War I with events across the country. One group that has been consistently overlooked is the Chinese Labour Corps (CLC) – volunteers from mainland China who were sent by the Chinese government to support the British and French armies on the Western Front. While hostilities ceased in November 1918 and troops returned home\, the CLC remained behind to clear battlefield debris into 1919 with the final units not leaving until September 1920\, almost two years after armistice. \nTheir contribution was never acknowledged in Britain until a campaign to recognise the CLC began in 2013.  Since then\, a number of projects have taken place and the Chinese Community Centre-Birmingham (CCC-B) is bringing together elements from Ming Ai Institute’s ‘British Chinese Armed Forces Heritage’ exhibition which commemorates the CLC in WWI and the Hong Kong British Army Aid Group in WWII together with artefacts from the Chinese in Britain Forum’s ‘Ensuring We Remember’ campaign under the title ‘Chinese Labour Corps: The Forgotten Men of World War I’. \nThe full exhibition will be on display at CCC-B from 1st – 8th February 2019 (not Sunday 3rd February): \nFriday 1 Feb: 2 – 7pm \nSaturday 2 Feb: 10am – 1pm \nMonday 4 – Friday 8 Feb: 10am – 4pm \nAfter this\, selected items will go on display in the Spotlight zone of the Library of Birmingham from 11th Feb-1st March. \nOn Wednesday 27th February there will be a Panel talk in the Library Voices of War & Peace Engagement Centre. \nGuest speakers: \nSteve Lau\, Chinese in Britain Forum/Ensuring We Remember Campaign \nChungwen Li\, Ming Ai Institute \nPeng Wenlan\, The Meridian Society \nThe exhibition and talk are free to attend. Contact Kate Gordon on 0121 685 8510 or email kategordon@ccc-b.org.uk to register your interest. \n 
URL:https://sacu.org/event/chinese-labour-corps-exhibition-at-chinese-community-centre-birmingham-4-8-feb-2019/
LOCATION:CCC-B\, 99 Bradford Street\, Birmingham\, B12 0NS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Event
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190202T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190202T130000
DTSTAMP:20261026T160241
CREATED:20190110T170117Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190110T170323Z
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SUMMARY:Chinese Labour Corps: Exhibition at Chinese Community Centre-Birmingham\, 2 Feb 2019
DESCRIPTION:Chinese Labour Corps: The Forgotten Men of World War I:\nExhibition at the Chinese Community Centre-Birmingham\nFriday 1 Feb to Friday 8 Feb (not Sunday 3 Feb)\nThe Chinese Community Centre – Birmingham is going to stage the first exhibition in the West Midlands about the Chinese Labour Corps in February 2019\, coinciding with Chinese New Year. \nIn November 2018\, Britain commemorated the end of World War I with events across the country. One group that has been consistently overlooked is the Chinese Labour Corps (CLC) – volunteers from mainland China who were sent by the Chinese government to support the British and French armies on the Western Front. While hostilities ceased in November 1918 and troops returned home\, the CLC remained behind to clear battlefield debris into 1919 with the final units not leaving until September 1920\, almost two years after armistice. \nTheir contribution was never acknowledged in Britain until a campaign to recognise the CLC began in 2013.  Since then\, a number of projects have taken place and the Chinese Community Centre-Birmingham (CCC-B) is bringing together elements from Ming Ai Institute’s ‘British Chinese Armed Forces Heritage’ exhibition which commemorates the CLC in WWI and the Hong Kong British Army Aid Group in WWII together with artefacts from the Chinese in Britain Forum’s ‘Ensuring We Remember’ campaign under the title ‘Chinese Labour Corps: The Forgotten Men of World War I’. \nThe full exhibition will be on display at CCC-B from 1st – 8th February 2019 (not Sunday 3rd February): \nFriday 1 Feb: 2 – 7pm \nSaturday 2 Feb: 10am – 1pm \nMonday 4 – Friday 8 Feb: 10am – 4pm \nAfter this\, selected items will go on display in the Spotlight zone of the Library of Birmingham from 11th Feb-1st March. \nOn Wednesday 27th February there will be a Panel talk in the Library Voices of War & Peace Engagement Centre. \nGuest speakers: \nSteve Lau\, Chinese in Britain Forum/Ensuring We Remember Campaign \nChungwen Li\, Ming Ai Institute \nPeng Wenlan\, The Meridian Society \nThe exhibition and talk are free to attend. Contact Kate Gordon on 0121 685 8510 or email kategordon@ccc-b.org.uk to register your interest. \n 
URL:https://sacu.org/event/chinese-labour-corps-exhibition-at-chinese-community-centre-birmingham-2-feb-2019/
CATEGORIES:Public Event
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190201T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190201T190000
DTSTAMP:20261026T160241
CREATED:20190109T205510Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190110T170344Z
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SUMMARY:Chinese Labour Corps: Exhibition at Chinese Community Centre-Birmingham\, 1 February 2019
DESCRIPTION:Chinese Labour Corps: The Forgotten Men of World War I:\nExhibition at the Chinese Community Centre-Birmingham\nFriday 1 Feb to Friday 8 Feb (not Sunday 3 Feb)\nThe Chinese Community Centre – Birmingham is going to stage the first exhibition in the West Midlands about the Chinese Labour Corps in February 2019\, coinciding with Chinese New Year. \nIn November 2018\, Britain commemorated the end of World War I with events across the country. One group that has been consistently overlooked is the Chinese Labour Corps (CLC) – volunteers from mainland China who were sent by the Chinese government to support the British and French armies on the Western Front. While hostilities ceased in November 1918 and troops returned home\, the CLC remained behind to clear battlefield debris into 1919 with the final units not leaving until September 1920\, almost two years after armistice. \nTheir contribution was never acknowledged in Britain until a campaign to recognise the CLC began in 2013.  Since then\, a number of projects have taken place and the Chinese Community Centre-Birmingham (CCC-B) is bringing together elements from Ming Ai Institute’s ‘British Chinese Armed Forces Heritage’ exhibition which commemorates the CLC in WWI and the Hong Kong British Army Aid Group in WWII together with artefacts from the Chinese in Britain Forum’s ‘Ensuring We Remember’ campaign under the title ‘Chinese Labour Corps: The Forgotten Men of World War I’. \nThe full exhibition will be on display at CCC-B from 1st – 8th February 2019 (not Sunday 3rd February): \nFriday 1 Feb: 2 – 7pm \nSaturday 2 Feb: 10am – 1pm \nMonday 4 – Friday 8 Feb: 10am – 4pm \nAfter this\, selected items will go on display in the Spotlight zone of the Library of Birmingham from 11 Feb-1st March. \nOn Wednesday 27th February there will be a Panel talk in the Library Voices of War & Peace Engagement Centre. \nGuest speakers: \nSteve Lau\, Chinese in Britain Forum/Ensuring We Remember Campaign \nChungwen Li\, Ming Ai Institute \nPeng Wenlan\, The Meridian Society \nThe exhibition and talk are free to attend. Contact Kate Gordon on 0121 685 8510 or email kategordon@ccc-b.org.uk to register your interest. \n 
URL:https://sacu.org/event/chinese-labour-corps-exhibition-at-chinese-community-centre-birmingham/
LOCATION:CCC-B\, 99 Bradford Street\, Birmingham\, B12 0NS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Event
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190116T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190116T210000
DTSTAMP:20261026T160241
CREATED:20181231T160834Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181231T160834Z
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SUMMARY:Meet the Chilli Bean Paste Clan: An Evening with Yan Ge and Nicky Harman
DESCRIPTION:Set in a fictional town in West China\, the novel\, The Chilli Bean Paste Clan\, is the story of the Duan-Xue family\, owners of the lucrative chilli bean paste factory\, and their formidable matriarch. As Gran’s 80th birthday approaches\, her middle-aged children get together to make preparations. Family secrets are revealed and long-time sibling rivalries flare up with renewed vigour. As Shengqiang struggles unsuccessfully to juggle the demands of his mistress and his wife\, the biggest surprises of all come from Gran herself… \n  \nJoin the author Yan Ge and the translator Nicky Harman on the evening\, and catch a glimpse into the life of a typical dysfunctional family in modern China. Hear how Yan Ge put her mastery of the Sichuan dialect to excellent use\, and how Nicky Harman responded to that challenge during her translation. \n  \nFree Entry\, but please register on Eventbrite (link below) \n 
URL:https://sacu.org/event/meet-the-chilli-bean-paste-clan-an-evening-with-yan-ge-and-nicky-harman/
LOCATION:Guanghwa Bookshop\, 112 Shaftsbury Avenue\, London\, W1D 5EJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Event
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181120T191500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181120T191500
DTSTAMP:20261026T160241
CREATED:20181117T082216Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181117T082323Z
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SUMMARY:SACU's Silk Road Tour: Talk by Walter Fung
DESCRIPTION:Walter Fung\, editor of China Eye will talk about his recent visit to China’s Western provinces on the SACU Silk Road tour (with slides). The tour included the ancient cities of Guyuan\, Yinchuan and Dan Junggar\, as well as Xining\, Tupan and Urumchi in Xinjiang.
URL:https://sacu.org/event/sacus-silk-road-tour-talk-by-walter-fung/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 6 Mount Street\, Manchester\, M2 5NS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Event
ORGANIZER;CN="SACU":MAILTO:info@sacu.org.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181117T123000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181117T163000
DTSTAMP:20261026T160241
CREATED:20181104T215943Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181115T232130Z
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SUMMARY:The Chinese Labour Corps: World War One's Hidden History
DESCRIPTION:This commemoration of the Chinese Labour Corps is organised by our partner organisation The Meridian Society and co-hosted by The British Library. \n\n\nOn 11 November 1918 streets throughout Western Europe were filled with jubilant crowds. Armistice had been declared and weary soldiers were at last able to go home. Yet some had to stay behind at the Front – amongst them the Chinese Labour Corps who were needed to clear the land of ordnance and dig up and bury the dead. \n\nAlmost 140\,000 Chinese labourers had been recruited by the British and French armies to fill the void resulting from the losses at the Battle ofthe Somme. They provided much needed manpower by digging trenches\, building railroads and repairing tanks. China\, hoping to be rewarded withthe return of Shandong Province from German control\, was keen to assistthe Western Allies. \nIn this final year of the centenary of the Great War\, as we remember all those who took up arms\, we must also commemorate those who helped behind the lines. \nThe Meridian Society invites all to an afternoon of remembrance in honour of the Chinese Labour Corps to pay tribute to these men whose contribution has not as yet been formally recognised. \n\n \n\n  \n \nThe event\, co-hosted by the British Library\, will include: \nThe Shandong Problem – talk on the historical backdrop to China’s involvement in WWI and the political agenda of each of the major players in the war – by SACU Vice President Dr Frances Wood\, former Curator of Chinese Collections at the British Library\, co-author of ‘Betrayed Ally – China in the Great War’. \nSome Paradoxes of the Chinese Labour Corps Recruitment – talk on the challenges and contradictions within the British Army’s recruitment of the Chinese labourers – by Dr Gregory James\, author of ‘The Chinese Labour Corps 1916-1920′ \nExpectation versus Reality – talk on the social and cultural disparities between what Chinese labourers thought they would experience and what they were actually faced with on arrival at the Front – by Prof Philip Vanhaelemeersch\, translator of two diaries written by Chinese labourers. \nScreening of Forgotten Faces of the Great War: The Chinese Labour Corps – an oral history by descendants of Chinese labourers and Western officers of the CLC. \nCherry Blossom and other pieces – music on the erhu (Chinese two-stringed fiddle) by Charlie Tienkyi-Waddle.  \n\n\nThere will be a short break\, during which light refreshments will be served free of charge. \nDate: Saturday\, 17 November\nTime: 12.30-4.30pm\nVenue: Knowledge Centre\, British Library\, 96 Euston Road\, London NW1 2DB \nEntry: Free to members of The Meridian Society. A limited number of complimentary tickets are still available\, email  chineselabourcorps@gmail.com \nNon-members £12\, under 18s £8 (other concessions available)\nPlease book through the British Library https://www.bl.uk/events/the-chinese-labour-corps \nFor more details on the project please click here: http://themeridiansociety.org.uk/test/test/chinese-labour-corps/
URL:https://sacu.org/event/commemoration-of-the-chinese-labour-corps/
LOCATION:Knowledge Centre\, The British Library\, 96 Euston Road\, London\, NW1 2DB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Event
ORGANIZER;CN="The Meridian Society":MAILTO:themeridiansociety@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180925T191500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180925T203000
DTSTAMP:20261026T160241
CREATED:20180910T152559Z
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SUMMARY:Great Books of China: Frances Wood
DESCRIPTION:SACU Vice President Frances Wood will give an illustrated lecture on some outstanding works of Chinese literature\, drawing from her new book\, Great Books of China\, which ranges from The Book of Songs\, compiled over 2\,500 years ago through to late-twentieth-century novels. \n  \nFrances Wood is a distinguished historian of China and Chinese culture. She was head of the Chinese collections at the British Library until 2013. Her books include Did Marco Polo go to China?\, The Silk Road\, The First Emperor of China\, The Lure of China and Betrayed Ally: China in the Great War (with Christopher Arnander). . 
URL:https://sacu.org/event/great-books-of-china-frances-wood/
LOCATION:Knowledge Centre\, The British Library\, 96 Euston Road\, London\, NW1 2DB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Event
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180913T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180913T200000
DTSTAMP:20261026T160241
CREATED:20180903T140809Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180906T192228Z
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SUMMARY:"Family Life in Fiction" - Yan Ge in Conversation with Nicky Harman
DESCRIPTION:Nicky Harman will be in conversation with YAN Ge\, talking about her novel The Chilli Bean Paste Clan\, at China Exchange\, 32a Gerrard St\, London W1D 6JA\, on Thursday 13 September\, 18.00-20.00\, as part of the 2018 Asia House Bagri Foundation Literature Festival.\n\n\nThis event is FREE but please register with China Exchange using the link below.\n\n\n\nAbout The Chilli Bean Paste Clan: Set in a fictional town in West China\, this is the story of the Duan-Xue family\, owners of the lucrative chilli bean paste factory\, and their formidable matriarch. As Gran’s eightieth birthday approaches\, her middle-aged children get together to make preparations. Family secrets are revealed and long-time sibling rivalries flare up with renewed vigour. As Shengqiang struggles unsuccessfully to juggle the demands of his mistress and his wife\, the biggest surprises of all come from Gran herself……\n\n\nSACU is pleased to support this evening event by China Exchange and Asia House.\n\n\nYAN Ge has written some eleven books and is now the chairperson of China Young Writers’ Association and a contract writer of Sichuan Writers’ Association.\n\n\nNicky Harman is a former SACU member and prize-winning literary translator\, working from Chinese to English.
URL:https://sacu.org/event/family-life-in-fiction-yan-ge-in-conversation-with-nicky-harman/
LOCATION:China Exchange\, 32A Gerrard Street\, London\, W1D 6JA\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Event
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180912T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180912T210000
DTSTAMP:20261026T160241
CREATED:20180903T120208Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180906T192152Z
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SUMMARY:Our Story\, Your Stories: An Evening with Nicky Harman
DESCRIPTION:Nicky Harman will be talking about RAO Pingru’s “Our Story”\, at the Guanghwa Bookshop\, 112 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London W1D 5EJ on Wednesday 12 September 19.30-21.00. This event is free but please register through the Eventbrite link below. \n\n\nMr Rao’s book is the true story of a marriage in China that spanned the 20th century\, told in vibrant\, original paintings and prose. Rao Pingru was a 26-year-old soldier when he first saw the beautiful Mao Meitang. One glimpse of her through a window as she put on lipstick was enough to capture Pingru’s heart. It was a moment that sparked a union that would last almost 60 years\, surviving against all odds through the twenty years when he was sent away to be ‘reformed’.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“I defy anyone to flip from the photographs inside the front cover\, of Pingru and Meitang in youth\, to the one inside the back cover\, of them in old age\, without feeling their eyes become moist.” Rosie Milne\, Asian Review of Books“\n\n\n\n\n\nSACU is pleased to support this evening event by Guanghwa Bookshop with Nicky Harman\, former SACU member and prize-winning literary translator\, who works from Chinese to English.
URL:https://sacu.org/event/our-story-your-stories-an-evening-with-nicky-harman/
LOCATION:Guanghwa Bookshop\, 112 Shaftsbury Avenue\, London\, W1D 5EJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Event
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180810
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180812
DTSTAMP:20261026T160241
CREATED:20180722T162202Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180723T143225Z
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SUMMARY:Liverpool Commemorates the Chinese Labour Corps
DESCRIPTION:As the centenary commemorations of World War I draw to a close this year\, Liverpool remembers the contribution of the Chinese Labour Corps\, almost a hundred thousand men from China who joined the Allied effort by providing logistical help at the Front. \nJoin these commemorations in Liverpool organised by The Meridian Society\, our affiliated society. \n  \n  \n \nThe Meridian Society aims to raise awareness of the story of the Chinese Labour Corps (CLC) nationwide through its project activities (supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund).  Local residents and visitors from elsewhere are invited to join the commemoration in Liverpool on the occasion of the centenary of the last Chinese labourer buried at Anfield who died on 9th August 1918. \nA day of remembrance in honour of the Chinese Labour Corps will take place in collaboration with the Museum of Liverpool and Friends of Anfield Cemetery on Friday 10th August (details below). \nA Family Activities Day will be held at the Museum of Liverpool on Saturday 11th August\, at which members of the general public will be able to hear a talk on the Chinese Labour Corps and attend film screenings\, or learn about the experiences of Chinese labourers by taking part in workshops on story-telling and Chinese arts and crafts. A number of Chinese Labour Corps artefacts will be on display and the museum will provide World War I objects for handling. \nA photographic exhibition on the Chinese Labour Corps from the W J Hawkings Collection\, courtesy of his grandson John de Lucy\, and kindly prepared by The Oriental Museum of Durham University\, is currently on display at The Black-E\, 1 Great George Street\, L1 5EW. Entitled ‘A Noble Duty Bravely Done – The Chinese Labour Corps in World War I’\, the exhibition will run until 18th August 2018. \n  \n \nRemembering the CLC at Liverpool on Friday 10th August \nCommemorative service\nTime 1.30 – 2.30 pm\nVenue:  Anfield Cemetery\, 238 Priory Road L4 2SL\nA commemoration in remembrance of the members of the Chinese Labour Corps who died in Liverpool to be held at their graveside in the Cemetery. Local residents and visitors from elsewhere are most welcome to join us in honouring them. \nFilm Screening\nTime 3.30 – 5 pm\nVenue:  Museum of Liverpool\, Pier Head L3 1DG\nA documentary film ‘Forgotten Faces of the Great War’ containing oral histories by descendants both of Chinese labourers and Western Chinese Labour Corps officers to be screened at the Museum.  Numbers are limited and priority will be given to invited guests. \nif you would like to attend these events please email The CLC Project at The Meridian Society \nFor more details on the project\, please click here \n \n  \n 
URL:https://sacu.org/event/liverpool-commemorates-the-chinese-labour-corps/
LOCATION:Liverpool\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Event
ORGANIZER;CN="The Meridian Society":MAILTO:themeridiansociety@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Team SACU joins CUKRUN Chinese community running event
DESCRIPTION:Team SACU joins the CUKRUN Chinese community running event to raise money for the George Hogg Education Fund. SACU Treasurer Yuan Gao and SACU Council member Cai Chen will be running on Sat 21 April. \nCUKRUN is a not-for-profit running club in London which has offered to help SACU’s fundraising at this running event on Sat 21 April 2018 by donating the team’s registration costs to the George Hogg Education Fund. \nCUKRUN Website: https://cukrun.co.uk \n“… our event is not just a running event. It has entertainment\, family fun\, Chinese culture and a lot more. Please come and find out our unique Chinese running event!”
URL:https://sacu.org/event/team-sacu-joins-cukrun-chinese-community-running-event/
LOCATION:Wormwood Scrubs Park\, Artillery Lane\, London\, W12\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Event,SACU Members' Event
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SUMMARY:John Gittings talk on "China Watching" During the GPCR
DESCRIPTION:Long-time SACU member John Gittings will give a talk on “China Watching” during the GPCR (Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution) at SOAS on Monday 9 April at 5.00 pm. John Gittings is former Guardian East Asia Editor whose first trip to China was in 1971 with a SACU delegation. He spoke at our 50th Anniversary symposium on his memories of the early China tours he took with SACU. \nVenue: Room G3\, College Buildings. Russell Square Campus\, SOAS University of London \nThis rescheduled talk is free and open to the public. No registration is required but admission is on a first-come\, first-served basis. \nFurther information: https://www.soas.ac.uk/china-institute/events/seminars/09apr2018-china-watching-during-the-gpcr.html
URL:https://sacu.org/event/john-gittings-talk-on-china-watching-during-the-gpcr/
LOCATION:College Buildings\, Russell Square Campus\, SOAS\, Thornhaugh Street\, Russell Square\,\, London\, WC1H 0XG\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Event
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180318T160000
DTSTAMP:20261026T160241
CREATED:20180303T115453Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180317T150714Z
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SUMMARY:Feast on Poetry – Free Writing Workshop (part of the China in Context Festival)
DESCRIPTION:Whet your appetite for culinary verse in this free poetry workshop focused on food. \nIn a session with a two course menu\, first savour a recital of culinary poetry with time to understand and appreciate selected poems with poet\, Jennifer Wong before cooking up your own food-inspired poems. No writing experience is necessary. The workshop is free and open to all but places are limited. Reserve yours now! \nAbout the workshop leader\, Jennifer Wong: \nA Hong Kong native\, Jennifer writes and teaches poetry. Her book\, Goldfish (Chameleon Press) is a reflection on the myths\, rituals and superstitions she grew up with. She has an MA in creative writing from the University of East Anglia and is completing a PhD in creative writing at Oxford Brookes University. Her poems have been published in The Rialto\, Stand\, Oxford Poetry\, The North\, Magma (forthcoming)\, Asian Cha\, Voice & Verse\, Morning Star and others\, while her translations and reviews have appeared in Poetry London and Poetry Review. She was Associate Lecturer in Creative Writing at Oxford Brookes University and now teaches at Citylit. Inspired by her interest in food\, she also contributes food reviews to Asia Times. \nThis is a free event. Please register with China Exchange to let them know you are going. \nThis event is part of the Hong Kong programme at China in Context\, supported by the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office. \nChina in Context is organised by China Exchange and Cypress Books.
URL:https://sacu.org/event/feast-on-poetry-free-writing-workshop-part-of-the-china-in-context-festival/
LOCATION:China Exchange\, 32A Gerrard Street\, London\, W1D 6JA\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Event
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