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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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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180912T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180912T210000
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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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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180810
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180812
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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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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180421T093000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180421T130000
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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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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180409T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180409T183000
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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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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180318T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180318T160000
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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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