SACU Members' Event

SACU ChinaChat Series - "Your Stories with China": Neil Taylor in conversation with SACU Archivist Linxi Li There was a time in the 1960s and 1970s when travel to China by Westerners was very limited. At this pivotal stage of its modern development, SACU offered one of the only ways of going on a tour to China. Strange to say now, participants needed to pass an interview before being considered to go on the tour, so it was a rare opportunity. The opening of China in 1980s generated a wider public interest and SACU, which was able to expand tours, […]

Michael Sheringham will be in conversation with SACU Archivist Dr Linxi Li on his experiences of living and teaching in Beijing. This is the latest in our series "Your Stories with China" SACU ChinaChats. Michael studied Chinese at Durham and Cambridge Universities, becoming an active SACU member in its early years after 1967. Michael joined the 1971 SACU tour  and he was invited to teach English at Peking University (Beida) in 1972, staying there until 1978. This was the period of the 'Revolution in Education', which he experienced at first hand. He will illustrate his talk with his own photographs. Saturday 15th […]

SACU ChinaChat meeting for members:  "A Moral Question, A Moral Duty" - Behind the scenes with SACU member Iris Yau, Curator of the exhibition "Opium, Silk and the Missionaries in China" currently open at the Brunei Gallery, SOAS.   The Exhibition: “Opium, Silk and the Missionaries in China” retells one of the largely forgotten histories of the relationship between Britain and China in the 19th Century. It draws on several collections, using artefacts to explore the history of the Opium Wars. Botanical arts and tools, historical artefacts about silk, missionary work and intercultural shared experiences in China recorded by British Missionaries throughout this period […]

SACU’s 2021 Annual General Meeting will be held On: Saturday 2 October 2021 At:  12.00 noon after the preceding public event "Railways and Reunions" at the same venue In:  Wesley Conference Hotel, 81-103 Euston Street, London NW1 2EZ and by Zoom   SACU’s AGM will receive the Annual Report of the Council of Management and the Annual Accounts for 2020. Papers and links have been sent to all members: Minutes of AGM 2020 Annual Report of the Council of Management 2020 Annual Accounts 2020 Proposed Constitution which will become the Constitution for SACU once it is confirmed as a Charitable Incorporated […]

SACU is pleased to announce a new monthly film club in collaboration with UK-China Film Collab (UCFC). Members are invited to watch a curated film each month and to participate in an online discussion. The forum will be casually moderated by Dr Hiu Man Chan, a SACU member and also Founder & Director of UCFC. The film club will schedule to e-meet every last Tuesday of the month between 19:00 and 20:00. Here is the selected film for our launching event in March: BETTER DAYS (2019) & your host’s recommendation Directed by Derek Tsang, BETTER DAYS (2019) is one of […]

SACU members are invited to join SACU X UCFC Film Club on Tuesday 31 May at 7.00pm to discuss this month’s film: HAVANA DIVAS (2018), written and directed by Louisa Wei. Watch the film on CATHAYPLAY. Don’t forget to watch the movie first before coming to the online session: JOIN HERE   SACU’s monthly Film Club is held in collaboration with UK-China Film Collab (UCFC). Dr Hiu Man Chan, SACU member and founder of UK-China Film Collab, will facilitate the discussion.

This SACU ChinaChat is a members only event as a follow up to SACU's Panel Discussion: China and the Ukraine Crisis, which took place Wednesday 25 May 2022.   View the SACU Panel Discussion: China and the Ukraine Crisis on SACU's YouTube channel here   Further details to be announced.   SACU ChinaChats enable members to discuss and develop their own understanding of  issues. The meetings are not recorded and are for SACU members only.   Event Leader: Arron Van Rompaey (SACU Council) email: arron@sacu.org.uk