Chinese Labour Corps: Exhibition at Chinese Community Centre-Birmingham, 4-8 Feb 2019
CCC-B 99 Bradford Street, Birmingham, United KingdomChinese Labour Corps: The Forgotten Men of World War I: Exhibition at the Chinese Community Centre-Birmingham Friday 1 Feb to Friday 8 Feb (not Sunday 3 Feb) The 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. In 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 […]
Happy New Year of the Pig!
Here is our list of Chinese New Year 2019 celebrations around the UK (plus NYC and Sydney). Happy New Year! 新年快乐! London ...............https://londonist.com/…/chinese-new-year-in-london-events-c… Manchester...........https://www.visitmanchester.com/ideas-and…/chinese-new-year… Liverpool.............. https://liverpoolexpress.co.uk/celebrations-for-chinese-ne…/ Cardiff.................. https://cardiff.carpe-diem.events/…/9215152-chinese-new-ye…/ Macclesfield...........https://www.macclesfield-tc.gov.uk/celebrating-chinese-new…/ Bangor................ https://www.northwaleschronicle.co.uk/…/17354591.chinese-y…/ Sheffield................https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/confucius/events/cny Birmingham............https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/…/chinese-new-year-2019-wh… Southampton.........https://www.ukshaolintemple.com/event/chinese-new-year-2019/ Newcastle...............https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/…/chinese-new-year-2019-wha… York........................https://www.eventbrite.com/e/chinese-new-year-2019-at-york-… New York...............https://www.cityguideny.com/article/Chinese-New-Year-NYC… Leeds.....................https://www.visitleeds.co.uk/whats-on/chinese-new-year.aspx Sydney..................https://www.sydney.com/…/chinese-new-year-celebration-year-…
The Meridian Society’s Chinese New Year Celebration
Saturday 9th February The Meridian Society's Chinese New Year Celebration SACU's partner organisation The Meridian Society invites you to join them for their Chinese New Year celebration:- "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." Times 13.30pm for 13.40 at BFI Southbank (website for directions) 17.45 for 18.00 at Taste of China, (googlemaps for directions) As 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. Priority […]
Chinese Labour Corps: Library of Birmingham Exhibition
Library of Birmingham Centenary Square, Broad Street, Birmingham, United KingdomThe Chinese Community Centre-Birmingham is commemorating the contribution of the Chinese Labour Corps in World War I. In 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 […]
SACU ChinaCafé with Jessica Darling (SACU members event)
Bush House, King's College London Strand Campus 30 Aldwych, London, United KingdomOur 2019 series of SACU ChinaCafés is set to begin on Tuesday February 19th, from 6 pm to 8 pm at Bush House, King’s College London, Strand Campus, and is co-hosted by the Lau China Institute. Our theme this year is historical and present health care here and in China. The first session will feature Jessica Darling who spent her childhood in China with her father, surgeon Dr Joshua Horn, author of ‘Away With All Pests: An English Surgeon in People’s China 1954-1969’. She subsequently returned to the UK to earn a nursing degree and then went back to Beijing where she […]
SACU Executive Committee Meeting (including Digital Communications Group)
St Columba's Church of Scotland Pont Street, London, United KingdomThis Executive Committee meeting will include the George Hogg Education Fund but not the Archives Group. The Digital Communications Group meets from 2.00pm.
The Story of China: SACU Talk by Professor Michael Wood
EY Canary Wharf 25 Churchill Place, Canary Wharf, London, United KingdomIllustrated with film clips, Michael Wood reflects on some of the themes in his recent highly praised series on Chinese history, and looks forward to his forthcoming film on the 40th anniversary of Deng's Reform and Opening Up. Historian and broadcaster Michael Wood is Professor of Public History at the University of Manchester and author of some 120 documentary films which have been shown worldwide. Of his 'Story of China' series the Chinese state news agency Xinhua said it had "transcended the barriers of ethnicity and belief and brought something inexplicably powerful and touching to the TV audience." This free […]
SACU China Chat: British and Chinese Education (SACU Manchester)
University of Manchester Oxford Road, Manchester, United KingdomSharing experiences of British and Chinese education in an informal setting with opening discussion points from British and Chinese students. Schedule: 16.00 - 17.30 Discussion and Networking Venue: University of Manchester, University Place, Room 5.212. All welcome to this public event hosted by SACU Manchester.
SACU Council Meeting followed by Programme Group Meeting (Manchester)
Friends Meeting House 6 Mount Street, Manchester, United KingdomOur next SACU Council meeting takes place on Saturday 18 May followed by our Programme Group meeting. We will meet in Room G1 (Ground Floor) Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, Manchester M2 5NS. Schedule: 11.30am - 1.00pm: SACU Council meeting (morning session) 1.00pm - 2.00pm: Lunch break with SACU Council and local members - please bring your own lunch 2.00pm - 3.30pm: SACU Council meeting (afternoon session) 3.30pm - 4.30pm: SACU Programme Group meeting All members are welcome to have lunch (which is ‘bring your own’) with us if you happen to be in the vicinity from 1.00pm. This is an […]
SACU AGM
St Columba's Church of Scotland Pont Street, London, United KingdomSACU's AGM Saturday takes place in the morning of 20th July 2019 at St Columba's Church, Pont Street in Knightsbridge: Schedule for the day: 11.30am - 1.00pm: SACU AGM in the Library 11.30am -1.00pm: The Meridian Society (TMS) AGM in the Kirk Session Room 1.00pm - 2.00pm: Lunch ('Bring Your Own Lunch'). All members are welcome to take a packed lunch and join the informal meet up with other SACU members at lunchtime. 2.00pm - 4.30pm: Presentations by Dr Amy Matthewson and SACU Vice President Dr Frances Wood followed by refreshments then a short film by Michael Ho. The afternoon presentations are […]