SACU Council Meeting followed by Programme Group Meeting
St Columba's Church of Scotland Pont Street, London, United KingdomOur next SACU Council meeting takes place on Saturday 29 September followed by our Programme Group meeting. We will meet in the Kirk Session room of St Columba's Church of Scotland, Pont Street, Knightsbridge, SW1X 0BD. Schedule: 11.30am - 3.30pm SACU Council meeting - bring your own lunch 3.30pm - 5.00pm 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. Just let us know that you are coming if you decide to join us by emailing events@sacu.org.uk Nearest underground stations are at […]
Chinese Cities Rediscovered: National Human Geography of China Book Launch
Knowledge Centre, The British Library 96 Euston Road, London, United KingdomSACU members are invited by Guanghwa Bookshop to attend the book launch of this major new publishing project. Throughout its 5000 years of civilization, China has always been a nation with a great diversity of natural geography and human cultures. Today, it is also one of the countries in the world that sees the most rapid urbanization process. There is no better way to understand China than studying its cities in depth. Aiming to publish on 100 cities in its series, National Human Geography of China is a rare encyclopaedia that explores Chinese cities chronologically and multi-dimensionally: from nature […]
SACU Executive Committee Meeting
St Columba's Church of Scotland Pont Street, London, United KingdomSACU Executive Committee and the George Hogg Co-operative Education Fund have meetings at St Columba's on Saturday 17th November. The archives Group will meet at a later date.
The Chinese Labour Corps: World War One’s Hidden History
Knowledge Centre, The British Library 96 Euston Road, London, United KingdomThis commemoration of the Chinese Labour Corps is organised by our partner organisation The Meridian Society and co-hosted by The British Library. On 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. Almost 140,000 Chinese labourers had been recruited by the British and French armies to fill the void resulting from […]
SACU’s Silk Road Tour: Talk by Walter Fung
Friends Meeting House 6 Mount Street, Manchester, United KingdomWalter 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.
SACU Archives Group Meeting
British Library First Floor Cafe 96 Euston Road, London, United KingdomSACU Archives Group will meet on Sunday 16th December to plan the comprehensive project which will organise, digitise and make SACU's archives more easily available to everyone. There are 4 components: (1) catalogue, preserve and digitise our extensive photograph collection; (2)Â catalogue, preserve and digitise SACU's organisational documents; (3)Â catalogue, preserve and digitise the historic material contained in our old website; (4) collect oral histories from SACU members and others who can help us construct a full history of SACU. We are particularly keen to hear from older SACU members about their memories so please get in contact!
SACU Archives Committee Meeting
British Library First Floor Cafe 96 Euston Road, London, United KingdomThe next SACU Archives Committee Meeting will meet to discuss the funding bid for the SACU Archives Project.
Meet the Chilli Bean Paste Clan: An Evening with Yan Ge and Nicky Harman
Guanghwa Bookshop 112 Shaftsbury Avenue, London, United KingdomSet 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… Join the author Yan Ge and the translator Nicky Harman on the evening, and catch a […]
SACU Council and Programme Group Meetings
St Columba's Church of Scotland Pont Street, London, United KingdomSACU's quarterly Council meeting will be held in the Library of St Columba's Church, 11.30am-3.30pm. The Programme Group will meet immediately afterwards, 3.30pm-5.00pm. Agendas will be sent out in due course.
China and the Korean Nuclear Crisis
Hulme Hall University of Manchester Hall of Residence Oxford Place, Manchester, United KingdomChina and the Korean Nuclear Crisis by SACU Manchester and University of Manchester Politics Society China and North Korea have been described in the past as being as close as ‘lips and teeth’ but in recent decades relations have come under strain over North Korea’s nuclearisation. What role has China played with regard to the Korean nuclear crisis? And what does this tell us about the kind of new superpower China is becoming? Glyn Ford, author of Talking to North Korea (Pluto, 2018) and North Korea on the Brink (Pluto, 2007) will be in conversation with Dr Jenny Clegg, Vice-President […]