Year of the Ox : Threats and Opportunities between China and the UK
England China Business Forum, together with China West Midlands (an initiative of the Chinese Community Centre – Birmingham), invite you to a celebration of the Year of the Ox. 2020 has been a difficult year for all of us and we hope that the Year of the Ox will be...
Finding Femininity in the Archive
Artist Frances Yeung's Digital Archive & Library at Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art (CFCCA) Each year, CFCCA invites applications from artists interested in engaging with their rich archive of material through a 10-week Archive and Library Residency. The...
Chinese Voices of COVID-19
An Online Documentation of Chinese communities at the time of Covid-19 in the UK Chinese Voices of Covid-19 is a project funded by the Warwick University’s City of Culture Award, led by Dr. Kailing Xie, Course Director of Gender and International Development at the...
Huang Ruo’s ‘A Dust in Time’
A digital release "Our music cannot escape our lives, or the social and political environment we live in" says composer Huang Ruo. And in fact, A Dust in Time is a musical meditation on the current pandemic and how it has affected our lives. "My...
Surge Orchestra to premiere new work with Chuanju Opera
Surge’s Artistic Director Sid Peacock explains: “In 2014 I travelled to China for a week’s residency with the Chongqing Chuanju Opera Troupe, supported by the British Council and PRSF. The experience was incredible and I longed to bring the Chuanju musicians to the...
The Chinese Labour Corps
Blue Orange Arts present a workshop presentation of: The Chinese Labour Corps. Written by Ian HeneryDirected by Marcus Fernando Live Stream - Free to viewSaturday 26th September1pm - https://youtu.be/FFRtPfjMwxU6pm - https://youtu.be/zHPl9h0X7sQ They came to help....
Belgrade Theatre Coventry To Stream Amy Ng’s Under The Umbrella
Set in Coventry and Guangzhou, Amy Ng’s compelling play tells the story of Wei, a young Chinese woman living and studying in the UK. As the single Wei approaches her 27th birthday, her grandmother begins to worry that she will be labelled a “shengnu” or “leftover...
Chinese Classics Opening Launch at The Library of Birmingham
Speaking Classically Last Thursday at the Library of Birmingham saw the launch of a new exhibition about Chinese classical literature, arts practice and community engagement. It could be any community; such was the fundamental nature of the themes that came together...
Chinese Classics: Arts Practice & the Community
Chinese Classics: Arts Practice & the Community is a visual arts project exploring the relevance of Chinese classical literature today, through dialogue and discovery between artists and the Chinese community in Birmingham. The project uses three pieces of Chinese...
East Meets West Photo Exhibition At Birmingham Museum Of The Jewellery Quarter
Photographs which bring to life how East Meets West in Birmingham and the West Midlands have been revealed at a new exhibition at the Birmingham’s Museum of the Jewellery Quarter, which is on display until 27th June. The exhibition...