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The Scotland-China Association (SCA) is a non-profit, non-political and non-sectarian organisation for people who have an interest in all aspects of Chinese life and civilisation. The SCA holds a wide range of cultural events in Glasgow and Edinburgh to foster friendship and understanding between the people of Scotland and China.
BEIJING: NORTHERN CAPITAL Entries must be registered in advance of 12 May 2008
The aim of this competition is to stimulate interest in and understanding about the city behind the 2008 Olympic Games.
The challenge is to encourage pupils to learn about the capital of The People’s Republic of China, its people, its culture and history, its buildings and open spaces, its art and music and its environs. All primary schools in Scotland are invited to submit entries showing evidence of China related research.
Credit will be given for use of traditional Chinese methods/techniques. Entries may be in the form of written work, two- or three-dimensional artwork, video or DVD. There will be individual and group awards. Closing date for entries will be May 2008 and the prize-giving ceremony will be held at the Burrell Collection in Glasgow in June 2008.
Tuesday 27th May 2008, 7.15 for 7.30 Garnethill Multicultural Centre 21 Rose Street, Glasgow, G3 6RE
Caroline Hoy will be speaking about Xinjiang Province in the NW of China; this area is of increasing importance for its vast natural resources, oil reserves, links with Central Asia and parallels with the ethnic independence movement in Tibet. She will discuss the complex history of this area and its rising political and energy profile. Her talk will be comprehensively illustrated with photographs taken during her multiple visits to the region.
She has been visiting, studying and working on China for over twenty years. Graduating from Durham, London and Leeds Universities she went on to lecture and conduct research on China for at Universities in England and Scotland for ten years. She is now Principle Consultant at Hall Aitken in Glasgow as well as being an Associate Research Fellow at the Centre for Social Science Research in China at the University of Glasgow. She continues to publish, advise and is a frequent speaker on Chinese issues at the BBC. Her interests in China embrace population, health and ethnic diversity.
Full list of further events in Edinburgh can be found in the section Events / Edinburgh Events
The Confucius Institue for Scotland The Confucius Institute in Edinburgh offers a range of classes in Chinese language and culture throughout the year, together with a programme of lectures and seminars for business. For more details please visit http://www.confuciusinstitute.ac.uk
Owing to technical problems with the gallery section of the website we are considering relocating this function to a dedicated photo gallery hosted on the Yahoo Flickr network.
A selection of photos have now been posted, including some nice ones taken by Euan Petrie on the recent delegation's visit to the Chengdu Panda Breeding Research Base and the Dashanzi 798 Art District. I will add more in the months ahead.
THE SCOTLAND-CHINA ASSOCIATION
Wednesday 21st May, from 7.00 pm
Tuesday 3 June 2008, 7.30 pm 