Who are we ?
Ni hao and welcome to the SCA website, where you can find out more about the association (including membership information), our forthcoming programme of events in Edinburgh and Glasgow and details of other China-related events across Scotland. We hope you enjoy your visit and, if you're not already a member, we would love for you to get involved !
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.
We are a voluntary organisation and depend on the subscriptions and support of our members to finance our monthly meetings and other activities, this website, and the publication of our magazine Sine. You are very welcome to join us. For a membership application, see this page.
We also maintain a mailing list to inform friends of our upcoming SCA and non-SCA events - for more details, see here. It's free to join the mailing list.
Navigating this website
The "Main Menu" at the left provides easy access to the various sections of the website. To find out more about the SCA itself, see the "About us" page, and for news of our events, and others related to China in Scotland, see the "Events" page. To join, see the 'Membership' page.
We have several sections with articles of various kinds - these will hopefully expand in the coming months :
"Scotland/China news" has short reports of events, new developments in the Scotland/China relationship and the like
"Feature articles" has articles on various aspects of the Scotland/China relationship, old and new, as well as some longer event reports
"Sine magazine" has information about our publication and, over time, we will put up more notable articles from the archives
The "Latest Postings" section, at top left, provides quicklinks to some of the most recent major articles on the site.
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Edinburgh Branch programme, 2013-2014
The 2013-2014 programme for meetings of the Edinburgh Branch of the SCA has now been confirmed and is given below. All SCA members and friends are very welcome, and we look forward to seeing you.
Events usually take place on the second Tuesday of each month, unless otherwise stated, at The Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh EH1 2JL. Tea & biscuits will be served from 7pm (a voluntary donation is requested) and the talk will begin at 7:30pm. Anyone is welcome to attend our meetings free of charge.
Tuesday 10th December 2013
Dr Tony Butler of St Andrews University, and SCA member, makes a welcome return to talk about “A Stick and Ball Game in Medieval China – was it golf ?” He will also say something about claims relating to soccer and polo.
Tuesday 14th January 2014
Details to be announced later.
Tuesday 11th February 2014
Chinese New Year meal, details to be announced later.
Tuesday 11th March 2014
Details to be announced later.
Tuesday 8th April 2014
Details to be announced later.
Saturday 10th May 2014
Branch AGM and speaker, details to be announced later.
Please check this website regularly for updates and changes to the programme. You can also sign up for Yahoo mailings (see here) to be updated on events in Glasgow and Edinburgh.
The 2013-2014 programme for meetings of the Glasgow Branch of the SCA has now been confirmed and is given below. All SCA members and friends are very welcome, and we look forward to seeing you.
Meetings are generally held on the last Tuesday of the month, at the Garnethill Multicultural Centre, 21 Rose Street, Glasgow, G3 6RE, except where indicated. Doors open at 7.00 pm, with Chinese tea and biscuits served from 7.15pm (£1.00), and talks start at 7.30 pm. Events are free to SCA members and £1.50 (£1.00 concession) to non-members.
Tuesday 10th December 2013
Members and friends are invited to join us at a dinner which has been booked at the popular Asian Gourmet Restaurant, 17 West Princes Street,Glasgow G4 9BS, at 7pm.
If you would like to join please let Barry Moore know by Monday 9th December by
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. Confirmation of the numbers will then be notified to the restaurant. For guidance the cost of dinner should be not more than £20 per person (including drinks).
We hope you’ll join in this Festive Season occasion, and the Branch Committee members look forward to welcoming you.
Tuesday 28th January 2014
An evening conducted by Charles Chan, possibly with assistance, about playing Mah Jong. This to be a seasonal evening approaching Chinese New Year. Of the three different sets of rules used for Mah Jong we expect to teach the simplest set, the “Hong Kong Rules”.
Tuesday 25th February 2014
Details to be announced later.
Tuesday 25th March 2014
'Aborigines of Taiwan' - a talk by the Rev David Donaldson (Dunlop & Uplawmoor parishes). He was a Church of Scotland missionary in Taiwan for six years and spent three years with the Paiwan people in their mountain village. He is a Chinese speaker and required a special permit to live in the mountain village.
Tuesday 29th April 2014
Branch AGM and speaker, details to be announced later.
Tuesday 27th May 2014
Details to be announced later.
Tuesday 24th June 2014
Details to be announced later.
Please check this website regularly for updates and changes to the programme. You can also sign up for Yahoo mailings (see here) to be updated on events in Glasgow and Edinburgh.
Our attractive SCA Year of the Snake greetings cards are now available, in a unique design first created in 2001 by our member Valerie Pellatt in a Celtic style. They are available with the design either black on white or red on cream.
We also still have available our special panda cards, created in 2011 to mark the arrival of Tian Tian and Yuang Gang at Edinburgh Zoo.
To order please download an order form here.
A new edition of Shanghai Boy, Shanghai Girl - lives in parallel, by long-standing SCA member Betty Barr and her husband George Wang has recently been published and is available via the Association.
Originally published in 2002 by Old China Hand Press in Shanghai, the book tells the story of how both Betty and George grew up separately in Shanghai in the 1930s and 1940s. They lived through the turmoil of the Sino-Japanese war and the occupation of Shanghai from December 1941, before later meeting and marrying in 1984. They still live in Shanghai, where they have both worked for many years as English teachers.
Betty was the daughter of a Scottish missionary and an American lady, and went to the Shanghai American School. She spent several years in the Lunghwa internment camp, and the book includes her account of these difficult times as well as some fascinating drawings of the camp by an Irish artist who knew her parents.
George's story follows his family's struggle to rise above their initial poverty, but also records his keen and entertaining observation of the bustling and colourful life of Shanghai in the 1930s, before its disruption by war in 1937 and the hardships that followed.
The new, revised edition of the book includes a new chapter by Betty recording, through her mother's diary, the time between occupation in December 1941 and full internment in 1943. In addition, there are many new photographs and other illustrations. These include modern views of many of the places mentioned in the original text, as well as some charming line drawings of scenes from the 1930s. It is paperback, 314 pages.
If you have not already got a copy, it is highly recommended. The book is available via Janice Dickson, SCA Chairman, at a cost of £10. Please speak to her at one of our meetings or send her
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There was an article about Betty and George and their shared lives in Shanghai Daily on 30 July 2013 - see here.
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