Welcome to the Scotland China Association website
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 :
- "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 bi-annual publication
The "Latest Postings" section, at top left, provides quicklinks to some of the most recent major articles on the site.
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SCA horse and panda greetings cards
Our attractive SCA Year of the Horse greetings cards are now available. They are available with either a coloured horse design (as shown above) or a red horse on cream.
We also still have available our special panda cards, created in 2011 to mark the arrival of Tian Tian and Yang Guang at Edinburgh Zoo.
To order please download an order form here.
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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 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 11th March 2014
'High School Globalisation' - a talk by staff and pupils of Armadale Academy in West Lothian about their exchange visits in 2013 with staff and pupils of TEDA No. 1 Middle School (TEDA is the Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area). They will explain the differences they noted between the Scottish and Chinese education systems. For background, see this article and this one on our site. This is a continuing project, with further exchange visits planned in 2014.
Tuesday 8th April 2014
SCA member Ian Wotherspoon will give a talk entitled 'The Scots and China', based on his recent book, focusing on how Scots came to have such a significant influence on China. See this article for more background to Ian's book.
Saturday 10th May 2014
Our branch AGM, to be held at 11am, Royal Over-Seas League, 100 Princes Street, Edinburgh. The formal business of the AGM will be followed by a talk by Martin Parkes on 'Balancing economic development and environmental issues', with particular reference to Shenmu County near Xi'an, where Martin has been teaching post-graduate students at Northwest University. His talk will by followed by lunch at the Royal Over-Seas League, for which bookings wil be required - details will be announced nearer the time.
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.
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Glasgow Branch Programme, 2013-2014
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 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
'Beyond the panda', a presentation by Sandie Robb, Senior Education Officer at Royal Zoological Society Scotland, on the Edinburgh Zoo pandas and the associated education work.
Tuesday 24th June 2014
A demonstration of calligraphy, 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.
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