We are delighted to once again welcome musicians from the Rainbow Music Society of Tianjin University of Finance and Economics to bring a selection of musical pieces including traditional Chinese folk music and chorus performances to celebrate the Chinese New Year – Year of the Tiger. The society consists of 20 musicians who will play […]
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Introducing Year of the Tiger
We are about to celebrate the Eve of the Chinese New Year, and we would like you to meet the Tiger! Watch this video to find out about the origins of this Chinese Zodiac animal and learn how to appease the Tiger in 2022.
Why the Chinese New Year Is Called Spring Festival?
Unsure why an event typically happening in winter is called ‘Spring Festival? Our team member, Junyu Li, sheds light on the origins of the name: Li Junyu: The Spring Festival is the largest and most important festival in China. It has a history of more than 4,000 years. Like all Chinese traditional festivals, the date […]
Interesting Facts about Chinese New Year
2022 Chinese New Year, which is also called the Spring Festival, starts from 1st February 2022. Our team pulled up some fun facts related to the celebration of the Chinese New Year. · 春运(chūn yùn) Spring Festival Travel Rush During the Chinese New Year, no matter where Chinese people are, they all try their best […]
China Ready! Chinese for Hospitality and Tourism
About this event We are supporting our colleagues at Confucius Institute for Business London, who are hosting the webinar “China Ready! Chinese for Hospitality and Tourism”. About the event China Ready! prepares students and independent learners to work in the hospitality and tourism industry for high-value tourism business coming from China to English-speaking countries. During this […]
CEA Annual Conference: Outcomes
On the 4th December 2021, the CEA annual conference was thrilled to have Mr. Ma Qiang (Consul General of the People’s Republic of China in Edinburgh), Professor Peter Mathieson (Principal and Vice Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh), Professor Richard A Williams (Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Heriot-Watt University), and Professor Yu Xiong (CEA UK/Europe president) […]
ARCHAEOLOGIES OF THE BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE
A new volume by the Made in China journal is now available! Since its announcement in 2013, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has become the main lens through which both observers and stakeholders trace China’s global footprint. Whether cheered on as a new engine of economic development in a fraught and increasingly unequal world […]
Western Christmas in China-Do People Indeed Ignore It?
by Wei Gu In this article, Wei Gu discusses the presence of western Christmas in China. It is a popular belief that Chinese people ignore western Christmas, as they have their own Chinese New Year. We asked whether it was true. Below is the answer for this tricky question: Christmas season is coming! In recent […]
13th CEA (Europe) and 32th CEA (UK) Annual Conference Is Almost There
This year, Scottish Confucius Institute for Business and Communication is supporting the 13th Chinese Economic Association (Europe) and 32th CEA (UK) Annual Conference! About CEA CEA (Europe) Chinese Economic Association (Europe) was launched in 2008in Oslo. The new association was intended as a major expansion of activities by the CEA(UK) and was established as an […]
Asia Scotland Launches Podcasts Series
Asia Scotland Institute have recently decided to start a podcast series with Andrew Milligan, ASI Board Member, Independent Economist and Investment Consultant. As they gradually roll these short 5-minute podcasts out every month, they will be looking to make the series available across more popular podcast-based platforms. For now, the first episode ‘Climate Change and […]