This Events Calendar lists China-related events taking place around the country. Events are listed in strict date order.

All listings are free of charge. If you would like your event posted on this page, please email your information to laura.rivkin@gbcc.org.uk or phone 020 7235-6696.
Events Calendar

Events Calendar

Last Updated: 02 February 2012
07/11/2011 - 12/02/2012 Manchester
Exhibition
Jen Wu - Breathe Residency

Venue: Chinese Arts Centre, Market Buildings, Thomas Street, Manchester M4 1EU
Dates: until 12 February 2012
Times
: Tueday-Saturday 10am - 5pm; Closed Sunday and Monday
Contact: tel 0161 832-7271, info@chinese-arts.centre.org
www.chinese-arts-centre.org/residencies/breathe/jen-wu/

Chinese Arts Centre Manchester

12/01/2012 - 01/05/2012 London
Chinese Opera & Theatre
Go to the website of the London Jingkun Opera Association for various events around London between January and May 2012.
They organise events particularly suited to families and children. 

Contact: tel. 07711 654-663,
info@londonjingkunopera.co.uk
www.londonjingkunopera.co.uk

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13/01/2012 - 31/03/2012 Bath

Exhibitions and Activities
Museum of East Asian Art
The Museum of East Asian Art has a rolling programme of exhibitions and activities for adults and children. Go their website for a full listing.

Venue: Museum of East Asian Art, 12 Bennett Street, Bath BA1 2QJ
Times: Tue-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun, 12noon-5pm. Closed Mondays
Contact: tel. 01225 464-640, info@meaa.org.uk, www.meaa.org.uk 

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18/01/2012 - 17/02/2012 London
Exhibition
Spiritual Jungle
Artist: Guocheng Chen


Venue: Hua Gallery, Unit 7B Albion Riverside Studios, 8 Hester Road, Battersea, London SW11 4AX
Dates: until 17 February 2012
Times: Tuesday-Saturday 11am-6pm
Contact: tel 020 7738-1215, info@hua-gallery.com, www.hua-gallery.com

painting by Chen Guocheng

28/01/2012 - 29/02/2012 London
Exhibition
Chinese Woodblock Prints
Artists: Ding Jitang (Xi'an) and Yu Chengyou (Harbin)
In addition, Probsthain is displaying a special collection of books on China and traditional and contemporary literature published in China.

Reception to open the exhibition is on 28th January at 12noon to 4pm.
There will be an introduction to Chinese tea, with demonstration and tea tasting presented by the accomplished Chinese tea arti-san, Audrey Sun at 2 pm and 3 pm.
Please email below to RSVP. 

Venue: Arthur Probsthain Bookshop, 41 Great Russell Street, London WC1 3PE (opposite the British Museum)
Dates: 28 January-29 February 2012
Time: 9am-6 pm, Saturdays 12-5 pm
Tickets: Free entry, with light refreshments, but please RSVP.
Contactarthurprobsthain@hotmail.com. RSVP: Michael tel 020 7636-1096



04/02/2012 - 25/02/2012 London
Film
Chinese films in February at the NFT
Venue: National Film Theatre, Southbank Centre, London SE1 8XT
Contact: tel 020 7928-3232,
www.bfi.org.uk/whatson/bfi_southbank/events/chinese_new_year/

Unseen China,
Rarely screened documentaries on China's current reality.

Introduced by Jingjing Xie and Xuhua Zhan.
    25 February at 2pm.

Confucius
,
directed by Hu Mei (2010),  125mins. 
    4 February at 2.10pm.
    8 February at 6.10pm

Woman Basketball Play no.5,
directed by Xin Jie (1957), 89mins.
Introduction by Chris Berry, Goldsmiths, University of London
    6 February at 2pm

A Simple Life,
directed by Ann Hui (2011), 117mins. 
    17 February at 2pm
    22 February at 6.20pm

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04/02/2012 (11:30) London
Chinese New Year
Lunch and Film Show -
"Confucius"
directed by Hu Mei (125mins) with Chow Yun Fat

Venue: New Loon Fung Restaurant, Chinatown and National Film Theatre, South Bank Centre
Date: 4 February 2012
Times: 11.30am for lunch, 2.10pm for film
Tickets: Members of The Meridian Society, SACU, Asia House, RAS, Dimsum and Chopsticks Club: ₤25. Non-members: ₤30
Contact: themeridiansociety@gmail.com
www.themeridiansociety.org.uk,



06/02/2012 (17:00) London
Talk

Political Economy of Public Goods Provision in Rural China
Speaker: Dr Vanesa Pesqué Cela (King's College London)

Venue: SOAS, Room G50, Ground floor, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG
Time: 5-6.30pm
Tickets: public lecture, all welcome
Contact: Dr Dic Lo dl1@soas.ac.uk or Rahima Begum: events@soas.ac.uk, www.soas.ac.uk/chinesestudies/events/seminars/ 

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07/02/2012 (08:30) London
Lecture
Four more years in Taiwan for President Ma: the next phoase of relations with China
Speakers: Dr Lyushun Shen (Taipei Representative Office in the UK), and Jonas Parello-Plesner (ECFR)
Organised by the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR)

Venue: ECFR office, 3rd Floor Conference room, 35 Old Queen Street, London SW1H 9JA
Date: 7 February 2012
Time: 8.30-9.30am
Tickets: Free but you must reserve a place 
Contact: london@ecfr.eu, www.ecfr.eu

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08/02/2012 (17:00) Oxford
Lecture
China-EU Economic Relations
Speaker: John Farnell (European Commission)
Organised by Oxford University's Dept of Economics
Part of the Hilary Term 2012 China Economy Seminar Series

Venue
: Seminar Room A, Manor Road Building, Oxford OX1 3UQ
Date: 8 February 2012
Time: 5-6.30pm
Contact:  Jan Knoerich jan.knoerich@area.ox.ac.uk or Taichang Chen taichang.chen@PMB.OX.AC.UK,
www.economics.ox.ac.uk/index.php/seminars/C77/ 

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09/02/2012 (13:15) London

Gallery Talk
Music in Chinese Art
Speaker: Iside Carbone (British Museum)

Venue: British Museum, Room 33, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 2DG
Time: 1.15-2pm
Tickets: just drop by, open to all
Contactwww.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/events_calendar/february_2012/music_in_chinese_art.aspx

porcelain statue playing the lute Ming dynasty

09/02/2012 (17:00) Oxford
Lecture
Turning away from market liberalization: The rise of industrial policy in China
Speaker: Sebastian Heilmann (Trier University)
Organised by the Contemporary China Studies Programme, Oxford, Hilary Term

Venue: ICS Room 207, Institute for Chinese Studies, 151 Walton Street, Oxford OX1 2HG
Date: 9 February 2012
Time: 5-6.30pm
Tickets: Free, but check about access for non-university guests
Contactdirk.meyer@orinst.ox.ac.uk, 01865-613826, www.chinacentre.ox.ac.uk/about_us

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09/02/2012 (18:00) London
Lecture
The Chinese in Bengal
Speaker: Peng Wenlan

Venue: The Royal Asiatic Society, 14 Stephenson Way (Euston), London NW1 2HD
Time: 6pm
Tickets: Free to Fellows of the Society. Those who are not fellows should contact the Executive Officer, email address below.
Contact: tel 020 7388-4539, www.royalasiaticsociety.co.uk , cl@royalasiaticsociety.org

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10/02/2012 - 30/04/2012 Manchester

Exhibition
Chen Man solo exhibition
Artist: Chen Man
Chinese Arts Centre presents a solo exhibition of Chen Man's latest video work. 

Venue: Chinese Arts Centre, Market Buildings, Thomas Street, Northern Quarter, Manchester M4 1EU
Times: Tue-Sat 10am-5pm
Contact: tel 0161 832-7271, 
www.chinese-arts-centre.org/main-gallery/a-new-solo-exhibition-by-chen-man/

painting by Chen Man

14/02/2012 (17:00) Oxford

Lecture
There's something about being small: Taiwan's soft power and public diplomacy
Speaker: Professor Gary Rawnsley (Leeds)
Organised by the Asian Studies Centre, St Antony's College, Oxford
Convener: Dr Rachel Murphy

Venue: Dahrendorf Room, St Antony’s College, 62 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2  6JF
Time: 5-6.30pm
Contact: asian@sant.ox.ac.uk, tel 01865 274-559, www.sant.ox.ac.uk/asian/asianlectures.html

15/02/2012 (17:00) Oxford
Lecture

Intergenerational Transfer Motivations in Urban and Rural China
Speaker: Taichang Chen (Pembroke College, Oxford)
Organised by Oxford University's Dept of Economics
Part of the Hilary Term 2012 China Economy Seminar Series

Venue
: Seminar Room A, Manor Road Building, Oxford OX1 3UQ
Date: 15 February 2012
Time: 5-6.30pm
Contact:  Jan Knoerich jan.knoerich@area.ox.ac.uk or Taichang Chen taichang.chen@PMB.OX.AC.UK,
www.economics.ox.ac.uk/index.php/seminars/C77/ 

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16/02/2012 (13:00) London
Gallery Tour
Porcelain City: Jingdezhen
Led by Luisa Mengoni and Amanda Game

Venue: Meeting Point, Grand Entrance, Victoria & Albert Museum, Brompton Road, London SW7 2RL
Date: 26 March 2012
Time: from 1pm
Tickets: Free, just come along
Contactwww.vam.ac.uk/whatson/event/1648/

Photograph of Jingdezhen

17/02/2012 (13:15) London
Gallery Talk
Court Life in Imperial China
Speaker: Iside Carbone (British Museum)

Venue: British Museum, Room 33, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 2DG
Time: 1.15-2pm
Tickets: just drop by, open to all
Contactwww.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/events_calendar/february_2012/music_in_chinese_art.aspx


Cloisonne mandala Qing dynasty

18/02/2012 (09:00) London
Conference
LSE China Development Forum
Speakers: Professor Ricky Burdett, Professor Danny Quah, Professor Xiaonian Xu, Dr Jonathan Woetzel
Organised by: LSE Students Union China Development Society

Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, New Academic Building, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 2AE
Date: 18 February 2012
Time: 9am-6pm
Tickets: £30-35 for students and £60-70 for non students.
Contact: 020 8099-4815; 020 7955-7603, www.lsecds.org/  
www.lsecds.org/forum/cdf2012/ for booking tickets.



20/02/2012 (17:00) London
Lecture

Learning to live with pollution: the making of environmental subjects in a Chinese industrialised village
Speaker: Dr Anna Lora-Wainwright (Oxford)
Organiser: SOAS Centre of Chinese Studies Seminars Term 2 & 3

Venue: SOAS, Room G50, Main Building, Russell Square, London WC1h 0XG
Date: 20 February 2012
Time
: 5-6.30pm
Tickets: Free public lecture, just come along
Contactevents@soas.ac.uk , tel. 020 7898-4893/2
www.soas.ac.uk/chinesestudies/events/




20/02/2012 (17:00) Cambridge
Lecture

Chinese Voices in the Rites Controversy: The Globalisation of a Local Problem, 1701-1704
Speaker: Professor Nicholas Standaert (Catholic University of Leuven)
Cambridge University’s Asian Studies Seminar Series

Venue: Rooms 8 & 9, Faculty of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (FAMES), Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge CB3 9DA
Date: 20 February 2012
Time: 5pm-6.30pm
Contact: Adam Chau, tel 01223 335-146, ayc25@cam.a.c.uk 
www.ames.cam.ac.uk/news_events/asc-seminar/

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21/02/2012 (12:30) London

Lecture
Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China
Speaker: Ezra Vogel (Harvard)
Organised by Chatham House

Venue: 10 St James's Square, London SW1Y 4LE
Date: 21 February 2012
Time: 12.30-1.30pm
Tickets: If you would like to attend this meeting, please register giving your name and institutional affiliation.
Contactasia@chathamhouse.orgwww.chathamhouse.org.uk, tel 020 7957-5700

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22/02/2012 (17:00) Oxford
Lecture  
China’s outward FDI in the European Union

Speaker: Jan Knoerich (School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies, Oxford)
Organised by Oxford University's Dept of Economics
Part of the Hilary Term 2012 China Economy Seminar Series

Venue
: Seminar Room A, Manor Road Building, Oxford OX1 3UQ
Date: 22 February 2012
Time: 5-6.30pm
Contact:  Jan Knoerich jan.knoerich@area.ox.ac.uk,  
or Taichang Chen taichang.chen@PMB.OX.AC.UK,
www.economics.ox.ac.uk/index.php/seminars/C77/ 

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23/02/2012 (17:00) Oxford
Lecture

Ezra Vogel disucssing his biography of Deng Xiaoping
Speaker: Ezra Vogel (Harvard)
Organised by the Contemporary China Studies Programme, Oxford, Hilary Term

Venue: ICS Room 207, Institute for Chinese Studies, 151 Walton Street, Oxford OX1 2HG
Date: 23 February 2012
Time: 5-6.30pm
Tickets: Free, but check about access for non-university guests
Contactdirk.meyer@orinst.ox.ac.uk, 01865-613826, www.chinacentre.ox.ac.uk/about_us

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27/02/2012 (17:00) London
Talk 
Problems with Chinese religion
Speaker: Professor Xinzhong Yao (King's College London)
Organised by the SOAS Centre of Chinese Studies
Seminars programme for Term 2 & 3

Venue: SOAS, Room G50, Ground floor, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG
Date: 27 February 2012
Time: 5-6.30pm
Tickets: public lecture, all welcome
Contact: Dr Dic Lo dl1@soas.ac.uk or Rahima Begum: events@soas.ac.uk, www.soas.ac.uk/chinesestudies/events/seminars/ 



29/02/2012 (11:00) London
Auction
Chinese and other Asian works of art

Venue: Bonham's Auctioneers, Montpelier Street, London SW7 1HH
Date: 29 February 2012
Auction starts: 11am
Viewings: No viewing details available at this time, 16/01/2012.
Contact: tel 020 7393 3900 (Knightsbridge showroom), info@bonhams.com,
www.bonhams.com

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29/02/2012 (17:00) Oxford

Lecture
Cross-Strait Cyber-Communities and the Perceptions of Taiwanese: the Case of Xiamen, Fujian Province
Speakers: Professor Jens Damm (Chang Jung Christian University)
Organised by the Asian Studies Centre, Oxford, convener Rachel Murphy

Venue: Dahrendorf Room, St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6JF
Time: 5-6.30pm
Contact: tel 01865 274-559, asian@sant.ox.ac.uk
www.sant.ox.ac.uk/asian/asianlectures.html

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29/02/2012 (17:00) Oxford
Lecture 

Evaluating the provider payment reform on out-of-pocket health expenditure: evidence from a block-randomized social experiment in rural China
Speaker: Wei Han (Catholic University of Milan)
Organised by Oxford University's Dept of Economics
Part of the Hilary Term 2012 China Economy Seminar Series

Venue
: Dept of Economics, Seminar Room A, Manor Road Building, Oxford OX1 3UQ
Date: 29 February 2012
Time: 5-6.30pm
Contact:  Jan Knoerich jan.knoerich@area.ox.ac.uk,  
or Taichang Chen taichang.chen@PMB.OX.AC.UK,
www.economics.ox.ac.uk/index.php/seminars/C77/ 

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03/03/2012 (20:30) London
Talk - Business
Opportunities and Challenges of Developing Business in China
Speaker: Dame Helen Alexander CBC (Confederation of British Business CBI)

Venue: Asia House, 63 New Cavendish Street, Marylebone, London W1G 7LP
Date: 3 March 2012
Time: 8.30pm
Tickets: phone for price & booking information
Contactwww.asiahouse.org/net/Events.aspx,  enquiries@asiahouse.co.uk or t 020 7307-5437.

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05/03/2012 (17:00) Cambridge

Lecture
History and the Development of Chinese Foreign Policy
Speaker: Professor Kawashima Shin (University of Tokyo)
Cambridge University’s Asian Studies Seminar Series 

Venue: Rooms 8 & 9, Faculty of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (FAMES), Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge CB3 9DA
Date: 5 March 2012
Time: 5pm-6.30pm
Contact: Adam Chau, tel 01223 335-146, ayc25@cam.a.c.uk 
www.ames.cam.ac.uk/news_events/asc-seminar/

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05/03/2012 (17:00) London

Lecture
The Asian Highway Network: the transmission of Chinese power via transport connectivity in Asian sub-regions
Speaker: Dr Kun-chin Lin (Cambridge)
SOAS Centre of Taiwan Studies Seminars terms 2

Venue: SOAS, Room 116, Main Building, Russell Square, London WC1h 0XG
Date: 5 March 2012
Time: 5-6.30pm
Tickets: Free public lecture, just come along: 
Contactevents@soas.ac.uk , tel. 020 7898-4893/2
www.soas.ac.uk/chinesestudies/events/



06/03/2012 (17:00) Oxford

Lecture
World factory without workers: the new trend of Chinese workers' strikes
Speaker: Dr Chun-Yi Lee (Nottingham)
Organised by the Asian Studies Centre, St Antony's College, Oxford, Hilary Term lectures 2012

Venue: St Antony’s College, The Dahrendorf Room, 62 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6JF
Tickets: All welcome
Contact: tel 01865 274-559, asian@sant.ox.ac.uk
www.sant.ox.ac.uk/asian/asianlectures.html.

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07/03/2012 (14:00) Oxford
Lecture
Reporting China
Speaker: Rob Gifford (The Economist magazine)
Organised by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Oxford University

Venue: Barclay Room, Green Templeton College, 43 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HG
Date: 7 March 2012
Time: 2-3.30pm.
Tickets: All welcome.
Contact: tel 01865 611-080,
reuters.institute@politics.ox.ac.uk,
http://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/index.php?id=433

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08/03/2012 - 18/03/2012 London
Film
Fourth Pan-Asia Film Festival 2012
Organised by Asia House
Includes a screening of "11 Flowers" directed by Wang Xiao-Shuai 2011

Venue: Asia House, 63 New Cavendish Street, Marylebone, London W1G 7LP
Date: 8-18 March 2012
Tickets: phone for price & booking information
Contactwww.asiahouse.org/net/Events.aspx,  enquiries@asiahouse.co.uk or t 020 7307-5437.

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09/03/2012 (09:30) London
Conference
The Chinese Renaissance in Europe
The Conference will be an opportunity to discuss key aspects of China’s growing significance in Europe and Europe’s responses. The event is addressed to senior policymakers, civil servants, NGOs representatives, academics, and media representatives. There will be four sessions: Chinese Investments in Europe; China in European politics; Digital China; The Chinese in Europe.
Some of the speakers include: Philip A. Kuhn (Harvard); Charles Grant, (Centre for European Reform); Fraser Cameron (former European Commission advisor and current Director of the EU-Russia Centre and of EuroFocus-Brussels)
Organised by the British Academy

Venue:  The British Academy, 10-11 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AH
Date: 9 March 2012
Time: 9:30am – 18:30pm
Tickets: Free but please book a place using contact details below.
Contact: Giulia Lorenzini g.lorenzini@britac.ac.uk, tel 020 7969-5267

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12/03/2012 (17:00) Cambridge

Lecture
Chinese Medicine in East Africa
Speaker: Professor Elizabeth Hsu (Oxford)
Cambridge University’s Asian Studies Seminar Series

Venue: Rooms 8 & 9, Faculty of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (FAMES), Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge CB3 9DA
Date: 12 March 2012
Time: 5-6.30pm
Contact: Adam Chau, tel 01223 335-146, ayc25@cam.a.c.uk 
www.ames.cam.ac.uk/news_events/asc-seminar/

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12/03/2012 (17:00) London
Lecture
The Public Life of Contemporary Chinese Poetry in English Translation
Speaker: Dr Cosima Bruno (SOAS) 
Organised by SOAS, Centre for Chinese Studies, term 2


Venue
: SOAS Main Building, Room G50, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG
Date: 12 March 2012
Time: 5-6.30pm
Tickets: public lecture, all welcome
Contactevents@soas.ac.uk , tel. 020 7898-4893 /2
www.soas.ac.uk/chinesestudies/events/



26/03/2012 (13:00) London
Gallery Tour
Custom & Belief in Ancient China
Led by Angela Ing

Venue: Meeting Point, Grand Entrance, Victoria & Albert Museum, Brompton Road, London SW7 2RL
Date: 26 March 2012
Time: from 1pm
Tickets: Free, just come along
Contactwww.vam.ac.uk/whatson/event/1628/

   Portrait of a Chinese emperor

28/03/2012 - 29/03/2012 Manchester

Conference - Film 
The Distribution and Exhibition of Chinese and Asian Cinema in the UK
CALL FOR PAPERS - deadline 1 February 2012
In March 2012 the Chinese Film Forum UK will host a major symposium on the distribution and exhibition of Chinese and Asian cinema in the UK. Supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, this is the first in a series of Chinese Film Forum networking events taking place across 2012 and 2013 in Manchester, UK.

Venue: Cornerhouse, 70 Oxford Street, Manchester M1 5NH
Date: 28-29 March 2012
ContactFelicia.chan@manchester.ac.uk or a.willis@salford.ac.uk<mailto:a.willis@salford.ac.uk, tel 0161 275 8963
www.cornerhouse.org/film/film-events/the-chinese-film-forum-uk
www.facebook.com/cffuk

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29/03/2012 (09:30) London

All day event
China Inside Out
English PEN is hosting a day-long programme of debates, readings, film screenings, food and music that will aim to improve our understanding of the freedom to write, and the freedom to read, in China. Featuring acclaimed Chinese authors Li Jianhong, Ma Jian, Ou Ning, and Xinran as well as expert editors and journalists, join us for this amazing opportunity to gain an insight into Chinese writing and society. This event is organised in advance of the London Book Fair's Market Focus on China, 16-18 April.
Organised by English Pen in association with Free Word, ICORN and The Reading Agency

Venue: Free Word Centre, 60 Farringdon Road, London EC1R 3GA
Date: 29 March 2012
Time: 9.30am–5.30pm
Tickets: Full day entry £20; £10 concessions, including light lunch and refreshments.
Contact: tel 020 7324 2570 or visit www.freewordonline.com/events (for bookings);  
www.englishpen.org/events/penevents/chinainsideout/

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30/03/2012 - 01/04/2012 Oxford
Conference
Practices of Power: Projecting Authority, Resisting Authority, and Obliging Authority in Contemporary China's Plural Polity
Organised by Contemporary China Studies Programme.
Conveners: Professor Vivienne Shue and Dr Thornton

Venue: Balliol College, Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3BJ
Tickets: by invitation only
Contactlucy.driver@area.ox.ac.uk,
www.chinacentre.ox.ac.uk/events/workshops_and_conferences/events/practices_of_power_projecting_authority,_resisting_authority,_and_obliging_authority_in_contemporary_chinas_plural_polity?SQ_CALENDAR_DATE=2012-03-31



02/04/2012 - 03/04/2012 London
Conference
23rd Annual Conference of the Chinese Economic Association (CEA)
"The Chinese Way of Economic Reform and Development in the Context of Globalization"
Organisers: Department of Financial & Management Studies (DeFiMS) and Centre of China Studies (CCS) at SOAS; and
Peking University Alumni Association in the UK

Venue: SOAS, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG
Date: 2-3 April 2012
Tickets: £140; PhD student concessional fee is £30
ContactX.Liu2@lboro.ac.uk, or h.zou@soas.ac.uk;
www.ceauk.org.uk/conference-london-2012/

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16/04/2012 - 18/04/2012 London
Books
London Book Fair 2012 -
"Market Focus - China"

Venue: Earl's Court Exhibition Centre
www.londonbookfair.co.uk/Focus-On/marketfocus/


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24/04/2012 - 10/07/2012 London
History of Art course
Chinese Art Around the World: Exchanging Treasures and Cultures
Organised by Asia House and Birkbeck College

Venue: Asia House, 63 New Cavendish Street, Marylebone, London W1G 7LP
Date: 24 April - 10 July 12
Price: £225 (concessions £115) / £300 (£150)
Course code number: ARVC102H4
Contactenquiries@asiahouse.co.uk or t 020 7307-5437,
www.asiahouse.org/net/Events.aspx,
www.bbk.ac.uk/study/ce2011/modules/ARVC102H4.html

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11/05/2012 (09:00) London
Workshop
Workshop on Law, Governance and Development: The Transformation of Property Rights in Land and Property Law in China
Speakers are likely to include the following: Professor Anthony dicks (SOAS); Dr Xu Ting (LSE); Dr Zhu Sanzhu (SOAS); Profess Time Murphy (LSE); Professor Athar Hussain (LSE)
Organised by Centre of East Asian Law, and the Centre of Chinese STudies at SOAS

CALL FOR PAPERS - deadline 15 February 2012

Venue: SOAS, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG
Date: 11 May 2012
Time: 9am - 5pm
Contact: Carol Tan ct9@soas.ac.uk, or Xu Ting t.xu1@lse.ac.uk,
www.soas.ac.uk/ceal/events/11may2012-workshop-on-law-governance-and-development-the-transformation-of-property-rights-in-land-a.html.


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14/05/2012 (10:30) London
Auction
Chinese and other Asian works of art

Venue: Bonham's Auctioneers, Montpelier Street, London SW7 1HH
Date: 14 May 2012
Auction starts: 10.30am
Viewings: No viewing details available at this time, 16/01/2012.
Contact: tel 020 7393 3900 (Knightsbridge showroom), info@bonhams.com,
www.bonhams.com

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15/05/2012 - 31/05/2012 London
Literature
Asia House Festival of Asian Literature
Organised by Asia House

Venue: Asia House, 63 New Cavendish Street, Marylebone, London W1G 7LP
Date: 15-31 May 2012
Tickets: phone for price & booking information
Contactenquiries@asiahouse.co.uk or t 020 7307-5437,
www.asiahouse.org/net/Events.aspx 

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17/05/2012 - 18/05/2012 Manchester
Conference
Cosmopolitan China
An international conference convened by Centre for Chinese Studies (CCS) and Confucius Institute (CI) Pathways to Cosmopolitan PhD Program (Manchester and NUS) Research Institute for Cosmopolitan Culture (RICC) Manchester Architecture Research Centre (MARC)

CALL FOR PAPERS - deadline 30 January 2012

Contact: David.Woodbridge@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk 
www.ccs.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/

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14/06/2012 (18:30) London
Lecture
The British Presence in Macao and Representations of the Enclave in British Travel Writing
Speaker: Dr Rogerio Miguel Puga (New University of Lisbon)

Venue: The Royal Asiatic Society, 14 Stephenson Way (Euston), London NW1 2HD
Date: 14 June 2012
Time: 6pm
Tickets: Free to Fellows of the Society. Those who are not fellows should contact the Executive Officer, email address below.
Contact: tel 020 7388-4539, cl@royalasiaticsociety.org;
www.royalasiaticsociety.org/site/?q=taxonomy/term/2 

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18/06/2012 - 21/06/2012 Denmark
Conference
European Association of Taiwan Studies (EATS)
Ninth Annual Conference
Organised by the European Association of Taiwan Studies and the Univeristy of Southern Denmark.
Venue: University of Southern Denmark, Sønderborg
Contactinfo@eats-taiwan.eu, www.eats-taiwan.eu

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25/06/2012 - 26/06/2012 Durham
Conference
Chinese Capital Market
Keynote Speaker: Joseph P. H. Fan (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Organised by the China Development and Research Centre, Durham (University) Business School
CALL FOR PAPERS - deadline 15 April 2012

Venue: Durham Castle, Palace Green, Durham DH1 3RW, UK
Contactschinardcentre@gmail.com for paper submission, but check their website first www.chinadrcenter.org
 
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05/09/2012 - 08/09/2012 Paris
Conference
XIX Biennial Conference of the European Association of Chinese Studies (EACS) 
Theme for 2012 conference: "Deconstructing China: New Experiences, New Vistas"

Organised by the Université Paris Diderot, the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (INALCO), and the Bibliothèque des Langues et Civilisations (BULAC). The EACS Conference will take place simultaneously with the EASL conference (European Association of Sinological Librarians) enhancing exchange between sinologists and sinological librarians.

CALL FOR PAPERS - 1 March 2012

Venue: Université de Paris Diderot (Paris 7) 
Contact: general enquiries: generalquestions.eacs2012@gmail.com
conference website: www.univ-paris-diderot.fr/eacs-easl
EACS website: www.chinesestudies.eu



05/09/2012 (11:00) London
Auction
Chinese and other Asian works of art

Venue: Bonham's Auctioneers, Montpelier Street, London SW7 1HH
Date: 5 September 2012
Auction starts: 11am
Viewings: No viewing details available at this time, 16/01/2012.
Contact: tel 020 7393-3900 (Knightsbridge showroom), info@bonhams.com,
www.bonhams.com

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13/09/2012 - 16/09/2012 Leiden, Netherlands

Workshop
Chinese Instruments and Western Museums
CALL FOR PAPERS - deadline 15 April 2012
The aim is to share and exchange information in the realm of Chinese musical instruments, in an open, informal atmosphere. The meeting should be of interest to museum curators and others who work with instrument collections, and scholars active in the realm of Chinese instruments and instrumental music.
Organised by CHIME and the University of Leiden

Venue
: Leiden, The Netherlands
Dates: 13-16 September 2012
Contact
For more information about submitting a paper  ciwm2012@gmail.com 
General enquiries thtsai@mac.com and/or Frank Kouwenhoven chime@wxs.nl
http://home.wxs.nl/~chime 
www.mimo-international.com

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01/11/2012 - 10/11/2012 London
Asian Art in London
www.asianartinlondon.com

Asian Art in London is an event which involves London's leading Asian art dealers from Kensington Church Street, Mayfair and St James's, joining together for a series of selling exhibitions during the week of Asian Art in London. At the same time, the major auction houses of Bonhams, Christie's and Sotheby's hold auctions and gallery talks. In combination with this, the premier London Museums and Institutions present exhibitions and lectures.

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12/04/2013 - 14/04/2013 Wuerzburg, Germany
Conference
11th ECARDC European Conference
- European Conference on Argriculture and Rural Development in China


Venue: University of Würzburg
Dates: 12-14 April 2013
Contact: www.ecardc.org  

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