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Merry Christmas from Shandan Bailie School!

Merry Christmas from Shandan Bailie School! We don't get Santa, but we do get snow!Shandan in December:  Classes continue uninterrupted ...

Visit to Chinese Scholar’s Garden at the award-winning Ham...

“What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet…..”As usual Shakespeare had the last word and last Sunda...

2015 YOUTH FRIENDSHIP AMBASSADORS’ PROGRAMME – call for a...

New Zealand China Friendship Society (NZCFS) offers a “NZCFS Youth Friendship Ambassador (YFA) fund ” that is open to young New Zealanders t...

Book Review: Shrewd Sanctity– The Story of Kathleen Hall, Missio...

 by Rae McGregor.  Second Edition published 2011 by AM Publishing New Zealand. ISBN 978-473-20532-4.                                        ...

Book Review: The Dragon in the Land of Snows: A History of Tibe...

by Tsering Shakya, (Pimlico, 1999)ISBN-10: 0140196153The situation in Tibet continues to boil with recent self immolations by monks and nuns...

Get your own DVD of ‘Inside Red China’ film!

You can now buy the DVD of the historic 1958 film 'Inside Red China' for $NZ 25 + $NZ 5 postage & package.   You can pay by direct ...
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Report on Prominent Persons and Leaders Delegation 2014

Barbara Markland from Nelson branch filed the following comprehensive report on the recent Prominent Persons and Leaders Delegation of 2014....

A Day in the Life of Shandan Bailie School – November 2014...

This month’s report describes a typical school day at Shandan Bailie School, as it’s so different from NZ.   The routine is standard - oth...

SS Ventnor: ‘The Lost Voyage of 499’

A film "The Lost Voyage of 499" was screened for the first time on Maori Television on Monday 17th November, at 9:30pm. The film is a docume...

Book Review: Por Por’s Cookbook

by Carolyn KingHome cooking through the generations since Chinese Women Settled in New Zealand over the last 100 yearsThis book contains ove...

Book Review: My Path Leads to Tibet

by Sabriye Tenberken  (Arcade Publishing 2004, Ulverscroft Large Print 2000, ISBN-10: 1559706945 )A young blind German woman goes to Tibet t...