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NEXT BRANCH MEETING Professor Yaru Liu will speak on “Chinese Language Teaching in Global Consciousness” With Chinese language teaching as the title, the presentation will actually mainly focus on teaching foreigners Chinese, including teaching the overseas Chinese whose first language belongs to other languages. Teaching foreigners Chinese was first initiated in 1951, but it is until March of 1978 that it was raised as a discipline at a linguistic conference in Beijing, and the first … [Read more...]

NEXT BRANCH MEETING Professor James Liu will speak on “Chinese Indigenous Psychology” The global system of world governance and the global system of psychology were born in an era of exclusive Western dominance. Young educated people of the world are in agreement that agency in world history has belonged to the West and to Western ideas. Of these ideas, among the most influential has been Liberal philosophy, with its rallying call of freedom, equality, and fraternity. While the world is … [Read more...]

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGWednesday, 21 March 2012, at 5.45 pm, Connolly Hall, Guildford Terrace, off Hill Street, Thorndon, Wellington.   (Car park up Guildford Tce beside Hall) followed by Dr Chen Ben, Confucius Institute VUW speaking on “From Anatolia Plateau to Long White Clouds (东风西渐——从安纳托利亚高原到长白云之乡)”Dr Chen Ben is the Chinese Director of the Confucius Institute of Victoria University at Wellington. With his PhD in world history (American … [Read more...]

NEXT BRANCH MEETING Mr. Dave Feickert will speak on “From 'faster is better' to 'better is faster' in China and New Zealand” Dave Feickert is a coal mine safety adviser and also President of the Whanganui Branch of the NZ China Friendship Society. Since 2005 he has been advising the Chinese Government and coal companies and has submitted evidence to the Pike River Royal Commission. Dave won China’s Friendship Prize for Foreign Experts in 2009, along with another Kiwi, Lewis Dagger. Only … [Read more...]

 NEXT BRANCH MEETING Mr. Chris Elder will speak on “With the Benefit of Foresight: China's World in 2031”  Chris Elder first travelled to China in 1973, as a member of the Walding Ministerial Mission to mark the establishment of relations. From 1974 to 1976 he was on the staff of the New Zealand Embassy in Beijing. He returned to Beijing as Ambassador from 1993 to 1997. Chris has researched and written a range of books and articles on China and China/New Zealand relations. He currently … [Read more...]

NEXT BRANCH MEETING HE Mr Xu Jianguo, PRC Ambassador will speak on “China’s Economic Outlook and Peaceful Development” Mr. Xu Jianguo was born in October 1955 and is a native of Zhejiang Province. Mr. Xu holds a Bachelor's degree of Engineering and Law, and his professional and academic careers have spanned the following positions. From 1972-1978, Mr. Xu worked in the Cixi Machine Tool Plant in Zhejiang Province. From 1978-1993, Mr. Xu studied and worked in Zhejiang University as … [Read more...]

NEXT BRANCH MEETING Dr Han Xi will speak on “Chinese Teaching and Learning in Schools” Dr Xi Han is the National Chinese Language Adviser. She was sent by Hanban, the Ministry of Education of China, to work with International Languages Exchanges and Pathways (ILEP), the Ministry of Education of New Zealand. Xi’s job is to supply advice and support for Chinese teaching and learning in NZ schools. She has organized various activities to upgrade the knowledge and understanding of Chinese … [Read more...]

NEXT BRANCH MEETING Professor James Liu will speak on “Chinese Indigenous Psychology” The global system of world governance and the global system of psychology were born in an era of exclusive Western dominance. Young educated people of the world are in agreement that agency in world history has belonged to the West and to Western ideas. Of these ideas, among the most influential has been Liberal philosophy, with its rallying call of freedom, equality, and fraternity. While the world is … [Read more...]

AT OUR NEXT BRANCH MEETING The Aroha Quartet will present “Our Stories and Our Music”Haihong Liu: Violin l   Beiyi Xue: Violin ll   Zhongxian Jin: Viola   Robert Ibell: Cello Founded in 2004, the Aroha String Quartet has firmly established its place at the forefront of the New Zealand music scene, being well known to audiences around New Zealand for their passionate musicality and impressive technique. Haihong Liu, Beiyi Xue and Robert Ibell … [Read more...]

AT OUR NEXT BRANCH MEETING Dr Paul McDonald will speak on “Maoism versus Confucianism: Competing Ideological Influences on Modern Chinese Business Leaders” Paul McDonald, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer in the Victoria Management School, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, where he teaches courses in organizational behaviour, organizational design, and leadership. He has held senior administrative positions which have involved frequent travel to China, including being the founding … [Read more...]

At our next Branch Meeting Associate Professor Val Lindsay will speak on “Service Success in Asia: Spotlight on China”   Dr Val Lindsay is an Associate Professor in International Business and former Head of the School of Marketing and International Business at Victoria University of Wellington. She has a keen interest in teaching and research in the areas of international strategy, exporting, services internationalization, and small and medium-sized enterprises. She has recently … [Read more...]

Our next meeting is the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Wednesday, 16 March 2011, at 5.45 pm Connolly Hall Guildford Terrace, off Hill Street, Thorndon, Wellington (Car park up Guildford Tce beside Hall) followed by HE Mr David Huebner, US Ambassador speaking on “Managing a Law Firm in China Prior to Becoming Ambassador in New Zealand”President Obama nominated David Huebner (Heeb-ner) as Ambassador to New Zealand and the Independent State of Samoa in October of 2009. Ambassador Huebner … [Read more...]