Interesting Articles
Rewi Alley: Holding on to his history
Jane Furkert’s 2016 Rewi Alley Friendship & Exchange Fund-backed project involved locating monuments to Rewi Alley that exist in vario...
The Cultural Revolution Through English Eyes
THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION THROUGH ENGLISH EYES - DR ROSE KERR SPEAKS TO NZCFS NELSON
Review by Christine WardDr Rose Kerr is an interna...
Best wishes for the Year of the Rooster
We wish you luck in the Year of the Rooster
鸡年大吉
Good health and much happiness throughout the year
恭祝健康，新年快乐
These three images of a ro...
‘Blades of Grass’ – Biography of George Hogg i...
'Blades of Grass: The Story of George Alwyn Hogg', by George Hogg's nephew Mark Alwyn Thomas, has just been published (January, 2017).
F...
Viewing of Rewi Alley Documents at National Library of NZ
As part of New Zealand Chinese Language Week, 12 - 18 September, 2016, the National Library of New Zealand invited about 12 people from va...
More good news about China’s environmental action
Jan 8, 2017, just a week after announcing plans to ban the ivory trade, China shows signs of moving towards banning the trade in sharks fi...
Chinese street writing
I must tell you something about a phenomenon that speaks ‘words’ about the Chinese love of their written word and the desire to meet like-...
Dodie is going back to China!
Back in 2012, the New Zealand China Friendship Society published an article based on several interesting e-mails that Dodie Johnston sent ...
Great News – China to ban Ivory Trade!
BBC News has just reported :"China announces ban on ivory trade and processing activities by end of 2017:
Conservation groups hailed ...
Book Review: The Water Kingdom – A Secret History of China...
The Water Kingdom - A Secret History of China, by Philip Ball.
Bodley Head, 2016. ISBN (hardback): 978147923547.
The following is based...
How Rewi Alley helped hide 10,000 workers
A story of enterprise and initiative in the times of Japanese invasion.
In 1937, the Japanese invaded China in force. As well as causing ...