Book Review: The Porcelain Thief
The Porcelain Thief: Searching the Middle Kingdom for Buried China, by Huan Hsu. Fourth Estate, London, 2015. ISBN978-0-00-747943-6
A Chin...
Michelle Elia starts teaching at Shandan Bailie School
Kia Ora! My name is Michelle Elia and I am Shandan Bailie School’s newest English Teacher for the 2016-2017 school year. Originally from Por...
China receives letter from Queen Elizabeth I – 383 years t...
In 1602 Queen Elizabeth I wrote a letter to the Emperor of Cathay seeking trade with China - intending for the letter to be delivered t...
“Building Friendship and Trust takes time” – K...
Ye Zi (Karen) from the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC) was one of the speakers at the New Zealan...
Joseph Rock and Joseph Needham: Science Adventurers in the China...
Miles concluded his talk with some observations about the evolving nature of 'friendship', personal and corporate, with China over the year...
Rewi Alley’s Whare [farmhouse] at Moeawatea, NZ
When Rewi Alley returned to New Zealand to rehabilitate after suffering serious wounds on the Somme in World War I, he met his old high-...
Some aspects of Chinese toilets
So, briefly, Chinese toilets, at least for men are very 'respectable'. Let's hope that things are improving for women. Duncan France
A Chinese Pavilion for Masterton!
The original design was supplied by the Changchun Gardening Bureau and is designed along traditional lines, at the same time making sure tha...
Hawkes Bay Orchestral Society’s cultural exchange to China a suc...
The Hawkes Bay Orchestral Society’s 10-day cultural exchange to China (April 2016) was a great success. The exchange was funded by the New...
Air New Zealand Award for Nelson’s Art-Exchange Project
As part of the Sister Cities NZ Conference this year (May, 2016), held in Nelson, at the Sister City Awards Dinner, NZCFS Nelson Branch's Im...
Auckland poet heading to Shanghai
Auckland poet Heidi North-Bailey has been selected as the second New Zealand writer to join the Shanghai Writers’ Association’s Writing Prog...