Updates

In the NZ Herald recently there was a story about a Chinese man who arrived as a refugee from war-torn China in 1939.  The story is a hear...

Two scholars, Wang Xue jun and Zhu Caixia, were selected in 2012, from Shandan, Gansu Province. They are studying well and achieving good re...

Natalie's blog has further episodes in which she has put several days’ comments on her experiences arriving in Lanzhou, then at Shandan (bot...

Natalie Bowie, our new Shandan Bailie teacher, has sent in her first 2 diary entries.   The first covers a briefing meeting prior to leaving...

Successful applicants for the NZCFS Youth Friendship Ambassadorships for 2014, are Deborah Robertson, Toby Jordan and Parley Reynolds.  Each...

In recent years, research has shown that the biggest epidemic facing us today is obesity, caused by excessive consumption of sugar and cor...

From our new correspondent: "There's a Chill in China"Business news editor in Beijing, Henry Acland, has kindly written describing China...

"The last few months have been as fascinating and rewarding as the previous months.  The extremely cold weather tended to dominate each day ...

For the first time, a New Zealand writer will be chosen to go to Shanghai in 2014, with funding through NZ China Friendship Society, for a...

Natalie Bowie will soon be taking over from Brendan Corbett as our next teacher at Shandan Bailie School. She is presently preparing to arr...

Whenever one mentions the Silk Road, images are conjured up of caravans travelling across the central Asian plains carrying silk and other g...