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Scotland's Confucius Institutes
4 November, 2013
I attended the splendid launch of the Confucius Institute for the University of Aberdeen in late September; last week I visited the Confucius Institute for Scotland's Schools with its superb Confucius Classroom and the Confucius Institute at the University of Glasgow.
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SCEN Network Meeting
4 November, 2013
We have felt the time is right for a SCEN Network Meeting in the Spring Term, so that those engaged in leading China and Chinese learning in our schools at all levels can get together and exchange practice, views and issues.
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Knowledge of the Chinese language!
4 November, 2013
Graham Thompson of the Blackford Trust sent me this gem from The Literary Digest:
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The need of knowledge of the Chinese language in order to do business in China is said to be overlooked by some American firms ...
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China’s Peaceful Rise & New Diplomacy
22 October, 2013
A FREE lecuture by Ni Shixiong, professor of international relations, former Dean of the School of International Relations and Public Affairs at Fudan University and former director of the Centre for American Studies at Fudan University, Shanghai.
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Chinese and American Film Review
22 October, 2013
On Thursday 17 October, I attended a presentation by Professor Paul Pickowicz on 'Cold War Propaganda: Chinese and American Film', looking at the Korean War. The event was held at the Edinburgh University Languages and Humanities Centre.
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