Liverpool’s long-awaited Terracotta Warriors exhibition will open today (Friday 9 February), welcomed by a city in celebration mode, poised to mark Chinese New Year like never before. Proud home to the oldest Chinese community in Europe, China’s First Emperor and the Terracotta Warriors exhibition is being welcomed just in time for the Year of the […]
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Liverpool’s See Yep wins award from Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China
By Lynne Murphy – Liverpool Correspondent Liverpool’s award winning See Yep Association who in 2016 (their 110th anniversary year) won the Queens Award For Voluntary Service (the group equivalent of an MBE) have received further recognition from the Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China at a community event held in Manchester on the […]
First world war’s Chinese labour corps remembered by British young people
British young people learn and practice the ancient customs of Qingming to honour the fallen heroes of First World War’s Chinese Labour Corps. The Unremembered: World War One’s Army of Workers, is a year-long project funded by the British government to honour the courage and sacrifice of labourers from China, South Africa, UK and many […]
Liverpool’s New Chinatown positioned for investment this Chinese New Year
Jean Liggett, CEO of property investment consultancy Properties of the World, believes that the 850 homes of New Chinatown will attract keen interest from investors in China. She comments, “The impending Chinese New Year and Golden Week are a key time for Chinese property investors. With a whole week off for Golden Week, it’s an ideal time for […]
Terracotta Warriors from tomb of China’s first emperor returning to the UK
The Terracotta Warriors will be returning to the UK, it has been announced by Secretary of State for Culture Media and Sport, Rt Hon Karen Bradley MP. In an exhibition to be staged at Liverpool’s World Museum in 2018, this will be the first time in more than 30 years that spectacular Class 1 National […]
Baritone Yunpeng Wang to perform at St George’s Hall
Following the huge success and standing ovation of the recent Ekaterina Lekhina the debut concert of Liverpool Opera Four Seasons, a member of the new opera star generation, Yunpeng Wang gives a concert at St George’s Hall on Sunday 24 January 2016. The extraordinary, Chinese born baritone began the 2014-2015 season with his debut at […]
Liverpool – The forgotten Shenyang WW II Camp
Liverpool’s iconic St George’s Hall is to host a special exhibition to remember the plight of the prisoners of war from the Second World War. As China and other allied powers hold commemorations to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, an exhibition about a prisoners of war camp in Northeast China […]