In October 2015, Manchester Airport secured its first ever direct service to mainland China, making Manchester the only UK airport outside of London with a direct scheduled service to China. Launching in June 2016, the service offered by Hainan Airlines will fly four times a week to the Chinese capital, Beijing, demonstrating the demand for […]
A new two-year visit visa for Chinese nationals will be launched by the Home Office on Monday (11 January). The new visa will cost £85, the same as our existing six month visitor visa, and will enable successful applicants to make multiple trips to the United Kingdom. Immigration Minister James Brokenshire said: The launch of […]
Bolaji Odofin – China-Africa reporting project CHAI Xi is from Beijing, China’s capital, where she studied accounting and economics. After working for eight years in finance with various international organisations, she joined the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) mission in South Sudan in July, 2013. MSF continues to render medical assistance to hundreds of thousands of people […]
New Chinese students are coming to Newcastle every year, and this is the time when they commit to their study abroad in the city of their choice. Moving overseas for university is a huge decision to make. After all, you’ll need to choose how and where you’ll spend the next 3+ years of your life, […]
By Ralph Zhou Beds of roses or an ivory tower — often we tend to associate these with luxury hotels, in Beijing, Shanghai, and also in other cities. We often tend to think of these as in skyscrapers. In London, there’s a luxury hotel with special characteristics — 7 converted townhouses which took 7 years to […]
Langfang David Feng was one of the emcees of the opening ceremony of the Beautiful Hebei photo exhibition, currently held at the University of Westminster’s Regent Street campus. He’s been to Hebei a lot, has taught in the province, and his wife has ancestral roots there. Learn more from Hebei by joining David on a […]
David Feng was one of the emcees of the opening ceremony of the Beautiful Hebei photo exhibition, currently held at the University of Westminster’s Regent Street campus. He’s been to Hebei a lot, has taught in the province, and his wife has ancestral roots there. Learn more from Hebei by joining David on a tour […]
Chinese tourist numbers to reach 100 million in 2015 (China Tourist Agency) China to account for 22% of tourism expenditure by 2020 (UNTWO) Since the World Expo first opened its doors in Milan in May 2015, visitor numbers to the Italian city have increased by more than 600%, according to the latest data from […]
Reviewed by Nee Hao’s Travel Writer Tom Peng The Channel Islands: Jersey is a Crown Dependency, so Chinese nationals don’t require a visa if they are already in the UK! Is it any wonder that Jersey’s tourism industry is experiencing a boom. After much deliberation my partner and I agree on staying at The Club Hotel […]
When my successful application to study at China’s Fudan University arrived I confess that I had no idea what I was letting myself into. The problem with most English-speaking nationalities is a sense of laziness at learning other languages. This description most certainly applies to me! In fact, despite being British, I was born in […]