Author Archives: mcopleston
Schools Network Chinese Conference Day 2
A move to the British Museum! A full programme, including a great performance from the students from Kingsford School. Katharine Carruthers gave a revealing insight into the Asia Society in the USA and immersion schools followed by a great presentation … Continue reading
Schools Network Chinese Conference 2012
The first morning at the Connaught rooms, Sunny Qiao and Daping Fu with Kate Hammond at the ULC stand. Eager delegates and a full programme and an even busier lunch. Gao Fei, from the Confucius Institute, University of Saint David’s … Continue reading
Olympic sports and pair games
I want more steamed stuffed buns!
In this great video, a father is trying to get his son to say 我还要包子–wǒ hái yào bāozi – I want some more baozi. No matter how hard the father tries, the little boy refuses to repeat the phrase. Click … Continue reading
Tourism in China – scary walks!
The skywalk is situated 4,700ft above sea level on the side of the Tianmen Mountain in Zhangjiajie, Hunan, China. The 200ft long bridge joins the west cliff at the Yunmeng Fairy Summit and Zhang Jiajie. If you have ever been … Continue reading
London Book Fair
Madame Xu Lin and presenters and students from Kingsford School today at the LBF. Please drop in to our presentation at 10.30am Wednesday to look at ULearnChinese and how it can be localised for teaching Chinese from any language.
On-line shopping with a difference
On line shopping, 网购 wǎng gòu, is even more popular in China with low delivery costs. There is a difference with one online giant, Taobao, 淘宝, helping to breed a new generation of creative entrepreneurs. Almost 600,000 Chinese under the … Continue reading
清明 Qīngmíng Pure Brightness (Tomb Sweeping Day)
Qingming Festival (also known as Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb-sweeping Day) falls this year on April 4th as it is a leap year. Tomb Sweeping – paying respects to dead relatives, Spring outings as it is a National holiday and … Continue reading
Dancing in China
In China, ballroom dancing seldom happens in ballrooms. Every evening dancers make use of any open ground: squares, parks, the outsides of banks or supermarkets, and even sidewalks. No-one minds if you join in. The dances themselves are different from … Continue reading
Which is dearer? Tea or Gold
Taking tea in Hangzhou’s famous Longjing Manor restaurant. Starting this Friday, tea farmers in Hangzhou will start harvesting Longjing. It’s one of China’s most prestigious teas, and this year, the price of the most refined Longjing has reached 60 thousand … Continue reading