India and China : The best of both developing countries
April 23, 2014
By Shivali Mistry, Second year MSci Hons Student in Accounting and Finance for Contemporary China, The University of Nottingham Ningbo China. Having the opportunity to experience such different lifestyles yet in the same continent has led to some pretty exciting memories in my lifetime. My first visit to India was 18 years ago and I …
Vocational education, why we need it for China’s higher education reform
April 16, 2014
By Dr. Youqing Fan, Assistant Professor at the School of Contemporary Chinese Studies, The University of Nottingham Ningbo China. China’s higher education system has long been directed towards cultivating academic talents, whilst the value of technique and skill-oriented vocational education has been downplayed. This tendency is reflected in the way that high school students are …
Building Images: exploring 21st century Sino-African dynamics through cultural exchange and translation
April 9, 2014
By Dr. Xiaoling Zhang, Head of Contemporary Chinese Studies at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Associate Professor in Chinese Studies at the University of Nottingham. The rapid expansion in Chinese involvement in Africa in the 21st century has been accompanied by conflicting discourses about what that interest means, both for Africa and for the …
How Edward Snowden became China’s new best friend
April 6, 2014
By Kjetil B. Alstadheim, Student at Nottingham University Ningbo Summer School. It was from Chinese territory Edward Snowden’s revelations about American massive spying on the internet came. Snowden fled to Hong Kong from Hawaii before leaking documents about the operations of The National Security Agency (NSA). Snowden did not stay in Hong Kong for long. …
Fieldwork in Ningbo: getting beyond observation
April 2, 2014
By Felicity Woolf, Studying an MA in Contemporary Chinese Studies at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China. The moment has arrived when I can no longer shelter in the library, deep in theory, but must venture forth to my chosen fieldwork site and attempt to find out what is happening there and why. I have …
International Symposium ‘China’s Soft Power in Africa’ 4th & 5th Sep 2014 at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China
March 29, 2014
International Symposium on: ‘China’s Soft Power in Africa: emerging media and cultural relations between China and Africa’ An international symposium on ‘China’s Soft Power in Africa: emerging media and cultural relations between China and Africa’ will be held on 4th and 5th of September 2014 at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China. This is a …
China’s Complex Trade Deficit
March 19, 2014
By David Symington, MA Student at Fudan University. Well China recently posted a trade deficit – a rare event – and it has, predictably, spooked many commentators. The Wall Street Journal’s China Real Time blog wrote however, that there may be more to the trade figures than meets the eye. The blog wonders if the …
The Desolation of Smog
March 9, 2014
By Dr. David O’Brien, Assistant Professor, School of Contemporary Chinese Studies at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China. Recently a Chinese general provoked online scorn when he claimed that Beijing’s foul air was the best defence against US laser-guided weapons. People’s Liberation Army Major-General Zhang Zhaozhong told state-television that “Laser weapons are most afraid of …
Global Art in China
March 1, 2014
By Felicity Woolf, Studying an MA in Contemporary Chinese Studies at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China. On a trip to Shanghai last week we decided to visit the Power Station of Art, a newish space for contemporary art opened in 2012 to house the Shanghai Biennale. It has received a bit of attention from …
Chengdu’s creative spaces – cultural diamonds or lead balloons?
February 21, 2014
By Philip Crosbie, PhD candidate, School of Asian Studies, University College Cork. As one of Chinas emerging cities in the south-west, Chengdu is quickly becoming one of the most prosperous and talked about cities in the country’s landscape of urban development. Most projections forecast that Chengdu is becoming a key area of domestic and foreign …
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