Dream On
December 4, 2014
By Kim Willcocks Senior Tutor for Reading and Writing, Centre for English Language Education, University of Nottingham Ningbo Xi Jinping’s contribution to the arsenal of warm and fuzzy CCP catchphrases is “the Chinese dream” and recently I’ve read about it more and seen it plastered on the billboards around Ningbo more. Seems that someone’s trying …
‘Too Much Politics Not Enough Tennis’, say bloggers.
February 5, 2014
By Dr. David O’Brien, Assistant Professor, School of Contemporary Chinese Studies at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China. Last Thursday night 704 million people in China sat down to watch the same television programme. The annual CCTV Spring Festival Gala is by far the most watched television show in the world and though often mocked …
The Chinese Dream Controversy
September 18, 2013
By Angela Wang, Assistant Research Fellow to the Dean of Arts & Education, At The University of Nottingham Ningbo. The Chinese Dream has become a blazing topic for months, prominent in discourse within every field (economic, political, entertainment, academic, individual, etc.). Ever since the central government implemented the idea of a Chinese dream, it has …
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams
July 19, 2013
By Finbar Edmond Hughes, Studying American and Canadian Studies with English at the University of Birmingham. The title of this blog comes from a quote from Eleanor Roosevelt, the longest serving First Lady of the United States of America and in the words of President Harry S. Truman the ‘First Lady of the World’. Therefore …