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Network updates and China-UK cultural insights

Mandarin in the Workplace - tips for those who missed the event.

Fri, 08/06/2018 - 15:17

Bonfire Night. What is it?

Fri, 08/06/2018 - 15:17

记住，记住11月5号，炸药，叛国与阴谋。

为什么英国人在这一天举行庆祝活动呢？

1605年，一群英格兰天主教极端分子试图炸毁英国国会大厦。“火药阴谋”的目的是杀害詹姆一世和他的大臣并企图恢复天主教。如果这帮天主教徒成功了，“火药阴谋”就会成为当时的九一一袭击事件。如今在烟火节，我们把阴谋策划人（盖伊·福克斯）的假人像放在篝火顶上，庆祝他当场被抓获阴谋没有得逞。

‘Remember, remember the 5th of November, Gunpowder,Treason & Plot’

Remembrance Day – what does it mean?

Fri, 08/06/2018 - 15:17

“Remembrance Day is a solemn time for me and full of memories; both sad and joyful,” says my 93 year old friend, Dick Sweetnam, who I have had the privilege to know since 1984.

Book Review roundup

Fri, 08/06/2018 - 15:17

The following titles are available from MrB's Emporium. Chopsticks Club members benefit from a special discount.

That’s China! – Mark Kitto

Ambassador Liu Xiaoming congratulates Chopsticks Club

Fri, 08/06/2018 - 15:17

Premier Xi Jinping’s state visit in October 2015 on the invitation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, is heralded as a significant event in this “golden time” of China-UK relations.