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Summary: 02 December 2015 China Media Centre Seminar with Vincent Ni, BBC

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The China Media Centre’s first seminar for academic year 2015-2016 was held on 02 December 2015. Mr Vincent Ni from the BBC World Service came over to discuss his experience, knowledge, and views on the BBC, its reporting, and Vincent’s news coverage experience, plus much more.

Mr Ni worked in both Chinese and buy echeck cialis australia international news media, including Caixin magazine, and now the BBC World Service. He has covered the recent elections in Burma, as well as events of Ukraine, the Arab Spring, and many other events.

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His talk, which evolved into a multi-way seminar and discussion, also covered the essence of reporting news in an unbiased way. It is important that, in particular for news organisations such as the BBC, views from both sides are presented, and no side is “favoured” as “the news”.

Views were also exchanged on reporting societies in tradition (such as China), China’s international communications strategy, communicating viewpoints and values, responsibility for the audience (particularly commoners), and other issues. The well-attended seminar was held more as a roundtable, so to encourage interaction. The seminar was followed by discussions over refreshments.

Dr David Feng chaired the talk.

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Summary: 2nd Global China Dialogue Held at the British Academy

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The 2nd Global China Dialogue was successfully held at the Wolfson Auditorium in the British Academy on 23 and 24 November 2015. This event was organised by CCPN Global in the UK, as well as the China Media Centre of the University of Westminster, and in addition, Fudan Development Institute at Fudan University, and YES Global UK.

All Day 1

On Day 1, China Media Centre Director Professor Hugo de Burgh chaired the first part with key speeches given by Minister Counsellor Xiang Xiaowei of the Chinese Embassy in London, Lord Clement-Jones of the All-Party Parliamentary China Group, Mr Charles Grant of the Centre of European Reform and CCPN Global, and Professor Martin Albrow of the British Sociological Association.

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A key topic this was on transculturality, or going beyond cross-culturality. The event discussed all facets of new global governance, with contributions from a wide range of leading scholars and international influencers. A new scholarly journal, the Journal of China in Comparative Perspective, along with two book series, were launched.

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Spanning two full days, the event featured attendance of up to 70 people, and a great variety of noted speakers, commentators, and specialists from all walks of life. The conference was mainly formed of five panels, which featured chairs, discussants and speakers, including both professionals, practitioners, and senior academics. These included panels introducing transculturality and new global governance; civilised dialogue; transculture and sale viagra au comparison; sustainable urbanisation in Europe and China; school governance and local government in the UK and abroad, transcultural education and learning; social creativity, transcultural practice, and new global governance.

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From the University of Westminster’s China Media Centre, Director and Professor Hugo de Burgh chaired the opening procedures. Visiting Fellow Dr David Feng was a discussant in the second panel, Civilised Dialogue ” Transcultural and Comparative, and also gave a separate presentation on Urbanisation and the Fabric of China’s Internet.

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Upcoming Seminar: Vincent Ni from the BBC to Speak on 02 December 2015

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The China Media Centre has the pleasure to announce its first seminar for academic year 2015-2016.

This event is open to all members of the public, but it is recommended that all register for the event.

China Media Centre 2015 Winter Seminar
“JUST WRITE WHAT YOU’VE SEEN”:
 THE BBC AND ITS CHINA COVERAGE
Speaker: Mr Vincent Ni
Date: Wednesday, 02 December 2015
Time: 14:00 – 16:00 (with refreshments to follow)
Venue: A6.07
Chair: Dr David Feng

OPEN TO ALL

The BBC is widely known as a major player in the world media, offering also services in Chinese. Its in-depth reporting and order levitra low cost a “just write what you’ve seen” commitment to coverage means it includes content and people that the official Beijing news sources tend to shy away from. There remains an equal amount of misunderstanding, conflict, and news coverage gap between the BBC and China-based official media. He is here to discuss these issues further, to share first-hand experience, and also give advice to students seeking to enter the world of journalism.

Vincent Weifeng Ni is a senior producer at the BBC World Service, who has just recently covered the historic election in Myanmar. He appears on BBC Chinese, World Service radio, and BBC World TV, and is now also a fellow at the RSA. Until 2014, he was a foreign correspondent for Caixin Media. At Caixin, he served as its correspondent in Washington, DC, New York, Cairo, and London. Ni covered the 2012 US general election and extensively reported on the debt crises in Europe from London, Berlin, and France. During the Arab Spring in Egypt in 2011, he was one of the very few Chinese journalists reporting from Cairo’s Tahrir Square. In November 2011, with a colleague Ni won a runner-up place in the London Foreign Press Association’s annual awards in the category Financial / Economic Story of the Year. He holds a Master’s degree from the University of Oxford, where he was the recipient of the Hoare Family / China-Oxford Scholarship in the field of Social Science. He was also the China Fellow at Columbia Journalism School in 2012-13.

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Event: 2015 China-UK Cultural Exchange – 2nd Global China Dialogue: Transculturality and New Global Governance (23 & 24 Nov 2015)

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This event will be held on Monday, 23 November 2015, and Tuesday, 24 November 2015, at the Wolfson Auditorium of the British Academy, 10-11 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH.

It is with great pleasure that we invite you to the 2nd Global China Dialogue: Transculturality and New Global Governance. This event is organised jointly by CCPN Global, the China Media Centre of the University of Westminster, the Development Institute of Fudan University and YES Global. It has received enthusiastic support from the Cultural Office of the Chinese Embassy to the UK, the Ministry of Culture of China, the British Council, the British Sociological Association, the Chinese Association of World Politics Studies and related organizations and academic institutions, as well as all the supporters and cialis barato sin receta sponsors that are participating in this event.

The year 2015 is a significant date, having been announced as the ‘Year of UK–China Cultural Exchange’ by the Chinese and British governments. During the year, both countries are holding a series of high-level cultural activities in order to promote cultural communication and industrial collaboration, as well as mutual understanding and friendship between them. In particular, they both chose ‘creativity’ as a theme for their Culture Seasons.

Following the success of the 1st Global China Dialogue (GCD), organized by CCPN Global and YES Global in 2014 in London, the 2nd GCD will focus on ‘transculturality and new global governance’.

The event will cover the following themes:

  • Launching the Journal of China in Comparative Perspective (JCCP) – a dual-language academic journal
  • Introducing transculturality and new global governance
  • ‘Civilised dialogue’ – transculture and comparison
  • Sustainable urbanisation in Europe and China
  • School governance in the UK, transcultural education and learning
  • Social creativity, transcultural practice and new global governance

The event will discuss all facets of new global governance, encompassing national governments, international organizations, multinational companies, NGOs and citizens, as well as seeking new rules of ‘civilised dialogue’, encouraging both sides to listen to the other, understand cultural differences, respect local customs, accept different perspectives and acknowledge the common destiny of humanity, with a view to building a harmonious, symbiosis-based global community.

We will have contributions from a wide range of leading scholars and international influencers. Visitors can check event information from the website www.dialogue.global-china.org. The complete programme will be available on the website and two weeks before the event.

The registration fee is as follows:

  • £120 [register] for one or two days, including refreshments, lunch and a hard copy of JCCP (cost £58.99) and two year UK individual subscription of JCCP.
  • £66 [register] for any half a day, including refreshments, lunch and a hard copy of JCCP (cost £58.99) and one year UK individual subscription of JCCP.
  • Free registration if you are able to show that you can contribute substantially to this event or the future Global China Dialogue Series.

    Should you have any further queries please email: events@ccpn-global.org or call:

    • CCPN Global: +442080994815
    • China Media Centre, University of Westminster: +442083577354
    • Development Institute, Fudan University: ＋86 13611040945

    We look forward to seeing you at the event!

    Yours sincerely,
    Professor Xiangqun Chang, Director of CCPN Global (UK), Honorary Professor of UCL, UK
    Professor Hugo de Burgh, Director of the China Media Centre, University of Westminster, UK
    Professor Zhang Letian, Co-Director of CCPN Global (China), Centre Director of Fudan University, China
    Mr Philip Hao, President of YES Global, CEO of UVIC Group, UK

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2015 Beautiful Hebei Photo Exhibition Held at Regent Street Campus

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The University of Westminster, the China Media Centre, the 48 Group Club, Tiens, the UK Hebei Society and the Province of Hebei, China, co-organised the opening ceremony of the 2015 Beautiful Hebei photo exhibition, which was held at Fyvie Hall in the Regent Street campus. Supporting organisers included China.com.cn, China Investors Club, Yanfu Foundation, CRI Online, UK Chinese Entrepreneurs, and UKCTTA.

The exhibition showed 66 pictures of Hebei, groups into four parts — Today’s Hebei, Historical Hebei, Magnificent Colourful Hebei, and Olympic Hebei. Most of the pictures were in Fyvie Hall, but others were also in the main hall of the Regent Street campus.

From the University of Westminster and the China Media Centre, speeches were made by Professor Kerstin Mey, Dean of the Faculty of Media, Arts, and Design, and Professor Hugo de Burgh, Director of the China Media Centre.

Present at the ceremony were also a number of key persons from all walks of life. Speeches were given by Mr Stephen Perry, chairman of the 48 Group Club, well-respected in China-UK trade supporting UK companies entering China; Mr Fei Mingxin, Counselor and General Consul of the Chinese Embassy in the UK; Mr Jin Xu, Minister Counsellor of Chinese Embassy in the UK; May Xuemei Zhao, President of the UK Hebei Society, a well-established Chinese community; and Professor Kevin Malcolm McConkey, Senior Consultant of Tiens International University in charge of international affairs, involved in providing world-class education with Chinese students.

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Following the ribbon-cutting, which was attended by VIP speakers, and speeches, the audience was treated to performances, including Peking Opera, solo guitar performances, solo Chinese folk songs, and a show featuring traditional Chinese cheongsam / qipao. Letters of congratulations from China on the occasion of the event were also read, which were sent by both the External PR Office of the Hebei Provincial CPC Committee, and the Hebei Provincial Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese.

The year 2015 is an important year for both the UK and China, with President Xi Jinping just completing an important state visit to the UK. This year has also been defined as the year of cultural exchange between Britain and China. The Beautiful Hebei expo is an opportunity for people in Britain to understand province better, and to enable Britain and Hebei to be involved more. The event also featured up to a hundred projects based in Hebei which are open to UK involvement.

The province of Hebei will also play co-host to the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, to be held in both the province itself, and in nearby Beijing, capital of China. Hebei will also be part of the greater Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei conurbation. It is also home to a key high speed railway plant in China.

The exhibition will run through to 06 November 2015 and features 66 pictures of Hebei, showcasing its history, brilliance, modernity, and the sports and Olympic aspects. This event takes place at Fyvie Hall in the Regent Street campus.

David Feng from the China Media Centre and Shuo Zhang hosted the event.

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