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Event: Hebei Photographic Exhibition beginning 31 October 2015 (Regent Street Campus)

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The UK Hebei Society, The China Media Centre, The University of Westminster and remise zithromax sans ordonnance the Chinese province of Hebei will be organising a photographic exhibition of the province of Hebei. The opening ceremony will be on 31st October 2015 at 2pm.

The current spirit of co-operation between China and the UK is exemplified by the many state visits between the countries, including that of President Xi during October 2015. Many opportunities are being created between our countries, and the province of Hebei wishes to further foster this co-operation.

The exhibition will be held in Fyvie Hall, University of Westminster, 309 Regent Street, London W1B 2HW. Photographs being shown are grouped into four categories:

1. History of Hebei
The Province is rich in historical significance; and here, a part of this history will be displayed

2. Colours of Hebei
Embodying the life of the Province

3. Modern Hebei
Showcasing the highly developed nature of Hebei

4. Olympic Hebei
The international sporting activities of Hebei province

The province has much to offer to the visitor and those who would work with and within Hebei, whether that be inwards, outwards or in partnership. It should be remembered that China will be hosting the 2022 Winter Olympics, with many events in Hebei and Britain is seeking to be involved in organising the staging of the event. There are already strong links in education between Hebei and Britain, and the project for a large new international education complex within the province will produce an international centre of excellence; overseas partners are actively sought for participation.

With so many exciting developments in progress and yet to come, we would be delighted by your presence at this event. The exhibition itself will run until 6th November 2015.

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Co-Production Opportunities in China Workshop Held at Regent Street Campus

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In the afternoon hours of 21 October 2015, the Opportunities in China Workshop was held at Fyvie Hall in the Regent Street campus of the University of Westminster. The event was held while Chinese President Xi Jinping was in London for a state visit.

Professor Geoffrey Petts, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Westminster, gave welcoming remarks. Ms Wang Jianjun, head of Shanghai Broadcast TV and Shanghai Media Group (SMG), gave the keynote presentation at the event in English titled If Shakespeare Met Tang Xianzu.

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The presentation also featured presentations and discussions from:

  • Chen Yuren, Director of the SMG programming department
  • Zhang Lifen, Chief Consultant of the China Business News
  • Prof Stephen Dong Guanpeng of the Communication University of China
  • Li Yong, Director of Dragon TV
  • Clare Thomspon, a British TV producer
  • Paul Jackson of Houghton Street Media

SMG 2015 10 21 Part 2

  • Paul Dempsey, President of Global Markets at BBC Worldwide
  • Chen Qi, Vice Director of DocuChina, SMG
  • Chen Sijie, General Manager of SMG Pictures
  • He Xiaolan, General Manager of Wings Media, SMG

as well as

  • Catherine Mallyon, Executive Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company
  • Yu Rongjun and prezzo del viagra della farmacia Zhong Jing, Vice Presidents of the Shanghai Performing Arts Group
  • Maxine Doyle, Associate Director and Choreographer of Punchdrunk

The workshops were chaired by Professor Hugo de Burgh, Director of the China Media Centre.

Following this, a reception, including signing ceremonies, was held at the Boardroom on the upper level, which was chaired by SMG programme anchor and presenter Chen Chen.

SMG 2015 10 21 Signature

For further details related to this event, please also browse the Workshop Handbook.

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Event: Co-Production Opportunities in China: A Workshop (21 October 2015, Regent Street Campus)

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The China Media Centre will be organising an event on Wednesday, 21 October 2015, from 4 PM to 6 PM, followed by a reception from 6 PM through to 7:30 PM. This event will be held at the Fyvie Hall on the Regent Campus (309 Regent Street) of the University of Westminster.

Co-production Opportunities in China – A workshop
sponsored by Shanghai Media Group
with participation of associates from the BBC and Royal Shakespeare Theatre

Ms Wang Jianjun, President of Shanghai Media Group will be visiting the University of Westminster to present a workhop raising issues relating to Co-production Opportunities in China. The workshop will consider:

  • How can co-production between the UK and Chinese TV and performance industries be increased and improved?
  • How are Chinese media policies changing the commercial environment?
  • What are Chinese TV channels and VOD platforms looking for from foreign producers?

This event will be an opportunity for media companies to share their views on these matters. It help shape Shanghai Media Group’s future relationship with the UK television industry and provide an overview on what sorts of content UK production companies can pitch to the SMG’s family of channels.

There will also be briefings from policy experts in relevant fields, including China media, its recent policies, and market strategies.

Please note: Places are limited.
Reserve your place now (on EventBrite)

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China Media Centre 2015 Winter Seminar–18 March 2015 2pm – 4pm@A6.09

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China Media Centre 2015 Winter Seminar
THE RISE OF CHINESE SOFT POWER

UntitledSpeaker: Zhang He, correspondent, China Central Television, London
Date: Wednesday 18th March 2015
Time: 2pm – 4pm
Venue: A6.09, Harrow Campus
Chair: Professor Hugo de Burgh

 

OPEN TO ALL

Zhang He joined CCTV in 2012 and was posted to Britain to prepare the way for the expansion of CCTV’s operation in Europe. In this seminar, he will reflect on China’s rising media influence and public diplomacy, the difference between Chinese and western media, and the new challenges posed by the information age.
Zhang He studied at the China Foreign Affairs University, which is affiliated to China’s Foreign Ministry. After graduation, he worked for the English Service at China Radio International, covering stories across China such as the Sichuan earthquakes, the Shanghai Expo and order sildenafil usa the Guangzhou Asian Games. He spent a month travelling across Pakistan from Karachi to the Karakoram Highway and filed a series of reports on China’s influence overseas. Since arriving in London, Zhang He has travelled to fifteen European countries and covered major international stories in Chinese and English for CCTV.

If you have any inquiry about CMC events, please contact Alja Kranjec at A.Kranjec@westminster.ac.uk

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Mediating Transnational East Asian Masculinities

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CALL FOR PAPERS

Mediating Transnational East Asian Masculinities
One-day Symposium funded by the British Academy

Date: 7 May 2015
Address: RS Boardroom, University of Westminster,
309 Regent Street London W1B 2HW

Convenors: Derek Hird (University of Westminster) and Geng Song (University of Hong Kong)

Co-hosted by the China Media Centre and the Contemporary China Centre at The University of Westminster, London

INVITATION

East Asian men are becoming increasingly visible in mediated forms around the world, in films, and broadcast, print, online and social media. East Asian countries’ growing participation in translocal and global circulations of people, images, ideas, goods and finance have resulted in East Asian masculinities assuming more important roles in imaginaries of masculinities. This symposium will explore media depictions of East Asian masculinities in transnational perspective, to better illuminate the ways in which they reveal the effects of transnational sociocultural, political and viagra canada aankoop economic trends and transformations, and how they influence perspectives and practices of masculinities in local and global contexts. Read more →

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