Conferences & Meetings

In China

China Brew and Beverage Technology Innovation Congress, Shanghai

Focuses on trends in the global brewing and beverage industry, analyzes safety regulations and discusses core technologies and best solutions for cleaner production, energy saving, emission reduction and product diversification.

Date: Jan 17-18

Venue: Crowne Plaza Century Park Shanghai

Website: www.chinaexhibition.com

China Wedding Expo, Shanghai

A wedding photography industry trade and procurement event that provides customers with a one-stop shopping service.

Date: Jan 15-18

Venue: Shanghai World Expo Exhibition & Convention Center

Website: www.chinaweddingexpo.com.cn

China International Fishing Tackle Trade Exhibition, Beijing

An international tackle trade show dedicated to globalizing the trade of fishing products and outdoor gear.

Date: Feb 23-25

Venue: New China International Exhibition Center

Website: www.chinaexhibition.com

Automechanika Shanghai, Shanghai

A display of equipment related to the automotive industry.

Date: Dec 11-14

Venue: Shanghai New International Expo Center

Website: www.messefrankfurt.com.hk

Employer Brand Strategy Summit, Shanghai

Provides a good grounding in the theories that underpin the discipline of employer brand management, offering case-study examples of employer brand strategies deployed by the world's leading brands, with particular emphasis on how organizations have applied this thinking within China and Asia.

Date: Dec 12-14

Venue: Renaissance Shanghai Pudong Hotel

Website: www.chinaexhibition.com

Conferences & Meetings

In Europe

China's new leadership and the All Party Parliamentary China Group, London

A three-course festive lunch with a talk by Richard Graham MP, chair of the All Party Parliamentary China Group, on the topic of engaging with China's new leadership and the role of the APPCG.

Date: Dec 17

Venue: The National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place

Website: www.cbbc.org

Dialogue with China: Implications and Opportunities of the 18th Chinese Communist Party Congress, London

Discusses China's priorities after the 18th Party Congress.

Date: Dec 18

Venue: China-Britain Business Council

Website: www.cbbc.org

CBBC Members Briefing, London

Meet with one of the UK's most experienced China experts - Russell Brown - at a CBBC member briefing entitled China SWOT from a Corporate Perspective.

Date: Jan 17

Venue: China-Britain Business Council

Website: www.cbbc.org

CBBC China Business Culture Training Session, London

Offers a historical and political overview of China to help businesspeople maximise their business potential and avoid serious social mishaps. The session includes an hour-long Mandarin language training session by CBBC member Mandarin House.

Date: Jan 25

Venue: China-Britain Business Council

Website: www.cbbc.org

Culture

In China

Photo exhibition by Irene Kung, Beijing

Irene Kung's images provide familiar snapshots of China through the eyes of a Swiss artist, bathed in a dark or golden glow and filled with a mysterious energy.

Date: Dec 5-Feb 8

Venue: The Temple Hotel, Shatan North St 23, Dongcheng District

Website: www.irenekung.com

Wang Shiran Piano Recital, Beijing

Awarded the first international prize at the age of 15, Wang Shiran ranks as one of the most promising young pianist of the times.

Date: Dec 14

Venue: Forbidden City Concert Hall

Website: www.theatrebeijing.com

Yayoi Kusama: I Love Me Chinese Screening, Beijing

UCCA and Bazzar art present a special screening of a documentary about Yayoi Kusama, the multi-talented artist who has earned the Japanese National Lifetime Achievement Award for her paintings, sculpture, and novels.

Date: Dec 15

Venue: 798 Art Zone

Website: ucca.org.cn

Returning Home on a Snowy Night, Beijing

This drama is named after a line from the poem Staying at a Cottage on Mt Hibiscus on a Night of Snow, from the Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907). The love story seeks to explore the eternal essence of life, the awakening of nobodies and their exploration of desolate destiny.

Date: Dec 15-23

Venue: Drama Theatre of National Centre for Performing Arts

Website: www.theatrebeijing.com

Voces8 Lighter Repertoire Christmas, Shanghai

Performing a repertoire ranging from Renaissance polyphony to unique jazz and pop arrangements, the international award-winning octet Voces8 has been praised for singing and creating a sound that spans the entire range of vocal color.

Date: Dec 24

Venue: Shanghai Concert Hall

Website: www.shanghaiconcerthall.org/program

Vienna Feuerhaus Symphony Orchestra New Year Concert, Beijing

Austrian conductor Hans-Peter Manser leads the orchestra.

Date: Dec 28

Venue: Beijing Concert Hall

Website: www.theatrebeijing.com

Riverdance, Beijing

A theatrical show consisting of traditional Irish step dancing, known for its rapid leg movements while the body and arms are kept largely stationary.

Date: Dec 30-Jan 2

Venue: Exhibition Theatre Beijing

Website: www.theatrebeijing.com

Hamburg Symphony Orchestra New Year Concert, Beijing

The Hamburg Symphony Orchestra is a highly recognized and greatly respected component of Europe's cultural life.

Date: Jan 3

Venue: Beijing Concert Hall

Website: www.theatrebeijing.com

Culture

In Europe

Irrational Exuberance, Manchester

Inspired by discount culture and positive psychology, the exhibition is an exercise in pleasure, modest expectations and accessibility by the New York artist Christine Wong Yap.

Date: On display

Venue: Chinese Arts Center, Market Buildings, Thomas St, Northern Quarter

Website: www.chinese-arts-centre.org

The Scramble for China: Foreign Devils in the Qing Empire 1832-1914, London

A lecture by professor Robert Bickers of the University of Bristol. He is an authority on the history of modern China and British colonialism, in particular that of the British empire, its relations with China and the history of Shanghai (1843-1950s).

Date: Jan 21

Venue: The Royal Society for Asian Affairs offices Royal Asiatic Society, 25 Eccleston Place

Website: www.gbcc.org.uk/events/default.aspx

China's White Gold: Contemporary Porcelain from Jingdezhen, Cambridge

The Fitzwilliam Museum showcases the first major exhibition in the UK of more than 80 works created in Jingdezhen, China, by more than 50 contemporary ceramicists.

Date: Dec 18-April 1

Venue: The Fitzwilliam Museum at Mellon (13), Trumpington St

Website: www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk

Events can be sent to: events@mail.chinadailyuk.com

(China Daily 12/14/2012 page31)