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Culture News Blog posts insightful comments on the latest international news that render us taken-aback in the domain of the culture facet of life. Culture-News Blog: Chinese-Culture News Festival to mark Chinese-culture and Games link: December 24, 2007
The biggest celebration of Chinese culture that London has seen will take place next year as Beijing hosts the 2008 Olympics. Institutions including Kew Gardens, London Zoo, the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum are mounting events as part of the two-month festival. Starting during the Chinese New Year in February, the China in London season is aimed at building links between the two countries. It will culminate on Sunday 6 April, when London will play host to the Olympic flame as part of the Beijing torch relay. This is also the final day of the British Museum's blockbuster Terracotta Warriors exhibition. Mayor Ken Livingstone, who is helping to organise the festival, said: "2008 will provide a unique context in which to celebrate Chinese arts, heritage and culture - and the strengthening ties between London and China as Beijing prepares to stage the Olympic and Paralympic Games in August before handing over to London as host city for the 2012 Games." There will be performances-from Beijing dance and opera companies, a season of Chinese films, Chinese opera workshops and Chinese tea tasting. Experts will give tutorials in the ancient Chinese board game mah-jong and Kew Gardens will hold tours of its collection of Chinese plants and herbs. The Underground will display poems by Bei Dao and Yang Lian, who rebelled against the restrictions of the Cultural Revolution, and fortune cookies filled with facts about modern China will be handed out to commuters. The celebrations are part of the six-month China Now festival taking place across Britain. Stephen Green of China Now said: "As we move into the year of the Beijing Olympics, it is important that even more is done to build bridges between our two countries." There is a strong economic argument underpinning Mr Livingstone's investment in the season. Last year, he visited China and he has opened offices in both Beijing and Shanghai. The number of Chinese students choosing London to study has grown by more than 800 per cent in the last seven years, although other British cities have more. Tourism from China has also boomed. Britain is the biggest recipient of direct Chinese investment in Europe, with London accounting for nearly a third of the total, and China's importance as a source of investment is expected to increase. Culture News Blog Comment: Chinese culture is one of the oldest cultures on earth. Then it went into hibernation for a few hundreds of years. But the recentmost culture news is that the dragon has woken up from its age-old slumber and is ready to put its steps further with the pace of time at an international level - in sports as well as in business. It is going to host the biggest sports event - The Olympics - for the year 2008. Certainly it is going to affect the Chinese culture a lot as well as boost its spirits. It's going to prove a big event for all the third world countries. After all China is the most populous country of the world! ?I invite you to subscribe to my E-zine titled Life Coach, free of charge. This E-zine publishes insightful comments on the latest international news that render us taken-aback in the domains of various facets of life. A not-to-be-missed opportunity! Subscribe to it here: I also invite you to subscribe to my Life Blog - no need to provide your e-mail address here. This RSS feed keeps you informed about new developments taking place on this site. It also harbors 25 journal bloglets posting insightful comments on the latest international news that render us taken-aback in the domains of various facets of life. In order to subscribe to the blog, right-click on the orange RSS button (see buttons up to the left) and then paste the URL into your RSS reader. Or click on add to My Yahoo! button or My MSN or Add To Google button if you keep a personalized home page there. If you are not sure what RSS or blogging is all about, click on What's an RSS Feed? here:
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