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The Imperial Edict Museum in Xuzhou, China last monthdesignated a special room within their museum the ‘Tourism Confucius Institute Chinese Culture Centre.’ The Imperial Edict Museum is seated in the picturesque Jiulishan West-East Han Dynasty cultural and tourism district, neighboring the Tomb of King Chu of the West Han Dynasty, Liu Zhu (King Xiang). It […]

Research shows 'holiday effect' at work in Asian stock markets.

Article by Emeritus Professor Colin Mackerras AO from the Griffith Asia Institute The coming year in the Chinese zodiac and East Asian cultures is the ‘year of the羊’, pronounced yang in standard Chinese. The word can mean ‘sheep’, ‘goat’ or even other similar horned animals, like ‘gazelle’. If we want to be specific, a goat […]

Ten Turkish nationals werereportedly detained by Shanghai police for allegedlysupplying passports to terror suspects from China’s Xinjiang region. It follows arrests made late last year of Chinese nationals who had allegedly purchased falsified Turkish passports. The move is another attempt by the Chinese government to quell the rising ethnic violence in the Xinjiang region. Many […]

Prof. Quancheng Kan, Vice Chancellor and Dean, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University (FAHZU) countersigns MOU (signed by Prof Ian O’Connor, Vice Chancellor & President) during a visit by Prof Alfred Lam, School of Medicine, Griffith University on 26 December 2014. Prof Alfred Lam has been collaborating with FAHZU for over five years on research […]

Shandong University of Arts and Griffith University Art Exhibition An artistic collaboration between Australia and China spanning 15 years will be celebrated by a joint exhibition in South Bank from 6 January. This exhibition honours artworks created by university leaders, professional staff, senior lecturers, longstanding educators and students from both universities, with styles and media […]