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Description: Sunday May 23 saw over 50 Mandarin teachers and TCSOL students from both the UK and China attend an online lecture organised by the Nottingham Confucius Institute and Fudan University. We were pround to welcome Professor Wu Zhongwei and Ms Xu Jing from Fudan's School of International Cultural Exchange, to deliver a lecture entitled "The Interface of Online Teaching and Task-based Teaching".
Date:: 26 May 2021

Description: On 20 May, NCI was proud to hold its third and final Chinese Philosophy Lecture session of the term entitled "Understanding who we are: a Daoist perspective". The talk was once again given by founder of Embrace China Ltd Mr Manuel Parreno, who studied Chinese Philosophy in China for three years after developing a passion for Daoism.
Date:: 25 May 2021

Description: Nottingham Confucius Institute was delighted to host the second session in the NCI Chinese Philosophy Talk Series on Daoism on 22 April. The Teams talk was again delivered by Manuel Parreno, a China expert who studied Political Science and Chinese language in the US before taking a three-year Masters degree in Chinese Philosophy in China after developing a passion for Daoism.
Date:: 30 April 2021

Description: Registration is now open for the December HSK and HSKK Exams. The registration deadline is Tuesday 18 May.
Date:: 21 April 2021

Description: The first of the NCI Chinese Philosophy Talk Series on Daoism took place on Teams on 11 March. The talk was chaired by Jason Feehily, Director of Knowledge Exchange Asia on behalf of the University and NCI and delivered by Manuel Parreno, a China expert who studied Political Science and Chinese language in the US and subsequently obtained a three-year Masters degree in Chinese Philosophy in China after developing a passion for Daoism.
Date:: 17 March 2021

Description: The Nottingham Confucius Institute were delighted to support Nottingham Chinese School's Chinese New Year Gala, which took place on Saturday 27 February. The 90-minute online event was attended by over 300 pupils and their families.
Date:: 03 March 2021

Description: Over 30 Nottingham University students took part in the Chinese New Year Language Partner Challenge event, jointly organised by two UoN student societies: CSSA (Chinese Scholars and Students Association) and Contemporary China with support from Nottingham Confucius Institute. The online event took place via Teams on Saturday 27 Feb.
Date:: 03 March 2021

Description: Specially curated by Lakeside Arts in partnership with Nottingham Confucius Institute, a pre-recorded gala programme - "Chinese New Year Digital Celebrations 2021" was made available online to help UoN staff, students and local residents celebrate the arrival of the Year of the Ox between 11-26 February.
Date:: 01 March 2021

Description: On the evening of Thursday December 4 we were delighted to be joined by professional musician Mandy Zhang for our final online Mandarin Corner event of the Autumn term. Mandy has 25 years' experience of playing the pipa ('Chinese lute') and is recognised by the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing as a qualified pipa teacher.
Date:: 11 December 2020

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