Another Chinese boost for Birmingham housing
Brownfield site to provide hundreds of new homes.
University strengthens bond with China
Birmingham’s educational links with China continue to grow with new launch.
Major Chinese deal to boost Birmingham economy
Trade mission leads to new business agreement.
Solihull recognised as ‘China-ready’ at tourism awards
Beijing recognition for town’s tourist industry.
New Chinese air routes announced
Fly direct from Birmingham to Shanghai and Beijing.
Chinese New Year: 2016 could be the year for Midlands businesses
James Westwood of the China-Britain Business Council offers advice to firms that may want to export to China for the first time.
Are you ready for China?
China-Britain Business Council appoints new West Midlands adviser.
Meeting Up in Shanghai: Flatscreens, money, internet shopping… but still wary of the past
Journalist Sheilagh Matheson catches up with old Chinese friends – 40 years after they first met. Times have changed.
Birmingham charity changes Chinese lives
Birmingham Chinatown businesses help Yunnan kids get Christmas smiles for life
Red flag over Victoria Square
In his second article, Alan Clawley wonders if Birmingham has been taken over while we weren’t looking.
Airport and business leaders join up for new China tourism campaign
Birmingham Airport and Marketing Birmingham have become two of the first UK companies awarded a new Chartermark declaring they are fit to welcome Chinese visitors.
Letter from Beijing
Farewell, good luck and goodbye, reflects the departing Peter Sampson.
Drifting Towards Macau and Other Dreams
Everyone has a Nowhere to get to. For RICHARD LUTZ, it is Macao
Southside gets spiritual with Tai Chi Stuff
This summer Birmingham’s Southside district is getting in touch with its inner Chi with a programme of uplifting Tai Chi classes in the Arcadian.
Bite-sized theatre with dim sum and tea
The REP is bringing theatre to a very different kind of venue when it stages its latest performance in a restaurant in the heart of the city’s Chinatown.
Ikon Director prepares to open Guangzhou Triennial
Ikon Gallery Director Jonathan Watkins is to co-curate the Fourth Guangzhou Triennial alongside Jiang Jiehong, Director of the Centre for Chinese Visual Arts at Birmingham City University.
University of Birmingham welcomes Chinese Embassy visitors
The University of Birmingham hosts Counsellor Shen Yang and three other representatives from the Education section at the Chinese Embassy, this week.
Leading Chinese genomics institute partners with the University of Birmingham
The University of Birmingham and BGI, a leading genomics organisation in China, have today announced a major joint initiative in environmental and human health research.
Birmingham to Asia direct a step closer?
Hopes that direct flight to China from Birmingham could help business investment have been raised
If I Don’t Know You, You Are Like Air
Peter Sampson sends one of his occasional observatory letters from Beijing
Birmingham Youngsters fundraise for China Primary School Rebuild
A group of Birmingham youngsters are organising a fundraising event to help rebuild a primary school in the remote area of Giuzhou province
West Midland’s China links strengthen
The West Midlands’ relationship with China is set to receive a further boost following the landmark agreement between Coventry University and SAIC.
The China Visit, Human Rights and Wrongs
Two Chinese faces peep out from the front pages of the papers this week: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and activist Ai Weiwei.
Welcome To Birmingham
Dave Woodhall raises a few points he would like brought up when Chinese leader Wen Jiabao comes to town
Chinese Leader to Visit Birmingham
It has been announced that Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will begin the UK leg of his forthcoming European visit in the city
Letter From Beijing: Business As Usual In The Year Of The Rabbit
It’s more than 90 days now, since Beijing experienced any rain, and on yet another bright, cold winter’s morning, I look out over Beijing, and am struck by the almost visible inactivity of this usually hyper-active town.