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“Happy Chinese New Year · Charm of Jiangsu” Cultural and Tourism Conference Held in London
Charm of Jiangsu conference held in London celebrating culture and tourism of Jiangsu, China. On January 21st, the “Happy Chinese New Year · Charm of Jiangsu” Cultural and Tourism Conference was successfully...
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London Chinese New Year Events 2025
London Chinese New Year Events will be found across the capital, with the big day on Wednesday 29th January.  For China, New Year doesn’t fall on January 1st, but at the beginning of the new Lunar...
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China Minutes: Most Read Articles of 2024
As 2024 draws to a close we check the numbers to present China Minute’s most-read articles of the year.  It feels like it only just started, but 2024 is almost over already. To celebrate the end...
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Bosideng Extreme Collection Launched in London with Chinese Polar Expedition Team
Bosideng Extreme Collection launches in London with the cooperation of the China Polar Science Expedition team. Bosideng and the Chinese Polar Expedition Team have joined forces to explore the full potential...
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Traditional Chinese Medicine is a New Health Option for the British Public
Traditional Chinese Medicine is increasingly becoming a new health option for the British public, but it has a suprisingly long history.  The modern journey of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) in the...
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CMLink UK and VisitBritain Celebrate "From Screen to Scene" Film Competition
CMLink UK and VisitBritain Celebrate the Success of “From Screen to Scene” Short Film Competition From July to October 2024, CMLink UK, a mobile sim card brand of China Mobile International...
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Isha's Song Lyrics English Translation: Arcane
Isha’s song from Arcane is sung in Mandarin Chinese by Hong Kong superstar Eason Chang, here is Isha’s Song Lyrics English Translation.  Editors Note: This article contains minor spoilers for...
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British Library and Yuewen Commence Three-Year Collaboration
The British Library in London and Chinese digital literature company Yuewen have launched a three-year collaboration. On November 22 in London, the British Library and Yuewen launched a landmark three-year...
Items on display in the Mountain Gift pop-up shop run by Yi Crafts.
Yunnan Mountain Gift Pop-Up Shop Celebrates Opening in London
Mountain Gift Pop-Up shop opening party brought South-Western Chinese crafts, food, and singing to central London.  Mountain Gift pop-up shop selling a collection of handicrafts, clothing, jewellery, and...
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UnionPay Presents Tourist-Friendly Payment Solutions for China at WTM London 2024
At the World Travel Market (WTM) in London, UnionPay presented ‘Project Excellence 2024’ at the China Pavilion and introduced a range of initiatives aimed at easing payment challenges for inbound tourists...
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British Museum Receives £1 Billion donation of Chinese Ceramics
The Collection of 1,700 pieces is the highest-value donation ever to the British Museum. The British Museum has been gifted a collection of 1,700 Chinese ceramic pieces valued at £1 billion from the trustees...
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Showcasing High-Quality Development of Chinese Tourism: Upgraded China Pavilion Unveils at the 2024 London World Travel Market
The 2024 World Travel Market (WTM) London, one of the largest and most prestigious events in the global tourism industry, was held from November 5th to 7th at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre in the Royal Victoria...
Guanghwa Chinese Bookshop in London Chinatown.
Guanghwa Chinese Bookshop in London Chinatown Risks Closure
The UK’s only brick-and-mortar Chinese bookshop, Guanghwa in London Chinatown, risks closing down due to a major rent increase. For 53 years Guanghwa has been a staple of London Chinatown. Located along...
Customers are dining outside restaurants in London’s Chinatown.
Local Businesses Call for Soho to be Pedestrianised
Could Soho be pedestrianised? Soho businesses have called for the area, which borders Chinatown, to be included in the Mayor of London’s plan to pedestrianise Oxford Street. In September, the Mayor...
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Chinese Young Entrepreneur Kean Cao Promotes Ecological Protection
Chinese entrepreneur Kean Cao has promoted ecological protection in the UK, through organising the 2024 Animal Nature Future Film Festival (ANFFF) in London. At just 26 years old, Chinese entrepreneur...
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Chinese Scammers Target Fellow Chinese in London With 'Blessing Scam'
Chinese scammers in London have stolen over £140,000 from other Chinese residents using a ‘blessing scam’. Scammers have stolen over £140,000 in cash and jewellery in a series of scams targeting Chinese...
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New MSGM x Bosideng Puffer Launched in London
Chinese down jacket giant Bosideng has partnered with Italian fashion brand MSGM to launch the MSGM X Bosideng Puffer series. On October 18th, Bosideng and MSGM launched a new collaboration of down jackets...
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London Chinatown restaurant Wong Kei fined over £40,000 for hygiene offences
Cockroaches and dead mice were found in the Wong Kei kitchen. Wong Kei, the well-known Chinatown restaurant has been fined over £40,000 after cockroaches and dead mice were found in the kitchen. Gosing...
Silk Road Exhibition in the British Musuem showing artifact from China and the word Dunhuang.
New Silk Road Exhibition Opens at the British Museum
The new British Museum exhibition showcases the Silk Road as an interconnected web of trade routes from China to England. The new Silk Road exhibition at the British Museum opens on the 26th of September,...
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British Airways to Halt Direct London-Beijing Flights
BA’s Heathrow-Beijing route will stop in October this year British Airways has announced it will stop its direct London to Beijing flight from October this year. The BA service flew from London Heathrow...
UK-China Photography Competition
Beauty Across Borders: China-UK Photography Competition launches in London
UK-China photography competition aims to showcase the best of China and the UK.  The ‘Beauty Across Borders: China-UK Photography Competition’ was officially unveiled on Wednesday, July 26, 2023 in London. It...
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Building Transnational Bridges: The Grand Opening of China Film Festival 2024 in London, UK
The 2024 China Film Festival opens in London On April 11, the China Film Festival 2024, hosted by China Film Administration and organised by China Film Archive, commenced in London, UK, marking a significant...
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China Top 10 Cities to Visit in 2023
The top 10 must-visit cities in China revealed. The much-anticipated “Top 10 China City Destinations 2023” list, crafted by our editorial team at China Minutes, was revealed and presented at...
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Beauty Across Borders: China-UK Photography Competition
Are you a passionate photographer? Then join this photography compeition. Get ready to be part of an exciting photography celebration. The “Beauty Across Borders: China-UK Photography Competition”...
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A Virtual Journey Into London Chinatown’s Now and Then
Augmented Chinatown presents an interactive way to explore London Chinatown then and now. With giant flowers blossoming along the pavement, black and white banners written in traditional Chinese that were...
What’s on in London November: Chinese Social and Cultural Events
London Chinatown moves on in the aftermath of the pandemic with a “new normal"
London Chinatown is back – with tables spilling onto streets and diners tucking in while sunbathing under scarlet lanterns. The “new normal” in this village after the months-long closure to delay...
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How Are Small Businesses Run By Chinese Ccommunities in the UK Coping as the Country Comes Out of Covid-19 Lockdown?
As the UK leaves lockdown behind, small Chinese-British businesses are struggling with the aftermath of the pandemic. The UK government has agreed to downgrade the nation’s Covid-19 alert level  from four...
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