Celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival at China Exchange
In China, Mid-Autumn Festival is the second most important holiday after Chinese New Year. Traditionally, this festival marks the harvest and celebrates the harvest moon – seen to be the brightest and fullest moon of the year. For many Chinese, the moon symbolises prosperity, peace and reunion. Join us to celebrate this traditional Chinese festival with a variety of fun-packed, family-friendly events at China Exchange!
Battle of the Strings
What do you get when you put two music masters that have never met in a room
with a sold-out audience of curious minds? An evening full of insight, inspiration and
pure music magic!
FAQ for Chinatown Stories: The Community-Led Walking Tour
This is a walking tour with a seated family-style lunch. Much of the experience takes place outside and will continue whatever the weather. We keep our tour groups small so that you have a more personal experience and so that we respect the Chinatown community by not blocking doorways etc. All tour places must […]
A Summer Celebration of Chinatown Heritage
During summer 2018, China Exchange is leading a Summer Celebration of Chinatown Heritage, an extensive new project to share the reasons why our neighbourhood is so special.
Yaji – An elegant gathering
A yaji 雅集, or ‘elegant gathering’, is a Chinese art salon. Historically, it was where intellectuals and artists gathered and learnt from each other by practicing and appreciating art, and exchanging views and ideas. This year, China Exchange welcomed the second edition of Yaji during the China in Context book fair weekend. Visitors to our […]
Sunday lunch (writing) with Ching He Huang 黄瀞亿
At our event Sunday lunch-time talk on 18 March, our audience met TV Chef, and award-winning cookery author, Ching He Huang. Ching shared her early entrepreneurial experiences in the food industry, and how she was first scouted to attend a TV cooking programme audition. Ching encouraged the audience to work hard for what they truly […]
New research into Chinatowns soon to be published
For the past year, our CEO Freya has been researching Chinatowns in North America and South East Asia. Inspired by the rapid pace of change in London’s Chinatown and using a Fellowship from the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust, her final report on Chinatowns’ prospects for the future will be published later in the Spring – sneak previews will be available at the Ken Hom Annual Lecture next week and in the media.
China Exchange to host first performance installation
On 22 March, China Exchange will host its first performance installation, in the latest project supported by our Cultivate Programme. Cloud/Plunger explores the unity and the contradiction of opposites.
Welcoming Chinese New Year of the Dog 2018
Join us to celebrate Chinese New Year 2018! Expect celebrations across London as people welcome the Year of the Dog, including a colourful parade in Chinatown, performances in Trafalgar Square, and a packed programme of events at China Exchange to get those tails wagging!
Thomas Heatherwick
During his 60 minutes China Exchange interview, British designer Thomas Heatherwick discussed his role in leading the award-winning Heatherwick Studios, his trip in Cape Town South Africa, his exhibition for the Designer Museum in London. Voted as one of the 50th best dressed people in 2015 by GQ magazine, Thomas started off his Prudential […]