Paid Internship Available
China Exchange is seeking a paid intern to join the team to support the 40 Years, 40 Stories project, funded by Historic England. What will this involve? Interns will be paid £13.15 per hour and asked to work 16 hours per week from September to November 2024 in our office in London’s Chinatown. About the […]
New project to reveal the everyday heritage stories of Chinatown’s workforce
The latest China Exchange project, 40 Years, 40 Stories: The Everyday Heritage of People Working in London’s Chinatown (1985-2025), begins in May 2024. This programme will record and celebrate the often hidden stories of people working in Chinatown from 1985 when this part of the West End was officially designated as London’s Chinatown. The area […]
Wrapping up Chinese Write Now 2022
Wrapping up Chinese Write Now 2022 From May through to July, we welcomed nearly 600 people to our Chinese Write Now festival celebrating writers and writing from and about Chinese culture.This year’s festival saw the China Exchange team bring contemporary Chinese culture and writing to London, Nottingham, and Manchester and welcome people to talks, workshops […]
China Exchange Appoints New Trustees
China Exchange Appoints New Trustees China Exchange has appointed two new volunteer trustees to the charity’s board. Geyang Huang and Eric Yu join Mei Shui, Sir Tom Shebbeare and James Furse in governing China Exchange in the next exciting phase of the organisation’s development. Geyang Huang brings experience of partnerships, cross cultural marketing and business […]
China Exchange to receive funding from the GLA’s Untold Stories programme
China Exchange to receive funding from the GLA’s Untold Stories programme More visitors will have the chance to learn about Chinatown’s heritage following support from GLA’s Untold Stories programme. The new project will result in stories available online that visitors can access from QR codes displayed in Gerrard Street. The funding is part of the […]
New Artist In Residence for Made in Chinatown
New Artist In Residence for Made in Chinatown Made in Chinatown returns this year with Cherie Kwok as our new artist in residence. Cherie Kwok will work with China Exchange volunteers and Chinatown community members for the next phase of Made in Chinatown, a project to bring together artists, community members and volunteers to create […]
Introducing Festival Writer-in-Residence, Will Harris
Introducing Festival Writer-in-Residence, Will Harris Award winning writer Will Harris is joining us as the first Writer in Residence for our Chinese Write Now Festival 2022. His debut poetry book is RENDANG (Granta, UK; Wesleyan, US: 2020). It was a Poetry Book Society Choice and won the Forward Prize for Best First Collection. He co-edited […]
Announcing Chinese Write Now 2022
Announcing Chinese Write Now 2022 We are delighted to share news of our Chinese Write Now Festival 2022. It is the third edition of the successful China in Context programme. The new name reflects the expanding scope of our programme, which celebrates writers and contemporary Chinese culture through writing. This year’s festival will highlight both […]
Anti-racism work can continue thanks to new funding for China Exchange
China Exchange can continue work focused on supporting Chinatown’s recovery in response to covid-19 and racism thanks to further funding from The Churchill Fellowship. In a 2022 project, China Exchange will work with volunteers and people who contribute to Chinatown to explore ways to normalise talking about hate crime and racism. This work […]
Chinatown welcomes Royalty
On 1 February, Chinatown welcomed TRH The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall to mark the lunar new year and the 40th anniversary of the Chinese Information and Advice Centre. China Exchange CEO, Freya Aitken-Turff and volunteer, Sau Hing Au were invited to a small private meeting with HRH The Prince […]