The Rt Hon Sir John Major KG CH
During his sixty-minute China Exchange interview, The Rt Hon Sir John Major KG CH discussed his experience, and the challenges he faced as the former Foreign Secretary and Prime Minister. He referred to his background, and what inspired and motivated him to become a politician. Sir John said that when it came to […]
Pure Land Series: An evening with Ruby Wax
“The contemporary illness that we all have is being stressed about stress”. Internationally renowned actress, mental-health campaigner and best-selling author Ruby Wax took the stage on September 28 at London’s China Exchange to discuss mindfulness and the complexities of modern-day stress. Wax’s talk unpacked her most recent publication, A Mindfulness Guide for the Frazzled, […]
Square dancing: how do you guangchang wu?
On 7 October our dancers performed at Southbank Centre’s China Changing Festival after five free guangchang wu (public square dancing) workshops at China Exchange. Wearing a specially designed uniform, our dancers wowed the audience with their performances of the songs Rather Be and Zui Xuan Min Zu Feng.
A Celebration of the Mid-Autumn Festival in Songs and Words
This year we celebrated Mid-Autumn Festival with a song and words performance by the East-West Gala Chorus, a group of non-professional singers who come together to share their passion for music. Mid-Autumnal Festival coincides with the autumn equinox, when the day and night are of almost equal length and the moon is bright and full, […]
Ultimate Power Dressing
As the models hit the runways, we started London Fashion Week with a glance back to history’s ultimate power dressers, the Qing Emperors. In an evening that was part talk part exhibition, expert David Rosier gave a detailed talk explaining how China’s imperial rulers displayed and maintained their authority through clothing. David began by […]
The Lovers’ Bridge of Magpies – a concert for Qixi Jie 七夕节，Chinese Valentine’s Day
For more than a billion people, the 28th of August is one of the most romantic days of the year – it’s Qixi Jie, otherwise known as Chinese Valentine’s Day. We celebrated this year‘s Qixi Jie with the Lovers’ Bridge of Magpies concert, featuring a talented collection of young artists: Phoebe Haines, Iúnó Connolly, Waimay […]
Synergy: When dance meets fashion
Fashion and theatre performance have long been linked. V&A collected fashion designer Rui Xu, created “Scarlet Infusion” – seven seductive and spellbinding costumes, for the Rashomon style dance theatre piece, Tea Spell, directed by Zhao Liang. On 17th August, Rui Xu and Zhao Liang came together with Professor Christopher Bannerman, performance artist Madaleine Trigg […]
Music of Our Young Foundation Concert
In a fully booked performance at China Exchange, the Music of Our Young foundation orchestra performed a repertoire of Chinese and Western music to a packed room. The fifty young musicians, aged between primary school and university level, travelled from Hong Kong to London to show off their skills at three major venues: China Exchange, Saint […]
Kirsty Young
During her sixty-minute China Exchange interview, Kirsty Young discussed how she broke into broadcasting, her work with UNICEF, and the variety of people she has interviewed for BBC Radio Four’s Desert Island Discs. Kirsty said that when it came to starting her career, timing had a lot to do with it. It was […]
Johnson Chang & Prof. Robert Chard
Art expert Johnson Chang and Professor Robert Chard from Cambridge University joined us at China Exchange to explain their research project on Confucian rites. The study involves re-staging ancient rituals in order to develop our understanding of ancient codes of behaviour. Professor Chard provided a grounding in Confucianism, detailing how it affected every […]