Opportunities to understand China, Chinese culture and Chinatown

Jude Law

Award-winning actor Jude Law spoke on acting, Shakespeare, and his work with refugees in his 60 minutes at China Exchange on 26 May.

Joseph Fiennes

Joseph Fiennes spoke of growing up in Putney and what it was like to create plays, films and TV series and what discipline it takes to remain in the creative process rather than locked into rigid ideas of how to be or become successful.

Sadie Frost

Sadie Frost at China Exchange

Producer, actor, designer and writer Sadie Frost joined the China Exchange audience to talk about her careers in film and fashion.

Spring Festival Programme 2016

Chinese New Year Lions

Nine hundred and fifty visitors came to China Exchange during our 2016 Spring Festival programme as we welcomed the Year of the Monkey. Events included: Circle Lines Exhibition: The Hurun Art Foundation launched at China Exchange with Circle Lines, a 10-day exhibition of contemporary Chinese artists. Nine of the artists featured attended the show from […]

Oriental Silk Film Screening

Oriental Silk

Xiaowen Zhu’s documentary Oriental Silk screened at China Exchange as a part of our New Year celebration in February 2016 with a small exhibition of vintage Chinese silks.

Chinese Star Pot Exhibition

Chinese Star Pot exhibition visitor

From 6 to 10 January we had the opportunity to exhibit the works of Hong Kong artist Tik Ka. Featuring iconic characters from a galaxy far, far away depicted in a classical Chinese style, the works demonstrated a fusion between Western film culture and Chinese poetic art. Chinese Star Pot allowed visitors to explore elements of Chinese symbolism […]

Amanda Nevill

Amanda Nevill at China Exchange

BFI CEO and Chinatown resident, Amanda Nevill shared her views on the UK-China co-production treaty and the future of the cinematic relationship between Britain and China.

Sir Michael Parkinson

British broadcasting legend Sir Michael Parkinson was interviewed about his life and career by his son, Mike Parkinson. Their 60 minutes featured anecdotes from Sir Michael’s early life, including his first forays into newspaper journalism and leading to his extensive broadcasting career.

Stephen Fry

60 Minutes with Stephen Fry

Stephen Fry dazzled a packed house at China Exchange with his talk on the “Genius of Language”. His introduction on the development of the Chinese language was a perfect primer for the uninitiated.