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Chinese Map of the World
Exhibition
01/01/2008 - 31/12/2008
Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow

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The Hunterian Museum has a permanent exhibition which includes a rare 15tth Century Chinese map of the world, made for the Chinese Emperor by a Jesuit priest.

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Camera in Canton: Photographs by Felice Beato,1860
Exhibition
03/05/2008 - 10/08/2008
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery , Chamberlain Square, Birmingham , B3 3DH

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An exhibition of vintage photographs of the Chinese city of Canton (Guangzhou) taken by Felice Beato in 1860, and a digital display of contemporary images by Xu Pei Wu documenting recent changes in Guangzhou's urban environment.

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Aspects of China: An Exhibition of Chinese Ceramics
Exhibition
07/02/2008 - 31/07/2008
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery , Chamberlain Square, Birmingham , B3 3DH

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Aspects of China will be Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery's first permanent and rotating display of Chinese art, featuring 70 pieces of historic Chinese ceramics from the outstanding Franklin Collection of Chinese Art. 

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Arts London_China Now - Ctrl+P Publication www.ctrlp-artjournal.org
Online
01/03/2008 - 31/07/2008
Online at www.ctrlp-artjournal.org

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A joint publication project produced in collaboration with Chelsea College of Art & Design and Ctrl+P Journal of Contemporary Art.

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China: Symbols in Silk
Education
24/05/2008 - 29/03/2009
Horniman Museum, 100 London Road, Forest Hill, London, SE23 3PQ

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The Horniman’s upcoming exhibition, China: Symbols in Silk, will be on display in the museum’s Balcony Gallery from May 2008.

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The Far West
Exhibition
28/06/2008 - 31/08/2008
Arnolfini, 16 Narrow Quay, Bristol , BS1 4QA

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The Far West is an international exchange project curated by Lu Jie and Tom Trevor, and produced in partnership by Arnolfini (Bristol) and the Long March (Beijing), with Relational (Bristol) which will take place from 21 June – 31 August...

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Huang Yong Ping \'Frolic\'
Art
25/06/2008 - 21/09/2008
The Curve, Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London, EC2Y 8DS

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Huang Yong Ping\'s large-scale installations and sculptures symbiotically fuse the conceptual language of contemporary western art with traditional Chinese aesthetics and philosophy.

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Picturing China 1870-1950: Photographs from British collections
Exhibition
01/04/2008 - 31/07/2008
Oriental Museum, Durham University, Elvet Hill , Durham DH1 3TH , UK

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This exhibition showcases photographs of life in China before 1950 in the possession of families or descendants of Chinese and British men and women who formerly lived there.

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Chinese Whispers: Chinoiserie in Britain 1650–1930
Exhibition
03/05/2008 - 02/11/2008
Brighton Museum & Art Gallery , Royal Pavilion Gardens, Brighton , BN1 1EE

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Chinese Whispers is the first major exhibition [for more than 70 years] in Britain highlighting the impact of chinoiserie on style, fashion. décor and social behaviour, over three centuries.

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Chinese Festival
Festival
21/03/2008 - 01/12/2008
National Railway Museum, Leeman Road, York, YO26 4XJ

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To mark the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games the National Railway Museum is celebrating its Chinese links with a new exhibition of photographs, a  Chinese festival, Web exhibition and Learning and Community workshops.

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The Lion and the Dragon, Photographs from China 1903-1905
Art
03/06/2008 - 24/08/2008
Dulwich Picture Gallery, Gallery Road, London, W10 6PY

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The exhibition at the Dulwich Picture Gallery illustrates a period in Chinese history when the British leased some of the Shandong Province.

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Modernism in China - Architectural Visions and Revolutions
Exhibition
15/07/2008 - 15/09/2008
Royal Institute of British Architects, 66 Portland Place, London, W1B 1AD

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RIBA China-focused exhibition.

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Chinese Art Demonstrations
Art
01/01/2008 - 30/04/2009
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery , Chamberlain Square, Birmingham , B3 3DH

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A programme of 6 demonstrations by Chinese artists, exploring a variety of Chinese art techniques.  These events will provide a unique opportunity for visitors to see real artists at work. 

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Chinese Reflections
Art
07/02/2008 - 31/12/2008
York Castle Museum , The Eye Of York, York, Y01 9RY

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This exhibition focuses on York\'s Chinoiserie and Chinese ceramics collections.

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The Last Days Of Chinese Steam Exhibition
Science & Technology
19/03/2008 - 31/08/2008
National Railway Museum, Leeman Road, York, YO26 4XJ

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Don\'t miss this unique exhibition of photographs by renowned railway photographer Michael Rhodes.

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China 08 At The National Railway Museum
Science & Technology
19/03/2008 - 31/10/2008
National Railway Museum, Leeman Road, York, YO26 4XJ

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China was the last country in the world to build steam locomotives for regular service and in the last twenty years it has become an increasingly popular destination for railway enthusiasts.

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Return of the Grice Ivories
Art
12/04/2008 - 04/10/2008
Graves Art Gallery, Surrey Street, Sheffield, S1 1XZ

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This exhibition will feature the stunning Grice Chinese Ivories collection, which comprises over 150 antique carved pieces dating from the 18th to 20th centuries and is one of the few collections of Eastern art in the North of England.

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The Silk Empire At The North Lincolnshire Museum
Exhibition
01/05/2008 - 01/09/2008
North Lincolnshire Museum, Oswald Road, Scunthorpe, DN15 7BD

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Printing, gunpowder and the compass... We constantly find that the Chinese discovered things first and then they were reinvented in the West. This exhibition looks at Science and technology in the amazing civilization that was anicient China.

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Chinese Printmaking Today At Cartwright Hall
Art
01/06/2008 - 01/09/2008
Cartwright Hall, Lister Park, Bradford, BD9 4NS

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This exhibition will feature works by leading Chinese artists highlighting the dynamic transition to modernity taking place in China and will include woodblock printing, which has a long and distinguished history in China where it was invented 1500...

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Chinese Ceramics at Fairfax House
Art
01/06/2008 - 31/12/2008
Fairfax House, Castlegate, York, YO1 9RN

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An exhibition drawn from its collections of 17th and 18th century Chinese ceramics, English Chinoiserie furniture and silver will focus on patterns, motifs and styles.

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