Photography: ‘Chinese Life in Sheffield’ by Gemma Thorpe

On International Women’s Day (8 March 2016), I received an email from photographer and filmmaker Gemma Thorpe about her current and … More

Coming Up! The 8th CCVA Annual Conference – Transdisciplinary China: Research in Practice

A little information on The 8th Annual CCVA conference that I have co-organised, taking place on 22 October 2015 in Birmingham, UK. On … More

The main reason I have (been lucky enough to) come to Asia, is for the continuing AHRC funded project ‘Culture, Capital … More

This time in 72 hours, I’ll be thousands of feet in the air above the clouds on a plane from … More

Just over a week ago, I was invited to teach for the day at Sotheby’s Institute on their ‘Asian Art … More

On Thursday evening, after my self-publishing workshop day with the Part B Fine Art students at Loughborough University School of … More

Mandarin, Chinese, is my weight on my shoulders…the language I wish I knew inside out, the dialect I wish I … More

Weekend Reads continues again (read parts one to three here)…a round-up of articles and words that I’ve come across in relation to … More

Last month, I went to the evening event ‘LightNight Liverpool 2014’ with my Mom and brother. My family and I … More

As the digital age progresses at a frenetic pace in what is China’s century, there is always the question of … More