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Early start into the day: Jeremy Smith and Thomas Jansen (both armed with coffee) and Lampeter students Paul Jones (Level 5) and Mike Dennis (graduated 2016).

This week’s post is by Dr Thomas Jansen, Lecturer in Chinese Studies and Director of the Confucius Institute at UWTSD Lampeter.        At the end of February Beijing Union University (BUU) received a delegation from the Faculty of …

Opening a new chapter in our relationship with Beijing Union University Read more »

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This blog was written by Scott Gerard, a UWTSD BA Chinese Studies graduate (2014), who went to China to study at postgraduate level.  When I first arrived in China in 2013, I was too nervous to talk to most Chinese …

Living in China – the journey of a UWTSD alumnus Read more »

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Master Tang's explanation

The following report was written by Chinese Studies student Mike Dennis after having spent the summer at a carpenters’ workshop in Guizhou province in Southern China, organised by Charpentiers sans Frontières. All morning, we had been furiously preparing timber by …

A Common Language Read more »