My second foray into Europe was in 2008, landing at London Gatwick to work during World Travel Market, an uber-global tourism event where almost the whole world boasts its cultures and offers its best destinations. That trip, seeking out pavilions from across the...
Highlights from our Monday, 12 June CIPCC field trip organised by the Foreign Affairs Office of Qinghai Province were the 600-year-old mountain complex of temples and palaces at Ta’er Monastery in Huangzhong District, a spontaneous stop at Bei Shan Mei Li Park, and...
Two graduations in 18 days. On Saturday, 20 May I graduated from St George’s University (SGU) Grenada with a BSc Sociology. I missed the actual event because I am currently on a journalism exchange in Beijing, China. I am part of the China-Latin America and the...
Last Wednesday, 7 June, the CIPCC groups spent the day at Renmin University of China (RUC), hosted by the School of Journalism and Communication (SJC). The main event was the Closing Ceremony of the China Development Studies and Media Exchange for the China...
“A Grenada journalist’s first-hand experience of Chinese modernization” was first published on People’s Daily Online 8 June 2023. Web editor: Hongyu, Wu Chengliang. For some reason, this particular post is not showing up well on my Facebook...
I attended the opening of the “Dreaming through 6 Centuries” exhibition and Kunqu Opera performance at the Beijing Overseas Cultural Exchange Centre on Tuesday, 30 May. A huge segmented opera mask sculpture fronted the cultural centre. Right away, I could see similar...
