A SFU professor drove his son here months ago to find the texts of Kuai Ban Shu (快板书). We found a couple of books in the stack, but a whole lot more online, with AV clips.
They came back to thank me today, and shared the great news — he has won this year’s “Chinese Bridge” Contest (汉语桥), and he is going to China for a summer program. I am so happy for him!
He is learning about Han Dynasty now, and borrowed Shi Ji, and an atlas.
China and India – already braced to become two of the world’s greatest economic powers – are now expected to become two of its most important academic powerhouses.
The British Library – renowned for collecting books, journals and artefacts from across the globe – is set to shift its focus from Western Europe towards China and India, to ensure Britons have access to the most important research.
Hong Kong-based philanthropist Dr. Simon K.Y. Lee has pledged $4 million Cdn to build an international student residence and cultural centre at The University of British Columbia’s Vancouver campus that will increase academic and research partnerships and bring together two of the top-rated universities in the world.