July 23, 2010
The Richard Charles Lee Canada Hong-Kong Library will launch a new exhibition, Voyage – Struggles and Hope, on July 29th. Voyage covers stories of 9 Chinese-Canadians, and their journeys to become part of this multicultural society over the last century.
Read full entryJune 3, 2010
Pyle received an honourable mention for two bodies of work for “The Chinese Infrastructure Project of the Baling River Bridge” and “Chinese Turkestan” (China’s western Xinjiang region).
Read full entryJune 2, 2010
Joseph Wong, director of AI, returned from teaching a summer abroad course in Shanghai, which brought together University of Toronto and Fudan University students for an interactive learning environment in which to contemplate the rise of China.
Read full entryMay 28, 2010
Taiwan attended the World Health Organization meetings last week, with the objective of enhancing the substantive quality of the nation’s cooperation in the field of health.
Read full entryMay 18, 2010
Rachel Silvey, Director of the Dr. David Chu Program in Asia-Pacific Studies, will host two summer research interns from the University of Oxford, UK. This begins a reciprocal arrangement that will send a U of T student intern to Oxford next year.
Read full entryApril 23, 2010
Students in the Asia-Pacific Studies 400-level capstone course leave for Indonesia tonight to take part in a two week Internationalized Course Module (ICM) funded by the Faculty of Arts and Science.
Read full entryMarch 8, 2010
The Honorary Patron, Senator Vivienne Poy, opened the second Asian Foodprints, an international food conference organized by the Asian Institute on March 5.
Read full entryFebruary 28, 2010
Miss World Canada Lena Ma opened the gala on February 26 at Innis Town Hall with a Toronto-premiere of TEARS directed by Cheng Wen-Tang followed by a Taiwanese night market after party presented by Koo & Co and In the Kitchen with Dinah.
Read full entryJanuary 18, 2010
At the last business meeting of the Canadian Council for Southeast Asian Studies (CCSEAS) in October 2009, the CCSEAS elected Jacques Bertrand as President for a two-year term.
Read full entryJanuary 11, 2010
The story revolves around Hainan Island, China’s southern most province, which is currently experiencing a golf course construction boom; the only concern is that the government in Beijing recently passed a law making golf course construction illegal.
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