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Newsletter June 2013 I Number 11 I Consul General visits the University Consul General Mr Pan Yundong visits the University of

On 15 April 2013, Consul in the Consulate’s catchment area after taking up his post in General Mr Pan Yundong Manchester, the being the last and very from the Consulate of important stop of these seven institutions. Mr Pan the People’s Republic was deeply impressed by the Vice-Chancellor’s fluency in Mandarin of China in Manchester and his keen interest in Chinese culture. He remarked that the visited the University University of Sheffield has a long history and beautiful surroundings, of Sheffield. He was world-class teaching and research and several Nobel-Prize winners accompanied by his among its alumnae. There are currently over 2000 Chinese students wife, Consul Zhu Yu, and scholars at the University of Sheffield, and Mr Pan thanked the as well as Consul Fu University for the care and help they are given while in Sheffield. Mr Hengsheng and Consul Pan also pointed out that Sheffield CI is among the first Confucius Wu Zhaosheng from the Institutes established in the UK and has already fostered many young Consulate’s Education The Vice-Chancellor meets Consul Pan and British students’ interest in Chinese language and culture, thereby Consul Zhu at Section. making a great contribution towards promoting cultural exchange The University of Sheffield Vice-Chancellor Professor Sir Keith and further friendly ties between the two cultures. He concluded by Burnett met Consul Pan together with the Pro-Vice Chancellor saying that the International Professor Rebecca Hughes. The Director of the Consulate will Sheffield Confucius Institute (SCI) Professor Zang Xiaowei, SCI give continuous Chinese Director from Nanjing University Professor Xiao Li and SCI support to the Deputy Director Dr Lucy Zhao also attended the meeting. The Vice- development of Chancellor extended a warm welcome to Mr Pan and his delegation, exchange and and thanked the Chinese Consulate in Manchester for its generous cooperation help and support towards the University’s work. He said that the between the University of Sheffield has now established long-term partnerships University with several world-renowned higher education institutions in China, of Sheffield and pointed out that an increasing number of Chinese students and and Chinese scholars are coming to study and work at the University, creating a universities. bridge that facilitates the development of friendly relations between After the Consul Pan’s delegation with University students China and the City of Sheffield as well as the University itself. This meeting Consul at the Confucius Institute (photo: courtesy of the has greatly contributed to taking forward the University’s level of Chinese Consulate in Manchester) Pan visited internationalisation. He stated that the Sheffield Confucius Institute the Sheffield is doing a very valuable contribution in promoting Chinese language Confucius Institute where he exchanged warm greetings with and culture with outstanding results, and has become an important the Institute’s management team, and met representatives of the platform for cooperation and exchange between the University of students and teaching staff of the Institute. Consul Pan encouraged Sheffield and Chinese universities. students to learn Chinese and become ambassadors for Sino-British Consul Pan thanked Professor Sir Keith Burnett for his kind cultural exchange. Consul Pan later also visited the University’s invitation. He said that he visited several well-known Universities Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN).

Inside ..... Page 1: Consul General Mr Pan Yundong visits Page 4: Windows to China: Three Confucius the University of Sheffield Classrooms open in Sheffield Page 2: A Word from our Acting Director Page 5: Celebrating the Year of the Sssnake Page 2: Welcome to Sheffield Page 6: Learning to teach… even better Page 2: Success at Children’s University Awards Page 7: China in Photographs 2013 Page 3: News in Brief Page 8: Paddles up, Dragons!

Newsletter 11 I June 2013 I Page 1 A word from our Acting Director

Over the past six months, there have been many The celebration of Chinese events and achievements at SCI that we would festivals has also taken a new dimension at the SCI like to share with our readers in Newsletter this year. Following a very No. 11. successful Chinese New Year Gala in Sheffield City During his visit to the University of Sheffield in March, the Consul Hall in February, a team General for the People’s Republic of China Mr Pan Yundong from the SCI consisting came to the SCI office on Shearwood Road and expressed the of students from across Consulate’s praise and support for the SCI’s work. We were University departments delighted to welcome the delegation, and appreciated that with an interest in China Mr Pan also took time to meet some of our Chinese language have competed in a dragon students. boat race in Manchester. I would like to thank colleagues at the SCI for their work over This was the first time the the past months, and take this opportunity to extend a warm SCI actively celebrated the welcome at the SCI to Mr Zhao Gang and Miss Ma Kun from festival, and hopefully we can add the Dragon Boat Festival to our Beijing Language and Culture University, who have recently list of annual Chinese festival celebrations. joined us here in Sheffield. I am sure they will make an excellent More exciting news can be found on the pages of our Newsletter: contribution to our team. our students’ achievements at the 2013 UK finals of the Chinese The opening of three Confucius Classrooms this summer has Bridge contest, TCFL teacher training, this year’s China in marked an important milestone in the long-lasting cooperation Photograph Competition, information about upcoming Chinese between SCI and three schools in Sheffield: Firth Park language and culture courses, and much more. I hope you will Community Arts College, Eckington School and Birkdale School. enjoy the read. We have been providing Chinese language and culture tuition for Dr. Lucy Zhao all three schools since as early as 2008, and we are extremely Acting Director, Confucius Institute at the University of pleased to be able to further our links through this partnership. Sheffield

Welcome to Success at Sheffield Children’s SCI welcomes to Sheffield Mr Zhao Gang and Miss Ma Kun University from Beijing Language and Culture University, who have Awards joined us in April and May this year respectively. On Thursday 2 May, 19 pupils from the SCI School for children and young learners collected their awards at the Sheffield Children’s University Awards Ceremony held at Sheffield Hallam University. The awards were given SCI pupils at the award ceremony in recognition of the number of hours the children spent learning Chinese at SCI. The Home Language Accreditation Project (HoLA), a city-wide Language Sheffield project, encourages children’s participation in a wide range of inspiring learning activities in complementary schools outside their

A word from our Acting Director our Acting from A word regular school hours, and supports them to gain national accreditation in their mother tongue. “The HoLA project keeps record of our pupils’ Mandarin language learning hours, and awards certificates at Bronze (30h), Silver (60h) and Gold (over 100h) level – followed by graduate, postgraduate and PhD ‘degrees’ from the Children’s University,” explains Dr Hu Xinqun, our school Settling in: Mr Zhao and Miss Ma headmaster. “Hours are accumulated year by year, providing an exciting source of long-term at the Confucius Institute motivation for our students.”

Newsletter 11 I June 2013 I Page 2 News in brief Sheffield students shine Reaching out at Chinese Bridge 2013

Liam and Jasmin in London with Professor Wang Zhimin and Caterina Weber Congratulations to Jasmin Knowles and Liam Han for their wonderful performances at this year’s Chinese Bridge Competition held in London. The first year Chinese Studies students spent weeks The Lord Mayor of Sheffield visits the SCI stall preparing for the contest under the guidance of SCI’s Chinese Director Professor Xiao Li and Project Coordinator Caterina Weber. In addition to regular participation in annual University events such In her speech, Jasmin took a humorous look at common mistakes as the International Language Festival, the Give It a Go programme related to tones in Chinese, and Liam spoke about his plans to and the International Cultural Evening, the Confucius Institute explore China during his year abroad. Jasmin successfully entered has actively sought for new outreach opportunities. Our team the final round of the challenging contest and was awarded an attended the Showcase event during the University Court Meeting Outstanding Knowledge Prize. Liam just missed out on qualifying for and University Open Days, and delivered a sports-themed Chinese the finals, but his performance of a Mongolian dance was so popular language taster during the Thinking Social Science Sports Day. with the jury that he was asked for an encore before the prize-giving “The eye-catching Chinese decoration at our stall always makes ceremony at the British Museum. “The contestants’ level this year it attractive for visitors. Outreach events allow us to spread the was incredibly high. I am very proud of our students, who have only word about SCI courses and events, and also give our team many been learning Chinese since September,” said SCI’s Chinese Director interesting opportunities to meet and network with students, Professor Wang Zhimin, who was invited to be one of the judges at professionals and often high profile guests,” says SCI’s Chinese the contest. “They gave their very best – with great success!” Director, Professor Xiao Li. “The Lord Mayor of Sheffield visited our stall at the University Court Meeting and enquired about the Institute’s work.” SCI mainly provides a link to China, but can also become a bridge for the Chinese: Professor Xiao was invited to give a talk entitled ‘Improving English Communication Skills’ for The 2013 the Sheffield Chinese Students and Scholars Association (CSSA) London on 19 April. Our Sino-English Corner has also Book Fair been setting up new links with University societies, including On 15-17 April 2013, the ChiSoc and the recently founded annual London Book Fair East Asian Studies Society. Mutual attracted thousands of help with publicity boosted visitors to the Earl’s Court participant numbers at socials Exhibition Centre. Publishers from all over the world came to the and events this academic year, event, looking for new partnerships and business opportunities. and several jointly organised China was represented by some 30 publishers, including Hanban, Chinese cultural events were also a People’s Education Press and Higher Education Press. success. In May, a team of students represented SEC at the Fashion SCI’s Chinese Director Professor Wang Zhimin attended the Fair Show during the International and, in preparation for SCI’s teaching material development project, Cultural Evening. In line with SEC’s collected a comprehensive number of catalogues and established status as platform for Sino-English contacts with both Chinese publishers and publishers of children’s language and culture exchange, our literature worldwide. Professor Wang also exchanged information models from China sported their and ideas on some of the Institute’s work including Chinese Bridge UK style clothing on the catwalk, and HSK testing with Mr Chen Tongdu, the Hanban representative while non-Chinese models put Calligraphy at the Open Day: even in the UK. their Chinese outfits on show. University mascot Rory is starting to learn Chinese!

Newsletter 11 I June 2013 I Page 3 Windows to China: Three Confucius Classrooms open in Sheffield The Confucius Institute’s work has taken an The School Headmaster, exciting step forward at three of our long-time Mr Patrick Cummings, personally welcomed the partner schools, writes Dr Hu Xinqun. audience and thanked After an intensive period of negotiations, discussions and planning everyone for their input of the project, three Confucius Classrooms have opened at Firth towards realising the Park Community Arts College, Eckington School and Birkdale project, and signed a School in Sheffield in June and July this year. All are affiliated formal agreement with to our Confucius Institute (SCI), further enhancing its role in SCI Acting Director providing services to the local community. Dr Lucy Zhao. He then unveiled the Confucius The first of the Classrooms opened at Firth Park Community Arts Classroom plaque College on 21 June. Two days of Chinese cultural workshops led by together with Consul Consul Fu Hengsheng and Headmaster Mr Patrick SCI instructors Fu, who also gave a Cummings with students at Eckington School and involving brief speech about the 1200 pupils set development of Confucius Institutes and Confucius Classrooms in the atmosphere the UK. All guests then visited a calligraphy workshop organised by for the opening SCI which was running simultaneously with the ceremony, as well ceremony. as the Confucius Classroom itself. A programme featuring Birkdale School was the third to open its Confucius Classroom performances on 4 July. In the morning, students at the school participated in by the school’s language and culture workshops lead by SCI teachers: activities pupils delighted included Mandarin, calligraphy, taiji, Chinese dance and Chinese the audience, arts and crafts. The actual opening ceremony took place in the including a highly afternoon: among the guests attending were Councillor Roger acclaimed dragon Dr Lucy Zhao and Dr Hu Xinqun in a meeting with Davison from Sheffield City Council representing the Rt Hon Nick Windows to China to Windows dance and a taiji Mr Chris Wright from Eckington School Clegg MP, and Mr Feng Zhi from the Education Section of the performance Chinese Embassy in London. In his opening speech, Councillor led by SCI instructors, Chinese songs by pupils from the nearby Davison shared impressions from his travels in China with the Hatfield Primary school, and a presentation on geographical audience, and pointed to Sheffield’s existing strong links with the knowledge of China by pupils from the school’s China Club. Pupils country and its thriving Chinese community. Mr Feng officially from Firth Park’s Chinese link school – Sichuan Pixian Middle announced the opening of the Classroom and unvelied the plaque School - even connected to our audience in Sheffield via Skype with Dr Paul Owen, the School Headmaster. A lively programme of to perform a song for the opening. The School Headmaster, Mr cultural performances including a traditional Lion Dance, Chinese Chris Keen, addressed the audience in the school hall, pointing dance and Kung-fu followed. to the school’s existing links with China and revealing plans on During the ceremonies, how to develop these further through the Confucius Classroom. all three schools Consul Wu Zhaosheng from the Education Section of the Chinese received traditional Consulate in Manchester congratulated the school and, together gifts and books by with Mr Keen, cut a red ribbon to mark the formal opening of the Chinese Embassy the Classroom. The distinguished guests later toured Chinese in London and the calligraphy, arts & crafts and language workshops, and visited the Chinese Consulate in Confucius Classroom. Manchester. Under The second opening the management and ceremony was at guidance of SCI, the Eckington School, Classrooms will be Derbyshire on 2 July. provided with funding, Headmaster Dr Paul Owen and staff from resources, and language After just one morning of Birkdale School show guests around the teaching materials by practice, students from Confucius Classroom the school performed Hanban. Each school a Chinese fan dance has also refurbished a classroom especially dedicated to China. for an audience that The three Confucius Classrooms have now become hubs for included several of the stimulating and supporting the teaching and learning of Chinese School’s governors, local language and culture to children and young learners, providing authorities, and Consul classes and activities not only for their own students but also Fu Hengsheng pupils at their feeder schools. “This is a fantastic opportunity from the Chinese Dr Lucy Zhao and Mr Chris Keen sign the for our school – a window to China that will foster our students’ Consulate’s Education Confucius Classroom Agreement at Firth Park interest in another country and culture,” one of the teachers at Section. Community Arts College Eckington School commented after the opening ceremony.

Newsletter 11 I June 2013 I Page 4 Celebrating the Year of the Sssnake Celebrating the Year of the Sssnake

Chinese New Year is arguably the busiest time of This year is the Year of the the year for our Confucius Institute. Professor Snake, which is perhaps not the cuddliest among the Xiao Li tells our readers more about the bustling twelve animals of the Chinese and cheerful Year of the Snake celebrations zodiac, but certainly one that in Sheffield, which included a very successful stimulated the fantasy of pupils 10th anniversary of the Sheffield Chinese New from 20 schools in Sheffield, Year Gala and several other cultural events for Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire audiences of all ages. who took part in our annual Chinese New Year Painting It is that time of the Competition. Wonderful and year again: China often witty paintings of snakes is preparing for its were sent to SCI in three age largest traditional categories, 5-7 year-olds, 8-11 festival, the Spring year-olds and over 11 year-olds: Festival, a time selecting the best was a difficult task! All winning entries were for celebration, Winning image by William Pitchfork family gatherings (6), Birkdale Preparatory School on display in the City Hall Ball and – last but not Room during the Chinese New least – wonderful Year Gala, and pupils were awarded certificates on stage by the Chinese food. It is Lord Mayor of Sheffield during the first part of the show. an exciting time also The Confucius Institute’s in the UK and, with own annual Chinese New the largest annual Colourful cultural performances amazed the Year events were also a big Chinese New Year audience in the City Hall Ball Room success. The Star Mandarin show in the region, School held its celebration Sheffield is certainly the place to be during the festive season. Once on 23 February, followed by again this year, our Confucius Institute worked closely with other the Sino-English Corner’s local organisations in preparation for the 2013 Chinese New Year Lantern Festival Party on 27 Gala, actively helping to liaise with the Chinese Embassy and the February. Our young students International Chengdu Nationality Troupe, which came to perform at the Star School prepared a all the way from Sheffield’s Chinese sister city in Sichuan. programme of performances The Institute was in charge of the first half of the show in the including reciting, singing City Hall Ball Room. 2013 marked the 10th anniversary of the Gala, and musical performances, and our team focused on turning the Ball Room pre-show into an and were awarded HoLA exclusive first half of the Gala programme. The room was alive with certificates by Dr Lucy Zhao stalls including SCI’s own information stall with Chinese cultural and Caroline Norman of activities. Presented by Liam Han from the School of East Asian Languages Sheffield. Each Studies and Nina Rasuli from the Chinese Community Centre, the pupil also received a small Is this for me? SCI’s youngest New Year gift to take home students receive ‘red pockets’ and Ball Room show featured the Sheffield Lion Dancing Team and Chinese New Year gifts cheerful cultural performances by dancers, singers and musicians after lunch. from the International Chengdu Nationality Troupe. Members of The Sino-English Corner teamed up with the new East Asian the audience were later invited to take their seats in the Irwin Studies Society (EASSOC) to organise its celebration. The Mitchell Oval Hall in order to watch the second half of the show: event was covered by Forge Radio, the University of Sheffield’s martial arts, award-winning student radio station. Participants made Chinese dance and a dumplings and had a go at solving dēngmí, or traditional lantern much acclaimed riddles: riddles Chinese face were both in changing English and performance Chinese, and were all part of participants the programme. were required to Austen Toone, group into teams a final year including native Chinese Studies speakers of both student, also languages. Even so, took the stage as it was not always one of the four easy to guess the presenters. Winners of the Chinese New Year Painting answer! Competition line up to collect their prizes at City Hall The Sino-English Corner jiaozi team

Newsletter 11 I June 2013 I Page 5 Learning to teach… even better Teaching is a continuous learning process: the course here in the UK we cannot produce a dragon exactly as Confucius Institute’s teacher training sessions professional craftsmen do, but it is possible to create a very original do-it-yourself dragon which looks just as stunning and colourful. have recently covered topics ranging from As you can imagine, it is a wonderful hands-on activity for children classroom management to dragon making, in schools. You get to make one – and then bring it alive through Professor Wang Zhimin reports. dance!” Teachers spent several afternoons at the SCI office tirelessly cutting, sewing, gluing and painting, until the dragon was On 20 and 21 April 2013, the Confucius Institute provided a finally complete. The dragon’s head was given the finishing touch by successful training session for SCI teachers, local Mandarin teachers our arts teachers. “I never imagined I would learn to do this – and students of Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language. We had quite literally, we are bringing the dragon to life by painting its eyes, the opportunity to invite Ms Angela Bell, Regional Strategic Adviser 画龙点睛 !” said one of them, referring to a famous at the NRCSE (National Resource Centre for Supplementary huà lóng diǎn jīng Chinese idiom. Education) and one of the pioneers of developing and supporting supplementary schools in the UK, as a guest speaker. The two parts of the training were entitled ‘Introduction to the education system in England and the role of supplementary school teachers’ and ‘Behaviour strategies and classroom management’. The training covered the development and characteristics of education, the national curriculum, children’s needs and teaching methodology. Using examples and videos, Angela discussed several interesting points with our teachers, including unacceptable behaviour, welfare needs of children and how they can affect behaviour, and how to deal with various kinds of problematic behaviour. Our teachers then analysed their own experiences at the Star Mandarin School and tried to identify useful teaching methods and classroom management strategies. The training session was in itself an inspiring example of classroom management, with clear instructions, a good balance between theory and practical examples, and ongoing discussion and interaction between participants. The dragon is taking shape… The 8-hour training was not only an excellent opportunity to exchange our knowledge and experiences; it also allowed us to familiarise ourselves with the UK education system and to answer Training with the Confucius Institute our questions regarding problems in the classroom. It is essential for any teacher to gain classroom management skills, and in this Throughout the year, we offer the following training sessions at respect this session provided a very practical and useful experience SCI or in-house: for our teaching team. • Chinese language teacher training sessions on a variety of subjects (usually taking place at the University of Sheffield) • ‘China ABC’ language and culture workshops for professionals • Chinese Arts & Crafts workshops Training sessions can be tailored to the needs of your school or organisation. Bookings will be discussed case by case to ensure the session is well suited for a specific audience or occasion. For more details or to join our training mailing list, please e-mail [email protected] or call 0114 2228332. Learning to teach… even better teach… even Learning to

Angela Bell discusses classroom management with SCI teachers

Our series continued with a unique Chinese culture training session: under the guidance of SCI teacher Shan Handley, our teachers made a full-size Chinese dragon in preparation for upcoming events. Together with our new 6-week Chinese arts & crafts evening class on offer since February, this training has broadened the Institute’s range of Chinese culture activities. From head to tail, the finished dragon measured nearly 20 metres. “My hometown in China is famous for dragon dancing and manufacturing – dragons for high-profile events such as the Beijing Olympics are made in our region,” says Mrs Handley. “Of

Newsletter 11 I June 2013 I Page 6 China in Photographs 2013 China in Photographs 2013 Our annual China in Photographs competition is now in its ninth year; selecting winning images among this year’s range of wonderful entries from both amateur and professional photographers was not an easy task. The photographs were on display for the public at the University of Sheffield in June. The ‘Best in Show’ winner and first prize winners in each of the six categories are shown below.

‘Two Sisters of the Qiang Minority’ by Shiying Li (Best in Show) Shiying saw these two sisters talking and smiling in a village in Yunnan province, and quickly seized the opportunity to capture them on camera.

‘Shanghai Fruit Vendor ‘Only Strangers Smile at at Night’ by Joe Robinson Strangers’ by Georgia Mold (Winner, Everyday Life) (Winner, Portraits) Joe enjoyed how the light from Georgia shot this stunning the lightbulb lit up this fruit portrait of a guard in front of vendor’s small territory, and the Forbidden City entrance attempted many times to get in Beijing. an effective shot of this – until he finally succeeded.

‘Prayers’ by Rebecca ‘Time Ladder in Paradise’ Tovey (Winner, Culture & by Menghan Cui (Winner, Customs) Famous Sites) Rebecca took a moment to The paddies at the Yuanyang get away from the hustle of rice terraces in Yunnan the city at the Lama Temple in province are flooded in the Beijing, where the locals come winter and early spring and to light their incense and pray. this creates a reflecting pool effect, which Menghan found to be a photographer’s dream.

‘Lupu Bridge, Shanghai’ ‘Man Writing His Life Story’ by Professor Eckart Lange by Greta Oss (Winner, (Winner, Landscapes & Artistic Images) Cityscapes) Greta spotted this man writing Grey and white. Endless neat and beautiful characters numbers of high-rise buildings. on the pavement in Hangzhou, This bridge rewarded Eckart’s and couldn’t resist taking a climb with breathtaking views picture. over Shanghai.

Newsletter 11 I June 2013 I Page 7 Paddles up, Dragons! Ready, steady… go! In celebration of the Dragon Boat Festival, a team from the Sheffield Confucius Institute took up the challenge at this year’s Chinese Dragon Boat Festival Celebration in Manchester.

On 16 June, the Confucius Institute took part in a dragon boat race wife Consul Zhu Yu, the City Mayor of Salford Mr Ian Stewart, and during the 2013 Chinese Dragon Boat Festival in Salford Quays. several local dignitaries. The programme started with a traditional The event, now in its second year running, was organized by the lion dance followed by a welcome from VIP guests. In his opening Xinhua Chinese Association (XCA) and supported by the Chinese speech, Consul Pan said: “The Dragon Boat Festival is a very Consulate in Manchester, as well as several major sponsors. A important tradition for Chinese people. I am happy to see that we total of 25 teams from Universities, Confucius Institutes and local have ten student teams here today, and that this is an event where businesses and organizations participated this year, including the Chinese and British friends can watch the race and enjoy the festival Manchester Confucius Institute and Chinese Student and Scholars together.” SCI Project Coordinator Caterina Weber took an oath on Association (CSSA) teams from Sheffield, Manchester and Liverpool. behalf of all competitors during the opening ceremony. Each team consisted of ten paddlers and one drummer, with Cheered by hundreds of spectators standing and waving at both regulations allowing for backup paddlers. The 13-strong Sheffield sides of Huron Basin, the teams raced against each other in three Confucius Institute Dragons team was composed of SCI students rounds of heats. The SCI Dragons won their first race and came and staff, students from the School of East Asian Studies and other second in the following two, eventually classifying on 11th place – departments at the University of Sheffield, and several members of a result that pleased the team. “Our own time improved with every SCI’s Sino-English Corner. race, and the ladies in our team were mostly racing against all-male Practice does not always make perfect, but allows for improvement: teams – I think we have done really well,” one of our paddlers said on the Wednesday before the race, our team braved the rain while tucking into zongzi and other traditional Chinese festival food at Rother Valley Country Park in Sheffield to work on paddling at one of the nearby stalls. technique and on another essential element in dragon boat racing: synchronisation. With so little time to practice together, these were the key points to focus on. By the end of the afternoon, the SCI Dragons were quite happy to change into dry clothes, but had taken a big step forward in their paddling teamwork! Paddles up, Dragons! Paddles

The Sheffield Confucius Institute Dragons in action!

The race finished with an exciting round of finals among the six fastest boats, and the coveted gold medals eventually went to Getting ready for the race: the SCI team at Rother Valley Country Park Tranzcare Travel, a coach hire company in Manchester. Enjoying the festive mood, our team gathered again after the medal ceremony to On the day of the race, our team arrived in the early morning to return to Sheffield. “I didn’t think this would be such an amazing day register and undergo a safety briefing. The venue was already when I signed up for joining the SCI Dragons,” one of the students bustling with activity as teams and spectators all awaited the start said, “but I’d like to say a big thank you to the Institute for making it of the celebration. Among the guests were the Consul General of possible for us to enjoy this excellent cultural experience. I will come the People’s Republic of China in Manchester Mr Pan Yundong, his again next year if I have the opportunity!”

Enquiries to: Caterina Weber, Confucius Institute at the University of Sheffield 5 Shearwood Road • Sheffield S10 2TD • United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0) 114 222 8332 • Fax: +44 (0) 114 222 8334 Email: [email protected]

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