CHINESE STUDIES HANDBOOK 2012-2013.
2012-13 Timetable
First Year
CN110 Tutorials on Friday afternoon: Group1: JHT7; Group2: Language Center Labl 1
Second Year
2013 Taiwan Film Festival, Ireland
Friday, June 21, 2013 at 6:00 PM - Saturday, June 22, 2013 at 7:30 PM



Please visit our website for further information about the films and director Tsung-lung Tsai, who will attend the event: http://2013taiwanfilmfestivalireland.eventbrite.com/
Friday, 21, June, National College of Ireland, Theatre 1, Dublin
6-6.30pm: Reception opens
6.30-7.45pm: Film screening, The Other Side
(Documentary, Director: Tsung-lung Tsai)
7.45-8.30pm: Discussion with Director Tsai
8.30-8.40pm: Coffee break
8.40-11pm: Film screening, Cape No. 7
(Feature, Director: Te-Sheng Wei)
Saturday, 22, June: NUI Maynooth: John Hume Building Theatre 3
1.30-2pm: Reception opens
2-4pm: Formosa Homicide Chronicle I – The Case of Su Chien-ho
Formosa Homicide Chronicle III - The Sweet Taste of Freedom
(Documentary, Director: Tsung-lung Tsai)
4-4.15pm: Coffee break
4.15-5pm: Discussion with Director Tsai
5-5.15pm: Break
5.15-7.30pm: Film screening, Cape No. 7
All films with English subtitles
Entrance fee: none, pre-registration suggested due to limited seats
Pre-registration for Friday ( 21 June), now open:
http://2013taiwanfilmfestivalireland.eventbrite.com/
This Taiwan Film Festival is organised by several passionate Taiwanese with their own financial means. We are still looking for sponsorship and volunteers. If you are interested in contributing to the first Taiwan Film Festival in Ireland, please write to taiwan.filmfestival.ie@gmail.com.
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2013 HSK Chinese Proficiency Test
HSK or the Chinese Proficiency Test is a standardized test at the state level designed and developed by the HSK Center of Beijing Language and Culture University to assess the Chinese proficiency of non-native speakers (foreigners, overseas Chinese and students of Chinese national minorities). Certificates of HSK will be issued to those who have secured the required scores.
Time: 10:00-11:00, 24 March 2013
Venue: Lanugae Centre Lab 1, NUI Maynooth
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IBEC Workshop: China Challenge - Doing Business in China
IBEC will organise a training programmeentitled 'China Challenge - Doing Business in China' on 30 November 2012. This programme gives participants the understanding to maximise the business opportunities for their company in this growing, soon to be largest economy in the world. The two hottest markets, the affluent consumer market and infrastructure will be highlighted in this programme. Participants will leave far better equipped to make a greater success of current business development opportunities in China or to enter this market for the first time.
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The 4th ASIA general conference will take place in UCC, Cork between 22 and 23 November 2012. The conference programme is now online. Please check out details of this conference. All welcome.
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2012 Chinese National Day Celebration & Chinese Students and Irish Students Language Pairing Party
Time: 17:00-19:00, 4 October 2012
Venue: Student Common Room, North Campus
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Tourism Ireland to give inside track on China market at Shannon Chamber seminar
Time: 29 May 2012
Please Click here for more information.
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Public Lecture: Western Influence on Modern and Contemporary Chinese Poetry
by Prof. Yan Liu, Beijing International Studies University
Time: 5-6pm, 5th April 2012
Venue: C124, Dublin City University
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Sheppard's Irish Auction House Oriental Arts Lecture Series
On painting: the integration of Chinese and Western painting in style and soul
Professor Hi-ying WU, Dean of Yi-chang Academy, China
Introduction by Mr. Jimmy Deenihan, T.D., Minister for Arts, Heritage
and the Gealtacht
Venue: Royal Hibernian Academy, Ely Place, Dublin 2.
Time: Wednesday 28 March 2012 at 8:00 p.m.