Your Chinese calendar of events for October
17 October – How Do China’s Leading Thinkers View the Rest of the World?
Stimulating public lecture and debate with Dr Astrid Nordin (University of Manchester), 1pm – 2pm; Free; The Kanaris Theatre, Manchester Museum, Oxford Road, M13. Full details here.
18 October – Preview of Memory and Movement
Photographic Exhibition of work by Chi Peng and Wang Fu Chun
6pm – 8pm; Free; The Holden Gallery, Manchester Metropolitan University, All Saints Campus, Oxford Road, M15. Full details here.
20 October – Wang Anyi at Manchester Literature Festival
The renowned author in conversation with John McAuliffe
2pm; Tickets £5; The International Anthony Burgess Foundation, 3 Cambridge Street, M1. Full details here.
22 October – One Tree Three Lives
Screening of an intimate documentary focusing on the Chinese-American novelist Hualing Nieh Engle. 6.15pm; Tickets £7.50; The Cornerhouse, Oxford Street, M1. Full details here.
29 October – FROM BIRTH TO DEATH (part of Manchester Science Festival)
Public Lecture about recent developments in life sciences via live link up from China. 12 – 1pm; Free; The Kanaris Theatre, Manchester Museum, Oxford Road, M13. Full details here.