In China

2013 China International Sporting Goods Show, Beijing

With free seminars and a daily fashion show, this event is aimed at boosting the popularity of Chinese sports brands globally.

Date: May 31-June 3

Venue: New China International Exhibition Center

Website: sportshow.com.cn

Top Wine China, Beijing

With China fast becoming one of the world's most important wine markets, offering growth potential and generous margins, and standing at seventh globally in terms of consumption, this event offers a platform for wine makers intent on penetrating the market and finding distributors.

Date: June 4-6

Venue: China National Convention Center

Website: www.topwinechina.com

Luxury China, Beijing

With exhibitors expected from 12 countries, including the US, France, the UK, Germany, Italy, Australia and Switzerland, this is a premier trade event for the luxury industries.

Venue: China International Exhibition Center

Date: June 6-8

Website: www.luxurychina.com.cn

Aluminium China, Shanghai

By presenting customized matchmaking programs and product related tours for international visitorsfrom different industry sectors, as well as a world class conference program, AluminiumChina 2013 aims to set a new standard in terms of sourcing and networking opportunities in Asia, the world's fastest growing market.

Date: July 2-4

Venue: Shanghai New International Expo Centre

Website: www.aluminiumchina.com

Conferences & Meetings

In Europe

Open science. Towards a new paradigm? Brussels

What can make science more efficient and more transparent? Easy, free access to research results. The idea of open science or open access is controversial, but gaining an increasing amount of support. The European Union is implementing a principle under which the granting of research money is directly linked to the publication of research results online.

Date: May 31

Venue: L'Arsenal, La Chaufferie & ICAB, Waversesteenweg, 1040

Website: www.vub.ac.be

Exploratory Clinical Development World Europe, London

The largest event for pharma and biotech representatives working within exploratory development and early-phase clinical trials, Exploratory Clinical Development World Europe focuses on a range of topics including paradigms in exploratory clinical development, open innovation in pharma, and managing the transition between preclinical and first in man studies.

Date: June 4-6

Venue: Jumeirah Carlton Tower Hotel

Website: www.healthnetworkcommunications.com

Culture

In China

The 20th Anniversary Charity Gala of Commonwealth Society of Beijing, Beijing

With the theme "Caring, sharing, building friendship',' all money raised will be donated to non-profit originations helping the less fortunate.

Date: June 15

Venue: China World Hotel

Website: www.csbchina.org

Beijing on the Move, Beijing

This visual portrait describes how every gate in Beijing's old city wall had its own purpose: a gate for water, coal, alcohol, for soldiers marching to war, and one for excrement. It is the story of how the walls and gates were gradually torn down to open up the city for the ever increasing traffic, and how twisting donkey drawn carts and long lazy camel caravans and wheelbarrows were overtaken by rickshaws and tramways, before they in turn were surpassed by cars, subway lines and bullet trains.

Date: May 26

Venue: The Hutong

Website: www.bjpostcards.com

Sarah Brightman Dream world tour concert, Shanghai

Hear English classical crossover soprano, actress, songwriter and dancer Sarah Brightman, the first artist to have been invited twice to perform at the Olympic Games, first inBarcelona in 1992 where she sang Amigos Para Siempre with the Spanish tenor Jose Carreras with an estimated global audience of a billion people, and 16 years later in Beijing, this time with Chinese singer Liu Huan, performing the song You and Me to an estimated 4 billion people worldwide.

Date: June 23

Venue: Shanghai Grand Stage

Website: en.piao.com.cn

Culture

In Europe

The Shanghai-Beijing Nexus and the Invention of the Capital Correspondent in the Late Qing and Early Republic, London

This talk will focus on the relationship between the journalism worlds of Shanghai and Beijing in the late Qing and Early Republic, paying particular attention to the issue of what constituted a national press and how Shanghai commercial newspapers positioned themselves, and became producers of information and knowledge about the central government.

Date: June 11

Venue: Room 4418, College Buildings, Russell Square, University of London

Website: www.soas.ac.uk

Arts of Asia, London

A four-week, full-time course exploring the diverse arts of Asia from their origins to the present day. The course includes an analysis of Asian art and its increasingly important position in the global art market, examining works of art from India, the Middle East, China, Japan and South Korea.

Date: June 25

Venue: Sotheby's Institute of Art, 30 Bedford Square

Website: www.asianartinlondon.com

Staatsballett Berlin Mixed Program

Since January 1st, 2004 Berlin has once again witnessed the founding of one big independent ballet institution: The Staatsballett Berlin. With 88 dancers and two apprentices from 25 countries, the Staatsballett Berlin is Germany's biggest ballet company. Appointed as the artistic director from 2004, Vladimir Malakhov is entrusted with a heritage, and he is one of the most famous and renowned artistic personalities in the world of ballet.

Date: June 5-6

Venue: Opera House, National Centre for the Performing Arts

Website: www.chncpa.org

Display: Silver from the Malay World, London

An exploration of the design, decoration and use of silver in the Malay world, drawing on pieces in the V&A acquired by three prominent colonial administrators at the turn of the 20th century.

Date: July 15, 2013-March 16, 2014

Venue: Victoria & Albert Museum, Cromwell Road

Website: www.vam.ac.uk

Thoughts and things in China, London

Scholars discuss significant issues in the fields of Chinese art and archaeology in honor of Professor Dame Jessica Rawson. Issues such as cross-cultural interactions, ancient bronzes, tombs and the afterlife, and religion will be included.

Date: June 14

Venue: British Museum, Great Russell Street

Website: www.britishmuseum.org

Lee Mingwei: A Quartet and A Living Room, Manchester

Born in Taiwan and now living in New York, Lee Mingwei creates participatory installations, exploring issues of trust, intimacy, and self-awareness. For his first solo show at Chinese Arts Centre, he will be presenting his work The Living Room, which will invite volunteers to act as "hosts" in a specially constructed "living room".

Date: June 28-August 17

Venue: Chinese Arts Centre, Thomas Street

Website: www.chinese-arts-centre.org

Events can be sent to: events@mail.chinadailyuk.com

(China Daily 05/24/2013 page31)