17 January 2001
Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank Centre, London "A dazzling showcase of the furthest extremes in Japanese music ..." A review of underground Japanese music.

Camden Arts Centre, 26 January - 18 March 2001
At once an artist, curator, poet and archivist, Li Yuan-chia's inclusive approach to art and life anticipated the attitude and practice of many of today's contemporary artists. Li Yuan-chia's work embraces the ordinary and everyday at the same time as it offers a glimpse into the cosmic and the universal.

10 January 2001
An exhibition of art and music is being organised to showcase Chinese culture. This event aims to examine Chinese culture in British society and perhaps even help clear up confusion with Japanese culture. Amateurs and professionals alike are invited to participate and present their work. Possible mediums include: Paintings, photography, 2D/3D media art, 8mm film or video, music, audio art, live performance, martial arts.

8 January 2001
On a drizzling Saturday night, we made our way to the cineplex near the Lee Valley industrial estate but not to watch a action buster or a romantic comedy. We came to this out-of-town British mainstream cinema to watch a Chinese film with the original Mandarin left intact. What is it about Ang Lee's latest film that allows it to cross cultural boundaries and still make sense?

9 December 2000
Is the city a place where everyone can belong with complete equanimity or are its spaces demarcated, or perhaps used differently, according to identitarian biases towards certain genders and sexualities as well as ethnicities? These are questions I would like to invite the reader to ask themselves.

13 December 2000
In Feb/March 2002, in conjunction with the Chinese New Year, the Open Eye Gallery will premiere an exhibition called 'Ten Thousand Li'. This will be a unique exhibition that will represent contemporary Chinese lifestyles in Britain. We aim to challenge pastiche images of Chineseness by exploring trends and diversity in the social lives of Chinese individuals and families of today - the new millennium.

9 December 2000
In Britain we are now living through a moment when traditional notions of national identity stand a chance of being renegotiated. It is at such a time that you can expect old ideas to reassert themselves. The feminising of Chinese culture may be one of the ways in which dominant discourse is trying to keep up with what is happening to traditional notions of private and public, home and abroad, us and them, as a way of maintaining the power differential.

22 November 2000
Thursday night at the Curzon Soho, the young crowd of dark-haired paparazzis and autograph hounds grouped around the entrance reminds us that Hong Kong star culture is still very much alive abroad.Cherise reviews the London Chinatown premiere of "In the Mood for Love", in the exclusive presence of Wong Kar-Wai, Maggie Cheung Man-Yuk and Tony Leung Chiu-Wai.

17 November 2000
After playing to incredible acclaim earlier this year, the Shaolin Monks return to the UK for an extended 25-date tour, commencing on 6th November. Wheel Of Life features a cast of twenty five ordained soldier monks, ranging in age from seven to seventy.

2 October 2000
Linda L immigrated from Vietnam to France as an adolescent in 1977, after attending a French school in Saigon. She now lives in Paris, where she has written all ten novels of her bibliography, including the venomous 'Slander', her first truly autofictional work in which she addresses the recurring themes of cultural exile and lost identity. Her acidly pertinent words confirm her home in literature, and her solitary voice speaks for all of us who seek refuge in an adopted language, who live in internal exile between the cultures of our citizenship and our heritage.

2 October 2000
We review an assortment of our favourite books on all aspects of Chinese culture.