Zhang Enli's first solo exhibition in London 15 Jan - 27 Feb. Enli invests life into the most common of signifiers from details of trees to bare mattresses

Chinese traditional folk evolves into a modern multimedia performance in 'Towards the Border' at the Roundhouse on 19 and 20 January

Chinese Classical and Western dance fusion on 12 Jan choreographed by Yuyu Rau

Artist Clem So reaches out to his lost heritage in his latest work
‘Portraits of the Afterlife: Tracing the Intangible.' He talks to Suzie Wong about connecting with his Chinese past, and coming to terms with the anger and alienation of growing up in a 1970s England.

Elizabeth Quinn considers the cultural relevance of Ang Lee's latest film - Taking Woodstock,  and wonders - Has Ang Lee lost the plot?

Anna Chen dissects the English National Opera's latest bloody offering of Turandot as it revives old colonialist fantasies of the Chinese.

The British Museum is currently displaying an exhibition of dogu figurines from all over Japan. It is the first time in over 40 years that such an exhibition has drawn the most important dogū together.

From 10 September – 22 November 2009, Room 91, free admission

Feast yourself on a selection of Chinese films rarely shown in the UK. Throughout the month of October, there are three film festivals to showcase the cinematic delights from China and Hong Kong. This is a great opportunity for film lovers to see something beyond the martial arts epics and the run-off-the mill triad capers. So grab some popcorn and see you at the movies.

In between touring with Moby, Liz and Sarah Liew from CHi2, took time out to speak to Dimsum about life on the road, their music and their latest theatrical show Monkey King – A Modern Beijing Opera.

Competition- Dimsum is offering a lucky reader a pair of tickets to see the Monkey King.

On Saturday 26 September the town of Huntly in Aberdeen will be host to a most unsual spectacle as it celebrates its unique link between its Scottish borders and the Far East. 

As homage to their ancestor, the nineteenth-century missionary James Legge, the locals of Huntly will stage a traditional Chinese mourning ceremony,accompanied by Scottish music, led through the town square by Beijing artists Deng Dafei and He Hai of The Utopia Group.

Image: Deng Dafei and He Hai of The Utopia Group