Rubens and China: #historyisthebestmajor
Rubens and China: why #historyisthebestmajor Behind a non-descript door in the corner of gallery 690 in the Metropolitan Museum, a Peter...
On the pilgrim path with the Columbans
Last year we were asked by the Columban Mission Society in Australia to organise a pilgrimage through China for their friends, to places...
East-west cultural exchange, good and bad
I love introducing Sino-Immersions' clients to the rich history of east-west cultural exchange that is present all around us. During our...
At dawn's early light
Every dawn, on the northern side of Tiananmen Square, between the Monument to the People's Heroes and Mao Zedong's portrait gazing out...
Spending National Day in Suzhou
Suzhou is a city still crisscrossed by creeks and canals, including the famous Grand Canal. During the imperial period this was a major...
Ignatian Teachers in China
On Monday, 9 teachers and administrators from the Australian Jesuit and Companion Schools will embark on an Ignatian formation tour...
Give Dad the gift of the Great Wall
It's that time of year again in Australia, when Dads across the country wonder in dread whether they'll crack the Father's Day trifecta...
No 'tourists go home' in Pingyao
Tour companies and tourists alike have been confronted this past northern summer by angry folk, posters and pushback from cities...
Xi'an: more than warriors and tombs
When I first started traveling by myself around China, back in the late 1980s, Xi'an was a long hike out over the western horizon. Back...
New York Scientist Visits Peking Man
Maggie Scollan, a native of Mahopac, New York and a Boston College alumna (a Gabelli Presidential Scholar, and history and biology major)...
