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May 31 - June 10, 2006 Editor: Feng Cheng
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The Gang of Four were arrested and sentenced
marking the end of the Cultural Revolution
-- CCC's Wednesday evening's documentary


Tonight
(May 31, Wednesday 8pm)
Screening: Chinese History (1971-1976)
This episode covers the following historical events (1970-1976)

1. Lin Biao (who was named as Mao's successor) 's abortive coup attempt and his subsequent death in a plane crash as he fled China in September 1971.
2. Rehabilitation of Deng Xiaoping (reinstated as a vice premier); Zhou Enlai and Deng Xiaoping's strong influence and their moderate line favoring the Four Modernization
3. Improving relations with the West in general and the United States in particular
4. The year 1976 saw the deaths of the three most senior officials of the Communist Party (Premier Zhou, Zhu De and Mao) and an earthquake devastated the city of Tangshan in Hebei Province
5. The cultural Revolution ended with the Gang of Four were arrested



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Taichi class in Shunyi
Taichi class will have another 4 sessions in June at the Green Teahouse Living (every Thursday 10:30am)

Qinghai Salk Lake, Birds Island & Tibetans 
(June 3-4, Friday night-Sunday.evening)

The booking of this weekend trip will be closed soon, please make reservations ASAP !

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What's on this weekend

Little West Lake - this Saturday hiking


Beijing Tour
Saturday, June 3, 9am-6pm
Hiking: The Little West Lake
Hiking along the Little Lake area with Great Wall, waters and hills and forest.


Saturday, June 3, 2-6pm
Tour: Antique Furniture in Rural Beijing
Wish to see thousands of pieces of finely refurbished antique Chinese furniture, from opium beds to scholar¡¯s writing tables, in a 5,000 square metres warehouse and furniture studio and gallery beside 12,000 square metres lotus pond?


Sunday, June 4, 3-6:30pm
Back-Street Beijing Walking Tour(4)
Stroll in the old cultural streets at Wusi & Wenjin Street, and others, and view the Red Mansion of old Peking University,Wenjin Street, old palaces of Beijing library, and the "Northern Cathedral of Beijing"


Thurs, June 08, 10am-12pm

Qinghai Salt Lake, Birds Island and Tibetan
Taer Temple June 3-4 (View more pictures here)

Walk: Beijing Mosque & Muslim Quarters
This CCC walk will head you to Niujie (Ox Street), a largely Muslim community in Beijing's Xuanwu District. This walk will give you a feel for the unique Muslim quarter with old Beijing hutong atmosphere. In the company of Mr. Hu, member of Beij


Friday, June 9, 9:30am-12:30pm
Walk: Forbidden City & Tiananmen Square
This is a cultural walk specially designed for tourists or new comers to learn more about Beijing. It will be organized every month for ever-increasing visitors and travellers to the capital.



Beijing Events
Wed., May 31, 8pm
Screening: Chinese History (1970-1976)
This is the most important documentary series recording China's last century. It was made by China Central Television. Most comprehensive historical sources, including many rare footages are included in the film.


Try your hand at Chinese Sword Play
in Ditan park (June 5)

Monday, June 5, 4-6pm
Hands-on: Chinese Sword Play at Park
Learn Chinese swordsmanship with outstanding Chinese Martial Arts practitioner in Ditan park. All people, beginners or the advanced alike, are welcomed, just join us to stretch yourself after a long week sitting.


Wednesday, June 7, 8pm
Talk: CCTV documentary production
CCTV producer & cameraman Qi Kejun has been involved in two major theme documentaries: China's topography and geography (e.g. Yangtz River Series and Great Wall by aerophotograph) and political leaders such as Deng Xiaoping.


Saturday, June 10, 2:30-4:30pm
Mahjong Workshop

CCC Mahjong workshop


Come learn or practise this most popular games in China and rest of Asia. CCC boasts to let you grasp this game skills and immediately begin to play independently within one hour. If you are not a beginner


Wednesday, June 14, 8pm
Talk: Chinese Population
How did the China's population reach its present level and its One-Child policy come about? What are the real facts with regard to sex ratio at birth, the labour force, population aging, the urban and rural population distribution and their implicati



Explore China

June 3-4
Qinghai Lake, Birds & Tibetans
This weekend trip will explore the largest salt water lake in China, and rank No.1 of the top ten best lakes in China; Birds Islets(100,000); grassland & snow mountains and Tibetan Monastery


Sat.-Tues., June 10-13
Hakka Earthen Round Buildings

Hakka Earthen Round Houses
The Hakka village is just beautiful !

Get to know Fujian province, the southeastern end of China's mainland facing Taiwan across the strait. Xiamen, beautiful seaport city with Gulangyu Island; then dirve into the villages in the mountains south and west of Fujian for the magical earthen


June 17-18
Weekend Trip: Lushan National Park
Mount. Lushan one of the favourite mountains of Mao and Li Bai (most famous Tang Poet), After 1949, it became famous as a favoured meeting place for the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. Listed by UNESCO as world Heritage site in 199


June 17-18
Hulun Buir Grasslands (Inner Mongolia)
Located just outside the remote border town of Manzhouli, the Hulun Buir's grasslands(Inner Mongolia) are the most pristine in China. This expanse of

Mount. Lushan, UNESCO listed
World heritage site, is an ideal
summer retreat in China (May 17-18).

gentle emerald hills, perfectly punctuated with small streams and rocky outcrops, is all the more at

June 24-25
Weekend trip to Chengde Mountain Resort
Take CCC's comfortable coach to Chende, Hebei Province to see the Summer Mountain Resort (Bishushanzhuang) and its Outlying Temples. The size of Chengde Summer resort is as big as the Forbidden City and the Summer Palace combined. It is surrounded by


June 24-25
Hulun Buir Grasslands (Inner Mongolia)
Located just outside the remote border town of Manzhouli, the Hulun Buir's grasslands(Inner Mongolia) are the most pristine in China. This expanse of gentle emerald hills, perfectly punctuated with small streams and rocky outcrops, is all the more at


July 1-2
Qinghai Lake & Birds Island
It is the largest salt water lake in China, and rank No.1 of the top ten best lakes in China -- large, high, salty, and stunningly blue. Yellow reep blossom will be all over the region. Over 100,000 birds migrate from the Indian Ocean feed on spawn


July 1-2
Datong Trip (Grottoes & Hanging Monastery
Join this weekend tour to see the second-largest of the nearly 51,000 sandstone statues of Buddha in 53 Yungang grottoes. Buddhist cave art began here in Datong, 160 miles west of Beijing, in the fifth century, by Xianbei minority, which ruled North

Hulun Buir Grassland


July 8-9
Xilinguole Grasslands
Xilinguole Grasslands The Xilinguole Grassland is vast and grandiose.Located in Xilinguole League in the middle of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, it is a typical prairie of temperate zone ecological system.


July 8-9
Sichuan Pandas and Leshan Giant Buddha
Visit the Panda center at Wolong Natural Reserve, taking photos with the giant Pandas or even holding a panda; visit the famous Le Shan Giant Buddha, world's largest Buddha statue in the World


July 17-23
7-day trip to Tibet

July 15-16
Ancient Xi'an Town (Terracotta Warriors)
Take weekend trip to visit the famous Terracotta Warrior Site; walk on the ancient walled City, Shaanxi Museum; Great Mosque and Muslim Street; Wild Goose Pagoda, etc.

 
     

  CCC Calendar  
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
May 31
Screening: Chinese History (1970-1976) ( 8pm)
Jun 1
Jun 2
Jun 3
Qinghai Lake, Birds & Tibetans (June 3-4)
Hiking: The Little West Lake ( 9am-6pm)
Tour: Antique Furniture in Rural Beijing ( 2-6pm)
Ancient Xi'an Town (Terracotta Warriors) (June 3-4)
Jun 4
Back-Street Beijing Walking Tour(4) ( 3-6:30pm)
Jun 5
Hands-on: Chinese Sword Play at Park ( 4-6pm)
Jun 6
Jun 7
Talk: CCTV documentary production ( 8pm)
Jun 8
6-Day Silk Road Trip (June 8-13)
Walk: Beijing Mosque & Muslim Quarters ( 10am-12pm)
Jun 9
Chinese Medicine Course ( 10am-12pm)
Walk: Forbidden City & Tiananmen Square ( 9:30am-12:30pm)
Jun 10
Hakka Earthen Round Buildings ( June 10-13)
Mahjong Workshop ( 2:30-4:30pm)
Royal Canal Tour to the Summer Palace ( 9am-1:30pm)
Hiking: Mount. Yunmengshan ( 9am-6pm)

CCC Regular Courses
Taichi Qigong Calligraphy
Painting Body massage Foot & reflexology

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