CCC Operations Manager Wanted

Both Chinese and foreign nationals considered. No mandarin ability is required for western applicants. This is a full time job (Monday to Friday, 8 hours per day).

Areas of Responsibility  (Click here for details)
Bearing overall responsibility for the Operations of China Tours Department, which organises all group or private tours provided by the CCC.
- Supervising a staff of about 4 people and ensuring smooth operations.
- Giving staff training and guidance on effective working methods, customer communications and service.
- Assessing staff performance and monitoring the quality of tour leaders.
- Maintaining and developing customer relationships and handling complaints.
Applications providing full personal particulars and CV should be sent to info@chinesecultureclub.org

Changes for some October Tours

Itineraries have been improved and dates changed a little bit for Yunnan & Guizhou Tours.

 6 Days Southeast Guizhou & Dragon Backbone Rice Terrace (Oct.1-Oct.6)

7 Days Yunnan: Dali, Lijiang & Shangri-La (Sep.30- Oct.6)

Other October Holiday Tours include (no changes):

Hunan Zhangjiajie & Phoenix Town (Sep.28 eve.- Oct.3)

7 Days Tibet (Lhasa, Tsetang, Shigatse) (Oct.1-Oct.7)

6 Days Dunhuang and Xinjiang (Silk Road) Tour  (Sep.30-Oct.5)

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What's on in the next week

Ink & Water Painting Class Every Monday, Aug.27-Oct.29, 19:30-21:30 Chinese ink & water painting is a thousand-year tradition, and the xieyi style (free-hand) is one of the most unique style of Chinese painting. The CCCC painting course is specially designed for expatriates. >>> more

Tour: Tap Water Museum & Underground City Sunday, Sep.2, 14:00-17:30 This is the museum to see how Beijing's water supply system works and learn all about water flow and purification techniques; and then explore dark, damp, and genuinely eerie tunnels under the Tian'anmen Square which were built in 1960s. >>> more

	Royal Canal Boat Tour to the Summer Palace Wednesday, September 5, 09:00-13:30 Cruise along the imperial canal in a motorized canopy boat past the Beijing Zoo, the Beijing Aquarium and the Purple Bamboo Garden; appreciate the great views en route, and stroll in the garden to meet taichi practitioners beside lotus ponds and amat >>> more

Beijing Walk: Summer Palace Wednesday, Sep.5, 14:30-17:20 The Summer Palace is an imperial garden mainly dominated by Longevity Hill and the Kunming Lake. Three quarters of the garden is water and rest are a variety of palaces, gardens, and other classical-style architectural structures. >>> more

	Talk and Performance: Appreciation of Kun Opera Wednesday, Sep.5, 20:00-21:30 Ms. Zhou, Kun opera actress and researcher on Kun opera (kunqu), will give CCC a talk on this oldest opera in China. Zhou will conduct this talk by demonstrations, explaining music and singing, movement and gestures, costumes and make-up, etc. >>> more

Tying Chinese Knots: Longevity Knots Wednesday, Sep.5, 10am-12pm Learn to make the auspicious knots from CCC folk artists Ms Wang, and work out your own knots (knots, butterfly or lily shoes, and other patterns of crafts), and hang them up on your neck or your handbag. >>> more

	Great Wall Mutianyu & Ming Tombs Thursday, September 6, 09:30-18:30 Mutianyu is a famous section of the Great Wall, and it is not so commercialized but also a moderate section (not so physically demanding). Ming Tombs is the largest and well preserved imperial tomb complex with over 500 years >>> more

Walk: Forbidden City & Tiananmen Square Friday, September 7, 09:00-12:20 The 3.5-hour guided walk will provide informative and real explanation, covering not only the history, city planning, architectural details & symbols, fengshui of Tiananmen Square and the palace, but also the the life and fate of emperors and eunuchs >>> more

	Xuanwu Hutong & Courtyard Houses Pedicab Tour Friday, Sep.7, 14:00-16:20 Go to the peaceful hutongs (alleys) and courtyard houses in Beijing Xuanwu District, learn the real life of Beijingers in the neighborhood , get into their homes for a chat, check out a kindergarden with lovely kids; see an old opera houses >>> more

Datong Trip (Grottoes & Hanging Monastery) Sep.7 eve.-9 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 >>> more

	Folk songs & music on boat at Lotus Pond Saturday, September 8, 19:00-22:30 Join us for an evening of music and romance hosted on the boats by world-famous musicians, who will serenade us playing traditional Chinese instruments and thrill to the vocal talents of accomplished folk singers. >>> more

Day-trip: Vineyard & Wine-tasting in Hebei Saturday, September 8, 09:00-17:00 Tour the best winery and vineyard at Huailai, 130 kilometres to the northwest of Beijing, which is the same latitude as Bordeaux and California. Situated inbetween Guanting reservoir and Yanshan mountain range, Huailai boasts the best soil and climat >>> more

Back-street-Beijing Walking Tour (5): Xiannongtan Altar Sunday, Sep.9, 14:30-18:00 Visit the ancient altar dedicated to the first farmer of China. Beside to the Temple of Heaven, Xiantongtan Altar once shared the same size of the Tiantan (Temple of Heave) with royal level of architecture (high wall, grand palaces and spacious and s >>> more

Biking Houhai Hutong, Making Dumpling and Night Boating Tuesday, September 11, 16:00-20:30 Ride bike leisurely in the alleyways and along the bank of the beautiful houhai lake area, visit courtyard houses and families, Drum Tower... make and share meal with one family and in the evening take little wooden boat ride on the lake >>> more

	Hands-on: making tiger-head Shoes Wednesday, September 12, 09:30-12:30 Tiger shoes are commonly found on babies' feet in the countryside of China even today. The shoes are entirely made of cloth and their toe-caps are made into tiger's head. Learn how to make the traditional tiger shoes... >>> more

Illustrated talk: Chinese Clothing from 1860-1930's Wednesday, Sep.12, 20:00-21:30 Cui Puquan, famous scholar on traditional Chinese health, art, and old Beijing food and life, will review the history of clothing worn by common people from 1860-1930’s. >>> more

	Hike: Great Wall Simatai and Jinshanling Thursday, September 13, 08:30-18:30 Simatai section of Great Wall in Miyun County, Beijing, remains one of the best options for those who want more of a challenge from the Great Wall, harrowing, steep and unrestored. It connects to another section, Jin Shan Ling, in Hebei. >>> more