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In the Years of 2015-2020
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During 2013-2015, we facilitated the first tour of China by Richmond Ballet which included performance in Beijing, Shanghai and two other cities.
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During 2016-2018, we facilitated the first tour of early American patent models from Hagley Museum and Library to China. “The Spirit of Invention” was a collaborative effort with Tsinghua School of Arts and Design, opened at Tsinghua Art Museum in late April, then to National Museum of China for two months where it attracted close to one million viewers. It then traveled to Wuhan.
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Our ChinaFest Family Day at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts ( VMFA ) has become the signature event in Central Virginia, with attendance grown to 10,000 on that one day alone. The activities on the campus of University of Richmond has been expanded from lecture, Chinese film screenings to more student-initiated activities, such as Ping Pong tournament, Lion Dance at the Student Dining Room featuring Chinese cuisine, and other China-related events.
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To celebrate the Asia Week in November 2019, we co-sponsored a three-part podcast with International Education at the University of Richmond, “ The Chinese in American History, How Afon G. Moy, Mayling Soong and Bruce Lee Changed the Narrative About China” . The podcast was produced by the historians at the “Back Story”, a syndicated program at Virginia Humanities, formerly known as the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities.
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Currently, we are helping filmmaker Pamela Tom to take her award-winning film “Tyrus” to China in 2020, in honor of Tyrus’ 110th birthday anniversary. Tyrus Wong was instrumental in changing the look of Disney’s “ Bambi “ and the animation style since.
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