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SUMMARY:CHINA+100: Book launch and exhibition opening
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DESCRIPTION:Join us for the launch of the China+100 anthology with Comma 
 Press and attend the preview of our exhibition.\n\nThe book launch will 
 start at 5:30PM. You will get the opportunity to visit the preview of ou
 r exhibition "Building China: Landscapes of Change"\, also on at The Hol
 den Gallery from 5PM.\n\nTICKETS ARE FREE VIA EVENTBRITE: https://china1
 00booklaunchexhibition.eventbrite.co.uk\n\nAbout the Book Launch\n\nWhat
  might China look like in the year 2119\, a century after the first outb
 reak of Covid-19? This is the question posed by editor Xueting C. Ni to 
 ten leading Chinese science fiction writers in Comma Press’s new antholo
 gy China +100.\n\nJoin us to explore the book and its themes\, including
  readings from two of the anthology’s authors – Anna Wu (Wu Shuang) and 
 Dan Shi\, visiting from China courtesy of the Confucius Institute at Man
 chester University – followed by a panel discussion with the book’s edit
 or Xueting C. Ni.\nExpect stories of future pandemics\, surprising new v
 accines and love between scientists\, as well as a wide-ranging discussi
 on of the book’s creation and its place in the wider context of contempo
 rary Chinese science fiction. Followed by an audience Q&A.\n\nAbout the 
 Exhibition\n\nBuilding China: Landscapes of Change\n\nThis exhibition ma
 rks the twentieth anniversary of The Confucius Institute at The Universi
 ty of Manchester. It explores how China has been shaped through construc
 tion\, infrastructure and everyday life over the past seven decades. Pai
 ntings\, photographs\, drawings and installations move from the 1950s to
  the present\, from neighbourhood streets and urban markets to public pa
 rks and the vast landscapes of the Yangtze River\, tracing its entanglem
 ent with human settlement. Rather than telling a single story of develop
 ment\, the exhibition asks what architecture can reveal about social cha
 nge\, how large systems are lived on the ground\, and how connections be
 tween Manchester and China may generate new perspectives.\n\nAbout the B
 ook\n\nChina + 100 poses a simple question to ten Chinese writers: what 
 might your country look like in the year 2119? How might the legacy of C
 ovid-19 – which triggered a global health crisis – reach across a centur
 y of technological progress\, social engineering and medical advances\, 
 to shape the country and its people? Will the lessons of the pandemic ha
 ve been learned? Will the people’s trust in science have been repaired?\
 nFeaturing stories by Lu Hang\, Zhou Dedong\, Ling Chen \, Dan Shi \, He
  Xi & He Zun\, Anna Wu\, Tang Fei\, Zhao Haihong \, Yimei Tangguo and Ch
 en Qiufan\, with translations by Xueting C. Ni\, Jack Hargreaves\, Yahia
  Ma\, Gigi Chang\, Christopher MacDonald\, Judith Huang\, Andrew Rule an
 d Mel Etvolare Lee.\n
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CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:The Holden Gallery\, Grosvenor Building\, Manchester Metropolita
 n University\, Cavendish St\, Manchester\, M15 6BR
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