The principal objective of ELIAMEP Asian Studies Programme is to closely monitor developments in Asia. Taking into account the shift of the US interest from the Middle East to the Asian Continent and the economic and political rise of China […]
Archeological findings in suburban Shanghai showed that China’s business and shipping center was already a trade hub for the maritime Silk Road more than 1,000 years ago […]
Ascending the Athenian Acropolis, acknowledged by UNESCO as a timeless symbol of the world’s cultural heritage, is considered as a must have experience at least once in life. However, the steep rocky hill in the heart of the Greek capital which embodies Classical Greece’s ideals remains out of reach for many […]
The website chinaandgreece.com approached Professor Lukas Nickel, chair of Asian Art History at the University of Vienna, who has shared interesting insights with us. According to this article ‘The First Emperor and the sculpture in China’ published in the Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, ‘it is highly possible that there were cultural and trade exchanges […]
The Fourth EU-China Summer school took place this July and August in Athens and Spetses. This summer school was organised by the Centre International de Formation Européenne (CIFE) […]
For the first time in 35 years, the Benaki Museum presents to the Greek and international public highlights from its collection of Chinese ceramics. The curator of the exibition, Dr George Manginis, talks to chinaandgreece.com on this initiative as well as on the importance of art and future steps […]
In its interest to join the ongoing debate on the refugee crisis Platon School invited numerous pupils from different world coutries in Athens and gave them the opportunity to discuss this critical […]
‘Enriching the curriculum with Mandarin will help our students gain the skills as well as the global perspective their future career will demand’. This is the principal message given by the family economically assisting the introduction of Chinese language courses at the Hellenic-American Educational Foundation […]
Mayor of Mykonos, Mr Konstantinos Koukas spoke on chinandgreece.com on his preparedness to welcome tourists travelling from China. His ambition is to help Mykonos acquire new friends drawing on existing expertise and experience. In his view, ‘the island can offer […]
In this picture, a quadriplegic man named Joel Jackson shares the first dance with his wife Lauren on 1 October 2015 six years after a car accident left him paralysed […]
