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| SWIC Shekou Women's International Club |
| SWIC is a social club open to membership for all expatriate ladies living in Shekou and the surrounding areas. |
| http://www.swiconline.com |
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| Shenzhen Wine & Cheese Club |
| Social club dedicated to introducing its members to fine wines and cheeses. |
| http://winecheese.shenzhenparty.com/ |
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Cultural Institutions: |
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Shenzhen Museum of Art ( 深圳美术馆 ) |
English Address : Inside Donghu Park, 32 Donghu Yi Jie, Aiguo Lu, Luohu District |
Chinese Address : 罗湖区爱国路东湖一街 32 号东湖公园内 |
Shenzhen Art Museum will continuously stick to its academic target, namely, “pay close attention to contemporary city arts and native arts” and simultaneously provide all-around services to the professional art workers, art amateurs and the mass through all available resources and jointly and actively establish a service system for socially public culture and try to build an art museum servicing the public. Tel: 0755-25426069. Exhibition Opening Time: from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.,Museum is closed to the public on Monday, and free of charge on Friday and open normally on holidays. |
http://www.szam.org/Content/AboutUs/szamIntro.asp |
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Shenzhen Guan Shan Yue Art Museum |
Tel. contact: 81850212 |
http://www.gsyart.com/ |
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| He Xiang Ning Art Museum |
(website in Chinese only) contact: 26603925 Mr Wang |
http://www.hxnart.com/ |
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Shenzhen Municipal Performing Arts Company |
(Shenzhen Hall ， Shenzhen Concert Hall ， Shenzhen Children's Palace, Shenzhen Grand Theatre ) Exhibition timetable is indicated on the website: |
http://www.szyanchu.com/ (Chinese version) |
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Shenzhen Museum |
contact: 82104794 Miss He (PR) |
(It includes four exhibition halls, two of them are usually the same exhibition which are Shenzhen development history and animal/botanic specimen. The other two are changeable through the year) |
http://www.shenzhenmuseum.com.cn/ |
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ZhongYing Street Historical Museum |
According to Zhang Pei (Bessie Chang 25251124) who works there, The Museum is not opened to the public. If you want to visit it, you need to apply a permit which is issued officially by ZhongYing Street local office. You should submit your detail information advanced, particularly for the non-chinese people the permit application seems to be more difficult. |
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DaFen Oil Painting Village |
contact: 89513299 |
| http://www.dafencun.com.cn/ |
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OCT Contemporary Art Terminal ( OCT 当代艺术中心 ) |
English Address : Enping Lu, Overseas Chinese Town, Shennan Da Dao, Nanshan District |
Chinese Address : 南山区深南大道华侨城恩平路 |
Opening Hour : 10am-5.30pm. Closed on Mondays. |
| http://www.ocat.com.cn |
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Hakka Culture Museum ( 客家民俗博物馆 ) |
English Address : 1 Luoruihe Bei Jie, Longgang Town, Longgang District |
Chinese Address : 龙岗区龙岗镇罗瑞合北街一号 |
Telephone : 8429 7960 |
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Online Resources for local events: |
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Xianzai Guandong |
From Shekou to Shenzhen and back to Guangzhou, this expat ezine covers events throughout this Southern Chinese province. |
http://www.xianzai.com/archives/2007/08/13/xianzai-guangdong-230/ |
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Shenzhen Buzz |
Website for resident expats and foreign visitors. Our mission: To make life easier for foreigners in Shenzhen. |
http://www.shenzhenbuzz.com |
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Shekoulive |
| Events and Services in the Shekou Area plus bus and ferry schedules |
http://www.shekoulive.com/index.asp |
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Shenzhen Party |
ShenzhenParty.com is a web site keeping the community of Shenzhen, expat and Chinese informed of events and other happenings around the city. We provide a weekly newsletter, event calendar, job search, apartment search, as well as other services. |
http://www.shenzhenparty.com |
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That's PRD (Shenzhen link) & Urbanatomy |
http://shenzhen.urbanatomy.com/ |
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Asia Society Hong Kong |
A US based group interested in various Asian topics. |
http://www.asiasociety.org |
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| Royal Asiatic Society (Hong Kong) |
Anyone with an interest in the history, art, literature and culture of China and Asia, with special reference to Hong Kong, will enjoy membership of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, which is generally regarded as the premier Society for the study of Hong Kong and South China |
| http://http://www.royalasiaticsociety.org.hk/introduction.htm |
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Royal Geographical Society Hong Kong |
The Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) was established in the United Kingdom in 1830. For more than 170 years, the Society has been a national and international focus of geographical research, information and exploration. |
http://www.rgshk.org.hk/ |
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The Asian Cultural Council |
The Asian Cultural Council is a foundation supporting cultural exchange in the visual and performing arts between the United States and Asia. |
http://www.asianculturalcouncil.org |
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| The Friends of the Hong Kong Museum of Art |
One of our objectives is to promote the activities of the Hong Kong Museum of Art and to enhance interest in the visual arts within the Hong Kong community. |
http://http://www.museumfriends.org.hk/events.htm |
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The Hong Kong Institute of Contemporary Culture (HKICC) |
The Hong Kong Institute of Contemporary Culture (HKICC)is a non-profit, non-government community-initiated organization founded in Hong Kong for promoting cultural development from local, regional to international level. Steered by a voluntary board and executive committee with members from various arts, cultural and educational fields, the institute has proactively strived to expand the sphere and scope of cultural cooperation and exchange between Hong Kong and numerous cities in different regions since its inception in 1996. |
| http://www.hk-icc.org/frontpage/eng/index.php |
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| China Culture |
Govt sponsored culture website |
http://www.chinaculture.org/gb/en/node_2.htm |
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Guangzhou City Guide |
Excellent resource in English for historical and cultural sites in Guangzhou |
http://www.lifeofguangzhou.com/node_10/node_35/node_155/node_525/node_527/index.shtml?nodeid=527&p = |
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