Chinese Year of the Monkey set to swing into Manchester in ‘spectacular’ fashion
Spectacular celebrations lasting four days will welcome Chinese New Year, with big plans for Manchester set out by its Business Improvement District (BID).
‘Cameron flaunts Manchester as trophy city’: Protests as China’s President Xi Jinping arrives at Town Hall
Thousands of people gathered outside Manchester Town Hall to show their support for President Xi Jinping as he joined David Cameron, George Osborne, and other key figures from across Manchester for lunch today.
‘Proud of link with China’: President Xi visits Man Uni’s National Graphene Institute
The Chinese president visited the National Graphene Institute (NGI) at the University of Manchester today to learn about future graphene applications being developed in the city.
Chinese president in Manchester to confirm huge investment in the North
The Chinese president is in Manchester today to confirm millions of pounds worth of business deals, including the first direct flight from the city to China.
Manchester’s direct flights to Hong Kong will make city ‘fantastic hub for business’
The inaugural flight of the first ever non-stop service from Manchester Airport to Hong Kong jetted off on Monday.
Artist of the people: LS Lowry’s work heads to China in first exhibition outside UK
For the first time ever, Manchester artist LS Lowry’s paintings are being exhibited outside of the UK at The Art Museum of Nanjing University of the Arts in China
Demonstrators join Hong Kong pro-democracy fight against ‘inequities and injustice’ at Piccadilly protest
Protesters flooded Piccadilly Gardens yesterday as support for Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement spread across the globe.
Eastern promise: Manchester urged to learn Mandarin to break down great wall in business with China
More students need to take up Mandarin if Manchester is to be competitive and bring in Chinese business claims leading business initiative Manchester–China Forum.
England’s second city: Manchester most visited in country outside London, new figures reveal
The number of people visiting Manchester have soared, with nearly one million people coming to visit the fair city in 2013
Show me the Mao-ney! Chinese spending across Manchester set to rocket by 73% in next three years
News comes just a month after it was revealed that Chinese tourists spend, on average, £677 per transaction in Manchester stores
Year of the big spender: Manchester store tills ring to sound of the Yen as Chinese tourists named top shoppers
Chinese tourists were found to spend, on average, a whopping £677 per transaction