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  • Confucius Institute of Ireland

    The Institute is a joint venture between the Office of Chinese Language Council International (Hanban), Renmin University of China and UCD.

  • Xinhua Gallery

    An exhibition of photographs from China's Xinhua News Agency of Dublin.

News

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The Minister of State for Training and Skills, CiarĂ¡n Cannon T.D. has praised the work of Ireland’s two Confucius Institutes as he begins taking Mandarin lessons with the UCD Confucius Institute.

To accommodate for the ever-growing trend of Chinese language and culture teaching in Ireland, as well as providing a fundamental solution to the problem of the lack of Chinese language teachers in Ireland, the UCD Confucius Institute for Ireland set up a National Chinese Training Programme for Irish Teachers this semester. 

Tai Chi, Chinese tea making, complicated paper-cutting and Chinese spoken in a range of Irish accents all featured at an event in Portlaoise yesterday, Thursday 3rd May, when the Minister for Education [...]

Projects

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Doing Business in China: The Irish Experience

National survey assessing the needs and demands of Irish businesses and organisations for Chinese expertise

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Irish and Chinese governments to co-finance new building for UCD Confucius Institute for Ireland

Sino-Irish co-financing of a new flagship building for the UCD Confucius Institute for Ireland

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Chinese, a Curricular Subject for Irish Post-Primary Schools

Assessing the demand for the establishment of Mandarin Chinese language courses in Irish secondary education

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Videos

Confucius PhD Forum

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Terracotta Warror

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Great Wall

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5000 Years of Chinese Characters

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Upcoming Event

11th Chinese Bridge Competition

Date:
21st April 2012

Registration Deadline:
18th April 2012

Time:
First round:
10:00am to 12:00 midday
Second round (final):
2:00pm to 5:00pm

Location:
The Gresham Dublin Hotel,
23 Upr. O'Connell St.,
Dublin 1, Ireland

Registration Form

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