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Catalan man honored in China after baby rescue

sinalunya — Mon, 21 May 2012 21:28:44 +0000

From http://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20120519/54295500296/catalan-buen-samaritano-salvar-nino-china.html (in Spanish) and http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2012-05/19/content_15335867.htm (in English) Catalan Josep Solà-Niubó has been honored in Changshu (常熟), a city in East China‘s Jiangsu (江苏) province, after saving the life of a 2-year-old boy. He and another man, a young Chinese named Tang Shanlu, heard the … Continue reading →

Dragon Boat Festival in Banyoles Lake

sinalunya — Sun, 20 May 2012 22:08:20 +0000

From http://dragon_boat.sportsandelements.com/2_0/?lang=en (in English) and http://www.casaasia.eu/actividad/detalle?id=206274 (in English) Banyoles Lake, where the rowing competition of Barcelona ’92 Olympic Games took place, hosted the first Dragon Boat Festival (龍船節) of its own kind on May 19th, 2012. The event has been organized by Club … Continue reading →

Girona and Taipei tied up together by flower festivals

sinalunya — Tue, 15 May 2012 05:48:29 +0000

From http://www.diaridegirona.cat/tema-dia/2012/05/13/girona-taipei-units-flors/561904.html (in Catalan) Javier Ching-shan Hou, the representative of the Office for the Economic and Cultural Promotion of Taiwan in Spain, has visited the 57th edition of the Girona Flower Festival (Temps de Flors) invited by Jordi Xuclà, member of … Continue reading →

Chinese ministerial delegation visits representatives of Spanish government

sinalunya — Wed, 09 May 2012 20:25:50 +0000

From http://www.iagua.es/noticias/china/12/05/08/el-agua-tema-estrella-en-la-reunion-del-magrama-con-una-delegacion-ministerial-china-16779 (in Spanish) Spanish Environmental Secretary of State, Federico Ramos, has held a meeting with a Chinese ministerial delegation, whose members have highlighted the chances that their country offers for the Spanish environmental companies. General directors of Water, Juan Urbano, … Continue reading →

Sinalunya interviews: Sílvia Fustegueres

sinalunya — Wed, 09 May 2012 18:01:39 +0000

Sílvia Fustegueres is a translator from Chinese and English to Catalan and Spanish. Hailing from Barcelona, she has a BA in Translation and Interpretation by the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). She is Chief Translation Officer at Ampersand Translation, certified … Continue reading →

Catalan bank “La Caixa” publishes booklet for Chinese immigrants in Spain

sinalunya — Sun, 06 May 2012 18:20:16 +0000

From http://obrasocial.lacaixa.es/StaticFiles/StaticFiles/0df7346e60c50210VgnVCM200000128cf10aRCRD/ca/Guia_xino.pdf (in Chinese) As one of their welfare projects, “La Caixa” Foundation has published a booklet addressed at the Chinese immigrants and residents in Spain. The booklet, entitled “这里是一个怎么样的国家?” (“What does this country look like?”), contains all kind of useful information … Continue reading →

El Celler de Can Roca awarded as second best restaurant in the world for second consecutive year

sinalunya — Tue, 01 May 2012 12:12:44 +0000

From http://www.theworlds50best.com/awards/1-50-winners/el-celler-de-can-roca/ (in English) Girona-based restaurant El Celler de Can Roca has maintained the #2 position already achieved last year in the ranking of best restaurants in the world, according to the website The World’s 50 Best Restaurants. With this … Continue reading →

China, invited country to the 30th Comic Convention of Barcelona

sinalunya — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 23:20:51 +0000

From http://comic-30.ficomic.com/NOTICIES/detall.cfm/ID/3906/T/xina-es-pais-convidat-30-salo-comic-.html (in Spanish) People’s Republic of China is the invited country to the 30th Comic Convention of Barcelona. China‘s creations will be shown in a 200 square meter stand that will display the history of comics in this Asian country and will also display the … Continue reading →

Barcelona’s Asian Choir

sinalunya — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 21:40:47 +0000

From http://www.casaasia.cat/media/asset_publics/resources/000/025/030/original/coralasia.pdf Casa Àsia and the the Barcelona City Council are promoting the creation of the Barcelona’s Asian Choir, a choir devoted to sing Asian music only and formed by people of different cultures. The ages of the members of the choir shall be … Continue reading →