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- 20/07/2020 Ardi Bouwers 0
China Circle and Krijger & Partners conducted a joint study, commissioned by the LeidenAsiaCentre, examining how the current, highly politicised Chinese economic ...
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- 29/01/2020 Ardi Bouwers 0
In 2019 China ushered in a new era for its public diplomacy. Its ambassadors – armed with new Twitter accounts ...
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- 03/10/2019 Ardi Bouwers 0
What are the consequences of China’s rise for the Netherlands? That was the central question during the Great China Debate ...
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- 25/07/2019 Ardi Bouwers 0
Storytelling Masterclass on delicate issues and striking speeches – Are you dealing with delicate issues or a minefield of sensitivities? ...
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- 28/05/2019 Ardi Bouwers 0
Professor Kishore Mahbubani from Singapore likes to cast stones into the pond, albeit gently. On May 23rd, in The Hague, ...
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- 01/04/2019 Ardi Bouwers 2
Respect & admiration or fear & loathing? Mention ‘China’ and you will encounter widely different views and emotions. Not coincidentally, ...
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- 17/03/2019 Ardi Bouwers 0
Without data we can’t do business today; we can’t manage public services; we can’t even enjoy entertainment. Data permeates our ...
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- 14/02/2019 Ardi Bouwers 0
On February 20, we organise a workshop for Dutch, Chinese and other internationals, based in NL, about personal & business ...
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- 12/02/2019 Ardi Bouwers 0
Stories are older than we can remember. Stories were told from generation to generation and existed before we could read ...
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- 11/02/2019 Ardi Bouwers 2
NIEUWSUUR China Circle’s Ardi Bouwers was invited by the Dutch current affairs television program Nieuwsuur (News Hour) to discuss the ...
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- 26/11/2018 Ardi Bouwers 0
How do you tell the story of Guangzhou? Up and coming Shenzhen is breathing down its neck, with a narrative ...
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- 23/08/2018 Ardi Bouwers 3
If you gain some knowledge on a subject you knew nothing about, you tend to over-estimate your understanding. This reaction ...
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- 17/05/2018 Ardi Bouwers 0
For inspiration, I attended an interesting workshop on film-clips for trainers and coaches last week at the beautiful Art Deco ...
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- 14/05/2018 Ardi Bouwers 0
Try to cope with Dutch directness? Have difficulty understanding the circuitous answers of your Asian counterpart?...
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- 17/04/2018 Ardi Bouwers 0
Chinees Twitter, Sina Weibo, heeft te maken met massale online protesten. Het bedrijf had aangekondigd content over homoseksualiteit te verwijderen. ...
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- 15/12/2017 Ardi Bouwers 0
Very proud of my International Journalism class at Jinan University in Guangzhou! During November 2017, I gave lectures on culture, ...
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- 30/10/2017 Ardi Bouwers 0
Later this week I start teaching at Jinan University in Guangzhou (JNU): International Communication and International News Comparison to small ...
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- 06/10/2017 Ardi Bouwers 0
We vierden de feestelijke opening met een zeer aangenaam Nederlands en Chinees gezelschap en een rake film over wederzijds (on)begrip ...
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- 25/09/2017 Ardi Bouwers 0
Het nieuwe kantoor van China Circle is klaar. Het is een prachtige, lichte ruimte geworden voor werk, workshops en trainingen ...
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- 27/03/2017 Ardi Bouwers 0
“The Netherlands is the focus of the Global Garden Lifestyles Festival at the China International Furniture Fair in Guangzhou in ...
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- 09/01/2017 Ardi Bouwers 0
‘Ah, Beijing’ is de titel van een verhaal in deze bundel en meteen een krachtige samenvatting van dit aanstekelijk geschreven ...
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- 14/12/2016 Ardi Bouwers 0
What comes to mind when you think of the Netherlands? That was the question posed by the organizers of a ...
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- 15/08/2016 Ardi Bouwers 0
De studenten kijken me teleurgesteld aan. De schrijfopdracht voor het vak Cross-culturele Communicatie heb ik de avond ervoor nagekeken. Ieder ...
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- 03/05/2016 Ardi Bouwers 0
Mijn boek Cirkels en Rechte Lijnen, over communicatie tussen Chinezen en Nederlanders, met talloze voorbeelden over de dagelijkse omgang en ...
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- 03/05/2016 Ardi Bouwers 0
3 mei 2016 | Alles wijst erop dat partijleider en president Xi Jinping blaakt van zelfvertrouwen. Sinds Mao Zedong heeft ...
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