• 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 ...

• 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 ...

• 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 ...

• 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? ...

• 28/06/2019   Ardi Bouwers     0

APPLICATION CLOSED Students in the Netherlands: apply now for an exciting internship at China Circle and Krijger & Partners to ...

• 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, ...

• 01/04/2019   Ardi Bouwers     2

Respect & admiration or fear & loathing? Mention ‘China’ and you will encounter widely different views and emotions. Not coincidentally, ...

• 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 ...

• 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 ...

• 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 ...

• 11/02/2019   Ardi Bouwers     0

NIEUWSUUR China Circle’s Ardi Bouwers was invited by the Dutch current affairs television program Nieuwsuur (News Hour) to discuss the ...

• 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 ...

• 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 ...

• 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 ...

• 14/05/2018   Ardi Bouwers     0

Try to cope with Dutch directness? Have difficulty understanding the circuitous answers of your Asian counterpart?...

• 30/04/2018   Ardi Bouwers     0

Wat betekent jong zijn in een land dat snel verandert? Die vraag proberen Jeroen de Kloet, hoogleraar Globalisering van de ...

• 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. ...

• 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, ...

• 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 ...

• 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 ...

• 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 ...

• 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 ...

• 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 ...

• 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 ...

• 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 ...