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Top Honours for UVic Students at Chinese Competition

Eight UVic students showcased their linguistic and artistic talents at the 24th Chinese Bridge Chinese Proficiency Competition for Foreign College Students, British Columbia Region, bringing home several top prizes. Held in spring 2025, the competition celebrates the achievements of students studying Chinese at post-secondary institutions across the province, providing a platform for them to connect, learn from one another, and share their passion for the language and culture.

Beyond Imperial Aporia: Taiwan and the Inter-Asia Work in Global Transformations

Reflecting on the work of the Inter-Asia Cultural Studies (IACS) collective in the last two decades, the lecture intends to explicate how it envisions global transformations through inter­referential methodology as a form of relational thinking and connective history, and how its translocal, translational alliance may generate solidarity and a new subjectivity against empire.

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