RI President John Kenny was featured in a full page writeup in the community section of the Shanghai Daily today.

The Beijing Rotaract club has been established with bi-weekly meetings held on Monday evenings. More details available on their new website: www.rotaractbeijing.org.

Following a presentation organized by the Shanghai Charity Foundation at its 17 December regular meeting the Rotary Club of Shanghai received some good press coverage in the english language Shanghai Daily newspaper. Read More...

Special Representative YK Cheng has announced the members of the China Leadership Team for the balance of Rotary Year 2008-9. Look here for more details.

We were happy to learn today that Miss WU Jiuli our candidate from Sichuan province was selected by the Rotary Foundation for an Ambassadorial Scholarship in 2009-10. She has been selected in the competitive “Low Income Country” scholarship category and designated to study in Griffith University in Australia.

The Rotary Foundation has informed us today that The General Secretary has approved a two-week, one-way GSE from D-3270 (Afghanistan and Pakistan) to the Beijing Club of China. The agreed upon dates are:
Arrival in Beijing on 28 March, 2009
Departure from Beijing on 11 April, 2009
This will certainly be a historic and memorable GSE for all participants.

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RI President DK Lee has now appointed a new Special Representative who will serve Rotary until June 2011. The new Special Representative is Mr. Yan-Kee Cheng, a Past District Governor of D3450. Read President DK’s appointment letter to the China clubs here. Read More...

We can't go into any detail today, but the RCT conference program included this Saturday a fellowship event hosted by the RC Beijing called "Rotary Idol 2007". This concluded with a very unusual Oktoberfest skit that certainly broke the ice between the clubs and amused all. RC Shanghai president Roger Owens was crowned Miss Oktoberfest 2007. Heavily censored photos to follow.

Jill Ji is featured in an article in the Copenhagen Post of 28 September flanked by S.R. Christopher and Birde Berg of the Copenhagen International Rotary Club.

Miss Jill Ji, who was awarded a Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial scholarship has departed from Shanghai for one year of studies at Copenhagen University. Jill's scholarship is valued at USD 26,000 and will enable her to study in an advanced public health program with a focus on AIDS awareness.

S.R. Christopher has announced the composition of the Rotary China Team for 2007-8.

RI President 2006-7 Bill Boyd and his wife Lorna along with RI Director Noraseth Pathmanand paid a visit to the Beijing and Shanghai Rotary Clubs from 26-30 May 2007. View photos here and SR Christopher's report here.

Read SR Christopher's Report for January 2007

Read SR Christopher's Speech entitled "Bridging the World" to the 2006-7 Rotary International Convention.

Simultaneous with the chartering of the two Rotary clubs in the PRC, Rotary International has established the Rotary China Team to administer the needs of Rotary clubs on the mainland.