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Updated: 2017-02-06 18:05

Events and stories coming up in the next few days

Durham museum lit up for colorful Lantern Festival

The Oriental Museum will stay open late to celebrate the Lantern Festival on Saturday. The special day traditionally wraps up Chinese New Year activities. The museum on Elvet Hill in Durham will be lit by lanterns for the event. Visitors can try their hand at crafts, listen to stories, enjoy a gallery hunt and dance in a dragon performance. The fi rst 100 children at the event will get a free lantern. There will also be a performance from Durham University's Korean percussion group.

Chinese contemporary dance at China Exchange

An activity at the China Exchange on Thursday will focus on Chinese contemporary dance. The event at 32a Gerrard Street in London will look at the Chinese dance, which includes ballet and martial arts in comparison to popular Western styles.

Recycled materials made into craft items

The Museum of East Asian Art on Bennett Street in Bath will mark Lantern Festival on Feb 13 with a celebration involving a lantern-making workshop featuring lanterns in the various styles that represent the nations and regions that took part. The lanterns will be made from recycled materials.

Top tycoons to gather in Yabuli for annual meeting

The 2017 Yabuli China Entrepreneurs Forum will open in the ski resort of Yabuli, Heilongjiang province, on Wednesday. The four-day annual meeting attracts an exclusive group of infl uential entrepreneurs from fi nance, manufacturing, real estate, IT, retail and other major industries. The 50 directors of the forum are all famous Chinese entrepreneurs and leaders in their own industries. The BBC once called the gathering the "richest club in China".

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