Club history
俱乐部历史

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The Club was founded in 1993 by Rupert Hoogewerf – now known famously all over China as Hurun for his China Rich List of Billionaires. Initially named 'China Tuesdays' the original group consisted of friends and Chinese graduates from the University of Durham who met regularly to keep abreast of the enormous changes in China in the early 1990's.

In 1997, H-J Colston, herself a graduate from Durham and one of the original group, returned from working in China along with Theresa Booth, entrepreneur and environmentalist. These two ladies took over the management and direction of the Club and re-named it the Chopsticks Club to represent not only the Chinese focus of the Club but also to capture the essence of the monthly events that involve Chinese food and networking.

The Club encourages open debate and discussion and is sensitive to the opinions of others. It has held a number of debates including "Should Beijing host the Olympic Games?" held in 2001; "China: its economic growth and environmental impact" and "Is it really possible to make money in China?" More recently a panel of Chinese members gave a Chinese perspective on the Tibet incident in 2008 and the subsequent coverage in the Western media.

The Club is entirely voluntarily run and is non political. It aims to promote greater understanding between Chinese and British people through a genuine community. It encourages and supports business links amongst its members.

筷子俱乐部于一九九三年由Rupert Hoogewerf 发起建立，此人现以他的中国百富榜驰名中国。俱乐部最初名为"中国星期二"。参加者主要由毕业于Durham大学的中国学生和朋友构成，目的是能够获取日新月异的中国发生的巨大变化的最新消息。
 
一九九七年，另外一个Durham毕业生和早年俱乐部成员H-J Colston和企业家，环保学者Theresa Booth从中国工作返回。她们开始接手管理该俱乐部并将其改名为筷子俱乐部，以体现饮食在中国文化以及它在建立发展关系中的重要性。　
 
俱乐部鼓励畅所欲言，同时尊重不同意见。至今以来，俱乐部已经组织了一系列的辩论，包括："北京是否应该举办2008年奥运会？"（2001）， "中国经济发展和对环境影响"，和 "在中国赚钱有可能吗？"。最近的活动包括一组中国成员就2008年西藏事件以及随后西方媒体的报道发表见解。
 
俱乐部是一个全部自愿管理的非政治性组织。它的目地是推进英中双方相互了解，鼓励和支持成员之间的业务联系。
 

Over the past 15 years the Club has grown into a community of people hungry to understand China. It has taken over the social events of the Great Britain China Centre and has close links with many of the China-related organisations in London. 自俱乐部成立十五年以来，它已发展成一个对中国极度充满兴趣，并渴望了解中国的团体。它承担了英中协会的社交活动，并与中国有关的组织有着密切联系。

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The Club has run free mandarin classes in the City of London for more than five years in the knowledge that the Chinese language will become increasingly important for bilateral trade and engagement. 俱乐部在伦敦金融区开办有五年之久的免费普通话练习班，因为它早就预见了中文在双边贸易及交流中日益增强的重要性。

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The Club lists job vacancies and other China-related events on its website. 俱乐部在网站提供有求职和其它和中国有关活动的信息。

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With over 400 members and a circulation list of many more the Club has built enormous goodwill and loyalty amongst its friends and supporters. With many of its members working here on secondment, and others returning from overseas, the reputation of the Club has spread beyond the UK to Greater China.  拥有四百多名成员，并且更多的通讯录群体， 筷子俱乐部已建立起深厚的信誉和忠诚的支持者及朋友圈。随着它许多的成员最初在英国工作而后返回海外，俱乐部在英国，中国及周边地区的声誉日益提高

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