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At a press conference held on 5 September 2011 at the party's new HQ at 8-10 Great George St, Brian Paddick was unveiled as the Party's candidate for the Mayoral elections in May 2012.
At the Confucius Institute National Congress hosted by the All Party Parliamentary China Group at Portcullis House today, we heard of how the organisation has grown from scratch in 2004 to having 350 institutes in 104 countries.
Chinese Liberal Democrats celebrated their 5th birthday on the evening of 20 September 2011 at the Tin Tin Restaurant at Brindley Place in Birmingham. The event was a great success with CLD Patron Lord Paddy Ashdown as guest speaker. Baroness Sarah Ludford MEP and many other party members also attended the event.
Today is 1st October, the National Day of the People's Republic of China (PRC). This year is also the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party, which in celebrations in July, was marked by a 90 minute speech by the Party's General Secretary Hu JinTao.
According to a Chinese proverb, 'the heaven is high and the emperor is far away'. The world of the governing authority is often perceived as out of reach and irrelevant to the lives of ordinary people.