Rotary 2017 April 2025 Beijing Gala March Kempinski 200 Rotarians Club Folha São Paulo International President Elect Mário César Martins Camargo January 2024 Some July The 100 For History 240220 RCBhistory Link See Tom During Chinese EFYI What 2023 Two Brian Kevin Blue Star Sanlitun Home Plate Shambhala Barbados Speakers Laurence Brahm Rotarian Katrina Italian Both Netherlands France 2022 Sherry Liu More Rotaract 2018 Looking Four Seasons Hotel China Conference Red Lantern Banquet Result Morel Rotaractors COVID Interesting HOPE District Sjoerd Daas Correspondent Dutch Broadcast Corporation Winter Olympics RCB Remembering Krankin Otto Bock 2021 Tuesday December Rtn Victor Peru Schindlers Thierry Raymaekers AGM Election Board Officers November Gian Marc Widmer Introduction Asset Fund Management Market CSR Ying Joyce Volkswagen Group Cici Tankstelle Oct Daniel Zhang Joy Flying MOSTO October Jessica Davis Her Wine Architect John Water Schlinders Design Can Summer Sergeant Arms Time Sean McLeod Sergey Bubka 2008 GSE June South American Encuentro Shanghai Update Hypospadias Enoch Beside Roots Discrimination School Education Via Roma Spanish Our Didier February Danny 2020 Turns Lunches Foundation IPR Then Operation 2019 Richard UNHCR This Special Representative World Bank Ben Belgian September Shunyi Over Eli Khoury Nuertingen Kirchheim Teck Germany ZOOM Care Children Nice Restaurant Michael August NGO Shoots After Every Clubs May From Gatsby Happy Gau Rotaractor West Deliah Saturday Interact Max Georgiana RYLA Ted Plafker Economist Legend Beer Here GOL Youth Leadership Awards
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2017 – April 2025
2025
beijing rotary gala 15 march 2025
Beijing Rotary Gala 15 March 2025 in the Kempinski hotel had over 200 guests, Rotarians, friends, ambassadors and other officials. A great night of food, entertainment and fellowship.
Rotary Club of Beijing news: our two new banners, progress of our hypospadias project and the interview published in Folha de São Paulo.
rotary international president elect
Rotary International President Elect 2025-26 Mário César Martins de Camargo visited the Rotary Club of Beijing on 7 January, part of his world tour.
2024
rotary club of beijing in 2024
Some of our activities of the Rotary Club of Beijing in 2024. We keep a low profile but we meet regularly with speakers. A new team since 1 July.
rotary club of beijing celebration
The Rotary Club of Beijing celebration on 20 April 2024 – 100 years of Rotary in Beijing – was a success with near 200 guests enjoying the food, entertainment and socializing.
100 years rotary club of beijing
On 20 April 2024 we will celebrate 100 years Rotary Club of Beijing with a sumptuous dinner. For the occasion I made a new History of the Rotary Club of Beijing.
24-02-20 RCBhistory
Link report: History of the Rotary Club of Beijing.
See the QR code of the link, thanks to Tom:
the magic of drones
During our Rotary Club of Beijing dinner we could watch the magic of drones and the presentation of the Chinese company EFYI. What a technology!
2023
Two great evenings to see Brian & Kevin live in Beijing, during a dinner in Blue Star and a dinner in Sanlitun Home Plate, both with great food and entertainment.
shambhala and barbados in kempinski
The Rotary Club of Beijing had interesting talks about Shambhala and Barbados in Kempinski. Speakers were Laurence Brahm and Rotarian Katrina.
discovering ai and italian wines
The Rotary Club of Beijing has been discovering AI and Italian wines in recent meetings. Both speakers are new members, from The Netherlands and France.
2022
sherry liu speaking at beijing rotary lunch
Sherry Liu speaking at Beijing Rotary how she changed from a top lawyer to mediation, painting, and poetry. More on our club lunches and Rotaract.
looking back beijing rotary 2018 2
Looking back Beijing Rotary (2) focuses on 10 March 2018, in the Four Seasons Hotel, the Rotary China Conference and the Rotary Red Lantern Banquet. The end of an era…
looking back beijing rotary 2018
Result of cleaning up my pictures is a first batch of “Looking back Beijing Rotary 2018” with a well-attended buffet dinner at Morel’s by Rotarians and Rotaractors.
Beijing Rotary in April 2022 was still active before one more COVID scare hit Beijing. Interesting talk by the HOPE team and more about the online China District Conference.
The Rotary lunch 8 March had as speaker Sjoerd den Daas, Correspondent of the Dutch Broadcast Corporation, about the Winter Olympics. RCB a look back in time.
introducing the rotary club of beijing
I am introducing the Rotary Club of Beijing as the club has no official website. A bit of history, presenting Rotary and our Beijing Club.
a look back on the rotary club of beijing
A look back at the Rotary Club of Beijing, starting with our dinner on 18 January. Remembering Krankin’ thru China, Otto Bock and pole dancing.
2021
21 december 2021 rotary lunch with inductions
On Tuesday 21 December 2021 Rotary lunch with inductions followed by a presentation by Rtn Victor on the mining industry in his homeland Peru.
14 december 2021 rotary dinner in schindlers
For the 14 December 2021 Rotary dinner in Schindlers we had Thierry Raymaekers as a speaker on the Winter Olympics and his video series.
7 december 2021 rotary beijing agm
On 7 December 2021 Rotary AGM in Kempinski Hotel for the Election of the 2022-23 Board and Officers.
30 november 2021 rotary talk on asset management
For our 30 November 2021 Rotary talk on asset management we had as speaker Gian-Marc Widmer on “Introduction to Chinese Asset and Fund Management Market”.
23 november 2021 rotary talk on csr
For our 23 November Rotary talk on CSR we welcomed as speaker Ying LI Joyce, on Volkswagen Group China CSR strategy. A familiar subject for me.
9 november 2021 rotary talk on digital assets
For our 9 November 2021 Rotary talk on digital assets we had as speaker Cici Lu on insights and outlook for digital assets, in Schindlers Tankstelle.
26 oct 2021 rotary talk on learning to fly
For our 26 Oct. 2021 Rotary talk on learning to fly we had as speaker Daniel Zhang on the topic: “Joy of Flying” in MOSTO Sanlitun.
12 october 2021 rotary talk on red wine in china
For our 12 October 2021 Rotary talk on red wine in China we had as speaker Jessica Davis. Her topic: “Red Wine in China”. In Schindlers Tankstelle.
john van de water talked to rotary
Architect John van de Water talked to Rotary during our dinner in Schlinders Tankstelle, a very interesting presentation on the topic: “What Design Can Do”.
The summer months did not stop our Rotary activities, see Rotary Beijing in Summer part 2 for what we were up to.
rotary beijing in summer part 1
The summer months did not stop our Rotary and Rotaract activities, see Rotary Beijing in Summer part 1 for an overview.
At the Rotary lunch 20 July 2021 I attended for the first time after quitting as Sergeant-at-Arms. Time to fully enjoy and listen to the speaker Sean McLeod!
rotary club of beijing memories
I am trying to clean up my mountain of paper, bringing also back Rotary Club of Beijing memories, about Sergey Bubka and the 2008 GSE adventure.
Beijing Rotary in June started with an internal lunch meeting, then a South American evening in Encuentro, with a speaker from Shanghai. Update Hypospadias.
rotary beijing discussed mental health
Rotary Beijing discussed mental health during the lunch thanks to Enoch Li who was our very interesting speaker on the topic, often misunderstood.
Beside our regular meetings, Beijing Rotary in March organized a wine tasting in The Roots and a talk by a master piano maker in Kempinski.
discrimination in international school education
Discrimination in International School Education was the latest talk in our dinner meeting of the Rotary Club of Beijing, in Morel’s.
rotary club of beijing in april
The Rotary Club of Beijing in April had a busy month: board meeting, lunch in Via Roma, dinner in Encuentro, a Spanish dinner party in The Roots.
rotary club of beijing is active
Our Rotary Club of Beijing is active thanks to the efforts of PE Didier who also tries to bring in new blood. Rotaract is still struggling.
Beijing Rotary in February saw a busy month with official lunches, fellowship and a party to say farewell to Danny.
new year for beijing rotary
The new year for Beijing Rotary started with modest activities of the Club: official lunch meetings, fellowships and speakers.
2020
beijing rotary a busy december
Turns out it is for Beijing Rotary a busy December. Tuesday lunch with speaker, Rotaract career talk and Rotaract hotpot evening.
rotary club of beijing meets
The Rotary Club of Beijing meets regularly with in principle 3 lunches and one dinner each month. See some of the meetings and talking about bread.
rotary beijing in action
Rotary Beijing in action, including Rotaract. Lunches and dinners with speakers on Rotary Foundation and IPR, and welcoming a new member.
rotary beijing in november
Rotary Beijing in November started with a lunch in Kempinski Hotel, a special lunch for members only. Then a talk about oil rigs in Morel’s.
beijing rotary in 2020 part 2
Beijing Rotary in 2020 part 2 gives a final overview of the remaining activities of the Rotary Club of Beijing, not reported earlier.
beijing rotary in 2020
A good start, then Beijing Rotary in 2020 was hit by the virus. Operation of the Rotary Club of Beijing was severely affected but we soon restarted.
2019
beijing rotary in 2019 part 2
Beijing Rotary in 2019 part 2, more reports on our past activities with SR Richard, UNHCR, exchanges with other Rotary clubs and for once a birthday cake for me.
beijing rotary in 2019
A look back to Beijing Rotary in 2019. This is part 1. Our Rotary Club of Beijing was pretty active in 2019 when the dreaded virus had not yet messed up our lives.
rotary club of beijing
A warning about the website of the Rotary Club of Beijing; the visit of our Special Representative and a brief introduction of Rotary.
world bank talk in rotary club of beijing
During our lunch in the Kempinski Hotel we had a World Bank talk in Rotary Club of Beijing by our new member Ben, to speak about infrastructure projects.
beijing rotary and rotaract
Beijing Rotary and Rotaract are slowly getting back to normal, with still a number of our members waiting to return to Beijing. Some of our recent activities.
social event for beijing rotary
Our Belgian friend Didier organized a major social event for Beijing Rotary Club on 22 September, in his nice villa in Shunyi. Over 40 guests had a wonderful time.
rotary nuertingen kirchheim teck
Eli Khoury who worked a few years in Beijing is now the president of Rotary Nuertingen Kirchheim Teck Club in Germany. He invited me to give a talk about Beijing using ZOOM.
care for children
During our Rotary lunch in Beijing Kempinski on 15 September we welcomed Care for Children to give a talk. Nice turnout and nice presentation.
beijing rotary in morel
Beijing Rotary in Morel’s Restaurant for dinner, instead of the usual lunches. Nice crowd, many nationalities to listen to our speaker, Michael.
roots and shoots
During the lunch of Tuesday 18 August the Rotary Club of Beijing had the pleasure to learn more about the work of the world-famous environmental NGO, Roots & Shoots.
rotarians meet in beijing
After months of restrictions due to the virus, Rotarians meet in Beijing again for informal meetings and simple social events.
2017
beijing rotaract clubs new team
Every year it has to be done, see here the Beijing Rotaract Clubs new team, after the May 2017 elections.
the 2017 rotaract gatsby gala more
From the 2017 Rotaract Gatsby Gala more pictures!
beijing rotary lunch 27 june
Beijing Rotary lunch 27 June in Kempinski again required me to jump in as Sergeant-at-Arms. Happy to welcome our Rotaractors from the Rotaract Club of Beijing.
rotary beijing lunch 20 june
We welcomed Gau for the lunch 20 June, our Rotaractor from the Beijing Rotaract West Club. Rotaractor Deliah made a presentation on the upcoming Rotaract Gatsby Gala.
the 2017 rotaract gatsby gala
The 2017 Rotaract Gatsby Gala turned out to be a smash. Our two Rotaract Clubs in Beijing managed the impossible thanks to the enthusiasm of so many involved.
rotary clubs joined for the rotary red lantern banquet 2017
The Beijing Rotary Clubs joined for the Rotary Red Lantern Banquet 2017, on Saturday 25 February 2017.
rotary action in beijing in may
Rotary in action in Beijing in May, a number of events to mention here. A new Interact Club, in the International School of Beijing.
rotary beijing club lunch on 18 april
Our Rotary Beijing Club lunch on 18 April in Kempinski Hotel, Rotaractors Max and Georgiana gave their report of the RYLA event in Shanghai.
rotary beijing club lunch 11 april
Rotary Beijing Club lunch 11 April 2017 in Kempinski, speaker: Mr. Ted Plafker, currently the correspondent with the Economist.
rotaract beijing west club one year anniversary party
Rotaract Beijing West Club one year anniversary party was finally held in Legend Beer, gongti xi lu on 20 April 2017.
hypospadias surgeries need support
Hypospadias surgeries need support but funding is still far away. Here a short introduction.
Link report: Hypospadias GOL.
beijing rotary club early 2017
Some activities of Beijing Rotary Club early 2017, the Club has been pretty busy and this is only a limited overview of our activities.
rotaract beijing starts 2017
Rotaract Beijing starts 2017: the two clubs are now pretty busy. Here some updates, Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) 1 to 4 April 2017.
