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Discovering China - Chinese Calligraphy: History and Development [Ben,] "Well, I'm here with Helen Liu and her colleague Mr. Guan from Wall Street Chinese. Thank you very much for being here with us today. Helen, first of all, would you like to give us a little introduction? What is Wall Street Chinese?" [Helen Liu, Founder Wall St. Chinese] "I founded Wall Street Chinese back in 2009, in response to the increase in need of Western society (wanting) to know more about the East." [Ben] "I understand that you do a lot of promotion of traditional Chinese language and arts in New York. Could you tell us a little bit about that? [Helen Liu, Founder Wall St. Chinese] "Other than business Chinese, which is the initial reason of setting up Wall Street Chinese, we also promote a lot of Chinese art and culture. We've been organizing more than 200 events, seminars, workshops, and classes around traditional Chinese culture—such as our signature class, calligraphy. We've been running it every other week in our offices and studios, for the last three and a half years, and I want to introduce our calligraphy teacher Mr. Guan to you." [Ben] "Hello, Mr. Guan. Thank you for coming to our TV station to introduce your calligraphy. Could you first talk about the history of calligraphy and its process of development?" [Mr. Guan Zhiyuan, Calligraphy Instructor at Wall St Chinese] "Chinese calligraphy has spread far and wide, with a history of 3000 years. When calligraphy was being first created, they started with characters and later it developed into ... From: NTDTV Views: 120 14 ratings Time: 06:41 More in Shows