Looking ahead

Events and stories coming up in the next few days

Adaptation of Marlowe play set to start run in London

Ng Choon Ping's adaptation of Christopher Marlowe's play Tamburlaine the Great will be performed at the Arcola Theatre, Ashwin Street, London, between Wednesday and April 8. The drama was written in the late 1580s and tells the story of a lowly shepherd who rises to power and conquers half the world. This production features a cast of actors with East Asian roots.

Entrepreneurs offer advice on becoming a UK success

The third-annual Manchester Chinese Business Week will continue on Friday with Talking with Entrepreneurs in Room 4.04 of the University of Manchester's Simon Building. The session offers an opportunity to talk to businesspeople who were once international students studying in the UK. Chi Lam, co-founder of Ice Bear Imaging, Jesse Min Liu, CEO of Biubiu, and Alistair Zhao, founder of AskiNow, will all offer insights.

Networking club discussing ways brands can get a break

The Chopsticks Club, a networking group comprising professionals with an interest in China-UK relations, will hold a panel discussion on Monday about ways in which brands can prepare for the Chinese market. The panel will include representatives from global brands Huawei and Haier. The session is in the Museum of Brands, Lancaster Road, London.

Tillerson to visit East Asia for talks about DPRK issues

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will travel to Japan, the Republic of Korea and China next week on his first visit to the region since assuming the job last month, the State Department said. He will arrive in Tokyo on Wednesday, continue on to Seoul on March 17 and will then travel to Beijing the following day. The nuclear and missile activities of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea are expected to dominate Tillerson's talks with his counterparts.