Looking ahead

Events and stories coming up in the next few days

Museum of Childhood marks the Year of the Rooster

The V&A Museum of Childhood on Cambridge Heath Road in London will host a range of performances, in both music and dance, on Saturday in celebration of Chinese New Year. Artisans will also conduct workshops for visitors of all ages, during which they will demonstrate how to make a Chinese opera mask, the way to create costumes and techniques for writing calligraphy.

Winning Chinese New Year short film set to be named

People can see films shot for a competition during London's Chinese New Year celebrations on Saturday at screenings at the China Exchange on the capital's Gerrard Street. Lantern Festival Screening: London's CNY Documentaries will feature short movies produced for the Doc in a Day: Chinese New Year project, a 36-hour filmmaking event organized by the London Documentary Network.

German symphony orchestra to perform in Shanghai

Guerzenich Orchestra Cologne, a German symphony orchestra based in Cologne, will perform at Shanghai's Grand Theatre on Tuesday. The orchestra traces its origins to 1827. It began public performances in 1857. In 1986, the orchestra took up residence at the Koelner Philharmonie.

Aerospace scientists gather in Beijing to talk robotics

The International Conference on Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering will be held in Beijing on Friday. The conference will bring together leading global researchers, engineers and scientists. They will discuss topics including mechatronics and robotics, automotive engineering and fluid mechanics. The conference has been organized by the software company SciencePlus.