The Chinese Students and Scholars Association at Cornell University has organized and is sponsoring its first "China Culture Week," beginning this week and running through the first weeks of March.

There are a variety of on-campus activities planned - including Chinese movies, a lecture, a photo exhibition and a food tasting - and all are open to the Cornell community and the general public. The goal, organizers say, is "to reveal a real China to people here in and around Cornell."

Co-sponsors of China Culture Week at Cornell are the East Asia Program, the Department of Asian Studies, the International Students Programming Board, the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly Finance Commission, and the offices of the Dean of Students and the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education.

Here is the schedule. All events, except for the food tasting, are free.

Movies:

• Feb. 25 and Feb. 28: "To Live," 7-10 p.m., 255 Olin Hall
• Feb. 29 and March 7: "In the Mood for Love," 7:30-9:30 p.m., Willard Straight Theatre
• March 1: "Keep Cool," 7-8:30 p.m., 255 Olin Hall

Lecture:

• Feb. 27: Novelist Hua Yu, author of To Live , speaking on "Why I Write," 7-10 p.m., 122 Rockefeller Hall

Photo Exhibition:

• March 1-6: Exhibition in entrance to Media Room (basement level), Olin Library
• March 3-9: "Under the Skylight," Cornell Store (upper level)

Chinese food tasting:

• March 6: 4-6:30 p.m., Okenshield's in Willard Straight Hall

(Tickets for the food tasting are available for $5 at the Willard Straight Hall desk or by e-mail at gz34@cornell.edu .)

For more information on China Culture Week, contact Kevin Chen at qc28@cornell.edu or (607) 253-6573.