In an effort to bolster its move towards economic recovery, China has continued to invest. As part of a 4 trillion RMB ($600 Billion) stimulus capital infusion – larger proportionally than the one in the United States – the Chinese based infrastructure giant, Hunan Valin Iron and Steel purchased roughly an 18% stake in Australian company Fortescue Metals on Tuesday.

On Sunday, 15 February at 5pm at the Street Theatre, Canberrans are invited to attend an evening celebrating contemporary classical Latin American music. The event will include a dazzling display from the Mexican quartet Latin Chamber Ensemble, Colombian ensemble Cuatro Quartet and Melbourne based Collectivo 29, illustrating the great depth and diversity of the compositions of the region. Readers of HULIQ will get access to the concession price if they mention the code written here.

The National Museum of Australia has received a major donation of the Johnny Warren collection, almost 500 objects related to the life of the footballer, administrator, journalist and television personality.

The National Museum of Australia in Canberra has opened an exhibition celebrating the history of Rugby League, League of Legends: 100 years of Rugby League in Australia. The free exhibition will be on display in Canberra until May 11 and travel to Brisbane, Sydney, Townsville and Melbourne.

The largest collection of works by an Australian artist to be exhibited outside Australia has gone on display at the National Museum of Art in Osaka, Japan until April 13, 2008.

The largest solo exhibition of an Australian artist to tour overseas, Utopia: the Genius of Emily Kame Kngwarreye, will be on display at the National Museum of Australia in August 2008.

The community of Papunya is located 250km west of Alice Springs. The National Museum of Australia holds one of the most significant collections of 1970s Papunya Tula canvases in the world. The exhibition is predominantly drawn from this collection and features more than 40 canvases; many have never been publicly displayed.

Behind the Lines: The Year's Best Cartoons, an exhibition exploring the twists and turns of another eventful year in Australian politics, opens tomorrow at the National Museum of Australia.

The Red Shoes is the work of internationally acclaimed choreographer Simon Dow, featuring the talented dancers of West Australian Ballet. Based on the 1948 movie, The Red Shoes is one of the greatest dance stories of our time and tells the tale of a beautiful ballerina torn between her two passions - ballet and the man she loves.

The master of theatrical illusion, Philippe Genty, returns to Canberra with his spectacular new work Lands End (La Fin Des Terres).

One Man is a two-act social satire consisting of two short plays with Steven Berkoff starring. Surely one of the scariest tales of demantia and murderous compulsion ever - a gothic tale of horror.

In a powerful new co-production, Bell Shakespeare and Queensland Theatre Company present Anatomy Titus Fall of Rome: A Shakespeare Commentary, a reworking of Shakespeare’s bloodiest play Titus Andronicus by German playwright Heiner Müller.