Author name: Anna Chen

UK writer and broadcaster Anna Chen challenges stale empire narratives with original insights and a dash of wit. A politically informed artist, poet and pioneering China commentator, she has led successful strategies to raise consciousness and run over dogma with her karma. Cultural breakthroughs include: UK’s First Chinese Punk, First To Take A Show To The Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Published Poet At 14, Orwell Prize Shortlisted, TED Speaker, BBC Writer And Presenter, Dissenting Journalist, Critical Thinker And Political Analyst. A lifetime of political analysis & cultural response in published articles, radio, videos, blog and poetry.

China labour laws blocked by US corps: Tory politician knows nothing, shock, horror!

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Tory MEP and Euro Parliament Vice President Edward McMillan-Scott effectively called me a liar on BBC Radio 5Live’s Stephen Nolan show a few Sundays ago when I pointed out that when China tried to improve its abysmal workers’ rights situation in 2006 the American Chamber of Commerce, representing a swathe of top businesses like Walmart […]

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Opening ceremony Beijing Olympics: Madam Miaow on the radio tonight

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I’m now watching the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics and laughing. It’s spectacular beyond belief: 2,008 Foo drumers with an amazing light show; 3,000 year old string instruments; fireworks displays across six miles of the Forbidden City axis to the Birds Nest Stadium; dancers painting a huge unfurling scroll combining the arts of

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Madam Miaow on the radio: the year of the “Genocide Olympics”

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Bon profit — tonight I should be eating Denise’s paella (above) instead of engaging in radio verbals with the terminally ambitious Yes, the “Genocide Olympics”. That’s what the latest bandwagon-jumper, Edward McMillan-Scott (Tory MEP and European Parliament Vice President), busy climbing up the greasy pole and endeavoring to make a name for himself, has decided

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How to spend a perfect day in London: Madam Miaow and LJ Rich on the Thames

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The first few days of what feels like a proper hot summer at last. On Thursday Madam Miaow and LJ Rich skive on the South Bank and then head off to Greenwich for more fun. We begin our pleasure with selecting a sushi picnic from Wasabi in Villiers Street, followed by a leisurely stroll across

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