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.

A Permanent Reservoir of Scapegoats: how racism drives the geopolitics of China’s rise

Anna Chen – 6 October 2021, Racism No Cold War kindly invited me to speak at their online event on 6th October but sound problems rendered my contribution pretty unlistenable — apologies. I am posting the text of my speech here and will try to re-record soon it along with a poem. A PERMANENT RESERVOIR […]

A Permanent Reservoir of Scapegoats: how racism drives the geopolitics of China’s rise Read More »

We Can’t Make It Here Anymore by James McMurtry: the state of America

James McMurtry performs We Can’t Make It Here Anymore James McMurtry recorded this video in 2007 and the message is becoming increasingly apt for our modern times as the superpower implodes and America rips itself apart. This is the state of the richest country on Earth after the oligarchy bled it dry. What they did

We Can’t Make It Here Anymore by James McMurtry: the state of America Read More »

Covid Open Letter to Dispatches Channel 4

Open letter of complaint to Channel 4 Dispatches “Covid Leak”

Channel 4 Dispatches “Covid Leak”: politicising a pandemic
2 September 2021: Open letter of complaint to C4 Dispatches for “Covid Leak”. Politicising Covid-19 gave cover to the UK government’s mishandling of the pandemic and cost lives. All the while, Boris Johnson’s government was letting “the bodies pile high”.

Open letter of complaint to Channel 4 Dispatches “Covid Leak” Read More »

China under western colonialism. A Chinese woman carries a white male like a beast of burden

The Roots of the Clash between the United States and China: Vigil for the Atlanta Shootings

After a year of increasing anti-Asian violence encouraged by unscrupulous politicians and media, we took another lurch to the dark side when eight people were killed in the Atlanta shootings (16th March 2021), six of them Asian women. Elsewhere, Asian people are being regularly maimed and murdered.

The Roots of the Clash between the United States and China: Vigil for the Atlanta Shootings Read More »

Standing up to sinophobia: how racism has its roots in politics

STANDING UP TO SINOPHOBIA: From Fu Manchu to Bat Soup Online event hosted by The Society for Anglo-Chinese Understanding (SACU) 6th April 2021 Contribution by Anna Chen HOW RACISM HAS ITS ROOTS IN POLITICS So here we are in April 2021 as America’s anti-Chinese pogrom goes full blown. We’re seeing almost daily attacks on Asian

Standing up to sinophobia: how racism has its roots in politics Read More »

Scroll to Top