Council bans two films from Thurrock International Celebration of Film Festival

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How sadly ironic that the Thurrock International Celebration of Film (TIC) festival — starting tomorrow at the Thamesside Theatre in Grays, Essex — has just seen two Asian films axed from the programme by the council in a risible exercise in censorship. The organisers, who have worked hard to provide solid, diverse cultural input for […]

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Chinese Labour Corps World War 1 Europe

Liverpool Commemorates the Chinese Labour Corps of the Allied World War I front 10th August

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A hundred thousand Chinese volunteers worked alongside the Allied forces in the European theatre of World War 1, doing some of the dirtiest and most dangerous jobs on the battlefield. It was understood that an allied victory would mean China being given back its territories that had been taken by Germany.

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Jeremy Corbyn condemns cheap labour from abroad on day of Chinatown protest against immigration fishing raids

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Labour dogwhistles echo Trump protectionism and the spirit of MAGA Congratulations and a big thank you to everyone who made it to today’s protest against the Home Office’s aggressive immigrant fishing raids blighting London’s Chinatown, called by the London Chinatown Chinese Association. These raids have intensified under the Tories’ hostile environment ever since the Brexit

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When is a dress just a dress? American teenager’s Chinese prom dress and cultural appropriation

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Anna Chen writes in the Guardian, An American woman wearing a Chinese dress is not cultural appropriation (Guardian headline and standfirst written by sub-eds) PROM pic.twitter.com/gsJ0LtsCmP — Keziah (@daumkeziah) April 22, 2018 When is a dress just a dress? Remember those photos of the little cocktail number that looked blue with black lace to some

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Anna Chen’s band The Snow Leopards – photos from the mists of time

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Found some old pics of me with my band, The Snow Leopards. Even before Apple! Well, it was long, long time ago in a universe far, far away … Cruella coat designed by Dave Vanian’s girlfriend, Laurie, in the King’s Road days. Madam Miaow says … visit Anna’s food blog here: http://annacheneats.blogspot.com/

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Credit Crunch Suicide: poem about the bankers’ crash by Anna Chen

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Ten years of austerity since the credit crunch crisis and we’re even worse off while the rich doubled their wealth since 2008 It is ten years since the bankers’ crash went full blown and what have we done? Austerity, Macjobs, disabled payments cuts, a spiteful bedroom tax costing more to administer than is collected, tax

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