The kind people at the Bookworm Literary Festival have invited me to speak at their events this year, in Chengdu, Suzhou, Ningbo and Beijing. Which is why I’m waiting for the cab to take me to trains and airport. The longest journey begins with the first taxi, grasshopper. I’ll be talking about Anna May Wong […]
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In the summer of 1989, protesters gathered in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square for a range of reasons. Some might have yearned for an idealised Western capitalist system, but a whole lot more were there to defend rights won under the revolution and now being reversed by Deng Xiaoping. What united the various strands was the expectation
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Aowen Jin’s Factory Girls Tonight live at 5pm on Resonance 104.4FM, Madam Miaow’s Culture Lounge‘s guests are actor Daniel York, playwright Jingan Young, and artist Aowen Jin. Presented by Anna Chen. Charles Shaar Murray rides shotgun. With added Wondermare. Expect a lively discussion on the conflicting state of Chinese artists in Britain as the West
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Last night’s pre-screening gala talk at the BFI by film director Feng Xiaogang climaxed the Spectacular China season of his films while launching the year-long Electric Shadows collaboration between the BFI and China. After a start as slow as wet cement, it livened up considerably once Feng and his adroit translator bypassed a disappointingly dull
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MADAM MIAOW’S CULTURE LOUNGE 5/8News, music and poetryRESONANCE 104.4FMPresented by Anna Chen5.30-6.30pm Tuesday 12th November 2013Listen liveorlisten later online Monkey goes Western: Chinese cultural innovation in the West The Innovators: Dr Who’s 50th anniversary; Chinese science fiction; China music and drama in the West In this Tuesday’s Madam Miaow’s Culture Lounge on Resonance FM, Anna
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Look, no hands! Here’s me having a go at singing again at the St Ives Arts Festival in September. Dolly Parton’s “Jolene” backed by Charles Shaar Murray and Marc Jefferies, both doing a great job. Madam Miaow says … visit Anna Chen’s website here: Home Anna’s food blog here: http://annacheneats.blogspot.com/
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