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Britain’s “liberal” media and UK Chinese: from London Chinatown to the general election

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The Guardian has always been sloppy about China matters, but its publishing stable now appears to have given up any pretence of writing about UK Chinese issues informatively. “It was a genuine community built by the emigrants from Hong Kong who, having been bombed out of Limehouse in the East End in the 1940s, made […]

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BBC Newsbeat crocodile tears over anti-Chinese racism

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Michael Wilkes of the British Chinese Project While it is always uplifting to see the wicked repent and mend their ways, the BBC Newsbeat item — acknowledging how racism against Chinese Brits is largely ignored — is in danger of providing the corporation with bleeding-heart cover in the absence of measures to rectify the injustice.

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Being Human Festival: Anna Chen talks about Chinese comedy in culture debate

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Being Human Festival: Ha ha ha? Laughter and Humour Across Languages and Time. Had a lovely time last night talking at another event in the Being Human Festival. Laughter is generally regarded as something quintessentially human: being human means being able to laugh (or so Aristotle claimed). However, the things that make people laugh can

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The Life & Crimes of Anna May Wong on Madam Miaow, Resonance FM, 5pm today

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Later today on Madam Miaow’s Culture Lounge, Resonance 104.4FM, listen to “The Life and Crimes of Anna May Wong”, the story of Hollywood’s first Chinese screen legend. 5-6pm. Presented by Anna Chen from her one-woman show, Anna May Wong Must Die! With Charles Shaar Murray. Listen afterwards here or even better, as it’s radio, LIVE via

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British East Asian Artists open letter to Ed Vaizey and broadcaster on racial exclusion in the culture

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An open letter to Ed Vaizey and heads of broadcasting from the British East Asian Artists group. We read with interest that the UK Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries, The Right Honourable Mr. Ed Vaizey, has expressed concern about the number of black actors who are abandoning Britain for America because of lack

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Edinburgh Fringe greenlights yellowface and BLACKFACE

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Alarming news emerges from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival: not only yellowface but now BLACKFACE is okay in its theatres, marking a throwback to majorly less enlightened times. Three young east Asian women, Julie Cheung-Inhin, Emily Siu-see Hung and Anh Chu, were put through the grinder this week, when they went to see Beijing Cake, a

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