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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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Ethnically cleansing working class history: my Guardian article

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Photo: Great Western Hospital workers have been on strike against Carillion for a year. My article in the Guardian today People of colour like me have been painted out of working-class history It’s shocking how even voices on the left mythologise the history of Britain’s labour movement as an all-white affair Black people have lived

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Ye Shiwen wins swimming gold for China 2012

The monstering of Ye Shiwen: Guardian article, 2012 Olympics

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There’s something about the principle of fair play that’s taking a knock during these Olympics. What happened to the presumption of innocence until found guilty? An unpleasant wave of hostility has picked on one group of athletes while others in the Western camps are rightly praised for their stunning performances. Teenage swimmers Ruta Meilutyte (Lithuania)

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China In Britain at Westminster Uni: Anna and Charles Shaar Murray on the bill

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I’m performing this afternoon at the China In Britain event at Westminster University, 4.45pm. It’s a talk with performance extracts from my shows and a bit of poetry. The wonderful Charles Shaar Murray is my musical accompanist, playing guitar. I’ll be referring to various topics so here are the links for you to explore further.

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Murdoch and the breaking of the News International omerta

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Rupert Murdoch has poisoned political life in Britain since his hero Margaret Thatcher elevated him to power when she was Prime Minister. Why is it that Labour mutated into New Labour when in 1997 they would have won the landslide election even with a chimp in charge? Seumas Milne writes in the Guardian today: But

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