August 2008

China labour laws blocked by US corps: Tory politician knows nothing, shock, horror!

3 Comments / Anna Chen, Politics, US / /

Tory MEP and Euro Parliament Vice President Edward McMillan-Scott effectively called me a liar on BBC Radio 5Live’s Stephen Nolan show a few Sundays ago when I pointed out that when China tried to improve its abysmal workers’ rights situation in 2006 the American Chamber of Commerce, representing a swathe of top businesses like Walmart […]

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Opening ceremony Beijing Olympics: Madam Miaow on the radio tonight

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I’m now watching the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics and laughing. It’s spectacular beyond belief: 2,008 Foo drumers with an amazing light show; 3,000 year old string instruments; fireworks displays across six miles of the Forbidden City axis to the Birds Nest Stadium; dancers painting a huge unfurling scroll combining the arts of

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Madam Miaow on the radio: the year of the “Genocide Olympics”

8 Comments / Anna Chen, Media / /

Bon profit — tonight I should be eating Denise’s paella (above) instead of engaging in radio verbals with the terminally ambitious Yes, the “Genocide Olympics”. That’s what the latest bandwagon-jumper, Edward McMillan-Scott (Tory MEP and European Parliament Vice President), busy climbing up the greasy pole and endeavoring to make a name for himself, has decided

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