More or Less Asian? Stereotypes in Literature: talk at Asia House 12th Nov 2014

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The cuddly liberal Guardian thought this illustration was OK. The original photo of the squirrel before the Guardian’s Goebbels squad got on the job. I’m on a panel next Wednesday at Asia House for a debate — More or Less Asian? — alongside actor and playwright Daniel York, playwright Yasmeen Khan, author Niven Govenden and […]

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Chinese in Britain this week: South China Morning Post and BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Two lots of Chinese in Britain from me this week. Today, my cover article for the South China Morning Post magazine — “Personal tales of a journey to a new land” — about the sweeping Ming Ai oral history project, backed by the Heritage Lottery Fund documenting, as many UK Chinese as possible 2012-2015. Drawn

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Anna Chen presents the series “Chinese In Britain” on BBC Radio 4: repeated October 2014 on R4 Extra

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Anna Chen presents the groundbreaking ten-part series Chinese in Britain made for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast 30 April 2007, repeated from 27th October 2014 on R4 Extra. (Recorded 2006 and 2007) This seminal work on the Chinese diaspora was presented by Anna Chen and produced by Mukti Jain Campion of Culture Wise for BBC Radio 4.

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Anna on the BBC World Service Weekend programme, 18th October 2014

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I was a guest on the BBC World Service Weekend programme on Saturday, talking about the news: the Middle East, The Catholic Synod, Ebola and sheds. This year is the tenth anniversary of the Morecambe Bay Chinese cocklepickers disaster so I read my poem, “I Am Rich and Your Are Poor: lines on dead Chinese

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Yellow Peril Orientalism past and present: awaiting Chris Frayling’s new Chinaphobia book

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This morning’s hypnagogic state was interrupted by a call from Pat Edlin, who excitedly told me about a book by Chris Grayling about yellow peril fears and orientalism that he’d just heard discussed on the Today programme (BBC Radio 4). I did wonder why a dodgy Tory minister would suddenly break the habit of a

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Dislocating Asia review: groundbreaking cultural event showcasing East Asian British music, literature and poetry

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Liz Chi Yen Liew and Dennis Lee Last night’s Dislocating Asia event at The Forge in Camden was more than a whole heap of fun: it was significant in showcasing a variety of top East Asian talent without a hint of faux orientalism. We were the cool kids (okay, we were the rebels smoking fags

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