Steampunk Opium Wars VIDEO: Deborah Evans-Stickland sings “Money”

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The Steampunk Opium Wars. So what’s it all about? Deborah Evans-Stickland as Britannia sings her Flying Lizards hit, “Money” (That’s what I want). Rule Britannia played by Charles Shaar Murray. The Narrator: Anna Chen Camera: Jeff Willis Pictures here. FACEBOOK The Steampunk Opium Wars pages: The Steampunk Opium Wars Home Page Afterview The Company: who […]

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Steampunk Opium Wars VIDEO: Lin Zexu Just Says No!

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Here’s the first extract from The Steampunk Opium Wars which debuted at the National Maritime Museum on Thursday. The story so far … The East India Company has been growing mass-produced opium in Bengal and swamping China with the narcotic, turning an aristocratic vice into a mass addiction. The Emperor calls in Commissioner Lin Zexu

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Live stream of The Steampunk Opium Wars tonight

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Get ready from 6.30pm tonight because we have a live stream of The Steampunk Opium Wars from the National Maritime Museum. Show kicks off at 6.45pm. Click on these links: New MLEC2flashios embed Back-up live stream Madam Miaow says … visit Anna Chen’s website here: Home Anna’s food blog here: http://annacheneats.blogspot.com/

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The Steampunk Opium Wars at the National Maritime Museum

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National Maritime Museum18.30-22.00Thursday 16th February 2012 A satirical extravaganza about China, Britain, imperialism and drugs in the 19th century in verse & music. See narco-capitalists & Chinese lawmakers slug it out, take part in a poetry slam, and watch the weirdest tea ceremony ever. What do the humble cup of tea and the opium poppy

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SOPA bites the dust but how did the Chinese view the US firewall?

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With a mixture of sympathy, schadenfreude and amusement, it seems. Evan Osnos writes in The New Yorker: After several years in which American diplomats have inveighed against Internet censorship in China, the proposals have inspired a bit of snickering. ‘The Great Firewall turns out to be a visionary product; the American government is trying to

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