Anna Chen presents the groundbreaking ten-part series Chinese in Britain made for BBC Radio 4 broadcast in 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. The series […]
“She’s over there …” Tuesday sees the launch of my Resonance FM series with “Oh Other, where art thou?”, discussing yellowface, blackface and east Asians in the kulcher. My guests include Daniel York (The Fu Manchu Complex) and his band Wondermare, actress Siu-see Hung, Dr Diana Yeh and Ben Chu of the Independent who’s just
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MADAM MAO’S GOLDEN OLDIESBBC Radio 4 11:30am, Tuesday 17th July 2012Presented and co-written by Anna ChenProduced by Mukti Jain Campion for Culture Wise In Madam Mao’s Golden Oldies, I revisit the Chinese Cultural Revolution Model Operas that I first heard as a child in the 1960s and 70s and discover how they are, somewhat surprisingly,
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Well, call me Kafka. My contribution to today’s Feedback programme on BBC R4 ended up as a cutting-room floor job in favour of a letter from another listener making similar points, which was good. At least it shows someone else could be bothered to write in about the god-awful throwback Fu Manchu In Edinburgh programme
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Jonathan Walker and Anna Chen A quick reminder that my BBC Radio 4 programme on orientalism in Western music is on for another five days. Chopsticks At Dawn13:30 Tuesday 8th June 2010BBC Radio 4Presented by Anna ChenWritten by Anna Chen with Dr Jonathan WalkerProduced by Chris Eldon-Lee and Culture Wise LISTEN NOW ON BBC IPLAYER
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Here’s a YouTube recording of May Kway Oh May Kway by Miss Huey Lee, the original Chinese song that became Frankie Laine’s hit, Rose, Rose, I Love You which I featured on Chopsticks At Dawn, my Radio 4 programme looking at orientalism in Western music. Several people have now contacted me to let me know
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