A hundred thousand Chinese volunteers worked alongside the Allied forces in the European theatre of World War 1, doing some of the dirtiest and most dangerous jobs on the battlefield. It was understood that an allied victory would mean China being given back its territories that had been taken by Germany.
Peter Foo writes in his Change.org petition, addressed to Home Office Minister Theresa May, seeking justice for men who risked their lives for this country and Allied interests in World War Two: We are seeking an acknowledgement and apology from the Home Office for the 1946 Forced Repatriation of thousands of Chinese Seamen based in
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THE “OPERA FOR CHINATOWN” ART INSTALLATION, ON LIVERPOOL’S DUKE STREET, FEATURES PHOTOS OF THE OLD BOARDING HOUSE’S LONG FORGOTTEN RESIDENTS. My City Scope column for the South China Morning Post magazine 20th July 2014. City scope: Windows to the past Anna Chen in Liverpool Liverpool, home to the oldest Chinese community in Europe, is hosting
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A reminder about Liverpool tomorrow. I’m looking forward to giving my China Diaspora in Britain talk plus a poetry reading from Reaching for my Gnu at the Il Forno Restaurant in Duke Street, Liverpool, tomorrow at 4pm. My dad lived in Liverpool from the 1920s before he moved to London. It’s the International Festival of
Anna Chen gives her Chinese Diaspora in Britain talk and reads poetry at the International Festival of Business China Day launching ‘Opera for Chinatown’ in Liverpool. I’m really looking forward to doing this live event in Liverpool. “Writer, poet and broadcaster Anna Chen is coming to Liverpool on the 18th June to celebrate International Festival
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Photo: Pak Hung Chan In 2007 I made a ten-part series for BBC Radio 4 called Chinese In Britain. Along with my wonderful producer Mukti Jain Campion at Culture Wise, we covered hitherto largely unknown issues and events such as the forced repatriation by the Atlee government of Chinese seamen who’d risked their lives keeping
