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China and its Inventions: Anna Chen on the radio 2014

Anna Chen presented her groundbreaking radio series on China’s scientific and cultural inventions for Resonance FM in 2014.
While Boris Johnson was insisting Chinese can’t innovate, Anna took audiences on a journey from China’s world firsts to European domination and the Opium Wars.
Replayed here in the week of the Shenzhou 18 & 19 handover on the Tiangong Space Station.

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HSBC’s record drugs money laundering fine: from Opium Wars to Mexican drug lords

Ain’t life funny? The HSBC started off in the 19th century opium wars, servicing the British narcocapitalists, and here they are still at it, laundering drugs money for Mexican drugs lords. You’d think, given the severity of US drugs laws and how they slap every spliffer and cannabis-dealing youth into jail — especially if they’re

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The Hackney Tea Ceremony: Gary Lammin at The Steampunk Opium Wars

Gary Lammin is Master of Ceremonies in The Hackney Tea Ceremony, part of The Steampunk Opium Wars debut at the National Maritime Museum on 16th February 2012. With legendary radical theatre impressario Neil Hornick as Captain Ironside. Written by Anna Chen with additional material by Gary Lammin. Additional video by Jeff Willis. The Steampunk Opium

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

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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