racism

A Permanent Reservoir of Scapegoats: how racism drives the geopolitics of China’s rise

No Cold War kindly invited me to speak at their online event on 6th October but sound problems rendered my contribution pretty unlistenable — apologies. I am posting the text of my speech here and will try to re-record soon it along with a poem. A PERMANENT RESERVOIR OF SCAPEGOATS: HOW RACISM DRIVES THE GEOPOLITICS

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Standing up to sinophobia: how racism has its roots in politics

STANDING UP TO SINOPHOBIA: From Fu Manchu to Bat Soup Online event hosted by The Society for Anglo-Chinese Understanding (SACU) 6th April 2021 Contribution by Anna Chen HOW RACISM HAS ITS ROOTS IN POLITICS So here we are in April 2021 as America’s anti-Chinese pogrom goes full blown. We’re seeing almost daily attacks on Asian

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Council estate “chinky bird” urges restaurateurs to piss in Nigel Farage’s prawn balls

This council estate-raised “chinky bird” is making a heartfelt plea for all the magnificent Chinese restaurateurs and takeaway caterers of the British Isles to piss in Nigel Farage’s prawn balls if ever he shows his dinosaur face near their establishments. Of course, they won’t because they’re too nice: much nicer than the bigots that Ukip

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China In Britain at Westminster Uni: Anna and Charles Shaar Murray on the bill

I’m performing this afternoon at the China In Britain event at Westminster University, 4.45pm. It’s a talk with performance extracts from my shows and a bit of poetry. The wonderful Charles Shaar Murray is my musical accompanist, playing guitar. I’ll be referring to various topics so here are the links for you to explore further.

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Lucy Liu cast as Elementary Watson: British Sherlock threatens turf war with US show

Brilliant news that the enlightened producers of Elementary, the new American Sherlock Holmes television series on CBS, have had the imagination to cast Lucy Liu as Dr Joan Watson. Some wags have commented that this is wrong because she should have been playing Holmes him/herself, but you can’t have everything. Amusingly, the team behind the

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