President Xi Jinping hosted global south leaders at China's 80th anniversary of victory over Japan, celebrated with a massive military Victory Day parade which sent Donald Trump on the warpath.| Anna Chen – Renew the spirit, free the mind
The Steampunk Opium Wars, a musical romp through Britain's 18thC narcocapitalism in China, debuted at the Royal National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, London on 16 February 2012.| Anna Chen – Renew the spirit, free the mind
Broadcaster & UK polemicist Anna Chen's writing about China & its history without the imperialist spin. Presenting the Chinese diaspora & unpicking the West's controlling narrative.| Anna Chen – Renew the spirit, free the mind
To pay for its tea, silks, spices and porcelain, Britain mass-produced cheap Bengal-grown opium and forced it onto China at gunpoint, turning an aristocratic vice into a nationwide addiction.| Anna Chen – Renew the spirit, free the mind
On the 16th BRICS summit, the UK is in danger of being left behind as the rising trade bloc overtakes the G7 and makes the US dollar an also-ran. Will the UK stay on the sidelines to please the US?| Anna Chen – Renew the spirit, free the mind
Suzy Wrong Human Cannon 30th anniversary Edinburgh Fringe Festival Anna Chen| madammiaow.blogspot.com