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BBC Young Musician competition finalist – Chinese pianist Lauren Zhang
Chinese pianist Lauren Zhang has been named as a finalist in the prestigious BBC Young Musician competition, which celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2018. Lauren impressed the judges during the regional auditions in late 2017 and is now one of five musicians to have progressed to the Keyboard Category Final. All five Category Finals – […]
Could UK’s future Prime Minister be of Chinese heritage?
Britain’s future Prime Minister could be of Chinese heritage – and part of a new parliamentary leadership scheme being launched today. Two aspiring political hopefuls of Chinese family background will get a unique insight into the world of politics as they take part in a new ‘MPs Shadowing Scheme’. They have been matched with MPs […]
Interview: Hong Kong model Jaye on being a petite East Asian model in the UK
“British East Asian women should be strong, independent and unapologetic individuals” – Nee Hao Interviews Hong Kong model Jaye on being a petite East Asian model in the UK The growing presence of East Asian models in the modelling and fashion industry is partly owed to the growing middle-class Chinese consumers in the international fashion […]
Manchester city centre prepares for Chinese New Year
On Sunday 18th February 2018, Manchester’s legendary Dragon Parade led by a spectacular 175-foot dragon will weave its way through the city’s streets from Manchester Town Hall to Chinatown, where revellers can enjoy lion dancing, martial arts displays, a funfair, street food stalls and a spectacular fireworks finale at 6pm. With a Chinese New Year weekend […]
Chinese dragons and lions to join New Year’s celebrations in London
London Chinatown Chinese Association (LCCA), the organiser of the official Chinese New Year Celebration will be bringing the colourful dragon & lions dance to the popular New Year Day Parade in London tomorrow. London’s New Year’s Day Parade (LNYDP) celebrates its 32nd year in 2018 and more than 8,500 performers representing 20 countries will take […]
Chinese pianist Di Xiao named Alumni of the Year
Di Xiao (肖荻), a classical piano soloist from China, has been named one of Birmingham City University’s Alumni of the Year. She will receive her award on Tuesday 9 January in Symphony Hall, Birmingham, in the presence of hundreds of graduands and their families. Despite her global success, Di came from very humble beginnings in […]
Interview with London based Chinese pianist Sunny Li
It is accurate to say that this newly crowned Steinway Artist lives and breathes music. At the age of 4, young Li Yun (Sunny) was so curious and fascinated by her father’s love for classical music that she took interest in learning the piano. At the age of 16, Sunny left her home in China […]
Self-Racism of the British Chinese? Contextualising BBC Comedy Chinese Burn
By Flair Donglai Shi – DPhil candidate in English at the University of Oxford Image courtesy of BBC 3 The viewpoints expressed in this article are those of the individual contributors and do not necessarily represent the views of the University of Oxford or Nee Hao Magazine The recently released pilot episode of the BBC […]