What shapes LGBTQ+ identities in 2017 China? Dr Trude Sundberg will share her first-hand experience of building an inclusive community for LGBTQ+ groups in China. As co-founder of Q-Space, a Beijing-based centre designed to promote inclusiveness, Dr Sundberg will describe both her involvement in creating the centre and the social and political challenges she has […]
Category: Chinatown
Chinese for Labour is supporting the campaign – One Day Without Us
Photo Sukimok.com A message from Chinese for Labour We, Chinese for Labour is supporting the campaign – One Day Without Us. It is a National Day of Action on 20th Feb 2017 to celebrate the contribution of migrants to the UK, to coincide with UN World Day of Social Justice. We are calling on the […]
Liverpool’s New Chinatown positioned for investment this Chinese New Year
Jean Liggett, CEO of property investment consultancy Properties of the World, believes that the 850 homes of New Chinatown will attract keen interest from investors in China. She comments, “The impending Chinese New Year and Golden Week are a key time for Chinese property investors. With a whole week off for Golden Week, it’s an ideal time for […]
The First UK Dragon and Lion Dance Festival in London Chinatown
The First UK Dragon and Lion Dance Festival was held in London Chinatown yesterday. Organised by The London Chinatown Chinese Association ( LCCA), martial arts cultural practitioners and community groups lit up Chinatown with colourful performances. There was a ceremony by the Dragon and Lion dance teams of England to pay tribute to the late Wing Chun […]
Murder investigation launched in Chinatown Manchester
A murder investigation has been launched after two men died in a fire in Manchester’s Chinatown. Shortly after 2.15am on Friday 25 November 2016, police were called to Nicholas Street to reports of a fire in a disused building. Following a search by firefighters from GMFRS, the bodies of 57-year-old James Evans and 51-year-old Wayne […]
Chinatown: The Met Police arrests 18 people for prostitution and money laundering offences
The Metropolitan Police have arrested 18 people yesterday evening (Thursday, 20 October), as part of a proactive multi-agency operation to tackle organised crime including human trafficking, exploiting prostitution for gain, immigration offences and money laundering. ‘Operation Lanhydrock’ was launched to combat areas of criminality which have affected Chinatown and Soho in central London. The aim […]
Life in the Qing Dynasty Shanghai: Exhibition at the China Exchange in London
4 to 12 November at the China Exchange Qing Dynasty Shanghai: The Photographs of William Saunders features a selection of 35 to 40 original 19th-century albumen silver prints, many hand-coloured, by William Saunders from the Stephan Loewentheil Historical Photography of China Collection, the largest holding of late Qing dynasty photographs of China in private hands. This is the […]
Latest programme of events at London Chinatown’s China Exchange
The Prudential Series: 60 Minutes with Lord Lloyd Webber Tuesday, 21 June 6:30pm-7:30pm Award winning composer and producer, renowned for the world’s best-known musicals including Cats, Evita, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Phantom of the Opera and Sunset Boulevard. ——————————————— The Prudential Series: 60 Minutes with Gwyneth Paltrow Thursday, 23 […]
London Assembly candidate Merlene Toh Emerson on London Chinatown
Photo of a dragon in Chinatown by Chrystal Ding By Merlene Toh Emerson – The first and only female Chinese candidate to stand in the London Assembly Photo of Merlene at work by Allan Hong Over the years the Chinese community have been the target for the Home Office/Border control with raids for unregistered migrants. […]
London Chinatown: The closure of the legendary HK Diner
By Young Tan and Joanne Tse When people get used to a particular restaurant and end up being regular diners, others may find it bizarre how attached they become to it. The Chinese are notorious for this, especially those who are part of the older generation. Over the first few times they go, they’ll befriend […]