Month: June 2018
Procession
Today was the day for the Procession, an event to mark 100 years of women’s voting rights in Briton. The sun shone brilliantly on thousands and thousands of women who took part in the march in London, a Chinese friend Kailan and myself included. We chanted, danced, sang and laughed all the way! The city… Continue reading Procession
The Pankhursts
One of the many wonderful things about living in London is that you get to meet all sorts of interesting and fabulous poeple. today I had the great honour and pleasure to have coffee with Helen Pankurst, the renowned women’s rights activist and writer. She is the great-granddaughter of Emmeline Pankurst and the granddaughter of… Continue reading The Pankhursts
40 years reforms and opening up
Last night at an event organized by Beijing Internations Society, I had the great honour and pleasure to share a stage with Pulitzer winning journalist and author Ian Johnson, talking about the reforms and opening up. It was 40 years ago that Deng Xiaoping introduced the policy that dramatically transformed China from one of the… Continue reading 40 years reforms and opening up