Lord Ashdown in HongKong
Lord Paddy Ashdown, Liberal Democrat leader and Patron of CLDs, had a two-day fact-finding mission to Hong Kong (27 Nov 2017 - 28 Nov 2017).
KC
25 Jan 2018
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Post Christmas musings on the R word
The Queen has in her Christmas speech welcomed new members into the royal family in 2018.
ME
28 Dec 2017
Ensuring We Remember the Chinese Labour Corps
On 7 December the Ensuring We Remember Campaign issued a press release confirming that the site for a permanent memorial has been secured. Thanks to the generous sponsorship of ABP (London) Investment Limited, a 9.6m tall memorial will hopefully be erected at the primary entrance to the £1.7bn development at the Royal Albert Docks in Newham.
17 Dec 2017
Hongkong’s Intangible Cultural Heritage
On 15th November, Ming Ai Institute together with curators from Hongkong held an exhibition at the China Exchange of Hongkong's Intangible Cultural Heritage. Following consultation earlier this year, the 20th anniversary year of the establishment of the Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, a list of 20 items have been drawn up relating to the intangible cultural heritage of Hongkong.
MECCCLD
25 Nov 2017
Britain's Forgotten Army
I felt very privileged to be asked to represent the Chinese Lib Dems at this historic centenary of the arrival of the Chinese Labour Corps on the Western Front of WWI. The story was made more poignant by the fact that they did not know they were being sent into a theatre of the most devastating war of the 20th century. I was particularly saddened to hear the stories from some of the descendants that these men were not appreciated even at the time of their hard labours and continued to this very day.
MM
14 Nov 2017
Jonathan Fryer addresses CLD at Annual General Meeting
Liam Fox and other Brexiteers in the UK's current Conservative government are fond of saying that when we are "free" from the European Union, we will be able to enter into a great new dawn of trading partnerships with other big players around the world, not least China. Actually, it was David Cameron and the then Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, who really championed the idea of a bright future hand-in-hand with the People's Republic, though they never imagined that would be something totally separate from EU-China trading relations. Theresa May, interestingly, has been a little more cautious in her embrace of President Xi Jinping, who has been expertly consolidating his authority at the Chinese People's Congress this week. But despite the bluff reassurances of Liam Fox, David Davis and Boris Johnson, forging an advantageous new trading relationship with China is unlikely to be straightforward, for a number of reasons. First, until Britain formally leaves the EU - in principle on 29 March 2019 - i
JF
23 Oct 2017