Chinese Liberal Democrats Chair Linda Chung has been selected as the Liberal Democrat candidate for Hampstead Town ward on Camden Council. A by-election for the ward, caused by the resignation of a Tory Councillors, will be held on Thursday 25th September.
'Ao Yun' in Mandarin or 'Jeux Olympiques' as they say in France. Wherever you may be this month, it is probably difficult to get away from news on the Beijing Olympics. It is afterall the largest international sporting event showcasing the best in athletics and sports. Athletes from no less than 204 'nations' compete for titles and medals. China, as host nation, is on track to break new records in more ways than one. Described in the Economist as something of a 'coming-out party' after over a century of foreign colonisation, civil war and poverty, she is poised to show her return as a great world power.
Liberal Democrat President Simon Hughes MP came to support the Min Zhu Loong (Democracy Dragon) team at the 2008 Dragon Boat Festival, held on Sunday 8th June at the London Regatta Centre, Royal Albert Docks.
SingTao on 18 April 2008 published an article on the Chinese Lib Dems [Chinese language] which you can read at http://tinyurl.com/6cs7be
I am very pleased to be able to represent Mayoral Candidate Brian Paddick today. If he weren't running in the Marathon (not just running for Mayor) he would definitely be here with us in Chinatown.
Respected MP Nick Clegg,