The British Empire and the Chinese Diaspora

How colonial ambitions lead to Chinese diasporas in Britain and abroad.

This is an online only event hosted on the British Library platform. Bookers will be sent a viewing link shortly before the event and will be able to watch at any time for 48 hours after the start time. 

This event will be live captioned.

Communities of Chinese people and their descendants can be found all over the world. In some cases this diaspora is a direct result of British imperial activity and colonisation.

Exhibition curator, Lucienne Loh, talks to poet Hannah Lowe, filmmaker Wenlan Peng, and campaigner Yvonne Foley, about their family connections to China.  Through these personal stories, via the Caribbean, India and Liverpool, we learn how British global expansionist ambitions has impacted their family history.

Price: From £2.50 - £5 (Member's priority booking opens 31 January, general sale from 1st February)

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