Anna Chen
@annachen.bsky.social
London-born writer, historian, poet & broadcaster.
Orwell Prize shortlisted. Ted speaker.
BBC presenter & writer back when it was good.
https://www.annachen.co.uk/home/about-anna-chen/
Orwell Prize shortlisted. Ted speaker.
BBC presenter & writer back when it was good.
https://www.annachen.co.uk/home/about-anna-chen/
Pinned
Anna Chen
@annachen.bsky.social
· Sep 18
BIG SOCIETY: On a conversation in the Foundling Museum — poetry by Anna Chen
YouTube video by Anna Chen's video channel
youtu.be
A little bit of culture.
Poem on the growing wealth gap following America's Great Crash of 2008.
Written in 2011 under austerity, little has changed.
BIG SOCIETY: on a conversation in the Foundling Museum
youtu.be/jNRQgWglf1c?...
Poem on the growing wealth gap following America's Great Crash of 2008.
Written in 2011 under austerity, little has changed.
BIG SOCIETY: on a conversation in the Foundling Museum
youtu.be/jNRQgWglf1c?...
I watched the Istanbul Bridge cargo ship arrive at Felixstowe after its historic maiden voyage from China through the Arctic.
Will Britain seize the chance to get itself out of danger? youtu.be/19lUKWoO0U0?...
Will Britain seize the chance to get itself out of danger? youtu.be/19lUKWoO0U0?...
The Istanbul Bridge cargo ship arrives at Felixstowe after its historic Arctic route from China
YouTube video by Anna Chen's video channel
youtu.be
November 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM
I watched the Istanbul Bridge cargo ship arrive at Felixstowe after its historic maiden voyage from China through the Arctic.
Will Britain seize the chance to get itself out of danger? youtu.be/19lUKWoO0U0?...
Will Britain seize the chance to get itself out of danger? youtu.be/19lUKWoO0U0?...
The Science Fiction Writer's Coma Dream: prose poem by Anna Chen
A snapshot of the transition from post-war liberal order to the new normal.
youtu.be/md57D2rmZo0?... via @YouTube
A snapshot of the transition from post-war liberal order to the new normal.
youtu.be/md57D2rmZo0?... via @YouTube
The Science Fiction Writer's Coma Dream: prose poem by Anna Chen
YouTube video by Anna Chen's video channel
youtu.be
October 11, 2025 at 11:04 PM
The Science Fiction Writer's Coma Dream: prose poem by Anna Chen
A snapshot of the transition from post-war liberal order to the new normal.
youtu.be/md57D2rmZo0?... via @YouTube
A snapshot of the transition from post-war liberal order to the new normal.
youtu.be/md57D2rmZo0?... via @YouTube
In This Time Between Times - poetry by Anna Chen
Written in 2011 under austerity in the UK, the poem is a dramatic, dreamlike warning of what's headed our way.
youtu.be/iHhEwnWssEA?...
Written in 2011 under austerity in the UK, the poem is a dramatic, dreamlike warning of what's headed our way.
youtu.be/iHhEwnWssEA?...
In This Time Between Times - poetry by Anna Chen
YouTube video by Anna Chen's video channel
youtu.be
October 9, 2025 at 7:11 PM
In This Time Between Times - poetry by Anna Chen
Written in 2011 under austerity in the UK, the poem is a dramatic, dreamlike warning of what's headed our way.
youtu.be/iHhEwnWssEA?...
Written in 2011 under austerity in the UK, the poem is a dramatic, dreamlike warning of what's headed our way.
youtu.be/iHhEwnWssEA?...
As with the MIC, aggrobiz gains from the Ukraine war: chiefly Monsanto, Cargill & DuPont.
GM crops blocked by the EU were introduced into Ukraine since the 2014 coup. If it joins the EU it’s lights out for Europe's agriculture. Ukraine is aggrobiz backdoor. www.oaklandinstitute.org/sites/defaul...
GM crops blocked by the EU were introduced into Ukraine since the 2014 coup. If it joins the EU it’s lights out for Europe's agriculture. Ukraine is aggrobiz backdoor. www.oaklandinstitute.org/sites/defaul...
www.oaklandinstitute.org
October 4, 2025 at 9:32 AM
As with the MIC, aggrobiz gains from the Ukraine war: chiefly Monsanto, Cargill & DuPont.
GM crops blocked by the EU were introduced into Ukraine since the 2014 coup. If it joins the EU it’s lights out for Europe's agriculture. Ukraine is aggrobiz backdoor. www.oaklandinstitute.org/sites/defaul...
GM crops blocked by the EU were introduced into Ukraine since the 2014 coup. If it joins the EU it’s lights out for Europe's agriculture. Ukraine is aggrobiz backdoor. www.oaklandinstitute.org/sites/defaul...
Interview with Thomas Karat at Salt Cube Analytics.
I had an enjoyable chat on a range of issues not usually discussed in the mainstream or social media: politics & culture intertwined.
"A Voice on China the BBC has Shut Down" - with Anna Chen
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yT7w...
I had an enjoyable chat on a range of issues not usually discussed in the mainstream or social media: politics & culture intertwined.
"A Voice on China the BBC has Shut Down" - with Anna Chen
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yT7w...
A Voice on China the BBC has Shut Down - with Anna Chen
YouTube video by SaltCubeAnalytics
www.youtube.com
September 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Interview with Thomas Karat at Salt Cube Analytics.
I had an enjoyable chat on a range of issues not usually discussed in the mainstream or social media: politics & culture intertwined.
"A Voice on China the BBC has Shut Down" - with Anna Chen
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yT7w...
I had an enjoyable chat on a range of issues not usually discussed in the mainstream or social media: politics & culture intertwined.
"A Voice on China the BBC has Shut Down" - with Anna Chen
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yT7w...
A few years ago I wrote that we were trapped in a science fiction writer's coma dream.
And here's proof.
And here's proof.
Donald Trump explains air quality meteorology to the U.N. General Assembly. Some say it's the greatest explanation the world has ever seen.
September 23, 2025 at 7:34 PM
A few years ago I wrote that we were trapped in a science fiction writer's coma dream.
And here's proof.
And here's proof.
Reposted by Anna Chen
On the day I discover the Nationwide Building Society (a Building Society !) Chairman is meeting Tice from Reform and The Nationwide are advertising on the toxic entertainment channel GB News, this :
#poetry
#poetry
A little bit of culture.
Poem on the growing wealth gap following America's Great Crash of 2008.
Written in 2011 under austerity, little has changed.
BIG SOCIETY: on a conversation in the Foundling Museum
youtu.be/jNRQgWglf1c?...
Poem on the growing wealth gap following America's Great Crash of 2008.
Written in 2011 under austerity, little has changed.
BIG SOCIETY: on a conversation in the Foundling Museum
youtu.be/jNRQgWglf1c?...
BIG SOCIETY: On a conversation in the Foundling Museum — poetry by Anna Chen
YouTube video by Anna Chen's video channel
youtu.be
September 18, 2025 at 9:09 AM
On the day I discover the Nationwide Building Society (a Building Society !) Chairman is meeting Tice from Reform and The Nationwide are advertising on the toxic entertainment channel GB News, this :
#poetry
#poetry
A little bit of culture.
Poem on the growing wealth gap following America's Great Crash of 2008.
Written in 2011 under austerity, little has changed.
BIG SOCIETY: on a conversation in the Foundling Museum
youtu.be/jNRQgWglf1c?...
Poem on the growing wealth gap following America's Great Crash of 2008.
Written in 2011 under austerity, little has changed.
BIG SOCIETY: on a conversation in the Foundling Museum
youtu.be/jNRQgWglf1c?...
BIG SOCIETY: On a conversation in the Foundling Museum — poetry by Anna Chen
YouTube video by Anna Chen's video channel
youtu.be
September 18, 2025 at 8:56 AM
A little bit of culture.
Poem on the growing wealth gap following America's Great Crash of 2008.
Written in 2011 under austerity, little has changed.
BIG SOCIETY: on a conversation in the Foundling Museum
youtu.be/jNRQgWglf1c?...
Poem on the growing wealth gap following America's Great Crash of 2008.
Written in 2011 under austerity, little has changed.
BIG SOCIETY: on a conversation in the Foundling Museum
youtu.be/jNRQgWglf1c?...
2B Or Not 2B - poetry by Anna Chen
youtu.be/76TtjHmAcBQ?...
youtu.be/76TtjHmAcBQ?...
2B Or Not 2B - Poetry by Anna Chen
YouTube video by Anna Chen's video channel
youtu.be
September 13, 2025 at 9:33 AM
2B Or Not 2B - poetry by Anna Chen
youtu.be/76TtjHmAcBQ?...
youtu.be/76TtjHmAcBQ?...
Will accidental leader Jeremy Corbyn fire up Your Party?
Corbyn was always the accidental leader, transformed by the 2001 anti-Iraq War campaign into the left’s figurehead.
Can he avoid his previous missteps?
open.substack.com/pub/annachen...
Corbyn was always the accidental leader, transformed by the 2001 anti-Iraq War campaign into the left’s figurehead.
Can he avoid his previous missteps?
open.substack.com/pub/annachen...
Will accidental leader Jeremy Corbyn fire up Your Party?
The 2001 anti-Iraq War campaign had transformed Corbyn into the Left’s figurehead and pole of attraction. Following some self-sabotaging missteps, can he now get it right with the new party?
open.substack.com
September 10, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Will accidental leader Jeremy Corbyn fire up Your Party?
Corbyn was always the accidental leader, transformed by the 2001 anti-Iraq War campaign into the left’s figurehead.
Can he avoid his previous missteps?
open.substack.com/pub/annachen...
Corbyn was always the accidental leader, transformed by the 2001 anti-Iraq War campaign into the left’s figurehead.
Can he avoid his previous missteps?
open.substack.com/pub/annachen...
@kayteesal.bsky.social Thanks for the follow. I reviewed your Anna May Wong book a while back. Was a good read.
www.annachen.co.uk/2024/04/11/a...
www.annachen.co.uk/2024/04/11/a...
Anna May Wong - Not Your China Doll - book review by Anna Chen
A lively, well-written journey through Anna May Wong's life and career, if light on the political landscape that shaped her. Book review by Anna Chen
www.annachen.co.uk
September 6, 2025 at 12:11 AM
@kayteesal.bsky.social Thanks for the follow. I reviewed your Anna May Wong book a while back. Was a good read.
www.annachen.co.uk/2024/04/11/a...
www.annachen.co.uk/2024/04/11/a...
Britain's 2010 trade deal with Beijing ushered in a “golden age” collaboration that was mutually beneficial, peacefully uniting the Eurasia landmass in Belt & Road trade.
What went wrong?
How America wrecked Britain & China's Golden Age
#BRICS
youtu.be/CvpyxU_GFSM
What went wrong?
How America wrecked Britain & China's Golden Age
#BRICS
youtu.be/CvpyxU_GFSM
How America wrecked Britain and China's Golden Age
YouTube video by Anna Chen's video channel
youtu.be
August 12, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Britain's 2010 trade deal with Beijing ushered in a “golden age” collaboration that was mutually beneficial, peacefully uniting the Eurasia landmass in Belt & Road trade.
What went wrong?
How America wrecked Britain & China's Golden Age
#BRICS
youtu.be/CvpyxU_GFSM
What went wrong?
How America wrecked Britain & China's Golden Age
#BRICS
youtu.be/CvpyxU_GFSM
How America wrecked Britain and China's Golden Age
Britain's trade deal in Beijing 2010, ushered in a “golden age” collaboration that was mutually profitable & peaceful, uniting the Eurasia landmass in Belt and Road trade.
What went wrong?
youtu.be/CvpyxU_GFSM?...
Britain's trade deal in Beijing 2010, ushered in a “golden age” collaboration that was mutually profitable & peaceful, uniting the Eurasia landmass in Belt and Road trade.
What went wrong?
youtu.be/CvpyxU_GFSM?...
How America wrecked Britain and China's Golden Age
YouTube video by Anna Chen's video channel
youtu.be
August 7, 2025 at 6:49 AM
How America wrecked Britain and China's Golden Age
Britain's trade deal in Beijing 2010, ushered in a “golden age” collaboration that was mutually profitable & peaceful, uniting the Eurasia landmass in Belt and Road trade.
What went wrong?
youtu.be/CvpyxU_GFSM?...
Britain's trade deal in Beijing 2010, ushered in a “golden age” collaboration that was mutually profitable & peaceful, uniting the Eurasia landmass in Belt and Road trade.
What went wrong?
youtu.be/CvpyxU_GFSM?...
How the US wrecked Britain & China's Golden Age.
Having almost destroyed China in the Opium Wars and colonialism, the declining West wants another bite.
Lacking the ability to compete fairly with the rising superpower, America & Europe can only lash out.
www.annachen.co.uk/2025/07/30/h...
Having almost destroyed China in the Opium Wars and colonialism, the declining West wants another bite.
Lacking the ability to compete fairly with the rising superpower, America & Europe can only lash out.
www.annachen.co.uk/2025/07/30/h...
How the US wrecked Britain & China’s “Golden Age” – Anna Chen
Britain scored a victory in Beijing in 2010, ushering in a “golden age” collaboration that was mutually profitable & peaceful, uniting the Eurasia landmass in Belt and Road trade.
www.annachen.co.uk
August 3, 2025 at 12:02 PM
How the US wrecked Britain & China's Golden Age.
Having almost destroyed China in the Opium Wars and colonialism, the declining West wants another bite.
Lacking the ability to compete fairly with the rising superpower, America & Europe can only lash out.
www.annachen.co.uk/2025/07/30/h...
Having almost destroyed China in the Opium Wars and colonialism, the declining West wants another bite.
Lacking the ability to compete fairly with the rising superpower, America & Europe can only lash out.
www.annachen.co.uk/2025/07/30/h...
How the US wrecked Britain & China’s “Golden Age”
Britain's 2010 deal with Beijing, a mutually profitable & peaceful collaboration, helped unify the Eurasia landmass in Belt & Road trade.
Subsequent stifling by a declining US has been tragic & avoidable.
substack.com/@annachenwri...
Britain's 2010 deal with Beijing, a mutually profitable & peaceful collaboration, helped unify the Eurasia landmass in Belt & Road trade.
Subsequent stifling by a declining US has been tragic & avoidable.
substack.com/@annachenwri...
How the US wrecked Britain & China’s “Golden Age”
And the suckers fell for it, strangling a prosperous Eurasia landmass at birth.
substack.com
July 30, 2025 at 5:06 PM
How the US wrecked Britain & China’s “Golden Age”
Britain's 2010 deal with Beijing, a mutually profitable & peaceful collaboration, helped unify the Eurasia landmass in Belt & Road trade.
Subsequent stifling by a declining US has been tragic & avoidable.
substack.com/@annachenwri...
Britain's 2010 deal with Beijing, a mutually profitable & peaceful collaboration, helped unify the Eurasia landmass in Belt & Road trade.
Subsequent stifling by a declining US has been tragic & avoidable.
substack.com/@annachenwri...
It's coming up to the 31st anniversary of being the first Chinese Brit to take a show to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
31 years of challenging establishment narratives in the public sphere and upsetting the Masters of the Universe.
Was it something I said?
www.annachen.co.uk/writing/suzy...
31 years of challenging establishment narratives in the public sphere and upsetting the Masters of the Universe.
Was it something I said?
www.annachen.co.uk/writing/suzy...
Suzy Wrong Human Cannon at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival busts the stereotypes
Writer performer trailblazer Anna Chen guns down Edinburgh Fringe Festival audience with sex doll in the groundbreaking Suzy Wrong, Human Cannon. How to turn a soft target into a lethal weapon.
www.annachen.co.uk
July 27, 2025 at 4:25 PM
It's coming up to the 31st anniversary of being the first Chinese Brit to take a show to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
31 years of challenging establishment narratives in the public sphere and upsetting the Masters of the Universe.
Was it something I said?
www.annachen.co.uk/writing/suzy...
31 years of challenging establishment narratives in the public sphere and upsetting the Masters of the Universe.
Was it something I said?
www.annachen.co.uk/writing/suzy...
The clampdown continues apace at the end of the post-war liberal order.
UK deep state (AKA Empire elite) goes all in. Wikipedia next.
UK deep state (AKA Empire elite) goes all in. Wikipedia next.
OSA is gonna make us lose access to fucking wikipedia
write to your MPs.
write to your MPs.
July 27, 2025 at 10:08 AM
The clampdown continues apace at the end of the post-war liberal order.
UK deep state (AKA Empire elite) goes all in. Wikipedia next.
UK deep state (AKA Empire elite) goes all in. Wikipedia next.
Reposted by Anna Chen
"The purpose is not to do an activist action, the purpose is to get govts around the world to stand up & say, enough to the blockade of Gaza"
Israel has seized another civilian ship in international water.
Huwaida Arraf was on board and her husband speaks here.
Israel has seized another civilian ship in international water.
Huwaida Arraf was on board and her husband speaks here.
July 27, 2025 at 9:48 AM
"The purpose is not to do an activist action, the purpose is to get govts around the world to stand up & say, enough to the blockade of Gaza"
Israel has seized another civilian ship in international water.
Huwaida Arraf was on board and her husband speaks here.
Israel has seized another civilian ship in international water.
Huwaida Arraf was on board and her husband speaks here.
The unfolding endgame: Gaza, rare earths and western decline
Relentless violence by Israel against Palestinians continues to expose brutal imperialism. A rare earths squeeze by China may provide restraint on the US-led war machine. www.annachen.co.uk/2025/07/26/t...
Relentless violence by Israel against Palestinians continues to expose brutal imperialism. A rare earths squeeze by China may provide restraint on the US-led war machine. www.annachen.co.uk/2025/07/26/t...
The unfolding endgame: Gaza, rare earths and western decline – Anna Chen
Relentless violence by Israel against Palestinians continues to expose brutal imperialism. A rare earths squeeze may provide restraint on the US-led war machine. A new UK force challenges complicity
www.annachen.co.uk
July 26, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The unfolding endgame: Gaza, rare earths and western decline
Relentless violence by Israel against Palestinians continues to expose brutal imperialism. A rare earths squeeze by China may provide restraint on the US-led war machine. www.annachen.co.uk/2025/07/26/t...
Relentless violence by Israel against Palestinians continues to expose brutal imperialism. A rare earths squeeze by China may provide restraint on the US-led war machine. www.annachen.co.uk/2025/07/26/t...
High anxiety from Hollywood’s first Chinese screen legend to a China which excels.
If you fear the thing you desire, and vice versa, America's obsessive pursuit of China reveals a twisted Heart of Darkness that won't stop even at WWIII.
www.annachen.co.uk/2025/07/14/h...
If you fear the thing you desire, and vice versa, America's obsessive pursuit of China reveals a twisted Heart of Darkness that won't stop even at WWIII.
www.annachen.co.uk/2025/07/14/h...
High anxiety from Hollywood’s first Chinese superstar to China
Anna May Wong Must Die! but the dynamic lives on on in the western response to the rise of China. Yellow Peril tropes return as China overtakes a declining US, sending the superpower into a frenzy.
www.annachen.co.uk
July 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
High anxiety from Hollywood’s first Chinese screen legend to a China which excels.
If you fear the thing you desire, and vice versa, America's obsessive pursuit of China reveals a twisted Heart of Darkness that won't stop even at WWIII.
www.annachen.co.uk/2025/07/14/h...
If you fear the thing you desire, and vice versa, America's obsessive pursuit of China reveals a twisted Heart of Darkness that won't stop even at WWIII.
www.annachen.co.uk/2025/07/14/h...
Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill and the Curse of Erysichthon
Burning the Earth to pay the rich
A walking casebook of Greek tragedy character flaws, an inverse Robin Hood & King Midas: robbing the poor to pay the rich & everything he touches turns to sh*t. annachenwrites.substack.com/p/trumps-big...
Burning the Earth to pay the rich
A walking casebook of Greek tragedy character flaws, an inverse Robin Hood & King Midas: robbing the poor to pay the rich & everything he touches turns to sh*t. annachenwrites.substack.com/p/trumps-big...
Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill and the Curse of Erysichthon
Capitalism eats itself, continued: burning the Earth to pay the rich
annachenwrites.substack.com
July 5, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill and the Curse of Erysichthon
Burning the Earth to pay the rich
A walking casebook of Greek tragedy character flaws, an inverse Robin Hood & King Midas: robbing the poor to pay the rich & everything he touches turns to sh*t. annachenwrites.substack.com/p/trumps-big...
Burning the Earth to pay the rich
A walking casebook of Greek tragedy character flaws, an inverse Robin Hood & King Midas: robbing the poor to pay the rich & everything he touches turns to sh*t. annachenwrites.substack.com/p/trumps-big...
Covid Timeline update now up.
More gaps filled on the UK's deadly mishandling of the pandemic, and media coordination diverting the public onto scapegoating China.
We had a pandemic roadmap. Geopolitical interests trashed it.
#CovidInquiry #MattHancock
annachen.co.uk/covid-pandem...
More gaps filled on the UK's deadly mishandling of the pandemic, and media coordination diverting the public onto scapegoating China.
We had a pandemic roadmap. Geopolitical interests trashed it.
#CovidInquiry #MattHancock
annachen.co.uk/covid-pandem...
Covid Timeline vs Trump spin: 110 dates to remember – Anna Chen
A short aide memoire for the next four years to help you withstand the torrent of disinformation headed our way. The Covid Pandemic: Page 6 - compilation and analysis by Anna Chen
annachen.co.uk
July 3, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Covid Timeline update now up.
More gaps filled on the UK's deadly mishandling of the pandemic, and media coordination diverting the public onto scapegoating China.
We had a pandemic roadmap. Geopolitical interests trashed it.
#CovidInquiry #MattHancock
annachen.co.uk/covid-pandem...
More gaps filled on the UK's deadly mishandling of the pandemic, and media coordination diverting the public onto scapegoating China.
We had a pandemic roadmap. Geopolitical interests trashed it.
#CovidInquiry #MattHancock
annachen.co.uk/covid-pandem...
Whoever owns language rules the world: Marx vs postmodernism
How politics twists language and shapes reality
Fed up with the media mangling language to push corrupting narratives? Reality is whatever they say it is.
annachenwrites.substack.com/p/whoever-ow...
How politics twists language and shapes reality
Fed up with the media mangling language to push corrupting narratives? Reality is whatever they say it is.
annachenwrites.substack.com/p/whoever-ow...
Whoever owns language rules the world: Marx vs postmodernism
How politics twists language and shapes reality
annachenwrites.substack.com
July 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Whoever owns language rules the world: Marx vs postmodernism
How politics twists language and shapes reality
Fed up with the media mangling language to push corrupting narratives? Reality is whatever they say it is.
annachenwrites.substack.com/p/whoever-ow...
How politics twists language and shapes reality
Fed up with the media mangling language to push corrupting narratives? Reality is whatever they say it is.
annachenwrites.substack.com/p/whoever-ow...
Trump bombs Iran, next leg in America’s 21st century war on China.
When Made In China 2025 launched in 2015, it was clear that a jealous US would try to stop it. All those beautiful, futuristic cities were red rags to an enraged hegemon that couldn’t compete.
www.annachen.co.uk/2025/06/22/t...
When Made In China 2025 launched in 2015, it was clear that a jealous US would try to stop it. All those beautiful, futuristic cities were red rags to an enraged hegemon that couldn’t compete.
www.annachen.co.uk/2025/06/22/t...
Trump bombs Iran against all rational argument – Anna Chen
Iran gets whacked in the next leg of America's 21st century war on China. The absence of nuclear weapons means nothing to the cosplaying president as he dusts off the old WMD excuse.
www.annachen.co.uk
June 25, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Trump bombs Iran, next leg in America’s 21st century war on China.
When Made In China 2025 launched in 2015, it was clear that a jealous US would try to stop it. All those beautiful, futuristic cities were red rags to an enraged hegemon that couldn’t compete.
www.annachen.co.uk/2025/06/22/t...
When Made In China 2025 launched in 2015, it was clear that a jealous US would try to stop it. All those beautiful, futuristic cities were red rags to an enraged hegemon that couldn’t compete.
www.annachen.co.uk/2025/06/22/t...