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Visible Chinese is a guide to individuals at the forefront of the UK's Chinese Culture.
Profiled individuals are included simply because they have contributed to the UK's Chinese Culture.
Visible Chinese aims to become an Authoritative Independent Listing of Achievers within the UK's Chinese Culture.
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Profiled individuals are included simply because they have contributed to the UK's Chinese Culture.
Visible Chinese aims to become an Authoritative Independent Listing of Achievers within the UK's Chinese Culture.
Read more...
Juanita Hamblin
Retailer
Arts. Business. Culture.
‘Elements of the East’ is the first complete Fengshui and Oriental Art retailer of its kind in the West Midlands. It owner, Junita Hamblin, studied and researched ancient Chinese art and fengshui for 11 years before setting up the business.
It was awarded ‘Retailer of the year 2003’, to recognise achievement in bringing interest and understanding of Chinese culture to the British public, and bringing different communities together.
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Mang Ping
Animal Welfare CampaignerCommunity. Politics.
Mang Ping has actively campaigned on animal welfare for the past 10 years, and is part of the organisation called Environment and Ethic Group based in Beijing, which brings these issues to the attention of the public.
Her articles on the conditions of captive animals were collectively published in 1999. As editor-in-chief of the ‘Animal Welfare and Animal Rights’ series from 2004, Mang Ping introduces ideas, theories and practice of animal welfare, winning the Science Times Cup for Reading in 2005.
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Pei Feng Su
Sociologist and Animal ActivistCommunity. Politics.
Pei-Feng Su, the co-founder of ACTAsia, has a Masters degree in Sociology and her thesis focused on Advocacy for Animals in the UK and has been active in animal advocacy for fifteen years.
ACTAsia is a new organisation set up by Asian animal activists to develop sustainable and professional animal advocacy. It conducted the workshops as part of its programme to provide knowledge, expertise, tools and platforms for Asian animal activists and groups, through training, mentoring and networking. She was formerly a Director of affiliate groups for an international animal welfare charity in the UK.
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Dr. Henry Lee
Scientific Advisor, Chinese MedicineScience.
Dr. Henry Lee is head of Chinese Medicine Developments, Middlesex University, U.K.; founder and chair of the Chinese Medicine Association of Suppliers (CMAS); and scientific advisor to Save China's Tigers.
In 1996, Dr Lee persuaded most major Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) importers/suppliers to form the Chinese Medicine Association of Suppliers (CMAS), to accept a Code of Practice, a strict ethical and moral policy and cites regulations concerning endangered animals that disown any process involving cruelty to animals.
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Li Quan
Founder, Save China's TigersCharities. Education. Science.
Save China’s Tigers is a UK, US and Hong Kong based charity founded in 2000 by Beijing-born Li Quan. The charity’s aim is to raise awareness of the plight of the endangered Chinese tiger and to strive for its protection and preservation through public education, introduction and experimentation of advanced conservation models to China, and raising funds to support these initiatives.
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Michael Chew Koon Chan, Lord Chan of Oxton
PaediatricianCommunity. Politics. Science.
The Singapore-born Lord Chan, who passed away at the beginning of 2006, was the House of Lords' only peer of Chinese origin. One of his medical specialities during his last decade as Liverpool University's professor of ethnic health had been the vulnerability of ethnic minorities.
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Philomena Chen
International Business WomanBusiness.
Philomena Chen is the head of Asia Pacific Development for ChamberLink’s International Trade Centre, and is responsible for promoting and engaging British business in international trade with Asia and Pacific countries including China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore and Australia. In this post, she takes the lead in coordinating the Asia Pacific activities for the North West of England.
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Rebecca Yang Yuan-Cao
Media ProducerFilm, TV & Radio. Media.
Rebecca Yang’s father died when she was only 18. His death thrust her into running the family business, which employed 40 people at the main factory. At the age of 22 she won the Miss Chongqing and Miss Photogenic of Miss China 2002 competitions and modelled for Chanel in China. In 1999 Rebecca came to the UK to study Journalism, Film and Broadcasting Combined with Sociology at Cardiff University and was awarded the Best International Student of the Year Award. She then gained a postgraduate qualification in Advertising and the International Advertising Association Certificate. Rebecca was then offered a position at a specialist ethnic marketing agency where she was quickly promoted.
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Xiaolu Guo
Novelist, Filmmaker and EssayistFilm, TV & Radio. Literature.
A novelist, filmmaker and essayist, Xiaolu Guo was born in a fishing village in the south of China in 1973. In 2000 she was awarded an MA in Film from the Beijing Film Academy and then came to London to study at the National Film and Television School. Her most recent documentary, The Concrete Revolution, was screened at the Raindance Independent Film Festival, the Oxford International Documentary film festival and the New York film festival.
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Stephen Shing
CouncillorPolitics.
Stephen Shing is a Councillor at Parish, District and County Council levels. His work on behalf of residents has included the protection of local bus services, maintenance of public areas, the retention of crucial health care services, the provision of crime prevention services and the provision of facilities for the young. He is also a supporter of many local groups.
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