"The news after coming home from a pleasant dinner with a friend last night was like a splash of cold water.

We thought he was immortal. I sat between him and his wife Jane at our Chinese Liberal Democrats dinner last September at the time of the Brighton conference.

We chatted, gossiped and laughed. He was as inspiring and as funny as ever during the occasion. There was no inkling that he was ill.

A few months ago, former Chair of CLD, Linda Chung wrote an article here about Frank Wang and the petition to get him back his coffee cart in front of Bethnal Green station. We succeeded and the Council of Tower Hamlets and his landlord TfL agreed to let him continue his business there.

However the battle is not over yet as you can read from an extract from the website of Operation Black Vote:

Traditionally, Chinese families get together and enjoy a great family gathering over the Winter Solstice.

This Christmas all of us at Chinese Liberal Democrats would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and hope you have time to enjoy your turkey, brussels sprouts, presents from Santa, choirs and Christmas tv ads.... and have a moment to leave the Brexit madness behind.

Dr Yeow Poon, Vice-Chair of Chinese Liberal Democrats and Chair of the Chinese Community Centre in Birmingham, was named the winner of the Public/Third Sector category at the 2018 Midlands Leadership Awards run by The Business Desk.

As the Chair of the Chinese Community Centre since 1995, Dr Poon has supported the provision of a range of advice, social care, health and community services to under-represented groups in Birmingham and the West Midlands. He has enabled the Chinese Community Centre to remain viable at a challenging time of reduced public funding. He recently co-authored a Chinese Welfare Trust research project entitled "Chinese Community Centres in the UK: Changing Landscape, Challenges and Strategies for the Future"

This is a message from a small group of Korean residents. It's pretty heartbreaking. Please share widely

Hello Everyone,

I'm a member of a group of concerned Koreans living in the UK, and I am trying to organise a protest/vigil to show support for a young Korean girl who was attacked in the middle of Oxford street two weeks ago.

On Sunday 25 November, as has become customary for Chinese LibDems, members and friends gathered for our annual general meeting at the New Loon Fung Restaurant in Chinatown, followed by dimsum lunch.

It has been an eventful year, as reported by Co-Chairs Cllr Tatyan Cheung and Merlene Emerson:

CLD contributed to and were mentioned in Lord Alderdice's report on the culture of the party, we supported 5 candidates of Chinese heritage in the May local elections (with Cllr Sarah Cheung Johnson successfully elected to South Cambs District Council), participated in anti-immigration raids in Chinatown and the Anti-Brexit Peoples march and launched our new logo at the Autumn conference where we shared a stall with Liberal Democrat Campaign for Race Equality. We also celebrated our 12th birthday at a dinner in Brighton with Lord Paddy Ashdown.

I'm often asked why I first joined the Liberal Democrats and I have often answered with the word 'Brexit'. But whilst it was true that devastating result of the EU Referendum in 2016 was the catalyst for me joining the party, it really encompasses many wider issues that I wish to make a stand against.

Last week (9 October) I stood for the first time in the City of London elections in Castle Baynard ward that stretches from Fleet Street to Blackfriars, taking in St Paul's Cathedral. It was a 3-week whirlwind of a campaign. The by-election was called as one of the Common Councilmen in the ward was elected as an Alderman elsewhere and created a vacancy. There were 8 of us contesting one place.

I was always tempted to have a first-hand experience of the LibDem national party conference, and this year I finally made it.

My overall verdict is: my schedule during those 2 days became so packed, and I got more than what I anticipated.

It was a dynamic and busy weekend with a lot going on. The guidebooks filled with all sort of events. There are a lot of things going on: debates on policies, fringe sessions, trainings and others. On top of it, there are Easter eggs in the conference because there are a lot of events which are not mentioned in the guidebook/agenda.