This was my 4th Remain March - and still only the 4th protest I've ever attending in person and we knew it was going to be huge! So proud to be one of the million who marched in London for a Final Say for All.

I say march, in reality it was standing for 3 hours and then shuffling for another 2. We didn't even make it down most of the march but that didn't matter - we were in the middle of a peaceful, friendly crowd, with witty placards and every demographic from very young to old. And I knew I was stood on the right side of history.

Satellite pictures, budget scrutiny and project tender documents, have contributed to mounting evidence from local testimony that the Chinese authorities in Xinjiang in Western China are embarked on a strategy of mass incarceration of the broadly secular majority Muslim Uyghur population in the province.

The Liberal Democrats exist to build and safeguard a fair, free and open society, in which we seek to balance the fundamental values of liberty, equality and community, and in which no one shall be enslaved by poverty, ignorance or conformity.

This statement, from the LD party constitution, has been our guiding principle since the party was formed in 1988.

On 20 February, at a forum kindly hosted by the Rt Hon Lord McNally at the House of Lords, key stakeholders from the Chinese community and guests attended the launch of an important research on the state of Chinese community centres today, the challenges they face and their strategies for survival into the future.

A Happy New Year greeting to friends and members of the Chinese community in the UK and to all who celebrate the Lunar New Year during this time of year!

We are entering a year of uncertainty with Brexit on the horizon, but I am confident and proud of the continuing contributions of the Chinese diaspora communities to the UK. Some of you have been here for generations from Hong Kong and other former colonies, and others more recently from the People's Republic of China, whether to study or to work. We welcome you and are pleased to celebrate this important festival in the cultural calendar with you.

It is in this spirit that we celebrate what has been called a 'golden era' of UK and China's long standing relationship. Two-way trade and investment have grown rapidly. But a positive relationship between UK and China is more than about trade, it is also based on mutual trust, co-operation and a shared global outlook. We would like to participate in China's Belt and Road Initiative that reaches across continents whilst at the same time assist in China's reform and opening up which is to our mutual benefit.

Frank Wang, a local coffee cart owner in London was asked by Transport for London (TFL) to move his business away because a new developer wanted to open a restaurant right behind his stall.

Frank, who has been serving his very popular and reasonably priced coffee to Bethnal Green residents for more than 15 years says he has been subjected to verbal abuse from the developer and then when he refused to consent to give up the business he had built from scratch, said he got his electricity and water supply cut off.

Are you interested in standing to be a candidate in the Local elections in May 2019? One of the key aims of the Chinese Liberal Democrats is to promote and bring through more candidates from a Chinese or East Asian background to stand. With the large number of local elections in May 2019 we would love to see even more candidates on the slate and increase the number of Councillors we have with a Chinese background.

"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.