On International Women's Day, Chinese Lib Dems' Merlene Emerson interviewed our newest member, Ms Yue He Parkinson, about why she is interested in UK and China politics and her decision to join the party.
When Paul Mc Garry called me to introduce Ed, I wondered if he had fallen on his head and sent him a row of big eye smiley faces. As a newbie Councillor and member, I felt I was probably a bit of light weight to do the job to introduce our party leader. Some serious preparation needed to be done.
[The following is an English translation of an article in Chinese FT by the author.]
Ying was born in HK and grew up in Singapore. She then went on to complete her degree in the UK in Oxford Brookes University and returned to work in Asia as a reporter. Her versatility saw her change her career a couple more times, as a market analyst and then a partner in a recruitment firm.
CLD: Please tell us a bit about yourself and how you developed your interest in Taiwan?
I'm currently a third year medical student, I joined the Liberal Democrats in my first year of university. I quickly became involved with the Cambridge University Liberal Association (CULA) and served as the campaigns officer for the 2022-23. In this role, I organised students for local election campaigns as well as student-related issue campaigns.
