Many Chinese Lib Dem members were in Liverpool from the weekend at the largest Conference in their party's history. Attendance was up by more than 50% compared to previous years and general interest in the Party from the media and the public have grown following the change in Government .
Liberal Democrat Minister of State Jeremy Browne took delight in opening a reception last night at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office for the Chevening Young Leader's Programme. He stressed the need for better links between our countries and some of the positive work and activities which are already undertaken.
On Wednesday the Chinese Embassy hosted a celebration for the 61st Anniversary of the founding of the Peoples Republic of China. It brought together many of those who have worked with the Embassy as well as diplomats as diverse as Denmark and Sweden to Algeria and U.A.E.
Anna Lo writes to her constituents in her Autumn report:
In the aftermath of the Nobel Peace Prize announcement to Liu Xiaobo, 23 elders of the Chinese Communist Party have written a letter making some surprising demands. They have expressed their wish for the same changes which Xiaobo was originally sent to prison for. Amongst calls for a more tolerant approach to freedom of speech, they also addressed the need for more lenient policies regarding the internet censorship and the treatment of journalists.
SingTao on 18 September 2008 published articles covering the Liberal Democrat Conference in Bournemouth [Chinese language] which you can read at http://tinyurl.com/3wwd9x . The article includes photos of the 'Managed Migration' fringe event jointly hosted by Ethnic Minority Liberal Democrats and the Chinese Liberal Democrats 2nd birthday dinner with Lord Paddy Ashdown.
