A Japanese bakery in London Chinatown has been attacked. Kova, which also has stores in Soho and South Kensington, had its Chinatown branch vandalised on Sunday at 3:34am. The patisserie posted on Instagram about how the attacker splashed paint across the store front. “As some of you may have known, our Chinatown boutique was attacked at 3:34am on Sunday 21/02/2021,” Kova’s Instagram…
An augmented Chinatown app has been developed by British Chinese artists according to Broadway World. Created by the UK’s leading platform for British Chinese artists, Chinese Arts Now, the initiative behind the app is to tell Chinese stories in a contemporary way. ‘Augmented Chinatown 2.0’ guides users through the streets of London Chinatown with writer and narrator Joel Tan. Tan tells users…
Daily Mail reports that a British Chinese restauranteur who operates in London Chinatown has revealed his tyres were slashed in a Coronavirus-racism attack. Geoff Leong, 43, owns Dumplings’ Legend in the UK’s capital’s Chinatown. His guests have included the Prince of Wales, Jonathan Ross and Stephen Fry. The successful businessmen reported to the Metropolitan Police that all four of his tyres were…
London restaurant Pachamama East has issued an apology for making a joke about cooking rats. In a newsletter sent to its subscribers, the Asian restaurant advertised its Chinese New Year event. “On Saturday the 25th of January at Pachamama East, we will be celebrating Chinese New Year and looking forward to the forecasted peaks and troughs that the year of the…
BBC reports that two people have been rescued from a fire at a restaurant in London Chinatown. The London Fire Brigade were called to Gerrard place at 0839 local time where a fire had spread across the first and second floors of the restaurant. Smoke billowed into the sky and was visible through much of Soho. Firefighters fought the blaze for three…
The Frank Soo Foundation invites you to the Chinese Community Challenge Cup returns for its 10th tournament this summer. 32 teams in London and 8 teams in Birmingham will battle it out in the sun for glory and the chance to be crowned 5-a-side Kings of Great Britain. Last year saw the introduction of Birmingham as a venue. The event, sponsored by…
Restaurant owners in London Chinatown are struggling to find “top chefs” due to immigration rules. As reported by the Evening Standard, strict UK immigration rules are resulting in London Chinatown restaurants struggling to find top chefs from China In 2014, stricter ‘Tier 2’ immigration rules were enforced by the Home Office to “nurture more home-grown talent”. Consequently, some restaurants in London Chinatown…
[dropcap size=big]F[/dropcap]or the past two months the UK has been suffering an unprecedented heat wave. Active people around the country suffered in the unbearable heat, but it was as if the universe knew that the Chinese Community Challenge Cup was, once again, back on the schedule of 5-a-side teams around the country. The biggest sporting event of the summer (no, not…
London Chinatown shut down in a mass protest against Home Office illegal immigration raids. Restaurants and businesses in London Chinatown shut down on Tuesday in protest against immigration raids by the Home Office, according to the Guardian. The protest was led by business and community leaders, whilst restaurants shut for five hours. Placards reading “justice for Chinatown” and “no unfair immigration raids”…
A woman was seen lying in front of an immigration van in London Chinatown during a Home Office raid. During a raid by the UK Home Office in London Chinatown, a woman was seen protesting by lying in front of the immigration van. Video footage of the woman pleading with officers from the Home Office has been circling social media. In…
