When David Cameron breezed into Beijing in 2010 banging the drum for UK Inc. and announcing "the biggest ever celebration of British arts held in China (highlighting) the best of UK creativity...(including) exhibitions, concerts and performances across the country" in the shape of UK Now, I was a little dubious....

The scent of Granny's Gumdrops is lingering in the sullied Beijing air. Sitting watching the critically acclaimed British theatre company 1927's performance of The Animals and Children Took to the Streets last Sunday night at Beijing's epic National Center for Performing Arts, or the egg, as it is affectionately known,...

Another odd encounter here in Beijing this week. As I've mentioned before I have great faith in Beijing and the potential here. Whenever a new opportunity arises I like to seize it and foolishly believe that this will be the time that I attend an audition that is legitimate and...

Everyone keeps banging on about how "the eyes of the world are on Beijing" ensuring me that by living here I am "part of history making" with the re-emergence of the Middle Kingdom, as the Chinese know it. Having been a laowai (literally - 'old foreigner', I'm not old though,...