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Wed, 23 July 2025

6:15 pm - 7:30 pm BST

Coming of Age in a Changing China

Yuan Yang

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Yuan Yang, the first Chinese-born British MP, tells the true story of four Chinese women striving for a better future in an unequal society.

In a country where economic transformation has reshaped every aspect of life, what happens to those who refuse to follow the path set for them?

Journalist and Labour Party MP Yuan Yang joins us to share the gripping, personal stories of four Chinese women navigating ambition, activism, and survival. From June, who fights for an education over a life of pig farming, to Sam, an activist forced into hiding, she will offer us a powerful look at the quiet defiance shaping China’s future.

In conversation with journalist and broadcaster Cindy Yu, Yuan will explore how individual resistance collides with state power, and what these women’s struggles reveal about modern China. Join us for an intimate and urgent conversation about resilience, freedom, and the price of standing up for yourself in an era of rapid change.

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Yuan Yang

MP for Earley and Woodley

Yuan Yang was born in 1990 in China, where she lived with her grandparents for four years before her parents brought her to the UK. She returned to China as an adult, posted there as a correspondent for the Financial Times. After the mass expulsion of journalists from China in 2020, she was one of the few journalists writing in English left in the country, ultimately moving back to the FT‘s London headquarters as their China-Europe Correspondent. In 2024, she was elected as the Labour MP for Earley and Woodley, becoming the first Chinese-born MP in British history.

Cindy Yu

Commentator and Podcaster

Cindy Yu is an expert on modern China. She is a writer, media commentator and podcast host. Her work focuses on Chinese politics and society, China’s foreign relations and the lives of Chinese diaspora overseas.