Hong Kong-inspired BBC Three sitcom Chinese Burn has provoked an extreme backlash from the East Asian community in the UK, and attracted negative reviews on social media On November 27, BBC Three aired the pilot episode for the new sitcom, which was written by Shin-Fei Chen – who was born in Taiwan and raised in California – […]
Author Archives: Jingan Young
Jingan Young is a Hong Kong born playwright and journalist. She is a regular contributor to the South China Morning Post, The Guardian and London Review of Books blog. She has also written for Coconuts HK, Nylon Magazine Singapore and worked with the BBC World Service during the Occupy protests. Her play "FILTH (Failed in London Try Hong Kong)" ran during the 42nd HK Arts Festival in 2014. Her next play is on Thatcher's time in Hong Kong. She holds a BA in English with Film Studies from Kings College London and a MSt in Creative Writing from Oxford.
