Listen again to this programme

Traditional first generation Chinese in Britain want their children to marry other Chinese but if you’ve grown up isolated from any Chinese community, meeting a British Chinese partner may not be easy and many BBCs are marrying out of the community. Heterosexual, lesbian and gay BBCs talk about their experiences of dating and relating and the careful negotiating around different cultural norms that inter-racial relationships may require.

One of the contributors is Sumay Hwang who runs London's leading lesbian entertainment guide Gingerbeer.

Orientations is a UK social network for lesbians and gay men of east and southeast asian heritage. Contact: james_sun90@yahoo.co.uk

Programme One: Welcome to the BBC
Programme Three: Unexposed Images
Programme Four: Creating Ourselves
Programme Five: Speaking Up
Homepage: Beyond the Takeaway

Resources:
The British Born Chinese website
Dimsum
Chinatown Online
The Chinese in Britain Forum

Publications
Chinatown Britain by Steve Lau, published by Chinatown Online
Chinatown The Magazine - a bi-monthly magazine about the British Chinese community published by Orientique Media Ltd., PO Box 342 Stockport SK4 1XY. Email: chinatownthemag@hotmail.com
Brushstrokes, a collection of British Chinese writing & drawing: Email: g.k.chan@livjm.ac.uk

Performance
East Asian theatre company Yellow Earth promotes the writing and performing talents of East Asians in Britain

Music for the series is by the band Chi2