With the world's focus now on China, Dimsum explores attitudes and media reporting in the West.

Dimsum's Andrew Mellor discusses whether the recent trouble in China will threaten the games or is Media sensationalism

As another major global sporting event approaches a common debate has once again risen in the UK Chinese community.

Dimsum reader Kev Yu gives his perspective on the recent debates over China at Dimsum.co.uk.

After the PR problems that China faced in the months prior to the Sichuan earthquake, have our views of China changed since the tragedy? Leon Lau investigates.

Movie star Sharon Stone sparks controversy at Cannes with her bad "karma" comments about the China quake. Pamela Yau reports.

In the United Kingdom, the Chinese community ranks low in the classification by ethnicity. There is a feeling, however, that even accounting for their small numbers in the overall population, the Chinese in Britain are under-represented in certain areas of British society and none more so than in politics. Dr Teck K. Khong writes.

In the light of recent protests over the BBC's alleged biased reporting on China, are the Chinese being overly paranoid, or are the Western media really biased in their reporting? What are the consequences for the Chinese in Britain of this PR war?

"We are British Chinese tax payers.  The government is unfair to all its taxpayers, they are greedy.  They are unneccesarily generous to ones that abuse the system."  Janet Lim gives her perspective on the recent issues concerning immigration.