Coronavirus: £78,000 of funds for arts sector given to Chinese expansionist festival BroRead.com


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00:18 GMT, 25 October 2020 | Updated: 08:41 GMT, 25 October 2020 A music festival used to promote China ’s expansionist policy has been given £78,000 from the pot intended to bail out Britain’s cultural sector. While many popular organisations and venues across the country did not receive a penny of the £500 million fund, Arts Council England awarded the huge grant to the Belt and Road China-UK music festival. The week-long event was held for the third time last January in several cities including London , Oxford and Cambridge. While many popular organisations and venues across the country did...