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Zing Tsjeng travels around the UK to find out what it means to be British

Zing Tsjeng wonders what it means to be British. She travels around the UK to find out.

Zing Tsjeng, executive editor at VICE UK, is on a journey around the UK trying to figure out what being British is all about. After living in the UK half her life, she wants to decide whether to trade her Singaporean passport for a British one. It's a tough dilemma, as Singapore doesn't allow dual nationality, and swapping the citizenship of the country she was raised in for the one she now calls home feels like a big deal. Can talking to people from all over the country about their national and local identity help her decide whether to take the plunge and become British?

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01/08/2020 GMT

'British drag is slapdash and hodgepodge'

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Zing’s in Birmingham, fangirling over UK Drag Race star Sum Ting Wong

Zing’s in Birmingham, fangirling over UK Drag Race star Sum Ting Wong.

When RuPaul’s Drag Race launched in the UK last year, Zing noticed lots of fans saying the show made them feel strangely patriotic. The contestants were bawdy, slapdash, raucous, and not as earnest or polished as the queens of the original American series. This week Zing’s heading to Birmingham, home town of Drag Race star Sum Ting Wong. They discuss what makes British drag unique, compare stories of coming out to their Asian parents, and take a tour of Sum’s Brum.

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Journalist Zing Tsjeng is on a journey around the UK trying to figure out what being British is all about. After living in the UK half her life, she wants to decide whether to trade her Singaporean passport for a British one. It's a tough dilemma as Singapore doesn't allow dual nationality and swapping the citizenship of the country she was raised in, for the one she now calls home now, feels like a big deal. Can talking to people from all over the country about their national and local identity help her decide whether to take the plunge and become British?

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