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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [ESSAY] “Hong Kong, Literature, Culture, History” by Jean-Claude Trutt, translated by Cyril Camus Editor’s note: An earlier version of this essay, written in French, was published on 1 November 2022. The essay…
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[LITERARY ESSAY] “Navigating Endless Seas: Hong Kong” by Matt Reeck DREAMING THAT, while still alive, they’d been translated to the Islands of the Blest where time had happily stopped, as on an antique clock. The city is this island. 1…
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “The Guest Who Could Be a Better Son: Merit, Substitution and Family Belonging in Lin Jianjie’s Brief History of a Family” by Qinlei Wang Lin Jianjie (director). Brief History of…
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [ESSAY] “The Moon Still Represents My Heart: Revisiting Tián Mì Mì at Thirty” by Bea Phi Peter Ho-sun Chan (director). Comrades: Almost a Love Story (甜蜜蜜; Tián Mì Mì), 1996. 118…
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “Rey Chow and the Politics of Coercive Mimeticism in The Protestant Ethnic and the Spirit of Capitalism” by Anna Nguyen Rey Chow. The Protestant Ethnic and the Spirit of Capitalism.…
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[ESSAY] “On the Edge, Revisited” by Margaret Hillenbrand Click HERE to read an excerptfrom On the Edge. Margaret Hillenbrand. On the Edge: Feeling Precarious in China, Columbia University Press, 2023. 408 pgs. My book, On the Edge: Feeling Precarious in…
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[EXCERPT] “Life on a Ledge: From On the Edge” by Margaret Hillenbrand Click HERE to read an essay by Hillenbrand on On the Edge. Margaret Hillenbrand. On the Edge: Feeling Precarious in China, Columbia University Press, 2023. 408 pgs. Limbs…
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [INCIDENTAL] “Ghost in the Shell Rewired: Identity, Technology and the Fantastical at Hong Kong’s M+” by Jennifer Eagleton Mamoru Oshii (director). Ghost in the Shell, 1995. 83 min. Ghost in the…
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “Yuanfen of Emmy the Great: On Emma-Lee Moss’s My Cantopop Nights” by Mario Rustan Click HERE to read all entries in Chaon My Cantopop Nights. Emma-Lee Moss. My Cantopop Nights:…
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While we continue to welcome general submissions that fall within the remit and ethos of Cha: An Asian Literary Journal, we are especially keen to receive work related to Hong Kong. We would love to devote sustained attention to Hong…
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Header artwork by Annysa Ng We’re accepting submissions. Please readour important NOTES. 茶 Hong Kongclick for information 茶 First Impressionsclick for information 茶 Essays click for information 茶 Proposals click for information 茶 Poetry: En Routeclick for information 茶 Hong…
