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{Written by Jennifer Anne Eagleton, this review is part of Issue 44 (June/July 2019) of Cha.}Β {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Wayne Ng, Finding the Way: A Novel of Lao Tzu, Earnshaw Books, 2018. 280 pgs. Finding the…
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{Written by David W. Landrum, this review is part of Issue 44 (June/July 2019) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Mao Xiang (author), Jan Fang and Lifang He (translators), The Romance of a Literatus and his Concubine…
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Cantonese slang, puns, wordplay and sometimes even curse words have featured prominently in recent mass protests in Hong Kong. The creative and effective use of Cantonese has turned it into one of the defining characteristics and powerful tools of the…
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{Written by Marsha McDonald, this review is part of Issue 44 (June/July 2019) of Cha.}Β {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Leanne Dunic, To Love the Coming End, Chin Music Press, 2017. 98 pgs. Leanne Dunic’s first novel, To…
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NOTE: WE ARE NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING UNSOLICITED SUBMISSIONS. (Thursday 3 June 2021) We are happy to announce that we are now accepting submissions for Issue 46βTwelfth Anniversary Issueβof Cha: An Asian Literary Journal, scheduled for publication in December 2019.Β Submissions of…
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HONG KONG CREATIVE CULTURES: A HKS SYMPOSIUM The word βcreativityβ is sometimes used as a buzzword linking the imagination with the activities of profit-making enterprises. It has been used to gloss over exploitative aspects of contemporary capitalism, linking free-wheeling consumerism…
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{“A Letter to My Son” will be included in the “Tiananmen Thirty Years On” feature of the June 2019 issue of Cha.} Dear Meatball, Sorry I havenβt written in so long. Although, for you, reading this, itβs probably no more…
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{Written by Emma Zhang, this review is part of Issue 44 (June/July 2019) of Cha.}Β {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Zak Dychtwald, Young China: How the Restless Generation Will Change Their Country and the World, St. Martin’s Press,…
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ββββ [Return to Table of Contents.] Matches Polished into Lights: Tiananmen Thirty Years On (Mon 3 June 2019; 730 pm) ChaΒ andΒ PEN Hong Kong Media support: Hong Kong Free Press Venue:Β Bleak House Books Moderator: Tammy Ho SET ONE Kate Rogers’s “Twenty…


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