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    CALLS FOR SUBMISSIONS: First Impressions, Essays, En Route, Xi Xiβ€”Can We Say, Write to Power, and Auditory Cortex

    Header artwork by Annysa Ng 茢 First Impressionsclick for information 茢 Essays click for information 茢 En Routeclick for information 茢 XI XIβ€”Can We Sayclick for information 茢 Write to Powerclick for information 茢 Auditory Cortexclick for information

  • [REVIEW] β€œLight, Heat, Power: Rescuing the Modern in Leo Ou-fan Lee’s π‘†β„Žπ‘Žπ‘›π‘”β„Žπ‘Žπ‘– π‘€π‘œπ‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘›: π‘‡β„Žπ‘’ πΉπ‘™π‘œπ‘€π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘–π‘›π‘” π‘œπ‘“ π‘Ž 𝑁𝑒𝑀 π‘ˆπ‘Ÿπ‘π‘Žπ‘› πΆπ‘’π‘™π‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘’ 𝑖𝑛 πΆβ„Žπ‘–π‘›π‘Ž, 1930-1945″ by Victoria Green

    茢 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茢 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] β€œLight, Heat, Power: Rescuing the Modern in Leo Ou-fan Lee’s Shanghai Modern: The Flowering of a New Urban Culture in China, 1930-1945” by Victoria Green Leo Lee Ou-fan, Shanghai Modern:…

    Nov 20, 2025
    [REVIEW] β€œLight, Heat, Power: Rescuing the Modern in Leo Ou-fan Lee’s π‘†β„Žπ‘Žπ‘›π‘”β„Žπ‘Žπ‘– π‘€π‘œπ‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘›: π‘‡β„Žπ‘’ πΉπ‘™π‘œπ‘€π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘–π‘›π‘” π‘œπ‘“ π‘Ž 𝑁𝑒𝑀 π‘ˆπ‘Ÿπ‘π‘Žπ‘› πΆπ‘’π‘™π‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘’ 𝑖𝑛 πΆβ„Žπ‘–π‘›π‘Ž, 1930-1945″ by Victoria Green

  • [ESSAY] “E.T. 3 is Lying in a Coffin Outside Wuhan” by Angus Stewart

    茢 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茢 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS Editor’s note: In β€œE.T. 3 is Lying in a Coffin Outside Wuhan”, Angus Stewart explores Xiaosha Zhang’s 2018 mockumentary My Son Went to an Alien Planet (E.T. Made in China), situating…

    Nov 15, 2025
    [ESSAY] “E.T. 3 is Lying in a Coffin Outside Wuhan” by Angus Stewart

  • [REVIEW] β€œImpossible (Between) Girls: Lilly Hu’s 𝑂𝑛𝑒 πΊπ‘–π‘Ÿπ‘™ 𝐼𝑛𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑑𝑒” by Hongwei Bao

    茢 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茢 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] β€œImpossible (Between) Girls: Lilly Hu’s One Girl Infinite” by Hongwei Bao Lilly Hu (director), One Girl Infinite 不可能ε₯³ε­©, 2025. 102 min. The Chinese title of Lilly Hu’s (also known in…

    Nov 14, 2025
    [REVIEW] β€œImpossible (Between) Girls: Lilly Hu’s 𝑂𝑛𝑒 πΊπ‘–π‘Ÿπ‘™ 𝐼𝑛𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑑𝑒” by Hongwei Bao

  • [REVIEW] β€œHow Modern China Woke Up: A review of Martin Albers’s π΅π‘Ÿπ‘–π‘‘π‘Žπ‘–π‘›, πΉπ‘Ÿπ‘Žπ‘›π‘π‘’, π‘Šπ‘’π‘ π‘‘ πΊπ‘’π‘Ÿπ‘šπ‘Žπ‘›π‘¦ π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘ƒπ‘’π‘œπ‘π‘™π‘’β€™π‘  𝑅𝑒𝑝𝑒𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑐 π‘œπ‘“ πΆβ„Žπ‘–π‘›π‘Ž, 1969–1982” by Mario Rustan

    茢 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茢 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] β€œHow Modern China Woke Up: A review of Martin Albers’s Britain, France, West Germany and the People’s Republic of China, 1969-1982” by Mario Rustan Martin Albers, Britain, France, West Germany…

    Nov 14, 2025
    [REVIEW] β€œHow Modern China Woke Up: A review of Martin Albers’s π΅π‘Ÿπ‘–π‘‘π‘Žπ‘–π‘›, πΉπ‘Ÿπ‘Žπ‘›π‘π‘’, π‘Šπ‘’π‘ π‘‘ πΊπ‘’π‘Ÿπ‘šπ‘Žπ‘›π‘¦ π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘ƒπ‘’π‘œπ‘π‘™π‘’β€™π‘  𝑅𝑒𝑝𝑒𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑐 π‘œπ‘“ πΆβ„Žπ‘–π‘›π‘Ž, 1969–1982” by Mario Rustan

  • [REVIEW] β€œWho’s Afraid of Not Conjoined Bodies?: Hon Lai Chu’s 𝑀𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 π΅π‘œπ‘‘π‘–π‘’π‘ β€ by Tin Yuet Tam

    茢 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茢 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] β€œWho’s Afraid of Not Conjoined Bodies?: Hon Lai Chu’s Mending Bodies” by Tin Yuet Tam Click HERE to read all entries in Cha on Mending Bodies. Hon Lai Chu (author), Jacqueline Leung (translator), Mending Bodies,…

    Nov 14, 2025
    [REVIEW] β€œWho’s Afraid of Not Conjoined Bodies?: Hon Lai Chu’s 𝑀𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 π΅π‘œπ‘‘π‘–π‘’π‘ β€ by Tin Yuet Tam

  • [ESSAY] “Wong Bar Wine: A Cinematic Oasis in Hanoi” by Zalman S. Davis

    [ESSAY] “Wong Bar Wine: A Cinematic Oasis in Hanoi” by Zalman S.Β Davis On a calm Monday evening, I found myself at 14B Hai BΓ  TrΖ°ng in Hanoi, drawn to a cosy corner on TrΓ ng Tiền that radiated a warm, amber…

    Nov 4, 2025
    [ESSAY] “Wong Bar Wine: A Cinematic Oasis in Hanoi” by Zalman S. Davis

  • [CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS] The Write to Power Special FeatureΒ 

    πŸ“ Visit Write to Power to read the selected poems and the poets’ reflections on their poems. These days, in many places, many things can’t be said directly. Can we say them in poetry? Cha: An Asian Literary Journal is…

    Nov 3, 2025
    [CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS] The Write to Power Special FeatureΒ 

  • [REVIEW] “Women without Men: Rethinking Sexuality & Normalcy in Imperial Chinaβ€”Hsiao-wen Cheng’s 𝐷𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑒, π·π‘’π‘šπ‘œπ‘›π‘–π‘, π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ π·π‘–π‘ π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘‘” by Jennifer Eagleton

    πŸ“Β RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“Β RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Hsiao-wen Cheng, Divine, Demonic, and Disordered: Women without Men in Song Dynasty China, University of Washington Press, 2021. 244 pgs. I did not find this book an easy read,…

    Nov 3, 2025
    [REVIEW] “Women without Men: Rethinking Sexuality & Normalcy in Imperial Chinaβ€”Hsiao-wen Cheng’s 𝐷𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑒, π·π‘’π‘šπ‘œπ‘›π‘–π‘, π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ π·π‘–π‘ π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘‘” by Jennifer Eagleton

  • [REVIEW] β€œA Memory of Absence: Hisham Matar’s π‘‡β„Žπ‘’ π‘…π‘’π‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘›β€ by Varsha Nair

    πŸ“ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπŸ“ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Hisham Matar,Β The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land In Between,Β Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2016, 256 pgs.Β  You walk into a memoir anticipating something deeply personal. You expect to encounter…

    Nov 1, 2025
    [REVIEW] β€œA Memory of Absence: Hisham Matar’s π‘‡β„Žπ‘’ π‘…π‘’π‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘›β€ by Varsha Nair

  • [FIRST IMPRESSIONS] β€œIn Their Words, We Find Ourselves: Reading Lin Yi-Han’s πΉπ‘Žπ‘›π‘” 𝑆𝑖-πΆβ„Žπ‘–β€™π‘  πΉπ‘–π‘Ÿπ‘ π‘‘ πΏπ‘œπ‘£π‘’ π‘ƒπ‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘Žπ‘‘π‘–π‘ π‘’β€ by Hana Kim

    茢 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茢 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [FIRST IMPRESSIONS] β€œIn Their Words, We Find Ourselves: Reading Lin Yi-Han’s Fang Si-Chi’s First Love Paradise” by Hana Kim Yi-Han Lin (author), Jenna Tang (translator), Fang Si-Chi’s First Love Paradise, HarperVia, 2024. 272 pgs.…

    Nov 1, 2025
    [FIRST IMPRESSIONS] β€œIn Their Words, We Find Ourselves: Reading Lin Yi-Han’s πΉπ‘Žπ‘›π‘” 𝑆𝑖-πΆβ„Žπ‘–β€™π‘  πΉπ‘–π‘Ÿπ‘ π‘‘ πΏπ‘œπ‘£π‘’ π‘ƒπ‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘Žπ‘‘π‘–π‘ π‘’β€ by Hana Kim
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