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{Written by Jason S Polley, this review is part of the “Writing Hong Kong” Issue (December 2017) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films} π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Christopher DeWolf, Borrowed…
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{Written by Susan Blumberg-Kason, this review is part of the “Writing Hong Kong” Issue (December 2017) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films} Joe Piscatella (director), Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower, 2017. 78 min. When Occupy movements sprung…
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{Written by Karen Fang, this review is part of the “Writing Hong Kong” Issue (December 2017) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films} β Ann Hui (director), Our Time Will Come (Ming yue ji shi you), 2017.…
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{Written by Douglas Kerr, this review is part of the “Writing Hong Kong” Issue (December 2017) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films} Chan Ho-Kei (author), Jeremy Tiang (translator), The Borrowed, Head of Zeus, 2016. 496 pgs.…
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{Written by Matt Turner, this review is part of the “Writing Hong Kong” Issue (December 2017) of Cha.}Β {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films} Simon Cartledge, A System Apart: Hong Kong’s Political Economy from 1997 until Now, Penguin, 2017.…
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Cha: An Asian Literary JournalΒ is now calling for submissions for Issue 39, scheduled for publication in March 2018. Please send in (preferably Asian-themed) poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, reviews, photography & art for consideration. Submission guidelines can be foundΒ here. Deadline: 31…
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UPDATE (Sunday 22 April 2018): Please click here to see the list of winners and finalists. This contest, entitled βAuditory Cortexβ, is run by the first and only Hong Kong-based English-language free-access online literary journal,Β Cha: An Asian Literary Journal. The…
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Cha Reading Series takes the online journal out into the physical world. It brings together poets, writers, translators and artists who are in some way or other affiliated withΒ Cha. Readings will take place in various impromptu locations across the city,…
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The Hong Kong academic Wong Kwok Kui’s preface to the philosophy book Unsleeping Philosophy (Commercial Press, 2017) was removed after he refused to amend a passage referencing the Umbrella Movement (Hong Kong Free Press). Here, Cha presents the censored preface,…
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We are currently looking for books on or about Hong Kong to review in the “Writing Hong Kong” edition of Cha: An Asian Literary Journal, scheduled for publication in December 2017. We welcome submissions of review copies from publishers, authors…


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