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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “The Extraordinary Story of Bernardine Szold Fritz—A Review of Susan Blumberg-Kason’s Bernardine’s Shanghai Salon: The Story of the Doyenne of Old China” by X. H. Collins Susan Blumberg-Kason, Bernardine’s Shanghai…
![[REVIEW] “The Extraordinary Story of Bernardine Szold Fritz—A Review of Susan Blumberg-Kason’s 𝐵𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑒’𝑠 𝑆ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔ℎ𝑎𝑖 𝑆𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛: 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐷𝑜𝑦𝑒𝑛𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑂𝑙𝑑 𝐶ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑎” by X. H. Collins](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/the-extraordinary-story-of-bernardine-szold-fritze28094a-review-of-susan-blumberg-kasons-bernardines-shanghai-salon-the-story-of-the-doyenne-of-old-china.jpg?w=768)
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [FIRST IMPRESSIONS] “A Bittersweet Love for a Tempestuous City: Chan Kwan Ee Tom’s Listen” by Akin Jeje Click HERE to read all entries in Cha on Listen. Chan Kwan Ee Tom, Listen, Atmosphere Press, 2023. Inspired…
![[FIRST IMPRESSIONS] “A Bittersweet Love for a Tempestuous City: Chan Kwan Ee Tom’s 𝐿𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛” by Akin Jeje](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/listen_chan-kwan-ee-tom.jpg?w=1024)
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TH: Wong King Fai’s short story “The Girl Without a Face” 無相女 was published in the Hong Kong Literary 香港文學 magazine in 2009 and is included in the author’s collection Hong Kong: Mock City 香港：重複的城市. In 2023, it was shortlisted…
![[TRANSLATION] “The Girl Without a Face” by Wong King Fai, Translated by Chris Song](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/girl-without-a-face_cha-an-asian-literary-journal.jpg?w=1024)
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📁 RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONS📁 RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Ho-fung Hung, City on the Edge: Hong Kong under China Rule, Cambridge University Press, 2022. 316 pgs. “Pessimism of the Intellect, Optimism of the Will.” Ho-fung Hung’s latest monograph, City…
![[REVIEW] “Is Hong Kong Expired after the National Security Law?—A Review of Ho-fung Hung’s 𝐶𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐸𝑑𝑔𝑒: 𝐻𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝐾𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝐶ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑎 𝑅𝑢𝑙𝑒” by Winnie W. C. Lai](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/city-on-the-edge_cha-banner.png?w=936)
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TH: In this very short tale, Guru T Ladakhi presents a defiant woman proud of ownership of her body and choices, unafraid of the gossip and speculation of others. Artwork by Anastasi Holubchyk. I know a great grandmother. She is…
![[EXCLUSIVE] “Tall” by Guru T Ladakhi](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/anastasi-holubchyk1.png?w=940)
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TH: Aileen Blaney explores the gentrification of the Himalayan village in the new work-from-anywhere post-pandemic dispensation. In this piece, the coffee shop is used as a device for depicting the arrival of a cosmopolitan elite in rural India. “They’re ruining the Himalayas with their coffee shops and…
![[EXCLUSIVE] “Basque Cheesecake in the Indian Himalayas” by Aileen Blaney](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/dharamshala-for-digital-nomads.jpg?w=1024)
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “The Absence that Haunts the City—A Review of Making Space: A Collection of Writing and Art” by Luca Griseri Click HERE to read all entries in Chaon Making Space. Nicolette Wong (editor), Making Space: A…
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “To Write Properly: Hwang Bo-reum’s Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop” by Jack Greenberg Hwang Bo-reum (author), Shanna Tan (translator), Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023. 320 pgs. Welcome…
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📁 RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONS📁 RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Hangping Xu and Yunte Huang (special issue editors), Translatability and Transmediality: Chinese Poetry in/and the World, V20: N1 of Prism: Theory and Modern Chinese Literature. Duke University Press, March 2023. 252…
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “Will in the World: Alexa Alice Joubin’s Shakespeare and East Asia” by Jeff Tompkins Alexa Alice Joubin, Shakespeare and East Asia, Oxford University Press, 2021. 272 pp. “What country, friends,…
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