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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [FIRST IMPRESSIONS] “Between Despair and Tteokbokki: Reading Baek Sehee” by Hana Kim Baek Sehee (author), Anton Hur (translator), I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki, Bloomsbury, 208 pgs.…
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[ESSAY] “Preserving the Path of Enlightenment at Borobudur and Not Just the Stones” by Daniel Gauss Borobudur is an allegory of self awareness, growth and social engagement, rendered in volcanic stone. It was not built for veneration, but to be…
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Editorial for Cha‘s November 2012 Issue (Issue 19) [ARCHIVE] “A Hundred Years of Karma” by Tammy Lai-Ming Ho Recently I’ve been riding the bus a lot—three hours a day, more or less. I spend one eighth of my time on…
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [FIRST IMPRESSIONS] “Skipping, Living: Notes on Xi Xi’s Mourning a Breast” by Madeleine Slavick Click HERE to read all entries in Cha on Mourning a Breast. Xi Xi (author), Jennifer Feeley (translator), Mourning a Breast, Giramondo Publishing,…
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TIFF 2025 ▞ 10. The Archivist’s Film: A Conversation on Kunsang Kyirong’s 100 Sunset▞ 9. She Was Screaming into Silence: A Conversation on Cai Shangjun’s The Sun Rises On Us All▞ 8. You Don’t Belong to Anyone: A Conversation on…
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[FIRST IMPRESSIONS] “Guan Hu’s 𝐵𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝐷𝑜𝑔: Olympic Ambition Meets Provincial Reality” by Oliver Farry
茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [FIRST IMPRESSIONS] “Guan Hu’s Black Dog: Olympic Ambition Meets Provincial Reality” by Oliver Farry Guan Hu (director), Black Dog 狗阵, 2024. 110 min. Guan Hu’s canine drama delineates a quixotic episode…
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [FIRST IMPRESSIONS] “Dreams Without Dreamers: Bi Gan’s Beautifully Perverse Resurrection” by Oliver Farry Bi Gan (director), Resurrection 狂野时代, 2025. 156 mins. Bi Gan’s third film is a splendid-looking enigma in the…
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [FIRST IMPRESSIONS] “Everyday Movement: Gigi L. Leung’s Love Letter to Hong Kong” by Susan Blumberg-Kason Click HERE to read all entries in Cha on Everyday Movement. Gigi L. Leung (author), Jennifer Feeley (translator), Everyday Movement, Riverhead…
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茶 Click HERE for all First Impressions entries. Illustration by Ruby van der Hoeven We are constantly seeking submissions for 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, a section of Cha: An Asian Literary Journal devoted to compact reviews of books and films (300–800 words;…
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Translator’s note: Chi Ta-wei’s 紀大偉 short story, “Beneath His Eyes, in Your Palm, a Red, Red Rose Is About to Bloom” 他的眼底, 你的掌心, 即將綻放一朵紅玫瑰 (1994), is a queer, prophetic, postmodern, posthuman, drug-fuelled cyberpunk pastiche, a descent into a stygian labyrinth…
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