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Editor’s note: In this essay, Chris Song reflects on debates in Hong Kong’s Sinophone literary field since the 2019 Biennial Awards, where tensions between everyday poetics and politically engaged writing surfaced. He shows how prizes, criticism, and institutions shape poetic…
![[ESSAY] “Poetics Debates and the Shadow of Power in Hong Kong’s Sinophone Literary Field” by Chris Song](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/poetics-debates-and-the-shadow-of-power-in-hong-kongs-sinophone-literary-field.png?w=786)
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “Chungking Dreamin’: A Review of Giorgio Biancorosso’s Remixing Wong Kar-wai” by Mario Rustan Click HERE to read all entries in Chaon Remixing Wong Kar-wai. Giorgio Biancorosso. Remixing Wong Kar-wai: Music, Bricolage, and the Aesthetics…
![[REVIEW] “Chungking Dreamin’: A Review of Giorgio Biancorosso’s 𝑅𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑥𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑊𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝐾𝑎𝑟-𝑤𝑎𝑖” by Mario Rustan](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/remixing-wong-kar-wai-music-bricolage-and-the-aesthetics-of-oblivion.jpg?w=1000)
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [ESSAY] “Through the Time Tunnel and Written on Water: Eileen Chang Across Exile and Memory” by Jeff Tompkins ❀ Eileen Chang (author), Karen S. Kingsbury and Jie Zhang (translators). Time Tunnel, New York…
![[ESSAY] “Through the 𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑇𝑢𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑙 and 𝑊𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑛 𝑜𝑛 𝑊𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟: Eileen Chang Across Exile and Memory” by Jeff Tompkins](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/eileen-chang-cha-an-asian-literary-journal-jeff-tompkins.png?w=1024)
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “Kit Fan’s Goodbye Chinatown and the Politics of Taste” by Jonathan Han Click HERE to read all entries in Chaon Goodbye Chinatown. Kit Fan, Goodbye Chinatown, World Editions, 2026. 268…
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[ESSAY] “Assemblage of/as Faith: Max Balatbat Reimagines the Sacred in ‘Sampalataya’” by Jose P. Mojica When one imagines the church, certain images come to mind. Mannerist-style paintings of the Stations of the Cross hang on tiled walls. Sunrays brim with…
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [ESSAY] “The Forgotten Chapter of Indian History: A Study of Abbas Panakkal’s Hindu Amir of Muslims” by Kabir Deb Abbas Panakkal, Hindu Amir of Muslims: Indigenized Islam from the Indian Ocean…
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Editor’s note: We are delighted to present an essay by the distinguished translator Howard Goldblatt, whose work has been instrumental in introducing modern Chinese fiction to English-speaking readers. In his essay, Goldblatt reflects on his translation of Liang Xiaosheng’s My…
![[MY DESTINY] “Me and 𝑀𝑦 𝐷𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑦” by Howard Goldblatt](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/howard-goldblatt-my-destiny-and-me-for-cha.png?w=1024)
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Editor’s note: We are pleased to present the first chapter of Liang Xiaosheng’s My Destiny, translated by the renowned Howard Goldblatt, whose work has played a defining role in bringing modern Chinese fiction to an English-speaking readership. Readers interested in…
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[ESSAY] “Meeting the Moment: The Intimacy of LingJiun Wang’s Photography” by Julia Merican In Passing (2019 – present) I am looking at a photograph by LingJiun Wang. In it, a woman lies on a dark rug, which in turn rests…
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [FIRST IMPRESSIONS] “On Breathing Space: Sound, Memory, and the Quiet Weight of Francis Catedral’s My Third Home” by Nur Hasanah Francis Catedral (director), Rumah Ketigaku (My Third Home), 2025. 21 min.…
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