Category: Cha Review of Books and Films
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{Written by Matt Turner, this review is part of Issue 39 (April 2018) of Cha.}Β {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Kaitlin Solimine, Empire of Glass, Ig Publishing, 2017. 297 pgs. When Wang Guanmiao, future husband of Huang Li-ming,…
![[Review] Revolutionary Practice: Kaitlin Solimine’s Empire of Glass](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/empire-of-glass1.png?w=417)
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{Written by Maja Milatovic, this review is part of Issue 39 (April 2018) of Cha.}Β {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Lachlan Brown, Lunar Inheritance, Giramondo Publishing Company, 2017. 96 pgs. Questions of identity and self-definition hold a special…
![[REVIEW] “Shifting Terrains: Movement and Identity in Lachlan Brown’s πΏπ’πππ πΌπβππππ‘ππππ” by Maja Milatovic](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/lunar-inheritance_brown.png?w=1024)
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{Written by Jason S Polley, this review is part of Issue 39 (April 2018) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Henry Wei Leung, Goddess of Democracy:…
![[REVIEW] “Eloquence, Anger, SincerityβHenry Wei Leung’s πΊπππππ π ππ π·ππππππππ¦: π΄π ππππ’ππ¦ πΏπ¦πππ” by Jason S Polley](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/leung-goddess-cover-21.jpg?w=900)
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{Written by Mark Stevenson, this review is part of Issue 39 (April 2018) of Cha.}Β {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Nguyα» n HΖ°ng Quα»c and NhΓ£ ThuyΓͺn (editors), Poems of LΓͺ VΔn TΓ i, Nguyα» n TΓ΄n Hiα»t & Phan Quα»³nh…
![[Review] Three Vietnamese Voices in Australia: Poems of LΓͺ VΔn TΓ i, Nguyα»
n TΓ΄n Hiα»t & Phan Quα»³nh](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/vagabond.jpg?w=450)
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[REVIEW] “Rich and Varied: Richard Berengarten’s πΆβππππππ” by Eleanor Goodman
{Written by EleanorΒ Goodman, this review is part of Issue 39 (April 2018) of Cha.}Β {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Richard Berengarten, Changing, Shearsman Books, 2016, 563 pgs. What should one make of the Yijing (ζηΆ), that book that…
![[REVIEW] “Rich and Varied: Richard Berengarten’s πΆβππππππ” by Eleanor Goodman](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/yi.jpg?w=680)
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{Written by Amanda Cattel, this review is part of Issue 39 (April 2018) of Cha.}Β {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films} ClickΒ HERE to readΒ all entries inΒ ChaΒ onΒ Ang Lee. Ang Lee (director),Β Eat Drink Man Woman (Yin shi nan nΓΌ), 1994. 123…
![[REVIEW] “The Recipe for Embracing Biformity: Ang Lee’s πΈππ‘ π·ππππ πππ πππππ” by Amanda Cattel](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/meal.jpg?w=800)
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We are currently looking for books on or about the Philippines to review in the “Writing the Philippines” edition of Cha: An Asian Literary Journal, scheduled for publication in June 2018. The guest editors of the issue areΒ Ricardo M. de…
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At Cha, we are expanding the Reviews section to include film reviews. We welcome reviews of films, both classic and more recent, that are set in Asia, explore Asian themes, depict Asian characters and/or have an Asian focus. Please first…
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{Written by Judy Wu, this review is part of the “Writing Hong Kong” Issue (December 2017) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films} Carol Dyer (editor), Imprint 16: The Annual Anthology of the Women in Publishing Society…
![[Review] A Rich Slice of Global Hong Kong: Imprint 16](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/imprint1.png?w=682)
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{Written by Nicholas Chan, this review is part of the “Writing Hong Kong” Issue (December 2017) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films} Guy Sanderson Shirra, The Accidental Prawn: “Interesting Times” β Policing 20th Century Hong Kong…
![[REVIEW] “Narrating Hong Kong Through the Handover: Guy Shirra’s πβπ π΄πππππππ‘ππ ππππ€π” by Nicholas Chan](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/accidental-prawn.jpg?w=559)
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{Written by Janice Tsang, this review is part of the “Writing Hong Kong” Issue (December 2017) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films} Liu Waitong (author), Enoch Yee-lok Tam, Desmond Sham, Audrey Heijins, Chan Lai-kuen and Cao…
![[REVIEW] “Capturing Disappearing Hong Kong: Liu Waitong’s πππππππππ π»πππ πΎπππ π€ππ‘β ππππππ‘π ” by Janice Tsang](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/wandering-hong-kong.png?w=642)
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{Written by Liz Wan, this review is part of the “Writing Hong Kong” Issue (December 2017) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films} Viki Holmes, Girls’ Adventure Stories of Long Ago, Chameleon Press, 2017. 123 pgs. ‘If…
![[Review] Waltzing with Words: Viki Holmes’s Girls’ Adventure Stories of Long Ago](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/girls-adventure-stories.jpg?w=333)
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{Written by Natalie Liu, this review is part of the “Writing Hong Kong” Issue (December 2017) of Cha.}Β {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films} Michael Kaan, The Water Beetles, Goose Lane, 2017. 360 pgs. The Water Beetles is a…
![[Review] A Story About a Memory: Michael Kaan’s The Water Beetles](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/water-beetles_cut.jpg?w=640)
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{Written by Michael Tsang, this review is part of the “Writing Hong Kong” Issue (December 2017) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films} Antony Dapiran, City of Protest: A Recent History of Dissent in Hong Kong, Penguin, 134…
![[Review] “Locked Potential: Antony Dapiran’s πΆππ‘π¦ ππ ππππ‘ππ π‘” by Michael Tsang](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/city-of-protest1.jpg?w=400)
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{Written by Abraham Overbeeke, this review is part of the “Writing Hong Kong” Issue (December 2017) of Cha.}Β {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films} Karen Fang, Arresting Cinema: Surveillance in Hong Kong Film, Stanford University Press, 2017. 240 pgs.…
![[REVIEW] “Reading Karen Fang’s π΄ππππ π‘πππ πΆπππππ: ππ’ππ£ππππππππ ππ π»πππ πΎπππ πΉπππ” by Abraham Overbeeke](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/arresting-cinema1.jpg?w=400)
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{Written by Joyce Lau, this review is part of the “Writing Hong Kong” Issue (December 2017) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films} Robert Gottlieb and Simon Ng, Global Cities: Urban Environments in Los Angeles, Hong Kong, and…
![[REVIEW] A Tale of Two Metropolises: Robert Gottlieb and Simon Ng’s Global Cities: Urban Environments in Los Angeles, Hong Kong, and China](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/global-cities_cha.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by W.F. Lantry, this review is part of the “Writing Hong Kong” Issue (December 2017) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films} Magnus Renfrew, Uncharted Territory: Culture and Commerce in Hong Kong’s Art World, Penguin, 2017. 115…
![[REVIEW] “The Weight of Lightness: Magnus Renfrew’s πππβπππ‘ππ ππππππ‘ππ𦔠by W.F. Lantry](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/uncharted-territory.jpg?w=400)
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{Written by Vivian Tang, this review is part of the “Writing Hong Kong” Issue (December 2017) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films} Dung Kai-Cheung (author), Bonnie S. McDougall and Anders Hansson (translators), Cantonese Love Stories, Penguin, 2017.…
![[REVIEW] “A City of Strangers: Dung Kai-Cheung’s πΆπππ‘ππππ π πΏππ£π ππ‘πππππ ” by Vivian Tang](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/cantonese-love-stories1.jpg?w=400)
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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} Chan Chi-fat (director), Weeds on Fire (Dian wu bu), 2016. 95 min. Hong Kong…
![[REVIEW] “A Throwback to Hong Kong’s Golden Age: Chi Fat Chan’s πππππ ππ πΉπππ” by Susan Blumberg-Kason](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/maxresdefault-4.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Michael Tsang, this review is part of the “Writing Hong Kong” Issue (December 2017) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films} PEN Hong Kong, Hong Kong 20/20: Reflections on a borrowed place, Blacksmith Books, 2017. 400…
![[REVIEW] Candid Hong Kong: PEN Hong Kong’s Hong Kong 20/20](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/hk2020_cover_8001.jpg?w=800)
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{Written by Jason Y. Ng, this review is part of the “Writing Hong Kong” Issue (December 2017) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films} Ben Bland, Generation HK: Seeking Identity in China’s Shadow, Penguin, 2017. 100 pgs. Unpacking…
![[REVIEW] “Ben Bland’s πΊππππππ‘πππ π»πΎ: πππππππ πΌππππ‘ππ‘π¦ ππ πΆβπππ’π πβππππ€” by Jason Y. Ng](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/ben-bland1.jpg?w=400)
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{Written by Ray Hecht, this review is part of the “Writing Hong Kong” Issue (December 2017) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films} John Saeki, The Tiger Hunters of Tai O, Blacksmith Books, 2017. 304 pgs. The Tiger…
![[REVIEW] Hong Kong in the Fifties: John Saeki’s The Tiger Hunters of Tai O](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/tiger-hunters-of-tai-o_8001.jpg?w=800)
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[REVIEW] “Saying Goodbye: Xu Xi’s π·πππ π»πππ πΎπππ” by Mike Ingham
{Written by Mike Ingham, this review is part of the “Writing Hong Kong” Issue (December 2017) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films} Xu Xi, Dear Hong Kong: An Elegy For A City, Penguin, 2017. 156 pgs. Let…
![[REVIEW] “Saying Goodbye: Xu Xi’s π·πππ π»πππ πΎπππ” by Mike Ingham](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/xu-xi_dear-hong-kong.jpg?w=400)
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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…
![[REVIEW] “Impromptu Performances and Wild Exhibitions: Christopher DeWolf’s π΅πππππ€ππ ππππππ : πΏπππ π΅ππ‘π€πππ π‘βπ πΆπππππ ππ ππππππ π»πππ πΎπππ” by Jason S Polley](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/97807343108591.jpg?w=400)
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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…
![[Review] A Leap of Faith: Joe Piscatella’s Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/joshua.jpg?w=665)
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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.…
![[REVIEW] “War Films: Ann Hui’s ππ’π ππππ ππππ πΆπππ and Christopher Nolan’s π·π’πππππ” by Karen Fang](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/our-time-will-come_dunkirk_cha.jpg?w=1024)
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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.…
![[REVIEW] “A History of Hong Kong in Six Cases: Chan Ho-Kei’s πβπ π΅πππππ€ππ” by Douglas Kerr](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/the-borrowed-chan-ho-kei.jpg?w=600)
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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.…
![[REVIEW] “Between a Rock: Simon Cartledge’s π΄ ππ¦π π‘ππ π΄ππππ‘: π»πππ πΎπππ’π πππππ‘ππππ πΈππππππ¦ ππππ 1997 ππππ πππ€” by Matt Turner](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/simon-cartledge_a-system-apart.jpg?w=872)
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