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Category: Hong Kong

[REVIEW] “STEP OUT Studios’ 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑁𝑒𝑥𝑡 𝑀𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 Blasts Out Futuristic Sounds From the Dancers’ Feet” by by Dawna Fung

茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “STEP OUT Studios’ The Next Movement Blasts Out Futuristic Sounds From the Dancers’ Feet” by by Dawna Fung Wong Chun-ho (director), Zoe Chan & Cal Tang (artistic directors & choreographers), hirsk…

Nov 29, 2025
[EXCLUSIVE] “SALTY WET 鹹濕” by Lydia Wong

Editor’s note: Lydia Wong’s evocative essay explores salt as both a material and metaphorical force in Hong Kong’s cultural, political, and sensual identity. From ancient salt fields to contemporary political repression, she traces how salt symbolises preservation, resistance, and longing.…

Jul 22, 2025
[FIRST IMPRESSIONS] “The Importance of Nomenclature in 𝑃𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛, 𝐿𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑢𝑎𝑔𝑒, 𝑆𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔—𝐴 𝐺𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝐶𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑆𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝐻𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝐾𝑜𝑛𝑔” By Vanessa Winghei Yeung

📁 RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONS📁 RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS in.light.of.living—Sik.Faan (author), jck (illustrator), and daanngaazai (calligrapher), Pattern, Language, Setting—A Glossary of City Spaces in Hong Kong, Enlighten & Fish, 2021. 240 pgs. Pattern, Language, Setting—A Glossary of City…

Feb 14, 2025
[Review] “Unfinished Story: A Review of Joshua Wong’s 𝑈𝑛𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑒 𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑐ℎ” by Jennifer Anne Eagleton

{Written by Jennifer Anne Eagleton, this review is part of Issue 46 (March/April 2020) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Joshua Wong with Jason Y. Ng. Unfree Speech: The Threat to Global Democracy and Why We Must…

Mar 12, 2020