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{Written by Emma Zhang, this review is part of Issue 46 of Cha.}ย {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Jung Chang, Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China, Penguin Random House, 2019.…
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{Written by Phill Provance, this review is part of Issue 46 of Cha.}ย {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Tammy Lai-Ming Ho, An Extraterrestrial in Hong Kong, Musical Stone Publishing, 2018. 45 pgs. If any one line hints at…
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{Written by Amanda Chan, this review is part of Issue 46 of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Cyril Wong, This Side of Heaven, Epigram Books, 2020. 176 pgs. Fire is mesmerising in the way that flames flicker…
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The Untranslatability of my Udon Breakfast by Belle Ling 7 a.m. space-probes in a pool. Morning is a container within another container. Every day keeps its stomach low, its mouth takes in whatever it is given. โDo you need half…
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When Lovers Die by Paul Rozario-Falcone I actually had had a date that evening. A handsome waiter from a few meals the week before had looked me up on Facebook and sent a friend request. He knew I had recently…
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“The Writing Life Beyond COVID-19: A Virtual Residency” was co-organised by Cha: An Asian Literary Journal and the newly founded Mongrel Writers Residenceโข, featuring SEVEN Hong Kong-based writers and Cha contributors and SIX transnational writers, who are graduates and students…
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[Chris Song’s Mobile Diary] Every Encounter Is A Fated Event by Chris Song, translated from the Chinese by Tammy Lai-Ming Ho {{{ Hong KongโSunday 9 August 2020 }}} The number of COVID-19 cases in Hong Kong today is 72. The…
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[Chris Song’s Mobile Diary] Mild Trypophobia by Chris Song, translated from the Chinese by Tammy Lai-Ming Ho {{{ Hong KongโSaturday 8 August 2020 }}} The number of confirmed COVID-19 casesย today: 69. This afternoonย in Central, walking past H Queen’s, the eye-catchingย tower…
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[Chris Song’s Mobile Diary] Focused On Their Own Steps by Chris Song, translated from the Chinese by Tammy Lai-Ming Ho {{{ Hong KongโFriday 7 August 2020 }}} Eighty-nine new confirmed COVID-19 cases today. Since working from home, my activities have…
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[Chris Song’s Mobile Diary] Beckoning Her Children by Chris Song, translated from the Chinese by Tammy Lai-Ming Ho {{{ Hong KongโThursday 6 August 2020 }}} The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases is 95 today. It was raining for daysย on endย and…


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![[EXCLUSIVE] “When Lovers Die” by Paul Rozario-Falcone](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/silent-metal-creatures.jpeg?w=1024)
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![[EXCLUSIVE] โEvery Encounter Is A Fated Eventโ (Sunday 9 August 2020) by Chris Song, translated by Tammy Lai-Ming Ho](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/seven-sisters-temple-1.jpg?w=952)
![[EXCLUSIVE] โMild Trypophobiaโ (Saturday 8 August 2020) by Chris Song, translated by Tammy Lai-Ming Ho](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/shek-kip-mei_by-oliver-farry.jpg?w=1024)
![[EXCLUSIVE] โFocused On Their Own Stepsโ (Friday 7 August 2020) by Chris Song, translated by Tammy Lai-Ming Ho](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/buildings-in-hong-kong_oliver-farry.jpg?w=1024)
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