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{Written by Kiran Bhat, this review is part of Issue 46 of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Christopher New, Chinese Spring, Contraband, 2019. 279 pgs. There is a reason why, in certain cultures, we view life as…
![[REVIEW] “Ebbs and Flows of History: A Review of Christopher New’s Chinese Spring” by Kiran Bhat](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/chinese-spring_christopher-new.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Cyril Camus, this review is part of Issue 46 of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Zou Tao (author), Timothy Gouldthorp (translator), The Fox Spirit of Bluestone Mountain, Camphor Press, 2020. 228 pgs. Húlí yuán quán zhuàn…
![[REVIEW] “𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐹𝑜𝑥 𝑆𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝐵𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑀𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛: Female Force, Bridges from Zhiguai to Novel, and a Royal Rumble of Myth” by Cyril Camus](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/the-fox-spirit-of-bluestone-mountain-zou-tao-translated-by-timothy-gouldthorp.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Emma Zhang, this review is part of Issue 46 of Cha.} {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.…
![[REVIEW] “The World for One Family: A Review of Jung Chang’s 𝐵𝑖𝑔 𝑆𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟, 𝐿𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑒 𝑆𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟, 𝑅𝑒𝑑 𝑆𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟” by Emma Zhang](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/big-sister-little-sister-red-sister-three-women-at-the-heart-of-twentieth-century-china-1.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Phill Provance, this review is part of Issue 46 of Cha.} {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…
![[REVIEW] “The Art of Alienation: A Review of Tammy Lai-Ming Ho’s 𝐴𝑛 𝐸𝑥𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑖𝑛 𝐻𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝐾𝑜𝑛𝑔” by Phill Provance](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/an-extraterrestrial-in-hong-kong-1.jpg?w=969)
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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…
![[REVIEW] “Tales from Life and the Afterlife: Cyril Wong’s 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑆𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝐻𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑛” by Amanda Chan](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cyril-wong_this-side-of-heaven-1.jpg?w=798)
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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. “Do 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 Residence™, 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 Kong—Sunday 9 August 2020 }}} The number of COVID-19 cases in Hong Kong today is 72. The…
![[EXCLUSIVE] “Every Encounter Is A Fated Event” (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)
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[Chris Song’s Mobile Diary] Mild Trypophobia by Chris Song, translated from the Chinese by Tammy Lai-Ming Ho {{{ Hong Kong—Saturday 8 August 2020 }}} The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases today: 69. This afternoon in Central, walking past H Queen’s, the eye-catching tower…
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