The Kowloon English Club
Chris Maden reviews a gentle comedy set in the run-up to Hong Kong’s 1997 ‘handover’ to China…
HONG KONG REVIEW OF BOOKS 香港書評
Critical Theory, Philosophy, Literature – Reviews, Essays, Interviews
Leading Healthy and Thriving Schools in Hong Kong
Flora Mak reviews a theoretical and practical summary of promoting a healthy school framework in Hong Kong.
Good Times in Dystopia
Paul Clinton Corrigan reviews a book that engages with the darker side of life in the contemporary urban sprawl.
This City is a Minefield
Jason Man-bo Ho reviews Aaron Chan’s memoir about growing up as a gay man in the multiracial, multicultural city of Vancouver.
The Idols of Isis
Briankle G. Chang reviews a book that interrogates the enduring power of the image.
Reactionary Democracy
Ben Margulies reviews a book that examines the complex politics of racism that is at play in some of the major democracies of the developed world.
China: In Life’s Foreground
Dr. Emma Zhang reviews the autobiography of an Oxford scholar and Catholic missionary who witnessed multiple national upheavals and whose life was committed to her faith and community.
HKRB Essays: Fashion and China–Africa Relations
Johanna von Pezold uses insights from her fieldwork in Mozambique to explore China–Africa relations through the lens of fashion.
