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.
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Archive for: HKRB Books
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.
Underworld Lit
Paul Scott Stanfield reviews a campus novel…er…poem.
Two Trees Make a Forest
Darren Huang reviews Jessica J. Lee’s hybrid work of nature writing, memoir, and history investigating Taiwan and her family’s past.
Braised Pork
Chris Maden reviews An Yu’s haunting and intelligent debut novel, centred on relationships in modern China.
Philosophical Posthumanism
Paul Clinton Corrigan reviews Francesca Ferrando’s important intervention in the debates encircling the notion of Posthumanism.
Vigil: Hong Kong on the Brink
Historian Jeff Wasserstrom shares with Daniel C. Tsang his historically tempered observations about Hong Kong.
A Sensational Encounter with High Socialist China
Chris Maden reviews Paul Pickowicz’s account of a unique moment in modern China’s history.
