Vigil: Hong Kong on the Brink
Historian Jeff Wasserstrom shares with Daniel C. Tsang his historically tempered observations about Hong Kong.
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Archive for: HKRB Books
A Sensational Encounter with High Socialist China
Chris Maden reviews Paul Pickowicz’s account of a unique moment in modern China’s history.
Chungking Mansions
Ignatius G.D. Suglo reviews a book that collects visceral images of Hong Kong’s last ghetto.
Who Are Universities For?
Michael O’Sullivan reviews a book that dares to ask the fundamental question facing all universities in the twenty-first century.
Destination Shanghai
Yvonne Wong reviews Paul French’s exploration of the genius loci of Shanghai.
Flèche
May Huang reviews a celebrated debut collection of poetry by the Hong Kong writer Mary Jean Chan.
Coming to our Senses
Emily Chow-Quesada reviews The Hong Kong Writers Circle annual anthology of short stories and poems about the city.
The Birth and Death of Literary Theory
Eli Park Sorensen reviews Galin Tihanov’s impressive new work on the rise and fall of literary theory.
