As Slow as Possible, and Letters Home
Antony Huen reviews recent poetry releases by two of Hong Kong’s most respected young English language poets.
Category Archives
Archive for: Hong Kong and Chinese Literature and Culture
Wuhan Diary
Chris Maden reviews Fang Fang’s Diary of the Coronavirus Outbreak.
HKRB Essays: The Long Goodbye
As the UK government signals a potential ‘path to citizenship’ to nearly 3 million potential Hong Kong BNOs, and Trump starts the process of revoking Hong Kong’s special treatment, journalist and cultural historian Stuart Walton reflects on public and private histories.
Stories of the Sahara
Darren Huang reviews the first English translation of Sanmao’s classic travelogue of love and loss in the Sahara.
Hong Kong Noir
Liz Wan reviews a recent addition to an award-winning noir series: an anthology of fourteen deliciously dark tales from Hong Kong.
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.
Chungking Mansions
Ignatius G.D. Suglo reviews a book that collects visceral images of Hong Kong’s last ghetto.
