HKRB EVENTS: Penguin Specials Hong Kong
Jeffrey Tam attended the launch of the new Hong Kong Specials Series by Penguin, reporting on the event and readings from the authors.
Category Archives
Archive for: Hong Kong and Chinese Literature and Culture
Poem in Blue
Joel Swann’s series of 21 reviews of international poetry from Chinese University Press continues.
HKRB Essays: Documenting Turbulent Times in HK
Karen Cheung offers a journalists perspective and personal reflection on the recent political crises in Hong Kong.
Shanghai Faithful
Mike Cormack on a long history of a family from the Opium Wars to the present day.
The Salt Dress Inside Me – 我身體裏的鹽裙
Joel Swann’s epic series of 21 reviews of poetry published in Hong Kong continues with Kim Hyesoon’s short collection.
The Dancing Girl & the Turtle
Beverly Ngai reviews new historical fiction, exploring the oppressive patriarchy of 1930s Shanghai.
HKRB Interviews: Yuk Hui
Jordan Skinner asks internationally renowned technology theorist Yuk Hui about modernity, AI, the future and the digital objects we live with today.
Everything Under The Heavens
Mike Cormac discusses the future of China and a variety of ways to approach it, considering the myths at the foundation of the various world powers.
