Wuhan Diary
Chris Maden reviews Fang Fang’s Diary of the Coronavirus Outbreak.
HONG KONG REVIEW OF BOOKS 香港書評
Critical Theory, Philosophy, Literature – Reviews, Essays, Interviews
Our History Is The Future
Shelley Angelie Saggar reviews an account of the Standing Rock event which makes clear the connection between the voices of ancestral resistance and those of contemporary struggle.
The New Sun Time
Paul Scott Stanfield reviews a work of poetry that sees the world in powerful detail(s).
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.
