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.
HONG KONG REVIEW OF BOOKS 香港書評
Critical Theory, Philosophy, Literature – Reviews, Essays, Interviews
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.
HKRB Essays: Fashion and China–Africa Relations
Johanna von Pezold uses insights from her fieldwork in Mozambique to explore China–Africa relations through the lens of fashion.
Dance of Values
Ivan Boldyrev reviews a fascinating revisitation of Eisenstein’s Capital project.
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.
Masking the City
Emily Chow-Quesada reviews the Hong Kong Writers Circle’s 16th annual anthology of tales about the city.
