Featuring a heritage language book review by our Raymond Pai and Alexander F. Tang 鄧富健 (he/他/佢) at University of Hawaii at Manoa!

Fresh from laundering US$881 million for Mexican drug cartels, HSBC is now linked to the genocidal Wagner Group... ft.com/content/4e6062… It's happy to cancel the accounts of Hong Kong democrats, mind you. hongkongfp.com/2023/06/02/hsb…

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Join Dr. Szu-Wei Chen 陳峙維 to explore identity expression in music in a workshop to be held on Fri, 8 Nov 2024. This workshop will be moderated by Prof. Josephine Chiu-Duke (Asian Studies, UBC). More details and RSVP: jmfa.ca/2024-workshops… Jade Music Fest UBC Asian Studies

Today in the ARB: “Her Lotus Year: China, the Roaring Twenties, and the Making of Wallis Simpson” by Paul French Elliott & Thompson

Another amazing Johnnie To interview dropped, this time from the BBC. Exceptionally frank and outspoken as usual, going into detail his own creative block, the state of the industry, and the political situation in Hong Kong. Thread of highlights (when I get to it) 🧵

Johnnie To on what's been going on mentally that's been holding him back from working, namely his and Hong Kong perceived loss of soul as a result of the current environment.

Explainer: Hong Kong’s national security crackdown – month 52 🔗 buff.ly/3YvlUP4

Johnnie To on Election 3, and the ideas and themes behind it when he wanted to shoot it back in 2010. 1/3

Johnnie To on Election 3, specifically his thoughts on the creative process and why the movie won't be what he envisaged in 2010. 2/3

Johnnie To on Election 3, and the difficulties in getting it made. 3/3

Many have already commented on what Johnnie To’s said in this interview. I want to spare a moment to praise Phoebe Kong instead. Phoebe had a background as a newsreader and projected a highly presentable image. She could have chosen the path of quite a few others with her

What an amazing weekend! From Friday nights premier of Asians in Football: remembering pioneer Frank Soo. Then the walk from Frank Soo street with the kids from Stoke Minster CoE Primary Academy. Culminating in Franks induction into the National Football Museum Hall of Fame. We

Angies Liverpool Kathleen One of Bert Hardy's photographs - now colourized.

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This month, Louisa Lim is flying solo. An engrossing conversation with two of Hong Kong's most celebrated authors--Gigi Leung Lee-chi and Lau Yeewa, one choosing exile in Taiwan, the other choosing to write within the ever-shrinking limits of the SAR. omny.fm/shows/the-litt…

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