Hong Kong in the 1950s and 1960s, by Fan Ho 何藩. m.facebook.com/story.php?stor…

Hong Kong's Voice & Verse Poetry Magazine is accepting submissions of previously unpublished English-language poems or poems newly translated into English on REPARATION until 1 August 2025. Call: tinyurl.com/ReparationCall Accepted so far: tinyurl.com/ReparationPoets

French photographer Mathieu Stern accidentally discovered an old negative film from 120 years ago, and after printing it, it turned out to be a cat

When Gucci found 68 pairs of identical twins from all over the world

𝐍𝐄𝐖Cha: An Asian Literary Journal𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖—David R Stroup on Jeffrey Wasserstrom’s 𝑉𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑙 (2025):"The new contributions to this updated edition—from Hawkins & Cheng—reinforce the vitality of Wasserstrom’s urgent account, written at the height of the 2019 protests[.]" chajournal.blog/2025/07/11/vig…

𝐍𝐄𝐖Cha: An Asian Literary Journal𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖—Fathima M on Thammika Songkaeo’s 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑚𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝐻𝑜𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑙:"For too long,motherhood has been romanticised as a noble ideal—yet the loneliness of overburdened mothers has been largely excluded from mainstream narratives." chajournal.blog/2025/07/18/sta…

𝑷𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒘𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒚—HK's Voice & Verse invites poets & translators worldwide to submit original English-language poems and poems newly translated into English for their upcoming issue themed 𝗥𝗘𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡. tinyurl.com/ReparationCall

𝐍𝐄𝐖Cha: An Asian Literary Journal𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖—Luca Griseri presents Hon Lai Chu’s 𝑀𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐵𝑜𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑠 (trans. Jacqueline Leung) as a haunting exploration of identity, social conformity, and alienation. This is our third review of the book. Note: Contains spoilers. chajournal.blog/2025/07/21/bod…

𝐍𝐄𝐖Cha: An Asian Literary Journal𝐄𝐗𝐂𝐋𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐕𝐄—Lydia Wong’s evocative essay explores salt as both a material and metaphorical force in Hong Kong’s cultural, political, & sensual identity. "Salt tells us how HK began, and it remains encoded in the core of who we are." chajournal.blog/2025/07/22/sal…

I bought this from a small shop in Cheung Chau in 2022. So happy to find this while tidying up the flat. ❤️

Kellie-Jay Keen And she provokes too

Has anyone watched Sean Wang's 2024 film, Dìdi (弟弟)? I would really like to feature some reflections on it in Cha: An Asian Literary Journal. Let me know if you are interested. [email protected]

t Cha: An Asian Literary Journal my podcast has an episode talking about Didi after its release: cyberpinkfm.xyz/episodes/didit…

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Harassment. June 2021 to May 2022. Cha: An Asian Literary Journal facebook.com/share/p/1DtL4s…

pudu, the worlds smallest species of deers

for the latest issue of In The Mood Magazine ~ submissions OPEN I had the pleasure of writing about teenage girls from A SEPARATION, VOLVER, THE WONDERS, GIRLS WILL BE GIRLS and JANET PLANET: inthemoodmagazine.com/issue-13/world…

Nancy Sheung self portrait. Hong Kong, 1960-70s

Very sad to hear that the only traditional Chinese-language newspaper in Vietnam (“Saigon Liberation”) will no longer go on print from August 1st. It’s over 50 years old, mostly read by old people to keep up with their mother tongue & not so digitally-savy.

𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐊𝐨𝐧𝐠 11-12 December 2025 | Online This @hongkongstudies symposium invites papers from across the humanities and social sciences that examine the idea and function of the archive 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥: tinyurl.com/ArchivalHK