Ken Liu’s Silkpunk
— November 26, 2017Multifaceted Chinese-American author describes his unique path to a career that has brought professional acclaim and personal fulfilment
Continue Reading ...Multifaceted Chinese-American author describes his unique path to a career that has brought professional acclaim and personal fulfilment
Continue Reading ...A city impossible not to fall in love with
Continue Reading ...The romance of train travel maintains its timeless lure
Continue Reading ...The author, a former editor of the Post, tells Hong Kong literary festival audience the potential for ‘emperor’ Xi Jinping to stumble, party’s refusal to liberalise, adverse demographics and pollution will stop nation dominating
Continue Reading ...Dapiran covered Article 23, the government’s campaign of ‘lawfare’ and the expulsion of pro-democracy lawmakers at the Hong Kong International Literary Festival, but says he still has great hope for the city’s future
Continue Reading ...Korean American recalls growing up speechless and confused in New York, and says how hurt she’s been that Koreans haven’t embraced her work, and why we shouldn’t be so fascinated with young people, who ‘just have smoother skin’
Continue Reading ...The Wangs vs. the World author, who appeared at the 2017 Hong Kong International Literary Festival, wants Asian characters to be written more authentically because there are more than just ‘stories of pain’ to be told
Continue Reading ...Wild Swans author, who appeared at the 2017 Hong Kong International Literary Festival, still has mixed feelings about China. She admitted good things have happened there, but notes ‘my books are still banned’
Continue Reading ...The situation got so bad at last weekend’s event that one Myanmese writer stood up during a gala dinner for 200 guests and made an impromptu speech criticising the festival for its disorganisation
Continue Reading ...Duncan Clark, a former Morgan Stanley investment banker and author of Alibaba: The House that Jack Ma Built, set out to write about the company but inevitably stories about its founder feature – including how a holidaying Australian family bought Ma his first flat
Continue Reading ...It’s been six years — 2007, if you’re into counting numbers — since the once sleepy fishing port of Macau surpassed Las Vegas as the world leader in gambling revenue.
Adam Zagajewski’s exile-tinged poems strike a chord on the mainland
Exploration is challenging. If it’s too easy, then it’s not real exploration. So says Wong How Man, a Hong Konger who in 1974 began leading expeditions into what was then one of the world’s most isolated countries — China. “It was a time when China had very few friends, so we decided to step in…
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It’s quite safe to be in Hong Kong, though if you want to wear face masks you had best bring them with you – supplies are limited, but some hotels provide them Is it safe to travel to Hong Kong? And what should travellers expect if they already have plans in place to visit the…