In-Between City
Book review of "Fortune's Bazaar: The Making of Hong Kong" by Vaudine England.
Defying the Dragon: Stephen Vines examines two turbulent years in Hong Kong and China’s standing in the world
Book Review: "Defying the Dragon: Hong Kong and the World’s Largest Dictatorship" by Stephen Vines
Hong Kong: Shock Therapy
Review of "Aftershock: Essays from Hong Kong", edited by Holmes Chan.
The takeover
Review of "Making Hong Kong China: The Rollback of Human Rights and the Rule of Law" by Michael C. Davis
City of Tears
An excerpt from my book, "City on Fire: The Fight for Hong Kong", published in the journal Ninth Letter.
The pushback
Xi Jinping: The Backlash
Richard McGregor
Penguin: 2019
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Newspapers around the world at the end of June featured a surprising series of full-page advertisements. “Stand with Hong Kong at G20”, read the striking black-and-white headlines appearing on breakfast tables, in papers from the New York Times to the Guardian, from the Australian to the Süddeutsche Zeitung, from the Asahi Shimbun to Canada’s Globe & Mail. The advertisements, the result of a crowdfunding campaign initiated by acti
That Was Then
Four Leading Figures Look Back on Chinese Art in the 1990s
Hong Kong Nostalgia: Sickness or Cure?
Reflections on nostalgia in Hong Kong for the "Writing Hong Kong" special edition of Cha.
A Map for Exiles
A meditation on place & memory, built on a mash-up map of the western suburbs of Melbourne and the town of Rovigno/Rovinj on the Adriatic Sea.
Culture of Reappearance
The search for Hong Kong identity 20 years after the handover fuels the city's creativity.
Zombie Politics with Hong Kong Characteristics
You might not have noticed, but zombie invasions hit both South Korea and Hong Kong this past summer.
The Dilemma Of Illegal Art
Hong Kong authorities face the challenge of "illegal" art, from the King of Kowloon to the Umbrella Revolution.
