Samantha Kuok Leese 
The world has yet to see the best of Chinese literature
- Hong Kong Imagine if every British novel published since the 1940s was about the Second World War. That’s about as accurate a view of contemporary China held by readers… Continue reading
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Katie Kitamura interview
Gone to the Forest is Katie Kitamura’s second novel, about a family and the cost of European colonization in an unknown time and place. Tom and his father live on… Continue reading
1 Comment23 years later
‘Let us learn how to live life with honour and dignity and a wealth of humanity.’ — Liu Xiaobo, 2000 June fourth will mark the 23rd anniversary of the Tiananmen… Continue reading
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There are concentration camps in North Korea. We can see them clearly, via high-resolution satellite images on Google Earth. There are six of them, according to South Korean intelligence, and… Continue reading
1 CommentHistory is made at the Man Asian Literary Prize
- Hong Kong South Korean author Kyung-sook Shin has become the first woman to win the Man Asian Literary Prize for her novel Please Look After Mother, which tells the… Continue reading
2 CommentsAuthors rail against attack on free speech in India
Jaipur — It was a sad weekend here for freedom of speech, as the Rushdie controversy took one strange turn after another. Having read from the banned The Satanic Verses… Continue reading
0 CommentsFestival organisers threatened with arrest over Rushdie controversy
Jaipur – In a dramatic end to the first day of the Jaipur Literature Festival, four writers rallied in support of Salman Rushdie by reading from The Satanic Verses. The… Continue reading
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