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By Tammy Lai-Ming Ho (@myetcetera.bsky.social)

/ A fire "completely destroyed" Paris's historic Marché Couvert des Enfants Rouges overnight Monday, authorities said. The cause of the fire that swept through the capital's oldest covered food market remains unknown. /

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𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 | David M. Brown reviews Diana Hongcha's 𝐼𝑓 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝐷𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝐺𝑜 (Amethyst Hill Publishing, 2025): "The novel’s sense of place is rendered with equal care. Hongcha’s China feels expansive rather than monolithic."

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𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social Diana Hongcha: "I was invited by the Tuesday Night Book Club of Zurich to talk about 𝐼𝑓 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝐷𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝐺𝑜 (2025).For an indie author not above selling her books out of the trunk of her car, every opportunity to connect with readers was appreciated.
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𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 We're glad to present Greg Solomon's "Engagement". Greg on his story: "One of the things I enjoy about Hong Kong is the diversity of people who live, work (and love) side by side. This is the social embodiment of yin and yang."

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𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 | Marsha McDonald on 𝐻𝑖𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝐶𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑠 𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑂𝑙𝑑 𝑅𝑜𝑜𝑡𝑠 (Oxford University Press, 2024), trans. Lucas Klein. "There have been many English translations of Yu Xuanji’s work. What does Klein’s translation offer?"

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𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 William Carlo Antonio Sanchez on the horror anthology 𝐶𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑜 (2010), featuring five stories dir. by Frasco Mortiz, Enrico Santos, Ato Bautista, Nick Olanka & Cathy Garcia-Sampana. He discusses each segment’s strengths and shortcomings.

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Came across a call for submissions from @asiancha.bsky.social to an ongoing section on intersections of 🇭🇰Hong Kong and 🇨🇦Canada.

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#cfp #HongKongStudies #AcademicSky

𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐘 | John Adrianfer Atienza examines the evolving representations of Japan in American cinema before exploring how 𝑇𝑜𝑘𝑦𝑜 𝐷𝑟𝑖𝑓𝑡 (2006), through its vivid portrayal of Tokyo, reflects American perceptions of the new Japan.

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𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐘 | We're delighted to welcome Ilaria Maria Sala back after an absence of more than two years, with this poignant meditation tracing the intertwined histories of horses, art & Partition across Punjab. @ilariamariasala.bsky.social

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[𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗔𝗕𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗦]
𝐃𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄:
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𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐊𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬: 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐬, 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬
A Hong Kong Studies Virtual Symposium
21-22 January 2027 | Online

𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐘 | In his illuminating review essay, Tyran Grillo draws out the argument in Andrea Mendoza’s 𝑇𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐 𝑁𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 (DukeUP, 2026) that Japanese Pan-Asianism and Mexican 𝑚𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑗𝑒 promised inclusion while licensing domination.

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[𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝐇𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝐊𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟] While we continue to welcome general submissions that fall within the remit and ethos of​ @asiancha.bsky.social, we're especially keen to receive work related to Hong Kong. Additionally, we warmly welcome submissions from...

𝑭𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆: chajournal.com/2026/10/09/c...
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We invite writers to review Akane Araki's 𝑀𝑢𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐸𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑, trans. Jesse Kirkwood, for @asiancha.bsky.social. "An asteroid is hurtling towards Earth and the human race has just over 2 months to live." If interested, please email editors@asiancha.

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We invite writers to review Justin Loke's intriguing 𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑚𝑒𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑙𝑖𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑟𝑦 (Delere Press, 2026) for @asiancha.bsky.social: "... these works transform the landscapes of Singapore and beyond into territories of history, memory, & private archaeology."

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𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 | We're glad to present Alexandre Sadeghi's story, "To Happy Valley": "The first time I remember visiting Hong Kong was in 2006. I stayed with my grandparents, HKers through and through, at their flat in the oddly named Happy Valley."

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We invite writers to review Aizuddin M. Anuar's 𝑃𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝐸𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 & 𝐷𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑝𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑝ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑀𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑦𝑠𝑖𝑎 (Bristol UP 2026)for @asiancha.bsky.social."Drawing on personal narratives and rural experiences, including the author's own family stories..."

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A story I co-wrote with the late Reid Mitchell, published in @asiancha.bsky.social and set in a Hong Kong tower block. The building’s walls are expensive and thin. Six neighbours share these walls. They exchange confessions, seductions and small cruelties.

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𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐄𝐗𝐂𝐄𝐑𝐏𝐓 We're glad to present an excerpt from Kathy Ngoc Nguyen’s 𝑁𝑜𝑛𝑓𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝐵𝑜𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑠, 𝑆𝑤𝑖𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑇𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑢𝑒𝑠,a collection of interconnected stories exploring language and & cultural dislocation.

“Quyên, you know I can’t read the subtitles."

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𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐘 | Kathy Ngoc Nguyen writes about grief, caregiving, memory, and the difficulties of moving between English and Vietnamese. We also invite you to read an excerpt from the collection, which brings many of these preoccupations into fictional form.

𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗: chajournal.com/2026/10/07/d...
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