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Tammy Lai-Ming Ho @myetcetera.bsky.social · 15h

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." chajournal.com/2026/10/07/t...

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Tammy Lai-Ming Ho @myetcetera.bsky.social · 17h

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..." If interested: www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...

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Tammy Lai-Ming Ho @myetcetera.bsky.social · 17h

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. 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊: chajournal.com/2026/10/07/t... 。。。。。

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Tammy Lai-Ming Ho @myetcetera.bsky.social · 19h

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." 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗: chajournal.com/2026/10/07/s...

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Tammy Lai-Ming Ho @myetcetera.bsky.social · 20h

𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐘 Kathy Ngoc Nguyen writes about grief, caregiving, & the difficulties of moving between English & Vietnamese. We also invite you to read an excerpt from the collectionwhich brings many of these preoccupations into fictional form. 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗: chajournal.com/2026/10/07/d...

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Tammy Lai-Ming Ho @myetcetera.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐘 | Retired Sociologist Dan Regan writes about a formative career decision shaped by his Peace Corps service in Malaysia from late 1966 to mid-1969, especially his experiences in Kuala Terengganu and rural Malay communities. 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗: chajournal.com/2026/10/06/p... 。。。。。

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Tammy Lai-Ming Ho @myetcetera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

[𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝐇𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝐊𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟] We warmly welcome submissions from HK-born/-based writers on subjects beyond HK, engaging with Asia in the broadest sense. Whatever your background, whether you grew up in the city, have made it your home, or are here to work or study... 𝑴𝒐𝒓𝒆: chajournal.com/2026/09/01/c...

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Tammy Lai-Ming Ho @myetcetera.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 Jennifer Eagleton reviews 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐶𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑃𝑜𝑒𝑚𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑌𝑢 𝑋𝑢𝑎𝑛𝑗𝑖 (OUP, 2024), trans. Lucas Klein. "Klein observes that Yu attained her legendary status in spite of a patriarchal and elitist culture that sought to marginalise her." 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗: chajournal.com/2026/10/05/o...

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Tammy Lai-Ming Ho @myetcetera.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐘 Peixuan Xie on 𝑆𝑢𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝐻𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑦 𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 (2024), dir. Kohei Igarashi. "So too with existence & non-existence. In the film, the material objects through which Sano attempts to re-establish Nagi’s former existence have proved ineffective." 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗: chajournal.com/2026/10/05/s...

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Brendan O’Kane @bokane.org · 04/10/2026

Between timezones and severely imperfect recollection it’s hard to pin down an hour, but today it was 15 years since my most recent drink.

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Tammy Lai-Ming Ho @myetcetera.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

CONGRATULATIONS! I love comments from your acquaintances. You are followed by good people So refreshing! 😊✨️❤️

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Tammy Lai-Ming Ho @myetcetera.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

✨️✨️✨️❤️😊😊😊

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Tammy Lai-Ming Ho @myetcetera.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I'm a 58-year-old woman, and I have noticed a trend in TV shows & movies: people just mumble. I can hardly hear them! & this illness is plaguing my real-life conversations. ENUNCIATE CLEARLY, please, like a proper person! (I am not really a 58-year-old woman, but since I am Chinese, you never know.)

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Tammy Lai-Ming Ho @myetcetera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I will be in Leeds, UK, for three weeks in November 2026. While primarily based there, I’d also love to visit universities and institutions across the UK, Scotland, and Ireland to give talks, readings, and more. If you think you might be able to invite me, please email me: t@asiancha.com.

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Tammy Lai-Ming Ho @myetcetera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 | T. A. Morton's “The Monkey King’s Dilemma”: "I have taught & lived in Hong Kong, a place that never let me go, & in witnessing from afar what went on in the not-so-distant past, I started to imagine what Monkey would do..." 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗 𝗢𝗡: chajournal.com/2026/10/02/m...

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Tammy Lai-Ming Ho @myetcetera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐘 Karen Ma reads Yan Geling’s 𝐶𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝐿𝑢 𝑌𝑎𝑛𝑠ℎ𝑖 as a story of political persecution and a moving love story. She considers Lu’s long suffering, Wanyu’s sacrifices, showing how trauma & memory can make any true return home impossible. chajournal.com/2026/10/02/c...

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Tammy Lai-Ming Ho @myetcetera.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I will be in Saarbrücken, Germany every now and then from November 2026 to March 2027, and I am looking to rent a room in a shared apartment where I would have access to a fully equipped kitchen. My budget is limited, though. If anyone has any leads, could you please contact me? t@asiancha.com

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Tammy Lai-Ming Ho @myetcetera.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐘 |Tin Yuet Tam examines how Leung's novel, published by Riverhead Books and translated by Jennifer Feeley, entwines the 2019 Hong Kong protests with intimate questions of family, love, language, identity and belonging. 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗: chajournal.com/2026/10/01/m...

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Brendan O’Kane @bokane.org · 30/09/2026

Complicated thought which is not easy to express: piled up -- eminent motes in a sunbeam sternly pondering the fact that men were full of faults.

from Mathews 4113 and 4114, glossed respectively as "piles of stones" (example gloss: “piled up -- eminent") and "to look about. order, sequence. Complicated thought which is not easy to express."

Mathews 2691: "Motes in a sunbeam, thus: -- minute, impalpable. Bright. Fibrous."

Mathews 2675 means either "composed; contented; tranquil" or "very not composed; very not contented; very not tranquil."

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Tammy Lai-Ming Ho @myetcetera.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A scholar in Prague just told me this sad news. "Today,30 September 2026, marks the closing of the Consulate General of the Czech Republic in Hong Kong. The year 2026 also marks the 30th anniversary of the Consulate General‘s presence in Hong Kong." More information: tinyurl.com/HKCzechRepub...

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Tammy Lai-Ming Ho @myetcetera.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

We invite writers to review Roie Oknin's 𝑅𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑛, 𝐸𝑥𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝐶𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑠 (2026) for @asiancha.bsky.social. "A stranger gives Koji his business card. Someone from his past walks into the restaurant." If you're interested please send an email editors@asiancha.com 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊: www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1...

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Tammy Lai-Ming Ho @myetcetera.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 by the late Reid Mitchell and me. "The story is set in a Hong Kong tower block. The building’s walls are “expensive and thin”. Six neighbours share these walls. The story features confessions, seductions and small cruelties." chajournal.com/2026/09/30/t...

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Tammy Lai-Ming Ho @myetcetera.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Agreed. // Many socially useful occupations remain comparatively poorly rewarded, creating a striking gap between social value and economic compensation. // www.facebook.com/share/p/1DVJ...

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Tammy Lai-Ming Ho @myetcetera.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

We invite writers to review L. Maria Bo's 𝑊𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑛 𝑊𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟: 𝐶𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑊𝑎𝑟 𝐿𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑇𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐶ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝐷𝑖𝑎𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑎 (Stanford University Press, November 2026)for @asiancha.bsky.social. If interested, please email editors@asiancha.com for more inforamtion. 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊: www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1... 。。。

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Tammy Lai-Ming Ho @myetcetera.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 | Ken Lam on 𝐴ℎ 𝐺𝑖𝑟𝑙 (2026), dir. Geck Geck Priscilla Ang. / Asked for her preferred name, the child issues a polite correction: “I am Swee Swee. My name is not Eileen.” / 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞: chajournal.com/2026/09/29/a...

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Tammy Lai-Ming Ho @myetcetera.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 We're glad to present Jonathan Han's story, set in Kwai Chung, Hong Kong. Jonathan on his story: "HK was the busiest port in the world, the greatest trade centre by measures that extended beyond the abstract and the fiscal." 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗 𝗢𝗡: chajournal.com/2026/09/29/b...

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Tammy Lai-Ming Ho @myetcetera.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I thought I should update my profile picture so it shows a more recent me. Left: "old one", 2020; Right: February 2026, Venice.

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Tammy Lai-Ming Ho @myetcetera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

We invite writers to review Li Yu's 𝐴 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑠,trans. Jing Shen & Robert E. Hegel,for @asiancha.bsky.social. "Written... when China was beginning to recover from the ... Ming-Qing dynastic transition." If you're interested, please email editors@asiancha.com www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1...

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Tammy Lai-Ming Ho @myetcetera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

We invite writers to review Weijia Pan's poetry collection 𝑀𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑠 (Milkweed Editions, 2024) for @asiancha.bsky.social. "He cites Chinese laborers toiling in American factories—..." If you're interested, please send an email to editors@asiancha.com. 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐄: www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=... 。。。。

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Tammy Lai-Ming Ho @myetcetera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 Lorence Lozano surveys Cinepanalo’s second short-film programme before turning to Vinh Marco Tumang’s 20-minute queer coming-of-age short film 𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝐻𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝐼𝑛𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑇𝑜𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑠 𝐸𝑎𝑟𝑡ℎ: "... the film clearly references Catholic figures" 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗: chajournal.com/2026/09/28/t...

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Tammy Lai-Ming Ho @myetcetera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

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Tammy Lai-Ming Ho @myetcetera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐘 Tyran Grillo presents Rio Shimamoto’s 𝐹𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝐿𝑜𝑣𝑒 (Honford Star),trans. Louise Heal Kawai, as a distinctly Japanese exploration of how women’s lives are interpreted &constrained by social judgement and the narratives imposed upon them. chajournal.com/2026/09/28/f...

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Tammy Lai-Ming Ho @myetcetera.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 | Jennifer Eagleton on Cheng Li's 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝐸𝑛𝑣𝑖𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑚𝑠: 𝑇𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑀𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓 𝑀𝑜𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑛 𝐶ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑎 (Stanford UP, 2025): "... examines how trees and forestry campaigns have shaped Chinese conservation and political culture." 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗: chajournal.com/2026/09/27/c... 。。。

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Tammy Lai-Ming Ho @myetcetera.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

"World-renowned translators such as Anton Hur and Deborah Smith, who have worked with authors including Nobel laureate Han Kang & Man Booker Prize finalist Bora Chung, are nowhere to be found in this conversation. Darcy Paquet, who subtitled Parasite, goes uncredited. Sharon Choi, Bong Joon-ho's..."

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Tammy Lai-Ming Ho @myetcetera.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 | Sahar Othmani reviews Dal Yong Jin's 𝑈𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐾𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝑊𝑎𝑣𝑒 (Routledge, 2023): "Long before this momentous occasion, however, South Korea had embarked on one of the most remarkable transnational cultural campaigns in history." chajournal.com/2026/09/27/k...

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Tammy Lai-Ming Ho @myetcetera.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 | Nicola Ulaan Wan on 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑇𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑇𝑒𝑎 (2004), directed by Katsuhito Ishii: "The film is often described as 'surreal' because of its surrealist imagery[.]" 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞: chajournal.com/2026/09/27/t...

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Tammy Lai-Ming Ho @myetcetera.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

My Finnish @asiancha.bsky.social webmaster drew my attention to this statue of Freddie Mercury. He wrote: "It was a small news in Finland. some guy made it with a chainsaw and sold it to a marketing company for 200 euros."

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Tammy Lai-Ming Ho @myetcetera.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 We're pleased to present "January",an excerpt from Anna Nguyen's 𝐴𝑛 𝐴𝑠𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑆𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑦.This is her first published work of fiction. Anna's introduction to the piece: "The title itself reflects the way whiteness is viewed as universal." 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗: chajournal.com/2026/09/26/a...

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Tammy Lai-Ming Ho @myetcetera.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐘 | Vietnamese writer & astronomer Nguyễn Bình explores poet Xuân Quỳnh’s 1982 translations of Palestinian poetry, especially Mahmoud Darwish, situating them within socialist internationalism and Vietnam’s wartime experience. 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗: chajournal.com/2026/09/26/w... 。。。。。

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Tammy Lai-Ming Ho @myetcetera.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 | Pradip Mondal on The Goat Life (2024), dir. Blessy. "It is Najeeb’s version of the 'American dream', through which he hopes to achieve economic prosperity through hard work and determination." 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞: chajournal.com/2026/09/26/t... ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

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Tammy Lai-Ming Ho @myetcetera.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Me, reflecting on life. A moment of stillness. And a moment of inner scream.

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Tammy Lai-Ming Ho @myetcetera.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐘 | Nathan Chong writes about rare wartime photographs taken by Japanese army photographer Kinoshita Shinobu in occupied Singapore & Sumatra. He explores how photographs conceal and reveal the realities of empire & historical truth. 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗: chajournal.com/2026/09/25/o...

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Tammy Lai-Ming Ho @myetcetera.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐘 | Months in the making, and first conceived in discussion with us on 1 April 2026, we're pleased to present Charlotte Marie Chadwick’s profile essay on Richie Nath, a Paris-based Burmese exiled artist. 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗: chajournal.com/2026/09/25/r... 。。。。。

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Tammy Lai-Ming Ho @myetcetera.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

We invite writers to review T. A. Morton's Hong Kong-set 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐶𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑒 𝑆ℎ𝑜𝑝 𝑀𝑎𝑠𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑒 (Earnshaw Books, 2025) for @asiancha.bsky.social. "A mysterious mask abandoned in a HK coffee shop eavesdrops on the lives of those who enter, asking, who are we beneath our masks?" www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1...

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Tammy Lai-Ming Ho @myetcetera.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐸𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑜𝑟'𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡𝑒: Kim Christine's flash story "Take Me to Hong Kong" is inspired by Charles Aznavour’s “Emmenez-Moi”. We suggest listening to the song while reading the piece. A YouTube link is provided at the end of the story. 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗: chajournal.com/2026/09/24/t... 。。。

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Tammy Lai-Ming Ho @myetcetera.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 | Farid Hamka reviews 𝑄𝑢𝑒𝑒𝑟 𝐴𝑠𝑖𝑎: "I was confronted with the dismal image of my own country, where public attacks on drag queens by hooligans in the streets are posted on social media to a flurry of unsympathetic comments." 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗: chajournal.com/2026/09/24/q... 。。。。。

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