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Covering its eyes. I am not sure if I agree with that...

𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha—Debru Liu on Anne Anlin Cheng's 𝑂𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑚 (2019):"In July 2026, following widespread public outrage,an elite fitness chain apologised for a disturbing advertisement featuring an Asian woman’s face mounted on a metal rod."

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𝐍𝐄𝐖@asiancha𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐘 | Susie Gordon writes about the challenges of writing Han Suyin’s biography when her subject has already fashioned multiple, contradictory selves. We're also pleased to present an excerpt from Gordon's book in progress.

𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃: chajournal.com/2026/11/10/bio…

𝐍𝐄𝐖@asiancha: Jeyan Chung reviews Pik-Shuen Fung's 𝐺ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡: "I have been waiting for a satisfying and truly representative book about the Chinese diaspora. Perhaps this is because I am part of it myself: I was born in Hong Kong,... "

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𝐍𝐄𝐖@asiancha: Seiya Tanase reviews Zhang Yueran's 𝐶𝑜𝑐𝑜𝑜𝑛 (World Editions, 2026), trans. Jeremy Tiang. "In the translator’s note that follows the novel, Tiang describes Zhang’s post-1980s generation as inhabiting an 'in-between space' that..."

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