I say Poona
Easterine Kire
Where it all started for the writer.
Category: East Asia
Threadbare
Gill Green
Enthusiasts will appreciate Devare’s book, but not experts in the field
Standing up to China
Nicholas Chapman
Friction is nothing new in Vietnam–China relations
Damming the Mekong
Michael Buckley
Vietnam lies at the wrong end of the Mekong River.
One Chinese
Chris Taylor
‘Do you speak Chinese?’ is akin to asking ‘Do you speak Romance?’
Meatamorphosis
Rupert Winchester
Han Kang’s The Vegetarian is a short, dark, depressing but brilliant novel
Sorrow in a shopping mall
Chris Taylor
The word “miracle” is bandied about far too much in the context of China
Dreamworld
Rupert Winchester
A huge step forward for Beijing-based Hong Kong novelist Chan Koonchung
Mad, bad and French
Michelle Vachon
Michelle Vachon explores the “bad Frenchmen” of Indochina