Writing Hong Kong 8th May 2024,in-person event at University of Leeds.

Writing Hong Kong.
Bai Meigui Creative Writing Competition, open exclusively to current UK residents who have familial roots in and/or have previously lived in Hong Kong, and who have not yet had a full length piece of creative work published in English.
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Madame Li, fille d’industriel chinois, avait racheté l’une des dernières usines de dentelle de Calais. J’avais eu la chance de la rencontrer au début, pendant puis à la fin de l’aventure, quand tout a foiré. mediapart.fr/journal/econom…

A card from The Chinese Restaurant on Glasshouse Street (they just demolished the building a few years ago sadly) from the 1950s/60s - just off Piccadilly Circus & open till midnight! Proving the ‘oldest’ claim of course would start long & passionate arguments….

Latest from #ignitionpress poets BrookesPoetryCentre OxfordBrookesEnglish Janine Bradbury Eric Yip Eira Murphy 💙 cliffs & buffaloes, pixelated squares, body cliches

The 1946-47 deportation of Chinese seamen, the Windrush scandal, now thousands of people fear being 'bundled into a van' to be deported to Rwanda.
It's time for people who believe in common decency to speak up against to the UK's refugee expulsion policy.

theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/a…

For who is to say a snake will not become a dragon....?

« Critiquer la politique d’un Etat est un droit fondamental et ne saurait constituer une apologie du terrorisme » 👏👍🙏 lemonde.fr/idees/article/…

So… my book was published today! Hope that folks find it interesting - retweets would be very kind.

taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.…

Peaceful protest at the University of Chicago today, following the guidelines of our late president.

Three new poems from tim tim cheng 🐸 (she/they) on the literary column of TheHongKonger including one on #FlorenceandTheMachine ! hongkonger.world/2024/04/25/poe…

Foreign states targeting sensitive research at UK universities, MI5 warns
More funding to protect important research sites, with China seen as a particular concern
theguardian.com/technology/202…

Looking forward to this writing HK event in Leeds 8 May with fellow writers Kit Fan Karen Cheung, Prof Frances Weightman and Prof Gregory Lee

The Leeds Centre for New Chinese Writing

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Read my Artnet report on Taiwan’s collateral event La Biennale di Venezia “Everyday War”—“Set against the backdrop of current large-scale military conflicts and geopolitical tension both in Asia and around the globe, the exhibition isn’t just telling Yuan’s story or even a Taiwan story.”

Sarah Owen, Labour MP Luton North:
'The UK’s ESEA community deserves to be heard. The government must listen.'
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
For background on British anti-Asian hatred see my article
postcolonialpolitics.org/chinesevirus-r…

On the human rights concerns of #China 's Digital Silk Road, exporting the tools and templates for digital repression. Thanks The Diplomat for letting me discuss new ARTICLE 19 report in this video segment. thediplomat.com/2024/04/the-da…

European Commission 'officials raided the Dutch and Polish offices of an unnamed Chinese company with no prior warning, seized phones and IT equipment, and demanded access to sensitive data.'

1/A year ago, Chinese scientists published data from samples collected at a Wuhan market at the heart of the COVID outbreak - startling many, given it happened years ago. Then the data got retracted.

Maria Cheng and I tried to find out why. Our findings:
apnews.com/article/china-…

A new #JimmyLai trial update has been posted. Find it here ➡️ supportjimmylai.com/trial-updates/ #FreeJimmyLai #JimmyLai TrialWatch

I am giving an online talk titled 'Reimagining Haiti: Decolonial Visions' at 11.30 to 13.00 on Monday 29 April. In this talk, I discuss how Haitian creatives and activists are reimagining Haiti. Register here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/reimagining-…