Books and Literature
Review | Korean free-diving ‘mermaids’ brought to life in Lisa See novel
19 Mar 2019 - 6:31PM

American writer’s new novel The Island of Sea Women looks at the friendship of two of the divers known as Jeju Island Mermaids from the 1930s to recent times. Passages that detail the daily lives of the divers are the most engrossing.

Review | Korean free-diving ‘mermaids’ brought to life in Lisa See novel

American writer’s new novel The Island of Sea Women looks at the friendship of two of the divers known as Jeju Island Mermaids from the 1930s to recent times. Passages that detail the daily lives of the divers are the most engrossing.

19 Mar 2019 - 6:31PM
White House rows of Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump get an airing

A new book describes the tumultuous rows that US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and daughter had with other senior advisers, and questions whether the couple really has the country’s best interests at heart.

15 Mar 2019 - 9:30PM
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White House rows of Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump get an airing

A new book describes the tumultuous rows that US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and daughter had with other senior advisers, and questions whether the couple really has the country’s best interests at heart.

A new book describes the tumultuous rows that US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and daughter had with other senior advisers, and questions whether the couple really has the country’s best interests at heart.

15 Mar 2019 - 9:30PM
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Striking photos of China in the 1980s, a time of hope and optimism

For his photo book ‘The Door Opened: 1980s China’, Adrian Bradshaw says he wants to reflect the dignity, optimism and warmth of the people he encountered at a time of wide-ranging change.

For his photo book ‘The Door Opened: 1980s China’, Adrian Bradshaw says he wants to reflect the dignity, optimism and warmth of the people he encountered at a time of wide-ranging change.

11 Mar 2019 - 8:53PM
‘There was a lot of revisionism’: a colonial Singapore education recalled

Now based in Malaysia, Hong Kong-born writer David T.K. Wong talks about the different stages of his eventful life – from wartime refugee to journalist, civil servant, novelist and, finally, philanthropist.

8 Mar 2019 - 11:11AM
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‘There was a lot of revisionism’: a colonial Singapore education recalled

Now based in Malaysia, Hong Kong-born writer David T.K. Wong talks about the different stages of his eventful life – from wartime refugee to journalist, civil servant, novelist and, finally, philanthropist.

Now based in Malaysia, Hong Kong-born writer David T.K. Wong talks about the different stages of his eventful life – from wartime refugee to journalist, civil servant, novelist and, finally, philanthropist.

8 Mar 2019 - 11:11AM
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Review | When Pol Pot lounged by Mao’s pool: how China exported Maoism

In Maoism: A Global History, China scholar Julia Lovell explains Mao-era China’s influence across the globe, funding insurgencies from Africa to Nepal to Peru, and inspiring others closer to home in Cambodia and Malaya.

In Maoism: A Global History, China scholar Julia Lovell explains Mao-era China’s influence across the globe, funding insurgencies from Africa to Nepal to Peru, and inspiring others closer to home in Cambodia and Malaya.

8 Mar 2019 - 10:28AM
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Reflections | The Chinese Bible’s translators, and how Eve became Xiawa

The 19th century Christians who produced a definitive Mandarin translation of the Bible, the Chinese Union Version, introduced to China phrases such as sacrificial lamb and a tooth for a tooth whose biblical origins are forgotten today.

22 Dec 2018 - 7:17AM
Opinion | Jackie Chan is a hypocrite: he hasn’t earned our sympathy

Yes, the actor had a painful childhood, but why has he visited on his own daughter the abandonment and trauma he experienced then? Worst of all in Hongkongers’ eyes is his rejection of the city’s core values.

Yes, the actor had a painful childhood, but why has he visited on his own daughter the abandonment and trauma he experienced then? Worst of all in Hongkongers’ eyes is his rejection of the city’s core values.

8 Dec 2018 - 12:53PM
Jackie Chan is a hypocrite: he hasn’t earned our sympathy
Opinion | In defence of Jackie Chan: possible reasons for his behaviour

Chan’s difficult childhood and lack of self-esteem may have played a part in his actions. His memoirs gloss over details about the good things he has done.

Chan’s difficult childhood and lack of self-esteem may have played a part in his actions. His memoirs gloss over details about the good things he has done.

8 Dec 2018 - 9:22AM
In defence of Jackie Chan: possible reasons for his behaviour