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The Tale of Pin Yin Panda audio
Sarah Brennan is a publisher of the best-selling Chinese Calendar Tales and also author of the humorous parenting advice manual Dummies for Mummies published by Haven Books. Sarah Brennan is one of guest writers in the Hong Kong International Young Readers Literary Festival 2012. She talks to Crystal Kwok on Kwok Talk about her new book "The Tale of Pin Yin...
Catergories: Book
Escape from Hong Kong: Admiral Chan Chak’s Christmas Day Dash, 1941
Escape from Hong Kong: Admiral Chan Chak’s Christmas Day Dash, 1941 audio
On 25 December 1941, the day of Hong Kong’s surrender to the Japanese, Admiral Chan Chak – the Chinese government’s chief agent in Hong Kong – and more than 60 Chinese, British and Danish intelligence, naval and marine personnel made a dramatic escape from the invading army. They travelled on five small motor torpedo boats – all that remained of the Royal...
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Jonathan Campbell audio
Jonathan Campbell moved to Beijing in 2000 and immersed himself in China’s rock scene as a drummer, writer and promoter. He has brought international bands to China and taken Chinese bands overseas. His new book "Red Rock" documents the rock music scene in China and he discussed the book with Phil Whelan on Morning Brew for more.
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As The Earth Turns Silver audio
Alison Wong is a poet and novelist of New Zealand Chinese ancestry. Her first novel, As the Earth Turns Silver, won the 2010 New Zealand Post Book Award for Fiction. She was joined by RTHK Reenita Malhotra Hora to discuss her book's themes love, racial tension and prejudice on 6th October,11am-12nn at the Kee Club. ***We apologise for the poor recording...
Catergories: Book
A Many-Splendored Thing
A Many-Splendored Thing
A Many-Splendored Thing is a book about that post-war Asia shaken from end to end by stupendous, revolutionary changes. ...A vivid feature is the contrast in her brilliant pictures of Hong Kong and China. In their conduct these people--the Christian missionaries and old-school Chinese refugees from China, the enthusiastic young Chinese Communists and serene,...
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Author Mian Mian sues google
Chinese author Mian Mian, who rose to fame with tales of sex, drugs and alcohol in the underworld, will sue Internet giant Google this week for copyright infringement, her lawyer said. Sun Jingwei said the case - the first civil lawsuit against Google in China over the scanning of books into its controversial web library - would open at a Beijing court on...
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Anjali Mittal audio
Anjali Mittal has presented at primary schools in Hong Kong, China, United Kingdom and Africa, engaging children in discussions on how to get inspiration for a story. Her latest adventure series, involving Zack and Kante, are also published in Chinese and sold in Hong Kong. Her latest book, The Fallen Tetra Stars, was launched in January. On 123 Show, we're...
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Hogart The Hedgehog Turns Nink audio
Blair Reeve, a New Zealander based in Hong Kong, he has been writing and performing a rhythmic and comical style of performance poetry. His first children's book is Hogart The Hedgehog Turns Nink. He also teaches creative writing to students at Chinese University and runs Anapest Press, his self-publishing business. Blair Reeve joins us to talk about his writing...
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Guo Xiaolu: I am China
Novelist and award-winning film-maker, Guo Xiaolu has found considerable success in both genres. A controversial cultural figure with a unique vantage point, she has published seven works of poignant and witty novels, including A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers. Her forthcoming novel, I am China, was excerpted for Granta’s Best of Young British...
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When Harry Met Vicky—A Fatal Attraction Growing Up with My Parents audio
Author Peter Craggs speaks to Phil Whelan about his book, "When Harry Met Vicky—A Fatal Attraction Growing Up with My Parents". It's a fascinating memoir of his father, a well-known Police inspector in the then Royal HK Police Force, who starts a new life in the colonial days of Hong Kong and meets, and falls in love with a mainland Chinese dancing girl...Peter's...
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