Attended the celebration and opening of Mr. Michael Bing Chiu Lai’s art exhibition at @rclchkle! As a literary scholar, I’m really impressed by his heartful dedication to creating, editing, and maintaining _Toronto Season_ 多倫多文藝季 for eighteen years!

I don't read many substacks, but Broad & Ample Road by Michelle Kuo & Albert Wu is special, for insights on Taiwan above all, but good on various other issues, too, eg hwere trends in publishing/patterns of translation/graphic novels ampleroad.substack.com/p/underdog-s... cc @wwborders.bsky.social

Received my new publication in the mail room! Thanks Chia-rong, Min-xu, Alison, and Yenna, for putting this volume together with wonderful chapters from admirable colleagues, including Peiyin, Rebecca, Josh, Cheow-Thia, Lucas, Simona, and many more! See: shorturl.at/bdaIh

The first class of “Hong Kong Literature” graduate seminar in the new semester at the Department of East Asian Studies of the University of Toronto! Welcome to the world of and the world’s Hong Kong literature! :)

"Her cubicle becomes a chamber of obsessive self-scrutiny, where reflection no longer stabilises identity but fractures it." @myetcetera.bsky.social reviews "Lake Like a Mirror" and "Tongueless." https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/tongues-tied-mirrors-shattered/

Congratulations @nadmussen.bsky.social!

So honored (and a little stunned) to have received the UTSC Dean’s Merit Award for the second time—“the highest score in the pool”! Grateful beyond words, though I have to admit: the past year has been utterly exhausting.

Just wrapped up another term of “Translation in Media” and “Translation and Adaptation” at UTSC—and reading through student reflections honestly made my day (and week).

My new office! Waited for three years! Finally with a window!

Excited to announce the publication of my English translation of Fah Hing Chong’s essay, “Description, Imagination, and Translational Subjectivity: A Critical Study of Mahua Literary Theories” in Chinese Literature and Thought Today. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📚 My latest translation explores a lesser-known yet pivotal chapter in Sinophone literary history. Wen-Wei Shiu 須文蔚’s “Transregional Circulation of Literary Publications by Macao’s Tipografía Salesiana” 澳門慈幼印書館. Read 📰 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

With Ting Guo, I’ve co‑authored a new article titled “The ‘Ueno Chizuko Phenomenon’: Translating Feminist Modernity Across East Asia” in the “Translation Studies as Methods” special issue uof Chinese Literature and Thought Today (Vol. 56, Nos. 1–2). See www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.....

My essay on the "rise of China" meme just got posted by Chinese Literature and Thought Today. It's got two bits in it: one, historicizing where the "rise of China" idea came from and how it mutated over its 90-year history, and two, asking...(con't): www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Thrilled to share that the new volume of Chinese Literature and Thought Today (CLTT) is out now — featuring a special issue I co-edited with Yifeng Sun: “Translation Studies as Methods.” 🧭📘 🔗 Reas it here: www.tandfonline.com/journals/mcs...

📣 Excited to share my new article—co-authored with Yifeng Sun—is now published in Chinese Literature and Thought Today! 📰 It introduces our special issue, “Translation Studies as Methods.” 🔗 Read it here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Caught the 4K restoration of #WongKarWai’s In the Mood for Love #花樣年華 at Toronto’s oldest independent cinema, the Fox Theatre (est. 1914)! Recently, I also wrote two encyclopedia entries on #LiuYichang’s #劉以鬯 fiction, The Drunkard and “Intersection,” which inspired this film’s haunting beauty.

Last winter after a talk at UofT, an audience who shared the difficulty of finding community said, “but you’re here now; I don’t feel alone anymore.” I remain grateful to that heartfelt comment. It warms my heart to think that I’ll be (re)joining UofT next year & reconnecting with this community

Published by indie publisher 51人, this graphic book documented 51 street vendors (hence 51攤) of all trades, ages, genders, ethnicities (incl a Uyghur uncle with ‘warm smiles’) in Shanghai and their lives during COVID & lockdown

reminded again of this bit from DIARY OF THE ABSURD LIFE IN 1997 by Mary Wong, translated by @chrissonghk.bsky.social

Three conference group photos this year: Saarbrücken (Cultural Reparation), Milan (Geo-literary images), Toronto (Sinophone translation)! 今年三張研討會合照：薩布呂肯（文化修復）、米蘭（文學地景）、多倫多（華語翻譯）！

#Toronto peeps, my #book is now available at the Richard Charles Lee Canada- #HongKong Library (f8 Robarts @uoftlibraries.bsky.social, part of EastAsianLib) in its physical form — in addition to the ebook! (Someone has already borrowed it so I used my own copy for the photo shoot🫶👽📚)

Handmade in #HongKong in the 1950s, these costumes came to #Canada w/ legendary performers at the time, exchanged countless hands, but miraculously survived. Currently on exhibit at the Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library, University of #Toronto, they’re looking for a home in local museums

A blessed Cantonese restaurant is a true Cantonese restaurant. Chinatown, Toronto. #religionsky #diffusedreligion

Deadline June 30!! CFP: #Diversity and #Equity Committee Designated Sessions at AAS 2026 Annual Conference ( #Democratic Strategies Under Threats of Fascism & #Pedagogy Under Threat): networks.h-net.org/group/announ...

So proud of Ting for her latest article in the International Feminist Journal of Politics—a powerful extension of her groundbreaking book Religion, Secularism, and Love as a Political Discourse in Modern China. So happy to see your work getting the recognition it deserves, Ting!

[𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐄𝐗𝐂𝐋𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐕𝐄—𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖] We are pleased to publish a two-part series of interview entitled “Dwelling in Tongues: A Conversation on Language, Identity, and Self-Translation" between Simona Gallo & @chrissonghk.bsky.social. 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞: chajournal.blog/category/dwe...

Immersing myself in the workshops on “Re-visualizing ‘The West’: Geo-Literary Images of Europe in Contemporary Sinophone Writing” in Genoa and Milan these three days!

The second installment of my conversation on poetry writing, translation, and language with Simona Gallo in @asiancha.bsky.social! chajournal.blog/2025/06/11/t...

[𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐄𝐗𝐂𝐋𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐕𝐄—𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖] In this conversation with Simona Gallo, @chrissonghk.bsky.social reflects on the fluid boundaries between languages, the formative role of self-translation, and his evolving poetic practice across languages. ⧉ chajournal.blog/2025/06/11/t... 。。。。。

My first student at the UofT graduated with a Master’s degree!

Today's Feature: In this week's installment of What Sparks Poetry: Eleanor Goodman on Translating “Woman Worker” Read here: poems.com/features/wha...

Thinking through the Tiananmen anniversary with @gblee.bsky.social's essay in @asiancha.bsky.social (www.asiancha.com/wp/article/l...) b/c it focuses on the massacre's aftermath in the transnational and overseas community, where the memory was not suppressed and there was a fragile home for exiles.🧵

Excited to take part in the first CURE symposium, "Reparation in an Era of Irreparability? Theoretical Approaches," at Saarland University! I’ll be drawing on Sinophone studies and Ting Guo’s framework of “double decolonization”

What an enriching experience at the Translation and Chinese/Sinophone/Sinitic Poetry seminar I organized with Simona Gallo and Lucas Klein during the 2025 ACLA Annual Meeting! Grateful for three days of thought-provoking discussions and truly inspiring papers—learned so much from everyone involved!

In Paris on 17-18 June & interested in gender & China? Join us for the 4th edition of the China Academic Network on Gender conference. We'll delve into all things voice with a fabulous lineup of speakers, positive vibes (&morning croissants! 🥐) Free to attend w. registration change.hypotheses.org

My conversation on #HongKong #Sinophone poetry with Simona Gallo in @asiancha.bsky.social! //these activities form a network of writers, translators, editors, and scholars through which I can connect people’s strengths and help draw greater attention to Hong Kong as an international literary space.

A great article that introduces @tingguowrites.bsky.social’s book _Religion, Secularism, and Love as a Political Discourse in Modern China_!

Prof. Ting Guo traces how “love” became a political tool in China—from Christian missions to Maoist salvation to Xi’s family-state rhetoric. A must-read for anyone interested in how religion, affect, and nationalism shape power. @tingguowrites.bsky.social politicsrights.com/politics-of-...

My conversation on #HongKong Sinophone poetry with Simona Gallo in @asiancha.bsky.social! chajournal.blog/2025/05/19/few-questions

Listen to our co-host Ting Guo talk about her new book and what the podcast means for her intellectual journey here! open.spotify.com/episode/2m7T...

Proud of Ting Guo’s first book talk _Religion, Secularism, and Love as a Political Discourse in Modern China_ at the Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library 利銘澤典宬, University of Toronto! I read all the drafts and saw how much work she put into writing it,

Very interesting Todd Foley essay in World Literature Today--where he describes (and defends) organizing the translation of fiction in terms of its form, its rhythm, and the philosophies implicit in its architecture. Reminds me of poetry translation: worldliteraturetoday.org/blog/transla...

Excited that the two special sessions I’m involved in have been accepted for the 2026 MLA in Toronto! The “Transpacific Understandings of Indigenous Literature” was proposed by me, and the “Navigating Language and Politics in 1980s Sinophone Cultures” was proposed by Li Guo and Jessica Li!

Recently translated PK Leung’s 梁秉鈞 poem “Coffee with Tea” 鴛鴦 for Hippocrates’s adaptation for the Asian Heritage Month concert this year in Toronto.

Incredibly clear evidence that "what about the children" and "anti-DEI" are reflexive, hypocritical misdirections covering an intentional attack on the citizen's right to knowledge.

Ting Guo’s two book talks in Toronto, one on the “Love China Love Hong Kong” 愛國愛港 discourse at the University of Toronto, the other on Soong Ching-ling 宋慶齡 and love as a political discourse at York University!

My new article “Hong Kong’s Leftist Poetry: Sinophone and/or Huawen?” is included in this stellar volume Justyna Jaguścik, Joanna Krenz, and Andrea Riemenschnitter put together: Lyrical Experiments in Sinophone Verse: Time, Space, Bodies, and Things! www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...

Now available open access: _Lyrical Experiments in Sinophone Verse_, ed. Justyna Jaguscik, Joanna Krenz, and Andrea Riemenschnitter. Lots of pathbreaking research into Chinese poetry written by workers, women, computers, Hong Kongers, and others on the edge. library.oapen.org/handle/20.50...

𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐀𝐬𝐢𝐚. We'd love to publish reviews of these books in @asiancha.bsky.social in 2025. If you are interested in reading any of these titles and write about them, please send an email to [email protected]

Starting with new release, 'Religion, Secularism, and Love as a Political Discourse in Modern China' Ting Guo's fascinating monograph explores how #love, religion & seculurism has been engineered for nation-building. www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...