Sabina Knight 桑稟華

*The Battleground* just published my piece, "Coming to Terms with America." It's my review of *Framing #American #Democracy: Contemporary Artists Reflect* at The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of #Art. thebattleground.eu/2026/08/15/c...

"Short #Stories from #Taiwan" 🀄📚 My @fivebooks.com recommendations for #Chinese -language fiction in English translation. Link: fivebooks.com/best-books/s...

@chinabooksreview.com just published my review of Yu Hua's 余华 *City of Fiction*《文城》(2021, tr. 2025). "Along with other contemporary Chinese works with such graphic violence, Yu’s novel does political work by purging the traumas of China’s bloody 20th century." chinabooksreview.com/2025/10/30/f...

👇 Wide ranging and insightful piece by @spoem.bsky.social that places Yu Hua's latest work into the context of his previous works of fiction and writings by other important figures of his generation, via @chinabooksreview.com

* #Chinese #Literature: A Very Short Introduction* 🀄📚 * The most accessible guide to Chinese literature available––compact but textured & far-reaching. * Serves as a window on Chinese culture from a philosophical, comparative approach. "a marvel of economy, substance, and style."

@chinabooksreview.com just published my review of Yu Hua's 余华 *City of Fiction*《文城》(2021, tr. 2025). "Along with other contemporary Chinese works with such graphic violence, Yu’s novel does political work by purging the traumas of China’s bloody 20th century." chinabooksreview.com/2025/10/30/f...

The bestselling Chinese novelist Yu Hua foregrounds individual suffering in the chaos of modern Chinese history. In his latest novel in translation, gratuitous violence shows the limits of fiction. Read Sabina Knight's review of "City of Fiction": chinabooksreview.com/2025/10/30/f...

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Engaging & appreciative review at @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social of two works of literature from the Ming era lareviewofbooks.org/article/in-t... cc @chowleen.bsky.social @bairuiwen.bsky.social @spoem.bsky.social

#台灣 #短篇小說 集 ── 我推薦的五部傑作。🀄📚

"The rightwing movement against #empathy seeks to dismantle & discredit one of the essential tools for any society – our capacity to recognize & respond to #suffering. We should see the campaign against empathy . . . for what it is: a flashing red light warning of #fascist intent." @theguardian.com

There used to be a social democratic faction in the CCP. Time to rehabilitate that tendency, introduce welfare to put a floor under wages, discourage excessive saving and increase consumption.

Created a Taiwan Studies Starter Pack for folks coming from Twitter. Let me know if you ought to be on here! go.bsky.app/TG2GBbz

One of my current projects explores #non-Han #fiction & #poetry. On the former, I wrote an article for *World #Literature Today*. I've given talks on the broader project. I'm open to giving more. 🀄📚 www.worldliteraturetoday.org/2022/january...

I need to pick a couple of these up! Five Books: Short Stories from Taiwan, recommended by Sabina Knight fivebooks.com/best-books/s...

🧵2/ #China & #ForeignPolicy expert @tom-kellogg.bsky.social on @profsaunders.bsky.social's overview. - Lasting policy's reliance on rigorous domestic debate - GOP's turn away from expertise - Rise of hyper-partisanship - long, slow decline of Congress (as an institutional player) - . . . Tom's 🧵:

I'd add: Authoritarianism doesn't always look like you think it does. The image is a public constantly straining under the chains of oppression, but it is very possible for the majority to enjoy comfortable, affluent lives while freedoms like speech are eroded, and others face blunter oppression.

#X offered no explanation at all. I submitted appeals, both through their online form and via email. No reply at all. This suspension is #censorship, not moderation.

🧵 Yes! More space would allow for more discussion. The quoted ¶ addressed the risk that my article's title might obscure the fact that #Uyghurs and #Tibetans are not "minority #Chinese." A term such as "non-Han" would have put off many readers, so I went with the title as is. As I develop . . .

"A #queer love story, Yang Shuang-zi’s * #Taiwan Travelogue* is a stunning historical #novel set during Taiwan’s Japanese colonial period. The tale [. . . recounts] the troubled love of a Japanese travel writer for her #Taiwanese guide and interpreter. As the pair travel . . ." @sabinak.bsky.social

Curious development.

However much #China #hawks might like this @wsj.com article, its premises don't hold. China's strength ≠ belligerence. Don't believe U.S. projections of #military aggression.

Read our latest in the CMP Dictionary: "Feminist Five" (女权五姐妹) — Five Chinese activists detained in 2015 for anti-harassment campaign plans, marking a turning point as authorities cracked down on peaceful gender equality advocacy.

some bad news for those wringing their hands about CPC influence via Tictoc

Sat, March 28, 10:00-5:00 "Taking #Buddhist #Philosophy Seriously: A Symposium in Honor of Jay L. Garfield" Panelists: @christiancoseru.bsky.social, @lauraguerrero.bsky.social, @kateahart.bsky.social, @ckassor.bsky.social, Karin Meyers, Chris Rahlwes, Karl Schmid, Davey Tomlimson @SmithCollege

Elon Musk's "Free Speech" Platform lol

Yes, "millions of #Chinese, disproportionately influential, are on X." Twitter/X has been "hugely important" in #China and for those of us who engage Chinese #writers, #dissidents, & others. How, you ask, has Musk's takeover "affected the Chinese language information ecosystem"? One datum:

Greetings! I'm a #China expert. Broadly speaking, I work in these areas: - Ethnic Minorities - Human Rights - Intellectual History - #Literature / Language - Memory / Identity - Society and #Culture These areas are those listed on my profile as a fellow in the […] [Original post on zirk.us]

#BuddhistStudies We are saddened to learn that Professor Peter Gregory (1945-2025) passed on March 19th, after a heart attack. Peter made the world of a better place. May his memory be a blessing. ____ Madhyamaka & Methodology Symposium @smithcollege.bsky.social youtu.be/AGNYS7-TRRY?...

"How Water Began to Play" Ted Hughes Water wanted to live It went to the sun it came weeping back ... It went to time it went through the stone door It came weeping back It went searching through all ... space for nothingness It came weeping back it wanted to die. Till it had no weeping left ...

🧵 #MusicSky I hear this song and think of my best friend and #soulmate Marc (1956-2019). He died of pancreatic #cancer at only 62. I miss him so much. Fountains Of Wayne - "Troubled Times" @fountainsofwayne.bsky.social

Link to episode: blubrry.com/barbarians/1...

A top French politician is calling for the Statue of Liberty to be returned to France now that Trump is siding with dictators like Putin. “We gave it to you as a gift, but apparently you despise it. So it will be just fine here at home.”

NEW: Family of Mahmoud Khalil just released footage of his arrest “Stop resisting” “He’s not resisting” Agents seen continuing to ignore Mahmoud’s wife as she asks basic questions

My #reviews and #essays in *Cha: An Asian Literary Journal* @asiancha.bsky.social.

These days, in many places, many things can’t be said directly. Can we say them in poetry? @asiancha.bsky.social continues to accept submissions of poems for our ongoing series “Write to Power”. We welcome Asia-focused poems—original or newly translated into English. chajournal.blog/2021/09/28/w...

My #reviews and #essays in *Cha: An Asian Literary Journal* @asiancha.bsky.social.

"What keeps us going . . . is our love for each other, & our refusal to bow our heads, to accept the verdict, however all-powerful it seems. It’s what ordinary people have to do. You have to love each other. You have to defend each other. You have to fight." – Mike Davis interview @theguardian.com

[𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖] Zalman S. Davis reviews Can Xue's 𝐼 𝐿𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑠 (Yale University Press, 2020), translated from the Chinese by Karen Gernant & Chen Zeping: "[T]he experience of reading 𝐼 𝐿𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑠 is one of continuous disorientation." chajournal.blog/2025/03/03/s...