Hong Kong 20/20
Reflections on a borrowed place
Co-editor of the PEN Hong Kong anthology of fiction, poetry and non-fiction marking the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong’s 1997 return to China. With poet and academic Tammy Ho Lai-Ming, author Jason Y. Ng, journalist Sarah Shafer, and poet Nicholas Wong. The collection features the work of 41 contributors from Hong Kong and the world, including a short story by Saran. Works submitted in Chinese were translated into English. In the anthology's Chinese version, works submitted in English were translated into Chinese.
“Hong Kong is one of the world’s greatest cities. It will be at the centre of some of the political and intellectual arguments of the century ahead. My own bet is that the success of Hong Kong’s pluralistic citizenship will come out on top whatever the challenges. Reading many of the contributions [in Hong Kong 20/20] confirms me in that view.”