Anna Sulan Masing

Feb 7, 2025 | aliciakennedy.news | Anna Sulan Masing |Alicia Kennedy

I’ve been awash in forthcoming books. Anna Sulan Masing and Mayukh Sen—this Sunday!—have been part of my new Salon Series, and those interviews will be transcribed and available for paid subscribers in due time, but I wanted to shout out some of the books I haven’t been able to give a big splashy moment. It’s a bizarre time for writers and book promotion, and so I want to make sure these are on your radar.

Jan 27, 2025 | hongkonger.world | Anna Sulan Masing

The idea of Britishness is today largely understood as a concept that sits within the borders of the United Kingdom. However, in Multiracial Britishness: Global Networks in Hong Kong, 1910–45, Dr Vivian Kong, a senior lecturer in modern Chinese history and co-director of Hong Kong History Centre at the University of Bristol, UK, disrupts this contemporary concept of Britishness. She explores the colonial past – and present – of Hong Kong and asks what being British means.