“A significant deterioration of the political environment”: an interview with Michael Vatikiotis
Nicholas Gordon interviews Michael Vatikiotis, author of Blood and Silk.
“The Souls of China” by Ian Johnson
How does one quantify something as ephemeral as faith? We have become familiar with accounts of China which predicate their analysis on statistics—hard numbers seeming one of the few means of offering an objective view of the scale and complexity of the country. And certainly when it comes to faith in modern China the numbers…
ASEAN has succeeded against all odds
Nicholas Gordon interviews Kishore Mahbubani, author of The ASEAN Miracle.
“Something Sets Us Looking for a Place”: A Conversation with Sarah Howe
When Fleurs de lettres approached me about interviewing Sarah Howe, winner of the 2015 TS Eliot-prize, I didn’t need to think twice about accepting the invitation. Before Howe won the prestigious award, I had already admired her work in the anthology Eight Hong Kong Poets (Chameleon Press, 2015) and a special issue of Law Text…
