'Our special China Transnational issue of Mascara found inspiration after last year’s conference of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature in Melbourne, ‘Looking In, Looking Out: China and Australia’, a colloquy that was enriched by the presence of the esteemed translator, Li Yao, as well as Chinese post-graduate students. It was apparent, however, that Australian Studies in China is often framed from the perspective of industry, institutions and dual nationalisms. This opened up a space that felt necessary for creative contributions from the Chinese diaspora, from the voices of experimentalism, political struggle, human rights activism; and from the border homelands as China maps out new geostrategic objectives.' (Michelle Cahill and Nicholas Jose : Editorial introduction)
Only literary material by Australian authors/poetry translators individually indexed. Other material in this issue includes:
Poetry by Mary Jean Chan, Xia Fang, Cyril Wong, Jee Leong Koh and Timothy Yu.
Dorothy Tse translated by Natascha Bruce
Little Red Book by May Ngo
Motive by HC Hsu
Chinese Science Fiction Beyond Politics — An Interview with Hao Jingfang, Author of Folding Beijing Translated by Emily Yu Zong
Debbie Lim translates Luo Lingyuan
Ravi Shankar reviews Empty Chairs by Liu Xia
Qiu Miaojin: The Bittersweet by Nicholas Jose
Christine Sun reviews The Stolen Bicycle by Wu Ming-Yi
Paul Giffard-Foret reviews Middle of the Night by HC Hsu
On Exile-Inner and Outer: A Tibetan Odyssey; Martin Kovan reviews Tsering Wangmo Dhompa
A.J. Carruthers reviews Experimental Chinese Literature by Tong King Lee
Peter Gibson reviews Encounters with Asian Decolonisation by David Fettling
Jenevieve Chang reviews Sour Heart by Jenny Zhang
Martin Kovan reviews Hidden Words, Hidden Worlds: Contemporary Short Stories from Myanmar
