Launched in 2013 and based in Vancouver BC, LiterASIAN is an annual festival of Pacific Rim Asian Canadian writing and a community-building initiative of the Asian Canadian Writers Workshop (ACWW).
South China has long been part of what is now popularized as the Maritime Silk Road. Over the centuries, the movement of goods, people, and ideas has bridged continental divides. The talk focuses on the rise of trading hubs with multi-ethnic identities and resources and tracks strategic footprints across the oceans from Canton to Zanzibar. It will comment on the region’s paths of development and conflict.
Thursday, 4 October 2018, 7:30 pm Richmond Public Library 7700 Minoru Gate, Richmond Free and open to the public (Program in Cantonese) Registration required. For Hong Kong, what is deemed “local” is a multi-layered historical experience shared by generations of immigrants and emigrants. Each of these layers has given the place unique cultural characteristics. The […]
