This essay is part of Transpacific Literary Project’s monthly column.

This piece is part of “The Rainforest Speaks: Reimagining the Malayan Emergency,” featuring art by Sim Chi Yin.

This piece is part of “The Rainforest Speaks: Reimagining the Malayan Emergency,” featuring art by Sim Chi Yin. Editor’s note: This is an edited excerpt from a workshop about the Cold War and Chinese-Malayan cultural productions, held at the National Taiwan University in June 2022. During the workshop, Taiwan-based Malaysian filmmaker Lau Kek Huat discussed the […]