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Fucking with Chineseness

WINNER OF THE 2024  ISLAND NONFICTION PRIZE Growing up, my Mandarin was strained through a provincial Cantonese accent and cobbled together by English grammar patterns. It was not enough to understand Chinese song lyrics or the quickfire colloquialisms of international students. It was

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Fucking with Chineseness

Cherry Zheng·Island Magazine·August 2026

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