Ep 60 - Chan Ho-kei and Second Sister with Michelle Deeter

Just as Nga-Yee thought everything was going back to normal, Siu-Man stepped from the window of their twenty-second-story flatIn the sixtieth episode of The Translated Chinese Fiction Podcast we are solving the case of Second Sister (網內人 / Wǎng Nèi Rén), penned by crime connoisseur Chan Ho-kei. Logged on with guest-level access and ready to follow the trail wherever it leads is 3-time visitor to the show Michelle Deeter. In the events that follow we hack into moral frameworks, digital archives, memory glitches, and urban navigation.-// NEWS ITEMS //Gŵyl Haf & Borderless Book Club - International Translation Day eventAI 2041: Why the Future is Already Here, with Kai-Fu LeeChen Qiufan does an animated TED video to help promote AI 2041a TrChFic 80 minute breakdown of ChQF’s Coming of the LightDark as a Boy - an excerpt of Ho Fok Song’s Maze Carpet, tr by Natascha Bruce-// WORD OF THE DAY //(人肉搜索引擎 - rénròu sōusuǒ yǐnqíng - human flesh search engine)-// MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE //Stress in Hong KongSocial engineering within hackingJung’s concept of the personaForm and Ideology in Crime Fiction by Stephen KnightThe Untouched Crime by Zijin ChenA Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan