No one prepared me for the heartbreak of losing my first language. It doesn’t feel like the sudden, sharp pain of losing someone you love, but rather a dull ache that builds slowly until it becomes a ...

He tells Adrienne Chum about the elegance of the language and the need to keep things local. HK Magazine: So what’s the book about? Chapman Chen: Cantonese has about 3,000 years of history, so I’m ...