"The China Issue" has now been launched. We would like to thank our guest editor Mai Mang (Yibing Huang) for reading the poetry and prose submissions with us as well as curating the "Poetry in translation" and "Art & art criticism" sections. Reviews Editor Eddie Tay has brought us a fine selection of book reviews, which for this issue are all related to China. This issue also features editorials by Mai Mang ("The Chinese Curse") and Tammy Ho Lai-Ming ("China: What It Is, What It Could Be").

The following writers/artists have generously allowed us to showcase their work:

Poetry: Salvatore Attardo, Eleanor Goodman, J.H. Martin, Camille Hong Xin, Arthur Leung, Vera Schwarcz, Miroslav Kirin, Alithini, W.F. Lantry, Sumana Roy, Russell C. Leong, Amylia Grace
Poetry in translation: Duo Duo, Mai Mang, Wang Jiaxin, Christopher Lupke, Zhai Yongming, Andrea Lingenfelter, Xi Chuan, Lucas Klein, Zang Di, Ming Di, Meng Lang, Denis Mair, Tony Barnstone, Chen Dongdong, Eleanor Goodman and Ao Wang, Shu Cai, Gao Xing, Leonard Schwartz, Zhang Er, Xiao Kaiyu, Kang Cheng, Vivienne Guo, Ralph Parfect, Aku Wuwu, Mark Bender
Fiction: Isabelle Li, L.M. Magalas, Kaitlin Solimine
Fiction in translation: Han Dong, Nicky Harman
Creative non-fiction: Madeleine Marie Slavick, Michal Slaby
Art & art criticism: Anton S. Kandinsky, David Rong, Zhang Dali, Mai Mang, Ted Ciesielski, Zheng Lianjie, Ji Shengli (cover artist), Ai Weiwei
Reviews: Katherine Foster, Glen Jennings, Joel Heng Hartse, Alice Tsay, William (Billy) Noseworthy, Ruth Y.Y. Hung, Jason Eng Hun Lee, Maura Elizabeth Cunningham, Emily Walz
Interview: Karen Ma

We are  accepting submissions for the Fourth Anniversary Issue, which is scheduled for November 2011. Robert E. Wood (poetry) and Royston Tester (prose) will act as guest editors.and read the submissions with us. Deadline: 15 September. If you are interested in having your work considered for publication in Cha, please read our submission guidelines.