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Shanshan Kao

Shanshan Kao

Hong Kong
@shanmushy
Video Journalist
Shanshan Kao is a video journalist at the Post. She joined the team in 2016, and has previously interned at Reuters and AP covering social, political and entertainment news.
Shanshan Kao is a video journalist at the Post. She joined the team in 2016, and has previously interned at Reuters and AP covering social, political and entertainment news.
Areas of Expertise:
Video production, Hong Kong society and politics
Languages Spoken:
English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Shanghainese, Taiwanese

Video | ‘Taiwan Travelogue’ wins historic Booker Prize

Taiwanese author Yang Shuang-zi and translator Lin King won the International Booker Prize on May 19, 2026, for Taiwan Travelogue. It is the first time that a book translated from Chinese won the prestigious literary award. Set in the 1930s, when Taiwan was under Japanese colonial rule, the novel follows a fictional Japanese writer’s gastronomic adventures and her intimate relationship with a local interpreter.
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Author Yang Shuang-zi and translator Lin King claim the prestigious £50,000 (US$67,000) prize for their culinary-infused postcolonial romance.

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Harbor Books specialises in Chinese-language books from mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia, with a focus on literature, lifestyle and humanity.

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