News about Kim Chi

Kim Crisci (left), who misled readers about her heritage, has since apologised (inset) for 'deceiving people with false implications' and 'breaking all sense of decency' - before 'removing herself from the writing community'. The furore was uncovered by fellow author Lanchi Le, who was in a Discord server with Kim - after becoming suspicious following comments she made about Vietnamese culture. Lanchi collated the evidence in a thread on X , which they have since deleted - but the drama was recounted by Youtuber @withcindy in a video last week. Alarm bells for Lanchi first rang in April, when they shared an excerpt from a work in progress, which featured a Vietnamese character on the receiving end of an ignorant comment. Social media users online have compared the controversy to the plot of R.F. Kuang's book Yellowface (right).

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