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I was almost killed today. Or at least close to spending a considerable amount of  time at the pleasure of the Nanjing health authorities. I had made the dreadful mistake of stepping out onto the pavement. A delivery rider...

If you’re human and reading this, there’s a 35 percent chance your pets and the equipment you use daily hate you.  Most of us love our owners but I was blessed with the misfortune of being owned by an idiot....

It’s been quite some time now since I discovered that my particular brand of organisation has a name; attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Now, I could fill tomes with how and why this name is not only inappropriate, but...

Adjusting that picture frame, pushing this chair in, aligning those slippers with each other, praising that perfectly symmetrical painting, unconsciously being drawn towards that triad-chord harmony. In general, we all have an inclination towards organised things.  调整那个相框，把这把椅子推进去，把拖鞋对齐，赞美那幅完美对称的画作，不自觉地被吸引到那个三和弦的和谐。 总的来说，我们都倾向于有组织的事情。 My mum especially......

Living in major Chinese cities such as Shanghai, Beijing, or even our own (not so little) Nanjing can feel exhilarating yet overwhelming for many expats both old and new. The fast pace of life, the intensity of business, and...

I like the way China is organised. And when you think about this, it’s about the only way to bring order to a country of such size and complexity. 我喜欢中国的组织方式。 当你想到这一点时，这是为这样一个规模和复杂的国家带来秩序的唯一方法。 China, to many, initially comes across as utter madness, the...

The guardians had stood in equilateral position in the library, their marble cloaks unmoving under eons of dust. Their eyes peered up to the heavens and their arms out to the sides maintaining the balance of the forces that...

Significant throughout time, announcements  have long served as a method of persuasion, an integral part of human society, inherently present in our minds from the moment we began putting together coherent thoughts and desires.  长期以来，公告一直具有重要意义，长期以来一直是一种说服方法，是人类社会不可分割的一部分，从我们开始将连贯的想法和欲望放在一起的那一刻起，它就固有地存在于我们的脑海中。 Today’s social media landscape is populated...