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In the Game of Desire and Shame; Keep Count

The Artist makes ceramic tea pots, but he drinks coffee. He makes espresso mugs and a soap dish for his new apartment. He makes an ashtray and then quits smoking before he’s fired it in the kiln. She asks...

Rehabilitating Poetry; Weddings, Exclusivity and Keeping it Crystal Clear

Poetry gets a bad rap. 诗歌名声不好。 No, not poetry is bad rap. Let me explain what I mean.  Poetry is older than the novel, can be shorter than a song, and asks only to be read to be experienced. Other forms...

Poetry; The Forgotten Form of Media?

Imagine a time without YouTube videos, without movies, film, and TV shows; before the days of blogs, magazines and newspaper articles. How were people supposed to express their emotions and thoughts on the world, around the world? It wasn’t...

Stone; The Tale of a Compulsive Rhymer

I can tell you diary, for this will not breakThe promise I was made to make,This poetic flair was fun at the startEveryone thought I was really smart,Now they think I’m doing it in spite,Even now it affects the...

China’s Unwritten Rules & The Population Time Bomb

News of China’s rapidly-aging population will not have escaped The Nanjinger’s alert readers. That’s right folks, people aren’t making enough babies. 《南京人》的警惕读者不会错过中国人口迅速老龄化的消息。 没错,伙计们,人们没有生足够的孩子。 The problem of course, is the herd effect. And given China is an aspirational society driven by the...

Controlling our Environment; Thou Shalt Not Murder

Unwritten rules seem natural and unquestionable. Commit a rule to writing or speak it out loud, however, and it can be probed at with logic, illuminated through debate, or, as parents and teachers will often be all too aware,...

From XXX Road Metro Station

Found taped to a life insurance advertisement adjacent to the escalators of exit 1B, XXX Road Metro Station, 13 October, 20:32. 10月13日20:32,在XXX路地铁站1B出口的自动扶梯旁边的人寿保险广告上发现。 If you are the man, height 170-175 cm, full head of hair but some strands of gray, who takes...

From Confucius to Earthquakes; Rocking the Foundations of Giving

Foundations. That’s the watchword in the world of charity in China today. Their rise is the manifestation of an unprecedented shift embracing philanthropy in the Middle Kingdom. Factors such as an increasingly international outlook, more disposable income, changes in...

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Shanghai’s Railway Map Shifts East; Cross City to Hongqiao soon but a Memory

For years, Shanghai’s high-speed rail map has pulled passengers towards Hongqiao. That balance is beginning to change. New stations...

Shiseido Sues Aldi over a ¥24.9 Primer that Resembles Its ¥540 Rival

Shiseido has sued Aldi China, the product's manufacturer and an Aldi Shanghai store operator over unfair competition, arguing that...

Forty Tables Became Twenty; Then the Bookings Stopped

Susu has sold wedding banquets at one of the biggest hotels in her small town in northern China for...

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