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China’s All Singing, All Dancing Regulations

Gatsby might have hosted wild and extravagant parties, but bar life has always been a part of our entertainment, perhaps bringing a brief moment of relief and joy after a stressful day at work. However, as the old saying...

How to Avoid a ¥8 Billion Fine for Tax Evasion

Based on an investigation conducted by the Tax Bureau, during the shooting of the movie, “Big Bombing”, China’s leading actress, Fang Bingbing, evaded the payment of ¥6,180,000 in individual income tax, as well as ¥1,120,000 in business tax, by...

Cookies and Personal Data Protection

The tracking function of cookies has led to widespread concerns about violations of personal privacy and disclosure of personal information. In this way, it is necessary for government to pay more attention to the legal regulation of cookies. General Data...

The Bridge between China and Foreign Investments

The Foreign Investment Enterprise Law of the People’s Republic of China aims to expand foreign economic cooperation in China, in order to not only promote the development of China’s national economy, but also to protect the lawful rights and...

From Creation to Destruction to Regeneration

In the late 50s, the first discovery of the implications for rare earth elements was in the United States, in particular, California. Those elements, despite their name, are not actually so rare, they can be found in nature as...

How Empathy in China Changed through Time

Within 40 years, contemporary China has faced upheavals of epochal proportion, a transformation that took 400 years for the Western world. Therein, radical changes in politics, philosophy and family relations. Thanks to the imperial power, the word People (rénmín; 人民)...

Vintage Throwback; From Love Letters to WeChats

Everyone who is lucky enough to have known their grandparents has certainly asked them how communication worked in the past. The many tales of love letters and how long and exciting it was to wait for your beloved one’s reply....

Digital Life’s Necessary Changing State

he increased convenience of new technologies can be taken advantage of, or perhaps worse, utilised for nefarious purposes. Therefore proper policy and regulation is required. While such may not seem a vital tool for our convenience, we shall see...

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Iranians in China become more Visible than Countable

These things often start, not with a statistic, but with a voice; Persian heard in a lift, a WeChat...

Why Chinese Men Can’t Quit; Smoking, Face and the State

China has 300 million smokers, nearly a third of the world's total. The imbalance between the sexes is stark:...

US Dept of Justice Says Nanjing Firm Hacked NASA, Senate & More

A sharp new cyber case has put a Nanjing company at the centre of a much wider political row....

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