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Macau; Convergence of Catholicism & Global Cardinal to 100% Unashamed Capitalism

John Waite was belting out, “Missing You”, as we stepped into a taxi outside Macau International Airport. That, along with the fact that the vehicle was a Toyota Crown, affirmed that Macau is similar to Hong Kong, the Philippines...

Take Not Lightly the Standard Operating Procedures

Since time immemorial, humanity has organised itself in to teams and followed unspoken and written collective rules to obtain the maximum results from work. The emergence of capitalist relations in society and the consolidation of means of production became...

On this Day in Chinese History; 26 November

This day, 26 November, in 1979, when speaking about market economies during a meeting with Encyclopedia Britannica and the Institute of East Asian Studies at McGill University in Canada, he said that the purpose of the Chinese revolution is...

Alternative Dispute Resolution; Mediation in Community Governance

Community is the grassroots organisation of civil society and the embodiment and requirement of modern social governance. With the progress of social modernisation, Chinese society has entered a phase of social diversification and diversified individual development.  The development of social...

The Nanjinger Back Issues – Volume XIV

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Journey to the West; Xinjiang by Bike with No Permit Required

It has been 10 long years in the waiting, but this summer I arrived; Xinjiang Tian Shan (新疆天山), the Heavenly Mountains. My Journey to the West was to begin.  等待已经10年了,但今年夏天我到达了;新疆天山,天山。 我的西方之旅要开始了。 Bikepacking out from Kuqa (库车), the land is barren with...

On this Day in Chinese History; 5 October

This day, 5 October, in 1961, China and Nepal signed a boundary treaty in Beijing, which came immediately into effect. Based on the China-Nepal Boundary Agreement of the previous year, and in accordance with the “Five Principles of Peaceful...

On this Day in Chinese History; 4 October

This day, 4 October, in 1988, Deng Xiaoping met with Helmut Schmidt, former German Chancellor. When Deng talked about what new order and principles could replace international relations, he said, “As far as my personal knowledge goes, what can...

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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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