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Is it Legal to Stereotype Someone? (Happens Daily, Actually)

Notwithstanding how difficult it is to be explained in a reasonable and efficient manner, the presence of stereotypes in the application of law is a concrete, daily experience.  To verify this, ask a criminal, in any country, whether the law...

Women as Judges; Legal Representation by Females in China

Women in law denotes the role enacted by women in legal profession. Lawyers are also known as legal counselors, advocates, attorneys, barristers, solicitors, prosecutors and paralegals, and also acknowledged as Judges, Law Professors, Legal Scholars, Law School Deans and...

What Place of Emotion in the Court Room?

The Law is not a place for emotions. It is the place of reason and rationality. In the legal community, feelings are considered irrational or dangerous and, as such, have to be contained or suppressed. This approach is nonetheless...

Little Tibet, Vultures & the Café at the End of the World

It’s pretty difficult to take photos on a train from Nanjing to Lanzhou, largely because the blessed thing spends most of its time in tunnel after tunnel after tunnel. 在從南京到蘭州的火車上拍照相當困難,主要是因為受祝福的東西大部分時間都在一個又一個的隧道中度過。 At least it does on the interesting part of the journey. 至少在旅程中有趣的部分做到了。 Truth...

#MeToo Ming! A Shining Star among Qinhuai’s Debutantes; Ma Xianglan

Ma Shouzhen (馬守真) was the foremost product of the #MeToo movement of the late Ming Dynasty. A courtesan, party animal and a hopeless romantic, she was known as a prolific painter, a benevolent citizen and one of the eight...

Zheng He & His Legacy in Nanjing

Zheng He, quite possibly China’s most famous explorer, is our last stop on this journey through Nanjing Muslim history. Born Ma He to a Muslim family in Kunming, Yunnan Province, during the Ming Dynasty, family records claim that they traced...

Congestion on the High Seas; Who’s Liable?

The shipping industry in China has  faced extreme congestion levels of late, the effect of which came to a head in May with authorities in Guangdong cancelling flights, locking down the city and suspending trade in order to rein...

Muslim Literati of Nanjing (Part II); Neo-Confucianism Interwoven with Chinese Islam in Nanjing

Today, if one was to introduce the three Abrahamic faiths systematically to a crowd of people unfamiliar to their beliefs, one might begin by listing their key religious texts (i.e. the Torah, the Bible, the Quran), important figures (prophets,...

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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

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