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Data Protection in China; A 21st Century Zeitgeist

According to Satya Nadella, CEO Microsoft, the pandemic has accelerated digital transformation by almost a decade. The digital era has come to be.  Globally, there has been a push toward more robust rules to protect consumer data and privacy, as...

Mosques of Nanjing and the Community they Helped Foster

Mosques are easy to find due to their tall minarets, as some of the clearest visible symbols of Muslim communities.  But in China, however, the Arab architectural approach with onion domes and tall skinny minarets is less common. Instead, many...

Jiuhua Shan & Chizhou; Female Buddahs & Negative Oxygen Ions

Should we, or should we not, ascend Jiuhua Shan to pay homage at a Buddhist shrine? Tough decision. After all, we’re from Nanjing and therefore know a thing or two about climbing hundreds of steps to see a dead...

Missionary’s Influence on Evolution of Chinese Legal System

Roman law has long been strongly admired by legal professionals and scholars in China. From the Ming dynasty, when Italian missionaries visited China, to the year 2021, when the first Civil Code of PRC came into effect, it has...

The Muslim Connection; (2) Famed Halal Eateries in Nanjing

Today, Nanjing is host to a small variety of halal-certified restaurants. One can find Turkish fare in Xianlin, Xinjiang-style barbeque and dishes throughout each district, local Nanjing cuisine in Gulou and simpler, cheaper Northwestern Chinese fare in your next-door...

Stir-Fry Creator who couldn’t Boil an Egg; Yang Buwei

Yang Buwei (杨步伟) was the lady who coined the term “Stir Fry”, in a landmark, war-time recipe book on Chinese cuisine that would stop just short of earning her a Nobel Peace Prize. 杨步伟(杨步伟)是一位在一本具有里程碑意义的战时中国菜食谱中创造了“炒菜”一词的女士,这让她刚刚获得诺贝尔和平奖。 Born in Nanjing in 1889, Yang was...

Can China Achieve Her Open-Source Ambitions?

Open source refers to a computer program in which the source code is available to the general public for use or modification.  From a legal point of view, the peculiarity of open-source software is that the original developer(s) (who would...

The Muslim Connection; (1) A Brief Historical Record

Today, the Muslim population in Nanjing might best be described as mostly hailing from Northwestern provinces (Gansu and Ningxia; traditionally more Muslim-populated centres), with a growing, foreign-born community. Due to the tricky identity issue of having the “Hui” ethnicity...

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Nanjing Could Put Canberra on a New Flight Path to China

Travellers between China and Australia may soon have another part way across the Pacific. Nanjing has emerged as the...

China’s Fertility Insurance Turns Costly IVF Bills into Real Babies

Since 1 January 2025, couples pursuing fertility treatment across China have walked into a rather different kind of appointment....

Shanghai’s 21 Year Metro Fare Freeze Finally Faces a Hearing

Commuters across Shanghai are to see a fare structure tested for the first time in over two decades. On...

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