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,...
The newspapers report daily news of crimes of all kinds; robberies, violence, murders. When it comes to the latter, the reaction of the public often does not distinguish between a dreadful road incident and a coldblooded murder. As there...
Located in the eastern part of Zhejiang province and in proximity (and appearance) to cities such as Hangzhou and Shanghai, the history and geography of Ningbo make it something else entirely.
宁波位于浙江省东部,靠近(和外观)杭州和上海等城市,其历史和地理使其完全不同。
As a coastal city, Ningbo is surrounded by islands...
Nanjing has always been a city where talents were valued because of its flourished culture and education. Known as the Cultural Centre of ancient China, Nanjing had the national highest institution of learning more than 1,600 years ago.
In...
Pauline Woo Tsui was at her core an anti-discrimination activist who sought to correct the wrongs brought on the female sex in many theaters, from the USA to China.
Pauline Woo Tsui的核心是一位反歧视活动家,她试图纠正从美国到中国的许多剧院中女性行为带来的错误。
Born in Nanjing on 2 October, 1920, Woo’s father...
By the late Ming dynasty, the highly culturally and linguistically-assimilated Muslim communities of Nanjing presented a new problem. There existed a cavernous gap between existing Arabic/Persian-medium Islamic texts and the Sino-Muslim Chinese-speaking practitioners illiterate in those languages.
In Nanjing, this...
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 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...