If there was one word to describe Yunnan, likely that word would be “spiritual”. And if there were roads to Heaven, they would look like the tarmac strips that ascend the skies over this gem of southwest China.
如果用一个词来形容云南，那很可能是“精神”。 如果有通往天堂的道路，它们将看起来像中国西南部这颗宝石上空的柏油路。
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The inspiration for this month’s column was served up to me on a plate; eight slabs of polished black and white marble. Except the edible kind of marble, the kind made from taro; slightly sweet with a gentle wobble...
Back when China was in the midst of the serious and deadly SARS virus, the country promulgated the “Regulation on Responses to Public Health Emergencies”, on 9 May, 2003. The Regulation provides us with some form of experience in...
Previously: Zhu’s philosophy rested on the idea that everything in existence could be divided into two groups, known as li and qi. Here li, translatable as “principle” refers to the structure of the universe, such that everything in existence...
The Nanjinger today begins publishing readers' letters received in comment to the outbreak of Covid-19.
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As the thermals come out and the season of sleeping bag jackets sets in, it calls for indoor activities. A small but highly accessible exhibition at the Nanjing Museum should fit the bill nicely. “Lofty Sublimity” (don’t judge by...
After a period of unpopularity, a resurgence of Confucian thought began in the late Tang dynasty. Later, scholars such as Zhu Xi and Wang Yangming, determined to reintroduce or rediscover the true value of Confucian teachings in the Song...
Perhaps the most striking thing about Yinchuan is the sense of negative space; the lack of things which are a common sight in other provincial capitals (such as Nanjing). The centre of town does not feature a McDonald’s, the...
