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The Role Played by Character in China’s Legal System

Most people associate character with moral qualities but the definition also includes non-moral characteristics, behavioural tendencies and patterns of life, things with nothing to do with morality; being mindful of others, shyness or a fondness for cats, etc. Is...

A Royal Success; The Largest Exhibition of Chinese Art Ever

The largest exhibition of Chinese art of all time was not, as one might expect, held in China. Nor was it a recent affair. Beginning on 28 November, 1935, the Royal Academy in London held a monumental exhibition displaying over...

Episode 2A – Confucius and the Mohists; A Challenge from Above

With such confidence that he had found the way to the true Dao, you can imagine the consternation with which Kongzi would have viewed the emergence of competing ideologies. Many of the ideas in early Chinese thought exhibit close...

AI Face Swapping; the Legalities of Personal Data Security

We are now fully immersed in an information society, in which we discover new business and social opportunities that in turn rely on the large amount of data which has been created from our usage, a process in which...

Episode 1B; A Confucian Morning (cont.)

Previously: “You can bring the tea, Xunzi”, Kongzi says speaking as though addressing the open window. “Right away master”, Xunzi hurries out again, giving his companion who has been waiting at the door a sickly leer. Here it is...

Sexual Harassment & Other Illegalities in the Gyms of China

Many trainers dream about starting their own gym one day, but have no experience in running a business. Building your own company is a challenge and there is a long list of gyms that fail within the first year...

China Design Icons 101; A Lowdown on Chinese Logos

Good logos are eye-catching and memorable. Really good logos are eye-catching, memorable and clever. In a country where the symbols of language are much like logos themselves, pictorial signifiers of meaning, we can expect some pretty top-notch stuff. But...

Enchanting Kazakhstan; Steroids on the Steppe

In a gem of a country on China’s far western border and off the radar for many, we felt like intrepid travellers as we set off for a week to visit Almaty, Kazakhstan, conveniently located on the Silk Road....

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China’s Metro Map Grows by Almost 65km Ahead of National Day

China’s National Day holiday has arrived with three cities adding new metro links. Nanjing, Qingdao and Changchun have opened...

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

Shiseido has sued Aldi China, the product's manufacturer and an Aldi Shanghai store operator over unfair competition, arguing that...

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