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What’s Cozy Doesn’t Come Easy

Heavy snow has visited most of China recently. With warm AC and a cup of hot coffee, together with the snowy scenery, it is not that hard to get through the day, that is, unless you have to grab...

Puerto Galera; off the Philippines’ Beaten Paths

The crowds may flock to Cebu, but amid this tropical yet contradictory Asian paradise that comprises over 7,000 islands, much more is to be had off the Philippines’ beaten paths. For The Nanjinger, the more ramshackle the shanty town,...

Layering Up; The Re-Envisioned Chinese Paper Gourd

From his chilly studio in Beijing, Li Hongbo stretches the possibilities of China’s most celebrated invention and art’s most humble material; paper. His sculptures, which at first appear like European marble busts, are composed of several...

Technological Advancement’s Effects on Copyright

In this modern age of technology, it is very easy to access any information we so desire. However, this brave new digital world brings just as much danger as it does pleasure. Whether it be accessing E-books on a tablet,...

Year End 2017; Conducting Your Personal Review

As 2017 comes to a quick close, I am sure many of you are consumed with the typical December activities; finishing out the semester, finalizing your year-end reporting, making preparations for the trip home… and then there’s the holiday...

Chinese Investment in European Football

Chinese investment in football is known worldwide for the huge salaries and offers made to bring well recognised players to their local leagues, and also of its Government’s ambitious project to make Chinese football a serious competitor for the...

Brain Gymnastics; Helping Our Creative Endeavours

We are all well aware of the benefits of maintaining general good health. However, there is a very specific area of our health that we take for granted. Mental health is never something we think of as our responsibility. When...

Careful! Your Brain Might be Playing Tricks on You

his has been my second year teaching an elective class to high school students, the subject of the class is “Creativity and Concept Creation”. My role in the classroom is more of a coach, a facilitator. ...

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Baby on Board in High Speed Train Emergency Delivered by Urologist into Nanjing

Mid-journey between Shanghai and Nanjing, a routine high-speed train service turned into an improvised delivery room, when a lady...

Iranians in China become more Visible than Countable

These things often start, not with a statistic, but with a voice; Persian heard in a lift, a WeChat...

Why Chinese Men Can’t Quit; Smoking, Face and the State

China has 300 million smokers, nearly a third of the world's total. The imbalance between the sexes is stark:...

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