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Numbers & their Impact on Society

Have you ever noticed how large of an impact “numbers” have on our daily lives? We rely on numbers for the simplest of activities such as reading the time on the clock, to vast, complex mathematical algorithms which have...

So Very Superstitious; Numbers on the Wall

Ah, numbers and superstitions. An area we are familiar with, although you might not think about it on any sort of analytical level. With the slightest spotlight, it doesn’t make much sense; why do many Western cultures consider 13 unlucky...

Chinese Whispers & Simple Arithmetic; It’s a Numbers Game

This correspondent’s dear spouse has a favourite expression; (我给你讲过了一百八十遍你知道), meaning, “I’ve told you, like, a hundred times already, you know” (in the Chinese version, the number is actually “180”, presumably because we have to get the number “8” in...

In the Game of Desire and Shame; Keep Count

The Artist makes ceramic tea pots, but he drinks coffee. He makes espresso mugs and a soap dish for his new apartment. He makes an ashtray and then quits smoking before he’s fired it in the kiln. She asks...

Number Crunching as Huge Asset for Attorneys

Historically speaking, in certain countries such as China, both mathematics and law were crucial in forming the political elite. During the Ming Dynasty (from the 14th to 17th century), to pass the imperial examination and access the state bureaucracy,...

Throwing Rocks & Mud in Shanghai’s M50

In what was previously the Shanghai Chunming Woollen Mill that is now the Shanghai M50 art district, you will find a man who throws and rocks and mud at a piece of canvas and calls it art. Wang Lushan is...

The Golden Rooster Winning Eight Take Wonder; He Qun

He Qun (何群) was a multi-award winning and respected Fifth Generation film director known for delivering truth in cinema, and for taking eight takes to get it right, earning himself the nickname, He Eight. Born in Nanjing on 7 December,...

Give the Tea a Rest; Use a Powder Sachet Instead

I am a contrarian. All of this unpopular opining of mine may look like critical thinking, heroic truth-seeking.  But don’t be fooled; it’s just knee-jerk doggerel.  My world-view is permanently controlled by the assumption that “those millions of people talking around me...

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Tasty Solutions on the Menu at Shanghai Climate Week

Shanghai Climate Week coincides with Earth Day and highlights China's dual-carbon commitments. And while its object as also a...

Why is the Shanghai Government Sniffing around Our Back Yard? 

Shanghai-Nanjing Innovation Belt emerges, with Putuo District driving cross-regional collaboration to boost economic growth for 50+ million people Putuo officials...

Nanjing’s International Flights; All Change for Summer Schedule

April is rolling around, and with it comes a new schedule for flights in and out of Nanjing Lukou...

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