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When was the Last Time You Saw a Turtle Walk Backwards?

We are all on the move. The Earth orbits the sun, spins around on its own axis. The wind blows, trees waver in its breeze; waves rise and fall, seawater evaporates into the clouds, and drops back down in...

All Change Here for Nanjing Metro’s most Ridiculous Interchanges

Stepping off a Nanjing Metro train that has come into Nanjing South Railway Station from Lukou International Airport, there is immediately noticeable the several individuals who sprint the 15 metres or so across the platform to board an awaiting...

On the Move with an Existential Crisis

Let me set the scene…  I’m sitting outside Nanjing Railway Station on a slightly chilly November morning sipping on my Americano; too hot and bitter but I need it at this time of morning; and munching down my morning “baozi”....

The Rider; When a Mysterious Stranger Takes to the Silk Road…

The porter opened the caravanserai gates reluctantly. The rider was unusual. Caravans rode on a relay. They loaded priceless porcelains and sensuous silks in crates, onto the humps of Bactrian camels, rode west for days or weeks to the nearest...

The Builders of Churches; A Love Measured in Mozzarella

Credo in unam sanctam et pathologicam ecclesiam The church was coming along nicely, we all thought it was. The town of Ferington had its own opinions but we always let it. It were never our business to judge no one's...

The Honeyguides & the Hunter Gatherers; Human-Beast Teamwork

We typically associate the concept of teamwork as a human act since cooperative behaviour is one of the hardwired characteristics that feeds in to human nature as a whole.  Yet, another way to look at this collaborative notion is through...

The Rise of AI in Teamwork; Taking the Team Out of I-work

"There’s no ‘I’ in the word team." How many times has this old chestnut been trotted out by educators and coaches worldwide to inspire and entice reluctant collaborators? Too many, probably. Definitely so many that one definitive rejoinder is now...

What is the Very Pinnacle of Collaboration? L.O.V.E

Schools of fish swim together, packs of wolves hunt together, flocks of geese migrate together. Armies of ants can build whole civilisations underground, gathering food for all to eat. Prides of lions can take down full grown elephants if...
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1st Blind Teacher in Wuxi is Shanghai Fudan University Graduate

Jiangsu is on the cusp of having its very first blind teacher, thanks to the dedication of a student...

Nanjinger’s Illustrated Book Picked up by Top 5 Intl. Publisher

There cannot be many books, English books, illustrated by a Nanjinger and a young one at that, which have...

After the Fire; Nanjing & Elsewhere Clamp Down on E-bike Charging that Can Kill

Tragedies are not normally inevitable. They come out of nowhere. But when it comes to that of the deadly...
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