The Gavel

Nanjing has always been a city where talents were valued because of its flourished culture and education. Known as the Cultural Centre of ancient China, Nanjing had the national highest institution of learning more than 1,600 years ago. In...

According to Satya Nadella, CEO Microsoft, the pandemic has accelerated digital transformation by almost a decade. The digital era has come to be.  Globally, there has been a push toward more robust rules to protect consumer data and privacy, as...

Roman law has long been strongly admired by legal professionals and scholars in China. From the Ming dynasty, when Italian missionaries visited China, to the year 2021, when the first Civil Code of PRC came into effect, it has...

Open source refers to a computer program in which the source code is available to the general public for use or modification.  From a legal point of view, the peculiarity of open-source software is that the original developer(s) (who would...

The Chinese Zodiacal sign, Ox, occupies the second position in the Chinese Zodiac. An Ox’s personality comprises a diligent character that is dependable, strong and determined. Having great patience and a desire to make progress, Oxen can achieve their...

Marriage is the mainstay of the modern contemporary family. In the relationship between husband and wife, that which we usually call “honesty” is actually the principle of good faith found within the Chinese Civil Code.  We know that in the...

The basin of the Yellow River (Huang He), the “mother river of China”, was the birthplace of ancient Chinese civilisation and the centre of Chinese politics, economy and culture for over 3,000 years.  Unfortunately, the river is also known as...

Most of us grew up knowing our own single birth date. After all, you can only be born once and that’s the only date of birth you can have, or is it? Unlike the western system, which follows the solar...