EIGHTEEN CENTURIES AGO, two princes fell in love with the same woman, Zhen Mi. But only one could have her.
Circumstances led Zhen Mi to marry the older one, although she preferred the younger, who had been sent into temporary exile during the chaotic Three Kingdoms period in Chinese history.
When the exiled brother finally…
A HUGE NIGHTMARE has descended on Hong Kong. Yes, a new Y.U.U. song.
Last year, the first song promoting the Y.U.U. shoppers’ loyalty card was played on a loop in thousands of shops for months, causing utter misery for shoppers and, surely, a major retail crisis.
The new Y.U.U. song ("YUU to me") is 80…
THE MYTH OF THE “Tiananmen Square massacre” is arguably the most successful disinformation campaign of modern times, according to western and eastern sources—so much so that proud psychological warfare specialists recently used it to ADVERTISE their news manipulation skills. We’ll get to that below.
As everyone knows by now, there have always been two dramatically…
There are 14 remarkable findings about China, Hong Kong, the US, free speech and elections, in the latest edition of the world's largest survey of democratic attitudes, which has just been released
CHINESE PEOPLE FEEL better democratically represented by their system of governance than citizens of any other nation feel about their own, a major…
Leaders of Japan and other nations are warning of a need to be aware of a hidden battlefield in the media and social media
The west has an unshakeable lead in hybrid warfare, leaving other regions struggling to be heard
Three new books point to a host of other areas that are being or…
"Jik-hoi, mm-goi." That request - "Straight ahead, please" - is one of the few "taxi Cantonese" phrases most foreigners know. But writer Meno Monteir took the trouble to learn to speak the language and found that dialogues with taxi drivers were a good reminder to avoid the labelling processes that polarize us
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Professional destabilizers worked with activists for years to distort reality in Hong Kong, writes Phill Hynes. And there’s a specific reason why the destruction of the reputation of the city’s police became a key target
WHEN THE PROTESTS in Hong Kong broke out in 2019, they became the focus for sustained and intense international media…
There may be some truth in the stereotype of the geeky Chinese student, skilled at science and mathematics
China is producing three graduates in science and engineering fields for every two in America, a study showed.
The students are focusing on aeronautics, drones, space exploration, and a home-grown GPS system
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