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A lawyer’s journey: from 1980s China to a top spot at the United Nations

SOME POSITIVE NEWS! While the news is full of war, a nice story of international bridge-building just emerged, unnoticed. A girl called Lingling was born to the Zhang family in Beijing in 1981. She grew up and went into the law. In 2011, she went to study in Hong Kong, which has a reputation as…

11 hours ago0Comments ByNury Vittachi

China news Culture

Chinese legal system growing fast, with continuous refinements

THE LEGAL SYSTEM in China is maturing fast. Although the law in the country has a very long history, the system has recently been evolving rapidly in many ways, such as in dealing with international cases, using digital technology, and fostering the rise of women judges. The Supreme Court of China this week celebrated female…

4 days ago0Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Japan election: Recycling the past to ruin the future

Nostalgia for your country's past military adventures is a common tool used by politicians. But when those adventures included the killing of tens of millions of people in neighboring countries and the use of rape as a weapon, that's different. And when you propose reviving that army, that's a serious concern for the world. A…

March 7, 20260Comments ByRichard Cullen

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Scientists in China create chip that bridges optic and wireless systems

SCIENTISTS IN CHINA found a way to transmit huge amounts of data instantly over distances at world record speeds, a paper published in Nature magazine said this week. They tested it by streaming a mega-high resolution 8k movie to 86 channels at once. Their success moves the world closer to the fabled 6G, not due…

February 25, 20260Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Scientists find treasure trove of antibodies in paediatricians’ blood

BREAKING NEWS: Paediatricians don’t catch colds. So scientists decided to investigate their blood—and found a “treasure trove” of 56 antibodies, it was revealed today. These will be developed to create treatments to help everyone fight respiratory diseases, including severe ones that can kill small children and older people. Hui Zhai and his team at the…

February 24, 20260Comments ByNury Vittachi

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China, Brazil, Germany, become Guardians of the High Seas

CHINA, BRAZIL, AND several other countries this week became legal guardians of the creatures of the High Seas. Leave that giant squid alone! But the United States and Russia declined to sign to join them. After 20 years of legal tinkering, the United Nations this weekend launched can international agreement to protect marine life—and the…

January 19, 20260Comments ByNury Vittachi

Chinese history Culture

China revives sky lantern tradition, after making them safe and non-polluting

THE BEAUTIFUL TRADITION of flying lanterns has been revived in China. To avoid pollution and fire hazards, the lanterns contain LED "candles" and are tied to the users. This 27 Dec 2025 video (below) is from Gexian Village in Jiangxi province, home of a mountain immortal from the Taoist faith. China developed the first hot…

January 6, 20260Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Yes, you’re half of a couple, but the law says that isn’t your spouse

While gay couples are welcome in Hong Kong, the city’s legal statues define “marriage” as the union of a man and a woman (as is true in communities which cover 80 per cent of humanity). So when one gay couple married overseas asked for legal “spousal rights” in Hong Kong, the answer could have been…

December 19, 20250Comments ByHenry Litton

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First Chinese medicine hospital launched in Hong Kong

ACTOR SELENA GOMEZ and five million other people are getting some good news from Hong Kong. Scientists in the city found that a root widely used in Chinese medicine can be combined with a western drug to enable it fight the incurable disease known as lupus. But that’s just one of about 200 Chinese medicine…

December 12, 20250Comments ByNury Vittachi

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I worked at a law firm on the Chinese mainland – here’s what I learned

A young law student from Hong Kong took a working journey deep into mainland China’s Shanxi province. Tang Chun-man found extraordinary reminders of the country’s dramatic history – but he also found himself taking an internal journey to gain an appreciation of two legal systems, different in many ways, but both grounded in the universal…

December 10, 20250Comments ByTang Chun-man