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The hidden feng shui of the Forbidden City

FOR SEVERAL DECADES NOW, the Chinese art of feng shui has been recognized worldwide as a valuable tool in the design of everything from workplaces to homes. Feng shui is an ancient system focusing on placement of objects and the layout of buildings with the aim of creating positive effects on the humans using such…

June 1, 20230Comments ByH.C. Lu

News

US expert: Chip war hits ordinary Chinese, not PLA

THE US BAN on provision of powerful computer chip equipment to China is not really aimed at the Chinese military, a top defence expert revealed. It is an attack on the development of China. Only a fraction of one per cent of the chips are used by the People’s Liberation Army, said Jon Bateman, a…

May 18, 20230Comments ByNury Vittachi

Culture

China doesn’t invade other countries: top historian

OVER SEVERAL THOUSAND years of history, China never occupied, colonized or invaded other countries, top Hong Kong historian Lau Chi-pang said in a recent talk. The country is focused on its own affairs and dislike of war is deeply set in its culture, said Professor Lau, a Lingnan University academic, and a member of Hong…

May 11, 20230Comments ByH.C. Lu

Features

Intriguing tale of China’s speedy pandemic recovery

No jurisdiction has managed a flawless COVID response, says Richard Cullen. But China, despite its imperfect COVID management experience, did better than any other major jurisdiction and, in fact, displayed many examples of early-best-practice unseen elsewhere. Exasperatingly, the West found, yet again, that it there is much it can learn from China - and then,…

May 8, 20230Comments ByRichard Cullen

China news News

Social channels give alternative to media misinformation

A FORMER BBC reporter tried to politicize the tragic recent fire in Beijing by claiming that it was being covered up – there was no press coverage or videos or chat posts, Vivian Wu announced on Twitter. Except people in China are quite smart now. They quickly found lots of references to the fire in…

April 26, 20230Comments ByNury Vittachi

Chinese history Culture

Sun Tzu: mountain dweller became world authority on war

Ambitious people worldwide from business folk to army generals make use of The Art of War, an ancient Chinese book written more than two millennia ago. Who was author Sun Tzu? Emily Zhou looks at the man behind the myth. IT WAS ONE OF the most turbulent periods in Chinese history. Nearly every day, people…

April 18, 20230Comments ByEmily Zhou

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Bolivia warns ‘anti-democratic’ US off its lithium mountain

THE LEADER OF Bolivia said it didn't want interference in its lithium deals from the destabilizers of democracy – the United States. “We don't want our lithium to be in the [U.S. military] Southern Command's crosshairs, nor do we want it to be a reason for destabilizing democratically elected governments or foreign harassment,” said Bolivian…

March 27, 20230Comments ByNury Vittachi

Features

In China, power is being transferred to the people

Most English-language coverage of the recent major meetings in China simply reported that the country's leader started a third term,. But there were many important developments at the annual meetings of the NPC and the CPPCC which show that power is being transferred to the people. Hong Kong’s Dr Herman Hu Shao-ming, who participated in…

March 21, 20230Comments ByHerman Hu

China news

New giant dinosaur makes giraffe look tiny

A HUGE DINOSAUR that makes a giraffe look small roamed northwest China 160 million years ago, scientists said yesterday. The massive beast had an enormous neck and would have weighed about 70 tons. The news came from a new analysis of bones found in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in 1987. Scientists realized they were…

March 16, 20230Comments ByNury Vittachi

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BREAKING: China brokers surprise middle east peace deal

BREAKING NEWS: China brokered a surprise peace deal between Iran and Saudi Arabia yesterday. Representatives of the estranged Middle Eastern nations emerged from a meeting in Beijing with an agreement to reopen embassies and other long-severed ties. "This is a victory for dialogue, a victory for peace, offering major good news at a time of…

March 11, 20230Comments ByNury Vittachi

The hidden feng shui of the Forbidden City

US expert: Chip war hits ordinary Chinese, not PLA

China doesn’t invade other countries: top historian

Intriguing tale of China’s speedy pandemic recovery

Social channels give alternative to media misinformation

Sun Tzu: mountain dweller became world authority on war

Bolivia warns ‘anti-democratic’ US off its lithium mountain

In China, power is being transferred to the people

New giant dinosaur makes giraffe look tiny

BREAKING: China brokers surprise middle east peace deal

Truth trumps fiction, as Donald trumps expectations

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