Authors: Silvia Gramegna, Federico Alessandro Musso Confucianism is an ancient Chinese philosophy, religion, and secular morality, it is a way of life that follows Confucius’s teachings dating back to the V century BCE. Given the humanistic focus of Confucianism, emphasis is put on the role of the family and social Read more…
Author: Chantelle Lee Assessments conducted by real estate experts at Nomura Holdings concluded that the property market in China has been facing difficulties, as home sales have been down by 40% for the largest developers and it is estimated that 50% of Chinese developers will go bust in the next Read more…
Author: Matteo Weijian Hu Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has evolved over thousands of years. People who practice TCM often use various approaches such as acupuncture and tai chi, as well as herbal products to address health problems. Some of these methods date back at least 2,200 years. Here are some Read more…
Author: Riccardo Hu Tencent Holding Ltd, also known as Tencent, was founded in 1988 and is a Chinese multinational technology and entertainment conglomerate and holding company. It is the 12th largest company worldwide by market cap with a value of $483.20 Billion, providing various Internet-related services and products, ranging from Read more…
Author: Diandian Jiang Qingming (清明节 Qīng míng jié), or Ching Ming, is a traditional Chinese festival celebrated on the first day of the fifth lunar month (between April 4 and 6 every year) which, according to the lunar calendar, is the day spring will return to most parts of China. Read more…
Author: Stella Hu On March 5, China released its most important policy document – the “2022 Government Work Report” – setting out the main economic and development tasks to pursue during the year. Important decisions were made concerning tax incentives programs. Besides raising the R&D expenses deduction ratio of technology-based Read more…
Author: Alessandro Zhuohao Hu Have you ever wondered how the ancient Chinese performed calculations in their daily life? When neither calculators nor computers existed, merchants and shopkeepers performed mathematical operations, such as calculating costs, using the so-called 珠算 (zhūsuàn) method, a traditional method of performing mathematical calculations through 算盘 (suànpán), Read more…
Author: Francesca Hu Hosting the Winter Olympics is costing China billions of dollars, a scale of expenditure that has made the event less appealing to many cities around the world. But China looks at the Games with a different calculus. Most important of all to China’s leader, Xi Jinping, the Read more…
Author: Valentino Zhi Chi Zhao Ink wash painting (Shuǐ mò huà 水墨画) is known as the representative of traditional Chinese painting. It is a type of brush painting that uses only ink and water, mixed to create different tonalities of black. It emerged during the Tang dynasty (618-907) following the Read more…
Author: Alessandro Chen In the early morning of February 24, Putin declared the beginning of “a special military operation” in Ukraine. Minutes later, explosions in Kharkiv and Kyiv followed. To penalize Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, the US and EU imposed sanctions aimed at crippling its military and economic Read more…