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…
Authors: Basile Theaud (BCSA), Carmen M. Ammendola (BSBI) When talking about businesses and how they are developing their personal brand identities and marketing strategies, it is impossible as of today not to consider the fundamental role that China covers, as the second largest market of the world. With a GDP Read more…
Author: Chantelle Lee In the past decade, China has been home to two-thirds of the world’s most successful women entrepreneurs. In 2021, Hurun Research Institute released a report on the richest self-made women billionaires globally. The list concluded that the number of self-made women entrepreneurs with a 1 billion dollar Read more…
Author: Silvia Gramegna WeChat, in Chinese 微信 (Wēixìn), is a multi-purpose instant messaging, social media, and mobile payment software created by Tencent. The Shenzhen-based multinational technology and entertainment conglomerate and holding company first released the application in 2011. By 2018, WeChat had already surpassed 1 billion monthly active users, thus Read more…
Author: Tong Yao On March 5, China celebrates the “Learn from Lei Feng Day”, involving various community-minded actions where people clean schools, parks and other public spaces. But why is this day so remarkable? Lei Feng was born in Wangcheng, Hunan province, in 1940. His childhood was marked by the Read more…
Authors: Christine Yu, Giulia Lin Five years ago, selling 100,000 pieces of lipsticks would have taken one month. Now, Li Jiaqi, the most famous KOL (Key Opinion Leader) in China, can do it in a few minutes by holding a live-streaming sale. Live-streaming e-commerce has become an extremely popular business Read more…
Author: GeGe Hu China is famous for its tea culture, but wine culture is equally important with its long history and many varieties. The Western drinking culture mainly exists to respect and appreciate wine itself. In China, however, wine is not only about the art of drinking, but also the Read more…