The standoff between the United States and Turkey continues unresolved after the latter declined to return a Christian pastor who has been detained in the country over allegations of anti-national activities, a claim that the pastor vehemently denies. The dispute over the Christian pastor The pastor, Andrew Brunson, hails from North Carolina and has been ...
During the period of the Three Kingdoms, Zhong Yao (151-230), the founder of the regular Chinese calligraphy script known as kaishu, was married to Zhang Chang-pu (199-257). Zhang was an upstanding lady who abided by justice and placed a high value on the cultivation of morals and virtues. Even toward servants, her behavior was respectful, ...
In the series Tainted History, Nspirement focuses on stories about the fates of famous Chinese people around 1949, at a time when the Communist Party occupied China after winning the civil war. Before the Republic of China retreated to Taiwan, President Chiang Kai Shek took a tremendous effort to rescue scholars and social elites. We ...
One day, King Cheng stood on the high platform in the quarters of the royal ladies. As he looked across the room, he noticed that the ladies on the floor below were vying with each other to catch his attention, except for one. That lady was Zheng Mao, who was walking slowly across the room as ...
The most frightening monsters are the ones that we create. And although plastic does not fit in with the typical image of a sharp-fanged, clawed, and horned creature, it truly is a nightmare humanity has created over the past half-century. Our careless use of plastic and the menace of plastic we have created has not ...
Android and iPhone prices are likely to increase with every passing year. When the iPhone X was priced at well above US$1,000, experts believed that the sales figures would pale in comparison to its more affordable predecessors. Blowing through their expectations, the iPhone X quickly outperformed the sales figures of previous models week after week. ...
The China State Council has been investigating the defective rabies vaccine manufactured by Jilin-based Changsheng Biotechnology — one of China’s largest vaccine makers — after the China Food and Drug Administration ordered the company to halt production on July 15, 2018. The Council confirmed that some of the vaccine had been sold abroad and that ...
In October 2012, a handwritten note of distress was written by a slave labor prisoner in one of China’s forced labor camps. It was hidden in a Halloween decoration set produced in the prison. The decoration set was then shipped to the state of Oregon where it was purchased by Ms. Julie Keith. When she ...
The U.S.-China trade war may very well be the event that defines which nation will end up as the top superpower of the 21st century. And as far as the U.S. is concerned, there are three major reasons why it has headed into the trade war — China’s disregard for World Trade Organization (WTO) rules, ...
Fans of Tesla have long speculated whether the company will ever release an affordable variant of its electric car or if it will only ever cater to the high-end segment of the market. A tweet by Elon Musk seems to confirm that a Tesla mini-car, which could turn out to be far cheaper than the ...
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