The motivation for Xian Baokang to become a master craftsman came from witnessing the Red Guards’ destruction of a precious and priceless Italian violin that belonged to his mother during a raid on the Xian family’s home during the Cultural Revolution in China. The violin that was wantonly destroyed was more than 300 years old. ...
The COVID pandemic has brought unprecedented changes in human life. People are now being compelled to spend more time at home than ever before, regardless of their jobs and locations. While the COVID pandemic has led to several complications in life, children are faring worse than adults. Children do not have many options for playing ...
“Sorry! My husband is deaf…” This is what Xian Baokang’s wife said to the judges of the 13th Violin Society of America (VSA) International Competition listening on the other end of the phone. The people she was speaking to could hardly believe their ears and kept passing the phone back and forth with everyone asking: “What? ...
The movie Matrix 4 came out on the big screens during Christmas. Recalling the first Matrix movie, the concept of humans living in a metaverse world made by machines and are simply used as energy sources is quite disturbing. However, after walking out of the cinemas, it wasn’t hard to put the concept behind us. ...
In a remote coastal town in East London, South Africa, there lived a couple named George and Helen. George worked long hours on a vineyard in the north end of town every day, while Helen, who was pregnant with their child, stayed at home to rest. Who could ever foretell the amazing fate when two ...
North Korea is taking steps to boost its military power. The country has over 60 nuclear weapons and it keeps on testing missiles from time to time. UN Security Council sanctions and denuclearization summits notwithstanding, the rogue country keeps developing and testing ballistic missiles. The U.S. and its close allies think of North Korea as ...
The growth of China’s military might has made governments in several countries worried and the U.S. cannot take it lightly, for sure. Reports of China developing a hypersonic missile and actually launching a hypersonic missile have been making the rounds and it is worrying U.S. military experts. It is likely that China’s President Xi Jinping ...
China has been accused of resorting to unethical and unfair activities by U.S. government entities for quite some time. Even the governments of other countries have spoken out against the Asian nation for its gross human rights violations and aggression shown to neighboring countries. However, the U.S. has now accused China of developing unprecedented brain-control ...
With time, several U.S. and European-origin companies have either quit China operations or scaled down their activities owing to an unfavorable political and human rights atmosphere. However, one exception is Amazon, the popular e-commerce giant which has managed to thrive in China. In one example, Amazon was marketing a collection of President Xi Jinping’s speeches ...
In a recent development, a famous statue entitled the Pillar of Shame for commemorating the infamous Tiananmen Square Massacre was dismantled and removed from the University of Hong Kong. This incident has resulted in widespread backlash and criticism. The statue represented several corpses piled up together. The 1989 event marked a black day in China’s ...
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