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Work Culture: Expect Some Changes Soon

In the past couple of decades, the way people work has changed for many reasons. Some changes have been good on one side, while giving unwanted consequences on the other. For instance, Internet connectivity contributed greatly to the rise of a freelancing culture. However, this also resulted in additional loads being dumped on employees who ...

Armin Auctor

A driverless car.

Here’s How Chinese Millennials Will Influence the World

Millennials are taking the world by storm. From leading the corporate world to owning businesses, from adapting cultures to creating new ones, and from following to influencing, this is the era of the Millennials. Growing up in a technologically advanced and fast-paced society, Chinese Millennials have become affluent, tech-savvy, confident, and agents of fresh ideas. ...

Max Lu

Chinese Millennials.

Playwright on China’s Shocking School Bullying Culture

In January this year, an incident of school bullying shocked China. An 8-year-old girl from northwestern Gansu Province was physically harassed and violated with a broomstick by her classmates. Chinese social media was in an uproar following the brutal incident. Playwright Yang Zhefen’s latest creation Fade Away is a stark reminder of the deep culture ...

Armin Auctor

China Has a Serious Luxury Debt Problem

China’s economic surge over the last decade has made it an important market for luxury brands. The country’s millennial and Gen Z shoppers have been a critical factor in the huge demand for luxury products. Estimates suggest that this section of the population will account for almost half of all luxury purchases by 2025. However, ...

Max Lu

What to Do About Screen Time and Kids

How does screen time affect kids? Children grow up a lot differently today than they did in the past. While older generations may have had some exposure to screens through TV, that pales in comparison to what kids face today. These days, kids are bombarded by screens throughout the day, starting at a very young ...

Armin Auctor

Three children glued to their screens.

Missing 10-Year-Old Hong Kong Girl Found Safe

A 10-year-old young girl from Hong Kong, Tang Yuen-sze, who had gone missing on March 3, 2019, has been found safe. Her disappearance had triggered a citywide search by both the police and the public. Back home On Sunday night, Tang had gone out with her grandparents. At a supermarket on Chai Wan Road, one ...

Nspirement Staff

Finnish Education Is on Top of the World

Though the U.S. is the world’s biggest economy, it does not rank at the top when it comes to quality of educational systems. That honor goes to Finland, a Nordic nation which does not follow any banding system in its schools. This essentially means that all pupils, irrespective of abilities, are educated in the same ...

Jenny Low

11-Year-Old Arrested After Refusing to Recite Pledge of Allegiance

In a shocking incident that highlights America’s deepening school crisis, an 11-year-old boy from Florida was arrested after he refused to recite the pledge of allegiance in class. The incident took place at the Lawton Chiles Middle Academy in Polk County. Arrested for not reciting the Pledge of Allegiance The boy, an African American student, ...

Nspirement Staff

Boy wearing a hoodie with a handcuff dangling from one arm.

9 Ways Today’s Young Generation Is Different From Previous Ones

The huge scientific progress and economic prosperity of the last century have changed the living habits of human beings drastically. This also means that every generation ends up being different in some way from the previous ones. Here’s a look at how today’s young generation compares with their ancestors. Today’s young generation 1. Higher IQs ...

Jack Roberts

two men walking downtown talking.

Lots of Chinese Students Want to Study in Britain

According to figures released by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS), applications from Hong Kong and Chinese students for universities in the UK have increased over the past year. University applications from these regions have nearly doubled since 2012. Record numbers of Chinese students The total number of applications from China and Hong Kong ...

Nspirement Staff

Three young Chinese women sitting on a blanket on the grass.