by admin | Nov 21, 2022
Tokay geckos are an eye-catching reptile – large and colourful, and said to possess therapeutic benefits in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). These qualities have made them high in demand both as pets and especially as an ingredient in TCM. But despite their...
by admin | May 26, 2022
Divorce in China is, on paper, a gender-neutral matter: couples can apply for what is basically no-fault divorce, domestic violence is a legal condition for divorce, property should be divided evenly, and mediation should be used to find a middle ground. But a new...
by admin | May 26, 2022
In October 2020, Jack Ma Yun, the co-founder of Alibaba Group, gave a speech just days before his company’s FinTech arm, Ant Group, was about to launch the world’s largest IPO. The speech directly challenged the legitimacy of financial regulation in China. Not only...
by admin | May 25, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has made abundantly clear that new technologies are critical to modern life. We have needed internet connections to sustain school, work, entertainment and social ties, and widespread distribution of new vaccine technologies to resist the virus....
by admin | Nov 19, 2021
In 2007, the Indonesian government announced it would stop sending samples of the H5N1 avian influenza virus detected in its country to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) reference laboratories. Its worry was that these samples, provided freely, would be used by...
