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Classical Period—that span of Chinese history between the eighth and third centuries BCE. During this time lived some of the greatest philosophers of China: Lao-tzu, Confucius, Han-fei-tzu, Chuang-tzu, Sun-tzu, and Mo-tzu.

Eva Wong • Taoism: An Essential Guide

China may be on the verge of a new social revolution…

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Gardner Bovingdon • The Uyghurs: Strangers in Their Own Land

China and Europe are different in many ways, but one is that after the Mongol conquest in the 12th century, China remains a unified empire run by a single Mandarin bureaucracy.

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-In China, there’s a fascinating dating app called Yidui. Yidui users go on a video date chaperoned by a matchmaker, who helps guide the conversation and keep the date on track. At the same time, viewers—often thousands of them—can livestream the date. Viewers type in the chat and suggest conversation topics, give reactions to how they think the da... See more

Rex Woodbury • 5 Lessons from China's Internet Companies

With this initiative, backed by the newly formed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, China is becoming more of “a shaper and maker of globalisation”, as stated by Martin Jacques[28]. It’s not that the Chinese want to colonize other countries. Like the Portuguese in the sixteenth century[29], China isn’t interested in conquering land and submittin

Nicolas Colin • Hedge: A Greater Safety Net for the Entrepreneurial Age

While western web3 concepts revolve around decentralized models (with unrestricted access underpinned by crypto), Chinese investment has largely focused on consortium chains. This involves verified organizations ensuring accountability, management, and community goals.

How China is embracing web3: marketing to gen Z on the Chinese metaverse

What were the methods of dialogical transcendence whereby segments and groups in popular religion accommodated diversity? What were the techniques of self-formation linking the self/body to the local and to universal ideals in late imperial China?