sprayable concrete used in swimming pools
Quotes
telephone invention
When Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876, no one anywhere, Bell included, saw its full potential. Many didn’t see any potential for
Morality in modern China
Ye Sha says many people now believe that, if there’s no law against it, then it’s all right. To many in the cities, she
Morality in modern China
“You see, in the West,†he says, “people have a moral standard that is inside them. It is built into them. Chinese people do
Morality in modern China
“I’m not lost,†she continues. “I don’t believe in Jesus or Buddha, but I believe in self-struggle, an effort to improve myself and my
wisdom from a chinese hermit
“So what are you trying to do here?†“I’m trying to retreat from the fenza shiwu, the complex affairs of the world.†“And what
chinese relativity
The absence of a monotheistic faith claiming to be revealed as divine truth is no doubt one of the reasons Chinese people claim they
Chinese art modernism
Su Zhongqiu opens his laptop to show me some digital versions of his favorite modern Chinese art. He clicks on one link, and up
impact of magna carta
Many laws in the United Kingdom and the United States, implemented centuries later, that protect our freedoms as individuals, have emerged directly from clauses
Mao
Chairman Mao once said that “revolution is not a dinner party,†and he wasn’t kidding. Mao destroyed China. Quite apart from the staggering number