China, Leadership

Tsai Ing-wen Wins Taiwanese Elections

The Taiwanese election results are in and it is something that Beijing won’t be too happy about. Tsai Ing-wen, the current president and a vocal advocate of Taiwan’s democracy, has secured a second term as the leader of the country. She secured about 57 percent of the vote, which put her far ahead of pro-China ...

Max Lu

President Tsai Ing-wen.

Analysis: How Tsai Ing-wen Won the Taiwanese Election (Again)

The results of the recent Taiwanese elections came on like a heart attack for Beijing as pro-democracy candidate Tsai Ing-wen won with a massive 57 percent vote share. This is the biggest election victory for a candidate since presidential elections began in 1996. While Tsai Ing-wen secured over 8 million votes, her closest rival, pro-Beijing ...

Max Lu

Tsai Ing-wen waving to supporters.

British PM Advisor Posts Job Ad Calling for ‘Weirdos’

Dominic Cummings, the advisor to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, recently posted a job advertisement that invited applications from mathematicians, scientists, and “weirdos.” Their task will be to help the Prime Minister attain “rapid progress with long-term problems.” Hiring ‘weirdos’ “We need some true wild cards, artists, people who never went to university and fought ...

Jack Roberts

Dominic Cummings.

5 Ways You Can Change the World by Changing Yourself

There are many things in this world you might find yourself disappointed in. It might be the way people treat each other, how they deal with the environment, act selfishly without concern for others, and so on. Living in such a world, you might end up thinking that there is nothing you can do to ...

Raven Montmorency

Leaving a gift of flowers.

Upholding Integrity: We Are Family

Throughout Chinese history, every successive dynasty would treat the people and the royal families of the previous dynasty with courtesy and respect. This was done as a way of demonstrating scrupulous regard for the great emperors of the past and upholding integrity. To show respect to the people of the Shang Dynasty, King Wu of ...

Emma Lu

A square bronze ding.

The Art of Speaking

There is an ancient Chinese saying: “Sickness enters through the mouth; misfortune comes out of it.” The Chinese saying articulated the art of speaking — only speak meaningful words. Zeng Guofan was a Chinese statesman, military general, and Confucian scholar of the late Qing dynasty. He once said: “You should not act as you desire, ...

Helen London

Speaking to a group of people.

A Good Moral Character Is the Best Assistance in Life

A good moral character is the most precious asset a person possesses. It determines whether he can be successful or not and is the best assistance one can have in life. “To speak in a mean [that is the mean or middle style more appropriate to prose], the virtue of prosperity is temperance, the virtue of adversity is fortitude, ...

Helen London

A Chinese terracotta soldier.