If only we grow “Let’s break up.” Thus vowed Michelle, who has been Michael’s girlfriend for ten years. They met one another at college and had always studied together. Michael, landed a job at the Bank of Ronalds upon graduation while Michelle, who finished her bachelor’s a year earlier than…

A new perspective Joseph Needham, a late renowned British biochemist and polymath, had dedicated his life to understanding the history of Chinese science and technology, alongside his scientific career. His famous Needham Question has hitherto sparked contentious debates on China’s history in scientific and technological developments. In Needham’s words, “Why…

It should be everyone’s vision Shouldering responsibility for a nation is challenging, let alone doing for the entire world. China’s vision of building a global community with a common destiny for mankind is grand but difficult to achieve. …

Two millennia-old advice that are still applicable today Almost everyone has felt furious when someone or something disturbs him, after which he finds ways to vent his spleen. Lashing out at any people or object around him, or worse still putting up a fist fight. …

It’s our choice. Let’s be honest. Life is neither smooth nor without rugged terrains. You are not lucky, so does anyone else. It’s bittersweet. We all have our partners, children, families, friends, coworkers, and the societies we live in to deal with. Societies often throws images of what life should…

A Roman Philosopher’s Advice In my previous article, I highlighted the need to live with ourselves. Nevertheless, we also have to keep friendships whilst maintaining a distance from one another. Living in a world where social media, online relationships challenges the very idea of deep and enduring bonds, the search…

Simple yet profound You’ve probably been feeling defeated amid another wave of COVID-19 infections. Fret not, you are not alone. Most are still uncertain of humanity’s future either. At the same time, I hope you always bear these three things in mind: your business, others’ business and nature’s business. Your business Never…

A message the coronavirus probably wants to send us When a disaster befalls mankind, it could be a time for salvation. Having been hit by the COVID-19 pandemic for over a year, the novel coronavirus seems to be compelling us to rethink what being an individual means — that is…

Prior to the collapse of Soviet Union, Francis Fukuyama audaciously wrote an essay (The End of History) that anaesthetised millions, the West in particular for decades: he claimed liberal democracy to be the end point of history triumphing over the socialist Soviet Union in 1991. Time has told us it…