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Are women over 30 less attractive?
I just turned 39. And while I can’t say I’m thrilled by that, I’m bored of tired ideas about aging women....
Emma Leaning | April 27, 2024, Saturday
Rights to lower sleeper berths should be softened by empathy for fellow passengers
Recently two pieces of makeshift curtain that hung around two beds on a train have kept railway authorities and opinion makers busy, and netizens in general divisive....
Wan Lixin | April 25, 2024, Thursday
Grisly murder case evokes debate on juveniles in the justice system
Chinese authorities’ decision earlier this month to prosecute three minors in a grisly murder case ended weeks of nervous speculation amid a public shocked by their crime....
Lu Feiran | April 22, 2024, Monday
Time to use hanzi as standard translation of Chinese script
Today is the United Nations Chinese Language Day, a day chosen to honor Cangjie, the legendary inventor of the Chinese script. In light of this, I propose that the term hanzi (汉字) be officially adopted...
Hugo Tseng | April 20, 2024, Saturday
Our dumb relationship with smartphones
I lost my mobile phone. Well, I say I lost it — it was in my back pocket. But the time between not knowing where it was and finding it felt longer than “Oppenheimer.”...
Emma Leaning | April 20, 2024, Saturday
Dear men: a love letter to the unseen and underappreciated
I like men. I like them so much, I married one, and regularly tell him how much I appreciate him. According to X, this makes me anomaly. That’s an issue....
Emma Leaning | April 13, 2024, Saturday
Who are these people? Online false friends intrude upon our privacy
Not long ago, when I accessed a map app, a request popped up: If you would enable your Bluetooth, it would allow us to specify your location with greater accuracy....
Wan Lixin | April 11, 2024, Thursday
Repurposing an ancient matchmaker, a modern love broker wins hearts and minds
The recent surge in popularity of “Wang Po’s Matchmaking” at a tourism spot in central China presents an interesting case study in how traditional culture can be repurposed to meet the contemporary needs...
Yang Jian | April 8, 2024, Monday
A proactive governance style adapted to a village of strangers in modern times
A few years ago, I wrote an article extolling the virtues of a traditional Chinese village. A colleague, thinking otherwise, confronted me with the article, and demanded: If you find the village so charming, ...
Wan Lixin | April 1, 2024, Monday
‘Married at First Sight:’ How TV is making mockery of marriage
Confession: I binge-watched the television program “Married at First Sight.” Congratulations if you’ve avoided it....
Emma Leaning | March 30, 2024, Saturday
The way of water
Wang Yong Opinion editor
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One man's meat
Wan Lixin Opinion deputy editor
Rights to lower sleeper berths should be softened by empathy for fellow passengers
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