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UNCOMFORTABLY COMFORTABLE: The reality behind our perfect lives

I won’t pretend I’m poor because I’m not. But at 40 years of age, I’m also not where I thought I’d be. More than that, I have recently relied on parents to help with cash flow. That’s not sexy. Let me ...

May 24, 2025, Saturday


Not dead yet, and won’t age quietly

IT’S rare I get writer’s block. I don’t believe in it. But I starved for ideas this week. You know why? Because I’m 40. Let me repeat that. I’m 40. It’s been a slap in the baps. My birthday was on April ...

May 10, 2025, Saturday


Addressing justice in tackling climate crisis

On the Ides of March (March 15), the day by which ancient Romans were expected to settle their debts, young people in 60 countries around the world staged a school walkout to press world leaders for more ...

March 18, 2019, Monday


The unknown unknowns of geoengineering genie

Climate change poses an unprecedented threat to humanity, one that appears increasingly likely to reduce global standards of living dramatically within our lifetime, and cause untold damage in the longer ...

March 18, 2019, Monday


Understanding China through yin and yang

EDITOR’S note: In this interview, Josef Gregory Mahoney, professor of politics teaching at the East China Normal University, shared his thoughts with Shanghai Daily staff writer Ying Tianyi. Dr. Mahoney ...

November 29, 2018, Thursday


Beware of costly delay in battling global warming

Ni Tao, Your words of compassion recently in the Shanghai Daily (“Respect Mother Nature, or suffer her wrath,” November 23) regarding the people who suffered from, and who fought these most recent horrific ...

November 27, 2018, Tuesday


Time for a radically realistic climate vision

According to the latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the world’s main scientific authority on global warming, keeping global temperatures from rising more than 1.5 degrees ...

November 27, 2018, Tuesday


Economic growth must be inclusive for the benefit of all — business and people

EDITOR’S note: China’s rapid economic growth — amongst the fastest in the world — has made many people better-off. And in its campaign to pull millions out of poverty, China has made it clear that no ...

November 21, 2018, Wednesday


Bosnia and Herzegovina’s commitment to building further bilateral ties with China

After landing at Pudong International Airport I was pleasantly surprised with Chinese border police’s reaction when examining my passport. After scanning the front page, he enthusiastically noticed it ...

November 20, 2018, Tuesday


How entrepreneurs can sell their ideas to others

At its heart, innovation is a profoundly social phenomenon. More often than not, it is the story that makes the innovation, rather than the other way around. Want to be successful at innovation? You ...

November 20, 2018, Tuesday




 

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