Author: todaychina

WaPo editorial: Communist China is a growing threat to the democratic world and human freedom

The Chinese people will never allow any foreign power to bully, oppress or enslave us,” Xi said forcefully at the…

Chinese medicine in the teahouse

In 1949, the “King of Yunnan” Lu Han announced his surrender and welcomed the Communist takeover without waiting for the…

Shanghai Life and Death (97)

I didn’t let her indifference deter me, and for several days in a row, I asked each guard on duty…

ECB fails to save European stocks, US stocks fall most in three weeks

The ECB adopted a symmetric inflation target of 2%, implying that it would keep easing for longer, but this dovish…

Long-end U.S. bond yields fall for eighth straight day

The downward trend in long-end U.S. Treasury yields continued on Thursday, July 8. The 10-year benchmark U.S. bond yield has…

Manchu cuisine is more than just a Manchurian banquet

If asked: what is the greatest legacy of the Manchu people in the food world? One might say sakéma and…

Let the sun always shine on you

The sun broke through the clouds, over the roof of the building in front of us, and into our office….

Five of six countries with high Covid-19 infection rates rely on Chinese vaccine

The weekly number of new Covid-19 crown cases, adjusted for demographic factors, remains high in at least six of the…

To attend top schools, parents of middle school students pool money for books

In April 2018, the secretary of the editorial office suddenly left, and the editor-in-chief asked me to work part-time for…

There are few poor people in TV dramas

Our deputy editor-in-chief turned to me with a question about why there are so few poor people in TV dramas…