Taichung, Taiwan – When Hao Pengfei retired last year, it felt nothing like he had expected it would when he was a younger man. “I used to think that retirement is more about relaxation and hobbies and less about stress and concerns,” Hao told Al Jazeera from his home in China’s eastern city of Nanjing. … Read more
“As the pandemic gradually ends, the wedding industry has rebounded significantly, and there was a hot wave of consumption during the 2023 Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holidays,” He said in a blog post on Saturday, referring to a spike in spending during the eight-day holiday break in September and October last year. Wedding-related spending … Read more
“Every bull market provides its leadership like I said. We do not know what the next bull market will be like,” says Ramesh Damani, Member, BSE.You have always said that the definition of a good business is that it should serve a purpose. It should solve a problem. It should be scalable and it should … Read more
Lawmakers in the upper house of parliament passed the legislation that will simplify the process of naturalisation. German lawmakers have passed a bill that makes the process of obtaining citizenship easier, and moved to simplify repatriations. The naturalisation reform, approved by the upper house of parliament on Friday, allows people to become German citizens while … Read more
Local governments in China are offering cash rewards and other incentives to matchmakers, an ancient profession now back in the spotlight amid anxieties over rural unmarried men. Village governments across the country, from Guangdong province in the south to Shaanxi in the northwest, have announced rewards ranging from 600 to 1,000 yuan (US$84 to US$140) … Read more
Humans tell stories about humans. It’s a basic rule of communication, and it’s worked pretty well for everybody from Shakespeare to Tony Morrison to Dr. Seuss. But when it comes to telling stories about lots of humans – particularly lots of humans who live in the same general area – a better narrator can be … Read more
