On September 16, Canadian citizen, Kevin Garratt was released after being detained for two years in China. He is now safely back home in Vancouver with his wife, Julia Garratt, and family. Justin Trudeau, the prime minister of Canada, assured that there were h... More »
On Monday, 19th of September, Guangzhou airport showed care towards women, hoping to help ease the tension on women inequality that still exists nowadays in China. To help decrease the inequality, the government released a new checkpoint for women only. The si... More »
If you are a foreigner and this is your first year in China, you may not be aware of the Chinese Moon Festival (AKA Chinese Thanksgiving). Family, food, fun activities, and amazing decoration—what’s not to like? If you have not participated in the festival bef... More »
PM 2.5 is the culprit for year-round grey skies in China. (Photo: Elsie Zhang) The term for heavy air pollution in China, “PM2.5” (The particular matter in the air that makes the air appear hazy, for those of you wondering) is well known globally. In Guangzhou... More »
Reported on May 21, 2016 by AFP, China is said to be cutting off relations with Taiwan if new president Tsai Ing-wen does not support the “one China” idea the China state media said on Saturday. During Tsai’s inauguration speech, she announced that Taiwan will... More »
During meeting on Thursday with leaders of women’s religious order, pope Francis asked why deacons and other religious service positions are only limited to male. Pontiff responded that they’ll look into whether women will be admitted as a role in churches wit... More »
On March 29, the FBI announced that it was successful in hacking into the locked iPhone of the San Bernardino gunman Syed Farook. This put a halt on the controversy between Apple and the FBI, with one side arguing that the hacking is required for solving the m... More »
China’s complex relationship with Donal Trump has worsened as Trump told a rally in Indiana that China was responsible for “the greatest theft in the world.” He continued, stating that China was manipulating its currency to make its exports more competitive gl... More »
Humanity claims to know a lot about the planet we have called our home, and for the most part we do know quite a bit. But recently, something rather prevailer has shown up in the depths of the Marianas Trench, one of the regions of the ocean we know very littl... More »
Over the past decade, pollution in developing countries has been one of the main reasons for a decrease in public health, and one of the top 5 reasons for death in Delhi. In the month of December 2015, Delhi, the capital of India, had its air quality 1.5 times... More »
Early in this semester during a unit on journalism, all English 10 students conducted interviews to investigate China in the 21st century. Afterward, they turned these into news articles, imitating the format of popular online newspapers and magazines. Some of... More »
Abortion has been a controversial issue in the US politics that existed starting from a long time ago, even with the fact that abortion was legalized 40 years ago by the Supreme Court. Ever since abortion was legalized in the year of 1973, numerous attempts ha... More »