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I do not know whether this is unique to my generation or a common phenomenon among the Chinese people of our several generations, but when we were children in school, we were indoctrinated with a dream that one day we would liberate the toiling masses…

The pandemic rages, public opinion boils, and politicians around the world shift the blame, tell lies, and blow their own trumpets. The news makes one want to throw up. As an ordinary citizen, I am helpless against all of this—we have nothing but dissatisfaction, yet…

On the way to school with my son, I said to him: "Dad is sorry. For years, like most people in this society, I have been cowardly and selfish, standing by watching the injustices in society without contributing anything to improving the social system. So…

In the morning I took my child to school. After dropping him off, I wanted to go out for a walk, so I rode my electric scooter toward the Western Hills. After wandering around in circles, I reached West Hill Forest Park. Because of epidemic…

When hearts were uneasy a while back, I received a gift — a patient of many years gave me a "kongling drum" (hollow-sky drum), with my name engraved on it. It is a new instrument with an ethereal, pleasant sound. As the pandemic raged, she…

Yesterday the blossoms filled every bough with red; today the flowers have fallen, leaving ten thousand branches bare.Their lush flourishing relied on the beauty of three springs; their change and emptiness follow upon one night's wind.Time beyond the material world is originally its own to…

My wife's salary was cut this month, and her housing provident fund has been delayed in coming; my own income has dropped by more than half. We still have debts and a mortgage to pay, so money has begun to tighten. The impact of COVID-19…

I have liked Russell for a very long time. This sagacious philosopher saw through almost every problem of human society. Even more likable is the fact that he also loved mathematics. Besides The Conquest of Happiness, The Road to Freedom, and A History of Western…

The video of Dr. Yang's murder at the Civil Aviation General Hospital has surfaced, and a note written by a colleague of Dr. Yang has surfaced too. Seeing this video and this note, I wept uncontrollably. I have not cried this bitterly in a very…

On the morning of December 26, 2019, I arrived early at Beijing Aviation General Hospital. Dozens of hours earlier, a doctor-killing had occurred here. A family member of a 95-year-old patient murdered a female emergency physician working the night shift; the victim, Dr. Yang, could…