Insights

insights

Looking for Peace Outside

If only I could live in the country, then I wouldn’t have the problems that I have here in the cramped, busy city…

My Sister Yiwen Tang (continued)

It is now autumn in Sydney. Night falls on this great city. Cold wind is gently knocking at my window. All the lovely birds have gone back to their nests. My dear sister, when will you come home?

A Dark and Stormy Night

About a year ago, I was driving home late one night with my girlfriend. The wind was as strong as I’d seen in quite a while, with dirt and grit being blown up against the windshield. As I drove along the main road I noticed all of the streetlights were out up ahead.

The Lessons from Confucius and Past Emperors Ring True

Present-day China, recently ruled by Jiang Zemin, has experienced an increasing number of natural and man-made disasters. Rather than following the lessons left by Confucius and previous emperors, Jiang has never admitted his mistakes and wrongdoings, nor asked for punishment from his people.

World Poverty, Hunger and Science

“How many people have indeed benefited from the development of science?” Ismail Serageldin, the director of the Library of Alexandria in Egypt, wrote an article to pose this question.

The Kookaburra, the Owl and the Dove

At last the Dove said: “I am a man of peace but perhaps it is time for me to go out of my comfort zone and actually do something. Perhaps I have been thinking only of myself, not of others.”