As a species indigenous only to China, pandas are China’s international symbol of friendship and peace. And they are perhaps the world’s most adored species of animal. Conserving and presenting pandas in zoos is really about getting the world’s people to care about biodiversity and conservation. In this way, helping secure a future for pandas is also about helping secure a future for homo sapiens.
Dear friends, I hope this note finds you well, peaceful, at ease and happy! It’s been over a year since I’ve updated this blog. I’m writing now to give you an updat...
I hope this blog post finds you all very well. Thank you for all the messages and support – hearing from you always makes my day. Today I want to answer two of questi...
[caption id="attachment_3495" align="alignright" width="447"] Joy Chen in Vogue China March 2013[/caption] Amidst all the bad news about how newspapers and magazines ...
You might assume that since I didn’t have babies until after having enjoyed a big career, I’d have been immune to the women’s malady of burnout. And yet, both tim...
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[Note for the English version: This post addresses the much-discussed so-called problem of China’s “leftover women,” women age 25 and up and not married!] Businesswee...