If good writers “kill [their] darlings”, then as with Newton’s Lex III: Actioni contrariam semper et æqualem esse reactionem: sive corporum duorum actiones in se mutuo semper esse æquales et in partes contrarias dirigi, every action has an equal...

‘When I had heard all the evidence, I leaned back and shut my eyes and began to think.’
Hercule Poirot
Murder on the Orient Express, Agatha Christie

In the best detective novels, there’s always a dazzling twist at the end—Murder on the Orient ...

After marriage in the west women are free to choose how we want people to refer to us. Unlike in the west, wives in China never take their husband’s family names, for example, Xi Jinping and Peng Lijun. During Gu Kailai’s trial for murdering Neil He...

The Chinese have a saying “挂羊头卖狗肉”, or hanging a sign up for lamb and instead selling dog. What this means in practice is that companies hire a (white) person for show to make it look like they’re international, or doing what they’re supposed to d...