The job of president of the United States seems cut out for a lawyer-cum-professional politician profile possessing a degree of charisma and gravitas. There are procedures, protocols and customs to be followed, along with a particular usage of language. Lawyers seem to fit the profile. Our most recent example is Barrack Obama whom the commentators…

  We are back to the Brexit issue again, no surprise! Indeed, it is no surprise when we see how we are bungling forward to the ultimate fudge of the century. We are now getting near the date when both the EU and UK should agree on the final terms of Brexit, but matters are…

I guess we have all seen, heard or experienced the notorious Chinese tourists – the flag-following groups with impressive photographic equipment, who seem to be everywhere. Although the first part of the description can be easily seen as stereotypical, the notion about them being ubiquitous seems to become more and more supported by actual numbers.…

During the last decade, the Chinese city of Guangzhou has been endeavoring to build an internationalized metropolis. In its recently released 2035 Master Plan, Guangzhou aims at becoming a dynamic and vibrant global city. To move towards this objective, the Guangzhou Academy of Social Sciences (GZASS), a leading think tank in southern China that provides…