Nostalgia and Home

Nostalgia and Home

Life Week

Issue No. 1， 2018

Well-known poet Yu Guangzhong， or Yu Kuang-chuang， passed away on December 14， 2017. He was born in Chinas mainland and later moved to Taiwan. His magnum opus， Nostalgia written in 1972， has resonated much with ethnic Chinese around the world.

Nostalgia has not simply expressed Yus personal yearning for his hometown， but also highlighted an emotion shared by a generation of intellectuals in Taiwan who have devoted their lives to creating Chinese-style modern poems by combining traditional Chinese poetry with Western Modernism.

It would be very interesting to look into several phenomena about literature and intellectuals in Taiwan. For instance， what was the background for Yus poems to take shape and prevail in Taiwan in the 1970s？ Through which channels were his poems made known and well accepted by people in the mainland？

Yus nostalgia emphasizes a deep love for his home country. It is also nostalgia for Chinese culture that could never be discarded by people of Chinese descent. It might look increasingly fragile or perplexing against the background of globalization. Nevertheless， it is a bond to connect ethnic Chinese in every corner of the world.

Embracing AI Visual Recognition

Caixin Weekly

Issue No. 1， 2018

Nearly 150 AI visual identity start-ups have been established in China. The technology takes the lead on AI-related industries in the country， followed by AI robotics and natural language processing. Its ability to attract capital ranks among the highest.

Different from Internet tycoons that are fiercely competing via B2C， companies focusing on AI visual recognition often carry out projects on a B2B base. Nevertheless， a similar goal is shared – maximizing the value of data. The security market in China provides AI visual recognition companies with a golden opportunity. How would these companies stimulate the second upturn of the security market？ In which fields are the companies competing in data accuracy， for instance in comparing images of wanted criminals and recognizing license plate numbers？

Taking advantage of inbound capital， AI visual identity companies are sparing no effort in expanding their business by acquiring increasingly more data learning models. Nonetheless， the companies are challenged by both their expansion in scale and by the capital might of tycoons in the areas of Internet and hardware.

Ecological Protection of Conserved Community Areas

China Weekly

Issue No. 12， 2017

Since 1992， the Small Grants Programme implemented by the UNDP and funded by the Global Environment Facility （GEF） has been committed to supporting indigenous people and community-based organizations for projects in biodiversity. To date， the program has supported thousands of communitybased projects in125 countries. In China， it has backed 21 community-based projects since 2009， nine of which have entered Indigenous and Community Conserved Areas Registry.

Located in areas with extraordinary diversity in biology and culture yet fragile ecosystems， these community-based projects in China are operated in various forms. For example， some of them are natural reserves； some conservation areas in national or provincial levels are administrated by communities； some are mainly bolstered by NGOs； and some approved and included in government files. Regardless of their operational forms， the areas to be conserved embody the countrys endeavor in facilitating its ecological progress while protecting areas with biodiversity that are not only meaningful to China， but also to our entire planet.

New Era for

Financial Regulation

China Financial Weekly

Issue No. 26， 2017

Potential risks have emerged in recent years as innovations unceasingly occur in financial products and financial models. Forestalling systemic risks have been repeatedly emphasized by the Chinese government.

Over the past year， a range of policies to supervise diverse loan and asset management platforms have been launched. More regulations can be expected this year. Different from financial regulation in the past， this era demands integrated supervision and coordination on mixed business， essence of different financial models， and new technologies， among others.

A number of policies to oversee new financial models were either enacted or open for public suggestions last year， covering various areas. Furthermore， the establishment of a committee under the State Council to oversee financial stability and development provides institutional safeguards for integrated regulation.

New regulation policies are continuously introduced and financial institutions are developing to better comply with laws and regulations. It is believed that a new balance between supervision and innovation and between progress and stability will soon take shape.