People & Their Times

Two theoretical languages deserve mutual respect. But diagnostic accuracy, effectiveness and side effects must all be tested.

What did he see? Myth, or an observation we have not yet learned to read?

So the twenty-minute speech was more of a spark than the root cause. Even without that speech, the window for Ant to list at its original massive scale was already very small.

But the question people actually care about is: whose cheese did Jack Ma move that caused an already-prepared mega-IPO to be stopped at the last moment?

The shift from nationwide admiration to gradual disappearance is itself worth asking about: under a particular institutional environment, how high can a businessman be lifted, and what ultimately brings him down from the pedestal?

How did Kazuo Inamori rise from repeated failures to become one of Japan's most respected business leaders? From founding Kyocera to rebuilding Japan Airlines at 78, his journey reveals the power of integrity, perseverance and altruism. Drawing on *A Compass to Fulfillment*, Confucianism and Buddhism, Fang Tianliang explores how ancient wisdom can guide modern life and business.

Benjamin Franklin had only two years of formal schooling, yet became a celebrated scientist, inventor, diplomat and Founding Father. How did a poor printer's apprentice achieve so much? Discover his thirteen virtues, lifelong learning, self-discipline and practical wisdom. Drawing on both Franklin's life and traditional Chinese wisdom, Fang Tianliang shows how small daily changes can transform our lives.

These 100 guidelines begin with a mirror held up to ourselves. Keeping promises, respecting others, and acting honestly when interests collide—civilization takes shape in small, everyday choices. The goal is not perfection, but a moment to ask: am I closer to being a good person today than I was yesterday?

Eighteen-year-old Tian Yiming finds a white bag containing 380,000 yuan in a park with no working surveillance cameras. He chooses to stay beside the bench and wait for its owner. His decision leaves us with a question: what would I do if no one were watching?

How did a struggling semiconductor company regain the world's confidence? From engineer to AMD CEO, Lisa Su's journey reveals more than a corporate turnaround. It is a story of technological ambition, difficult choices, long-term thinking, and the responsibilities that come with shaping the age of artificial intelligence.

He rose from poverty in rural China to become one of the country's richest men, building a vast property empire that seemed unstoppable. Then Evergrande collapsed. Through 27 chapters, Fang Tianliang traces Xu Jiayin's extraordinary rise and fall, examining the intertwined forces of ambition, finance, political power and personal destiny—and the human cost of an empire built on debt.

From an English teacher in Hangzhou to one of the world's best-known entrepreneurs, Jack Ma helped transform Chinese commerce. Yet the suspension of Ant Group's IPO in 2020 marked a dramatic turning point. In this 48-chapter biography, Fang Tianliang explores Jack Ma's rise, his changing fortunes, and the complex relationship between business, wealth and political power in China.

Why does Charles Bridge stand crowded with saints and martyrs? Some were once condemned as criminals, imprisoned, or killed by those in power. Centuries later, Falun Gong practitioners facing persecution walked across the same bridge. What connects their stories? This book explores faith, science, persecution, media, and conscience—and asks a deeper question: Is my judgment truly my own?

为什么有的家族三代而衰，有的却能延续数百年？真正被一代代传下去的，也许从来不只是财富。余财、余名、余德、余制、余习，以及余债、余害，都可能成为后代继承的一部分。真正值得思考的不是能留下多少钱，而是我们今天的选择，会给未来留下什么。

Regarding the adage that "wealth does not last beyond three generations," the question worth asking is perhaps not how much money ancestors left behind, but rather *what* exactly they bequeathed. Wealth, reputation, character, systems, and habits can all continue to influence descendants across generations;

Why do some families decline after just three generations, while others endure for centuries? What is truly passed down from generation to generation is perhaps never merely wealth. Surplus wealth, reputation, virtue, systems, and habits—as well as lingering debts and harmful legacies—can all become part of what future generations inherit. The question truly worth pondering is not how much money we leave behind, but rather what our choices today will bequeath to the future.

Choosing a Life Partner in the AI Age From the Justin Sun–Jing Tian Controversy to Love, Algorithms, Commitment, and the Values We Cannot Measure

Ni Haixia taught the Huangdi Neijing, Shang Han Lun and Jin Gui Yao Lue, practised Chinese medicine in the United States, and became known for his forceful defence of classical Chinese medicine. To his admirers, he helped revive interest in ancient medical traditions and classical formulas. To his critics, some of his medical claims required much stronger evidence. Compassion and Thunder neither presents Ni as a miracle doctor nor dismisses him because of controversy. Throu

Ni Haixia passed away in 2012 at the age of 59 (by traditional East Asian reckoning). Logically, the story of this controversial overseas practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine should have ended there. Yet, more than a decade later, young people continue to re-edit, share, and watch his low-resolution classroom lecture videos.

How did a child, whom fate had deemed "not good enough," repeatedly refuse to accept that verdict?