People & Their Times

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.

What Ni Haixia truly left behind may not be any specific herbal formula, but rather a way of re-examining the human body. He brought the *Neijing*, *Shanghan Lun*, and *Jingui Yaolue* out of the realm of ancient texts and into everyday life, while simultaneously positioning Traditional Chinese Medicine in a new dialogue—or confrontation—with modern medicine.

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

A sieve can only detect what it was designed to measure. While exams and competitions may reveal abilities that have already surfaced, they cannot foresee a person's patience in the face of failure, their capacity to ask questions, or the courage to keep exploring when there is no standard answer.

Many great transformations begin as "unrealistic" dreams. While those who maintain the status quo safeguard the security of the present, pioneers invest in the possibilities of tomorrow. What truly determines the future of civilization may not be how high a rocket can fly, but rather—in an increasingly pragmatic world—how many people remain willing to protect those seemingly naive ideals. Is the dream you held at age twelve still alive?

From his beginnings in Dalian to Wanda’s nationwide expansion and ambitious overseas acquisitions, Wang Jianlin became one of the defining figures of China’s business era. This book traces the rise, expansion and retrenchment of his commercial empire, asking what ultimately determines the fate of a Chinese entrepreneur: personal judgment, financial leverage, economic cycles, government policy—or the deeper boundaries of the system itself? CHINA STUDIES & CORPORATE HISTORY THE

Why do some education systems produce excellent test-takers, while others nurture people capable of changing an entire field? Through the stories of mathematicians Wang Hong and Deng Yu, this book examines three forces behind exceptional talent: the sieve that identifies potential, the soil that supports long-term growth, and the masters who guide gifted students towards original achievement.

Two American counterintelligence and political-influence cases, separated by three decades, raise the same unsettling question: why can experienced people who trust their own judgment fail to recognise danger? Beginning with the stories of Katrina Leung and Christine Fang, this book explores trust, desire, power, artificial intelligence, and the character required to resist self-deception.