A Chinese psychology essay explains why the same person will splurge on a designer toy and pinch pennies on lunch: money is filed in separate mental accounts. The idea, coined by economist Richard Thaler, helps explain China's split-screen spending habits.
A Chinese essay revisits a Michigan psychology idea: switching to your own name in a tense moment can cool you down and sharpen your view of the problem. It links the trick to the 2016 anime hit Your Name and the broader self-help boom.
China's Supreme People's Court says citizen lay judges helped weigh evidence in a high-profile domestic abuse case, part of a push to bring public judgment into sensitive trials and strengthen social acceptance of rulings.
A viral Chinese essay draws on Charlie Munger's remarks about human flaws to explain a familiar double standard: we justify our own choices while judging others harshly. The piece argues that accepting human nature, rather than fighting it, is the smarter path.
A personal essay on finally getting an ADHD diagnosis in China reveals a fragmented treatment path, from scarce medication to months-long waits. It reflects a broader rise in adult attention disorder awareness and the strain on specialist care.
Chinese actress Yu Feihong, 55, has again drawn attention for her calm rejection of marriage pressure, telling fans she is neither anti-marriage nor proudly single but simply committed to being happy. Her remarks reignited a familiar online debate about whether marriage is mandatory.
A wave of Chinese self-help essays argues that cutting back — fewer clothes, fewer friends, less food — is the surest route to a good life. The genre trades luck and feng shui for daily discipline.
A 15-part Chinese essay series on psychological healing is drawing millions of readers. Its eighth installment asks whether three very different people—the pursuer, the self-reliant, and the one who flees—are actually carrying the same wound.
A 1958 British case of a man who regained sight after 58 years of blindness ended in depression and death, and it still shapes how doctors think about vision, identity and the mind.
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