The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (圣母无染原罪始胎堂), commonly known as Shigu Road Cathedral (石鼓路天主教堂) to the locals, is a late 19th-century church in Nanjing that serves as the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nanking. It is located in the centre of the city at 112 Shigu Road. First built in 1870 during the Qing dynasty, it was later severely damaged during the Northern Expedition War and had to be rebuilt by the Chinese government in 1928. Since the 1930s it has served as the cathedral for the Archdiocese of Nanjing and is the only Catholic church within the city of Nanjing today. In 1982 it was also listed as a Jiangsu Provincial Historic Site.

Professor Mitter studies the emergence of nationalism in modern China, both in the early twentieth century and in the contemporary era. He is particularly interested in the impact of China’s war with Japan in the 1930s and 1940s on the development of Chinese politics, society, and culture.

“Stability is the foundation of economic development just as rule of law is the foundation of civil society. Instability in Hong Kong, like instability anywhere, retards economic growth.” Dr. Robert Lawrence Kuhn told People’s Daily.

The China expert continued to stress that “it is understandable that leading Hong Kong entrepreneurs have criticized the violence, which directly impacts the value of their assets, especially real estate. Some wonder why it took them so long.”

Dr. Kuhn is an American public intellectual, international corporate strategist and investment banker. Over the past decades, he had put his focus on China and has been a media commentator on China’s politics and economy.

Maria Bulynina, a foreign journalist with Xinhua News Agency, attends a group interview at the Media Center during the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 19, 2017. Of a number of foreign journalists reporting the 19th CPC National Congress, Helen Bentley and Maria Bulynina, both with Xinhua News Agency, are among them. Xinhua News Agency, China’s state news agency, for the first time in history sends foreign journalists to report Party congress with a hope of better reporting about China with foreigners’ native languages and their unique perspectives.

Helen Bentley, Xinhua journalist