Located directly opposite of each other on the beautiful blue Danube, Schöna in Germany and Hrensko in Czechia are two peas from the same pod divided by a geographic barrier and a political border. Though just metres apart from each other, the body of water makes a natural barrier between Read more…
After discussing the media’s coverage of the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the subsequent German reunification, I thought it’d be interesting to explore my own perspective on the current state of Berlin after 20 years of reunification. “Asking if the unification of Germany was ‘complete’ is the Read more…
I’ve told this story to my friends in Vancouver and Toronto time and time again…until I stopped telling it last month because I no longer needed to. The year I turned 18 was the year Stephen Harper’s (Canada’s former prime minister) government barred Canadians that have been overseas for more Read more…
The Right Honorable Justin Trudeau P.C., M.P., Prime Minister of Canada Office of the Prime Minister of Canada 80 Wellington Street Ottawa, ON K1A 0A2 1.5 million disenfranchised Canadians Dear Prime Minister, I write to you today not to advocate for a controversial issue or to bring an ethically questionable Read more…
If you’ve really got nothing to do in Saxon-Anhalt, Bad Schandau is not a bad place to spend a quiet afternoon. Just an hour away from charming Dresden, it is right on the way to Saxon Switzerland where you can be brought on a winding path into a protected pine Read more…
You know that really famous picture of a little stone arch bridge on a middle of nowhere cliff called the Bastei bridge? Yep, that’s Saxon Switzerland that looks like its straight from an Avatar movie. Although it has Switzerland in its name the entirety of the national park lies in Read more…
MOOC Courses Social Science Approaches to the Study of Chinese Society Part IInstructor: Prof. Cameron CampbellMedium: CourseraLicense: HQB3R9FJFD84 Social Science Approaches to the Study of Chinese Society Part IIInstructor: Prof. Cameron CampbellMedium: CourseraLicense: FE9526ERCVNC China’s Economic Transformation Part I: Economic Reform and Growth in ChinaInstructor: Prof. Albert ParkMedium: CourseraLicense: Q93BPZLSKDNP Read more…
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Over 96% of trips in Hong Kong are completed by public transport. In 2018, Hong Kong was ranked number 1 on ARCADIS’ Sustainable Mobility Index, in part due to the highly efficient operation of the MTR system, which also has the highest farebox recovery rate in the world. Hong Kong’s Read more…