The Start of Summer is the seventh solar term in the traditional Chinese calendar, and an important transition between spring and summer.In ancient understanding, “Li” means beginning, and “Xia” means fullness.From this point on, all things shift from emergence into growth. Light becomes stronger, temperatures rise, and details in nature gradually become clearer.

Happy International Workers’ Day.This day belongs to everyone who continues to work, create, and collaborate in their roles.Some work happens on the front line, while other work takes place quietly within systems and processes.Different in form, but together they keep everything running smoothly.

When the Meeting Room Becomes a Liability.Somewhere in a government affairs center right now, a department head is squinting at a grainy far-end camera feed, asking a remote collaborator to repeat themselves for the third time. The conference room cost ¥800,000 to renovate two years ago. The AV integrator promised “professional quality.” The video still looks like a 2015 Skype call.

Grain Rain marks the final solar term of spring.It literally means “rain brings growth,” as rainfall increases and everything enters a more active stage of development.