By Greti , BG  Hello, dear friends from Europe and China! I am thirteen years old Bulgarian girl and all I know about China till now, came from my favourite cartoon ‘’Mulan’’ (I watched it hundreds of times), old videos with my father’s favourite actors Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee, and ‘’Kung Fu Panda’’.I was […]

By Tatiana, IT   The curiosity of discovering something you’ve never seen. The fear of it. What you (don’t) expect to see and what you will never see instead. Put yourself to the test. Overcome your limits and fears and broaden your horizon. Taste new food – especially street food – and new flavors coming from different […]

By Andrew, GB If you are in your late teens or twenties, and you are studying a degree programme, I personally don’t believe I could ever give you any better advice other than; live in China for at least one year of your life. Here, in the UK, we live in a country saturated with […]

By Dominique, BE   This could have been the beginning of a novel, or a short story or even a letter, as a bottle in the sea, as a “do not forget, always remember.” An amazing story …. for a second , you realize that everything could change.  Very ironically, you feel as being nobody […]

By Djamila, BE  The Chinese spirit is a dragon. He was born from a civilization of thousands years. He draws his power from his respect for traditions and love for innovation Fearless and conscious of his worth, he flies free over the oceans. He has been ready for a long time to conquer the world, […]

By Cécile, BE  Dear China, How have you been lately? I hope you are doing fine. I am sorry we haven’t been in touch for a while. I do read a lot about you in the papers. I must admit I am pretty proud of you. I am so pleased to hear you finally banned […]

By Oana, RO  Hello, my Chinese friend!I never met you but I hope that we will know each other soon. Untill then please allow me to introduce myself. And because I do not like to speak about me, let’s imagine that we speak about a girl named RO and allow me to write you about […]

By Hassan , GB  As virtuous as wealth, power and strength may be, what value do they possess in the absence of harmony? For it is within the immaterial power and presence of harmony that the true spirit of China’s prosperity can be found. Harmony forms the essence of a glorious and timeless civilisation in […]

By Svetoslav, BG  The crisis in Ukraine from March 2014 sparked a fire between the West and Russia that will smoulder long after its resolution. The conflict carries the potential for enormous repercussions – social, political, and economic – for both sides. With the outstripping growth of many Asian economies – China, South Korea, Singapore, […]

By Andrea-Henrietta, RO  I am dancing among my thoughts and imaginations; I am flying up to the highest mountain peak. Here I lay my head down on my fluffy cloud pillow and shroud myself in my blanket of dreams… Slowly, very slowly, I enter the world of fantasy. One drop of my thought rain, a […]

By Elizabeth, BEAm I dead? I feel nothing. I taste nothing. I only see. Oh God, I can’t hear. Why is everything so quiet? The silence dents my brain. It oozes out into the spaceless void that are my immediate surroundings. I feel terrified. Why am I here? If I don’t think, don’t remember, this […]

By Jakub , CZ I was sitting by her bed on wooden chair in the Saint Anne’s hospital for older people. On the walls were hanged paintings with vibrantly flowering roses. They were really restful. I held and caressed her old however beautiful and smooth hand. She got the last injection of our hope. It […]

By Therese, MT  In this time and age of crisis, success is touch and go, its stifling, common practice.I am China, a unique land, once fragile as a plant. This dream is what I nourished: to impress, adding to what I am and own instead of holding on to what I have accumulated over the […]

By Nio, ES  How long ago my earliest ancestors were nomads in one of those primitively vast and scenic frontiers, they would never have imagined the reformed images of these lands today, nor expected to have overseas descendants. Yet, I am, a Chinese root European citizen whose pulse never stop adoring her motherland – where the […]

By Silke, BE  After a course of events at home, I found that everything was getting on top of me. I was close to a nervous breakdown and I could no longer continue the way I was going. I was in desperate need of a break. I found an organisation that offered a 6-month program in […]

By Pierre , BE  Furor rises far in the East, Where a blaze breathes hot flames that burn helpless faces. An infernal noise of creaking cogs coils the nerves Of the weary blacksmiths who strike the steel. Their sweat fuels their stake, And as they hit, they melt away. They grumble as they struggle, But […]

By Bogdan-Ioan, RO During this eventful trip to the heart of China, my soul attained a paramount contentment. Many adventurous people’s burning desire is to experience insights of civilizations totally different from their own. I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to grant myself one of my most daring wishes at such a young age […]

By Citra, RO My father is a sailor, though my country doesn’t have any seaside. I was twelve, when me and my mother joined him on a trip, back in 1989, when this country changed clothes, things happened, like never before, and I missed all of this. Where were we then, instead of our nice […]

By Kertész , HU My father is a sailor, though my country doesn’t have any seaside. I was twelve, when me and my mother joined him on a trip, back in 1989, when this country changed clothes, things happened, like never before, and I missed all of this. Where were we then, instead of our […]

By Tereza , CZ It´s 15th century, the Ming dynasty reigns China. My name is Meifeng and I live in a small village that happens to be 10 li (5 kilometres) away from the Shaolin temple. I am an ordinary poor girl doing her best to help my family, selling fish and herbs, trying not to […]

By Terry, BE Many years ago, I had a dream. My dream was to help children grow. To help them believe in their dreams. My dream was to become an adoptive parent. I realized many children in the world needed love, trust, a family… I wanted to give them all the love and trust they needed, and to […]