By Lotte , NL   Sydney, 23rd of May 2014. Do you sometimes wonder what would have happened if you had been born in another time or other place? If you had been born only a few hundred kilometers south or east or north – west is not relevant in my case, since it is not […]

By Sarah, BE Zhong Cheng has always considered himself a man of his word. He never gave empty promises, and never threw words in the wind, which could be called his secret pride. And for such a noble and decent man who is always responsible for his words, there is no worse torture, than the […]

By Lilia, BG People in China and Europe have a long history of interaction and the part of it that I find most exciting is the ancient Silk Road that had connected Asia with the European continent through a network of trade and cultural transmission routes. While the main idea of the Road had been the […]

By Sylwia, PO  Jian Feng was carrying heavy red bricks and his hands were becoming weaker and sweatier. That was the sign that he should have now the long-awaited break and eat some noodles. The sun was already very high on the horizon and he regretted that he had not brought along his old straw hat…If […]

By Antonio, ES  ANY DOUBT? (“mei wenti?”) The exposition finished, in that little class of attentive children.  – Thank you for your attention. It was my pleasure. Dear students, do you have any doubt?   Seems they were a bit shy… – Professor [Lao Shi], What´s your favourite color? – I have several: Red, Green, Orange… what´s […]

By Gyorgy, HU  In December 1990 I had the privilege to visit Far East spending a few days in China. I cannot express how impressed I was while having the chance walking on the Big Wall stopping at the Ming Tombs on the way or to see the Temple of Heaven in Beijing. The 5000 […]

By Stijn, BE  I invite you to take a walk with me through a Chinese park which we shall name ‘The blessed gate to eternal prosperity’. The first thing we see after we cross the entrance is a group of people dancing, beautifully dressed in old Chinese clothing. In the plaza to the west we […]

By Mitko , BG  In nowadays is very important every countries all over the world to be unified. They must implement common policies purposeful to improve, save and sustain the world peace. Recently the world is facing many problems – geopolitical, economic, environmental, military and so on. The people should change their way of thinking. All […]

By Emiliyan , BG  China is on the planet Earth. If you watch the map – in right of Russia, there are many fabrics there and they produce everything – this is the most common view of the People’s Republic of China by Europeans and Bulgarians. Unfortunately. What do the Chinese think about Bulgaria? – Probably […]

By Dimitar , BG  “Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.”————– Confucius What amazes me in the history and culture of China is how Europe announces it the third civilizational center of humanity after the Egyptian and Greco Roman civilizations. It impresses me very much the unity of Chinese religion, science, economy and openness […]

By Solveiga , LT  As I landed in Shanghai Pudong Airport for the first time, even after midnight, the heat and humidity astounded me and a sense of defeat immediately struck me. The friction of people’s bodies was astounding and violating, their breaths were exhausted and so were the exhaust pipes of swarms of identical […]

By Kasia , PO  She was walking with such a fierce confidence that I decided to speed up and ask her. The aerobridge was never-ending and I was already terribly late. “Hey, sorry for bothering but do you know by any chance where the transfer desks are? I have to catch another plane very soon, […]

By Ricardo , PT Hovering over time: the chinese tourism in Lisbon (in portuguese, the original language, Pairando sobre o tempo: o turismo chinês em Lisboa) is like a discovery work. I call it discovery because tourism originating in China is still very recent in Portugal (Putaoya) and in Lisbon (Lisiben) as well. And, as it […]

By Katarzyna , PO Looking way back, when I was a child my father gave me a book about countries in the whole world. That was my first time when I saw Chinese people and first time when I fell in love with the Middle Kingdom. Although, I was just a small girl, on that day […]