To my Chinese friend
August 14, 2015 by Leave a Comment
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 […]
The Shifting Rhythms of Harmonious China: Ancient, Modern & Eternal
August 14, 2015 by Leave a Comment
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 […]
The Changing Scope of International Economic Relations – Chinese Leadership in the 21st Century
August 13, 2015 by Leave a Comment
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, […]
It is me
August 13, 2015 by Leave a Comment
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 […]
The Stray
August 13, 2015 by Leave a Comment
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 […]
The Tears of lovely Memories
August 12, 2015 by Leave a Comment
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 […]
THE ROAD TO GANESHA
August 12, 2015 by Leave a Comment
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 […]
My Mothers
August 12, 2015 by Leave a Comment
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 […]
How China Mended My Heart
August 12, 2015 by Leave a Comment
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 […]
A machine din
August 12, 2015 by Leave a Comment
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 […]
China, forever new adventures
August 12, 2015 by Leave a Comment
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 […]
Cross-roads
August 11, 2015 by Leave a Comment
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 […]
Journey of my life
August 11, 2015 by Leave a Comment
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 […]
Love unlimited
August 11, 2015 by Leave a Comment
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 […]
In dreams and in love there are no impossibilities
August 11, 2015 by Leave a Comment
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 […]
Zhua Zhou: Choosing The Future
August 11, 2015 by Leave a Comment
By Emerald, BEIt was a clear crisp day in the Belgian capital as the morning rays entered an Art Nouveau apartment where special preparations were being made for a celebratory ceremony. In this particular flat lived a small family of three; a Chinese father, a Belgian mother and their little son, who on this particular […]
Marco Polo’s Dream
May 31, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Written by Sandor, HU The night was dragging on very slowly in the prison cell, after the day’s interrogation Marco Polo couldn’t sleep. „To accuse me that I made up everything about that wonderful country, China, about the people there, the richness of the land, their likable and useful products, the colourful charade of their […]The Five Chinese Girls
May 31, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Written by Tracey, GB I have never been to China, but I have dreamed about arriving there. I will be met by five Chinese girls, all of them with bells ringing in their laughter and magic glittering in their dark eyes. They will be my guides throughout my journey. The first girl whispers folktales in […]An Eastern Wind
May 19, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Written by Stephen, IE An eastern wind swept over land, and against all tide And within its swirling mass, a lost flower cried In far-off lands, earth to root – it did find And bestowed to the world, splendour, one of a kind Petals of silk and fragrance beyond decree A Chinese flower reached forth to […]We are close yet so far…
May 19, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Written by Lena, FR China, a word I can’t forgot, a world I’m still exploring. Almond eyes, black hair and shy nature, my features reminds me everyday to where I come from. How a single trip, 23 days, 552 hours, 33120 minutes of time had made me fall in love with a country ? Living and growing up […]CHINA: five letters that could mean…
May 19, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Written by Federica, IT CHINA: five letters that could mean… Culture: the classics of Confucianism and Taoism in the literature, the charming pagodas and pavilions in the architecture, the traditional Chinese medicine (including herbal medicine, acupuncture and massage), the fascinating calligraphy… these are only a few items from the wonderful world of Chinese culture… History: […]Dreaming of China
May 19, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Written by Andrei, RO As a student of Politics and International Relations in the United Kingdom and Belgium, I had the opportunity to conduct in-depth study on the relations between China and the European Union. Throughout the years I studied on the one hand, the history and political system of China; and on the other […]China in My Suburbs
May 19, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Written by Dalia, LT I timidly tiptoe after Ling Ling. The small black-haired Chinese girl approaches tall metal gates and calls out in a sharp voice sounds of a language not familiar to me, so foreign to the ear that they seem only an accidental mix of vowels and consonants. Someone answers from the other side […]A European Discovers China: 3 First Impressions
April 26, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Written by Hanneke, NL Some time ago I boarded an airplane to discover China. Flanked by my husband and two teenage boys, I traveled around in north and south. I visited big cities and tiny rural villages. I came back with a truckload of impressions! There were moments of wonder and admiration. And there were […]
