PinnedBustling BeijingIs Qingming the Chinese Easter?While the Lunar New Year Festival is marking the beginning of a new year, the Qingming aka Spring Festival marks the beginning of a new…·5 min read·Mar 30, 2021----
Bustling BeijingChina — the next SuperpowerWhy the rise of China to superpower status is good and why China doesn´t want to be America·13 min read·Jan 28, 2021----
Bustling BeijingThe most outrageously crazy Christian Cults in ChinaWhile researching for an article about the Taiping rebellion in 19th century China, I stumbled across modern day versions of weird cults…12 min read·Jan 14, 2021----
Bustling BeijingRed Tourism in EuropeWhy do so many Chinese travel to Trier on the river Moselle? What makes this ancient Roman city a sought-after destination for many…6 min read·Dec 23, 2020----
Bustling BeijingConfucius wears MaskWhy China’s successes in the fight against Corona have little to do with communism and much with tradition.4 min read·Dec 23, 2020----