China Partner

Finding really well researched books on China that also offer new insights and are both gripping and easy to read is not always easy. I can really recommend the following two! “What does China think?” by Mark Leonard offers a chance to understand the diversity of political China and, as such, of the CP. Leonard [...]

When I decided to write a blogg, the first question was what language to use. In fact, I wanted to write a blogg in English only to reach “the whole world”. But research in the www showed me that German blogs use German. And my web-experienced friends and colleagues told me: use German for German [...]

For more than two decades now, the Western world has been marvelling both at the speed at which China has been catching up and at the impressive rate at which its economy is growing. China is now the world’s fourth largest economy – and has been hit hard by the current financial and economic crisis [...]

Renao 热闹 or “Eat, drink and be merry” in Chinese: not a meal takes place without loud conversations and lots of laughter. The minute the Chinese walk out of the office, the noise level rises and the mood lightens. Chabuduo 差不多 or “That’ll do”: Why bother to aim for AAA when 80% will do? The [...]