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My unlimited China
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...
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My ‘’cultural’’ contacts with China
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...
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So different, so close – for two twinning cities
Written by Desislava , BG A Bulgarian proverb says: A brother won’t feed his brother, but woe betide whoever has none.( Even though family can only help so far, it’s always better to have them around.)...
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The Catcher in the Rice
Written by Jiří , CZ You have to watch out in China, hon. There’s gonna be an undercover agent watching each one of you all the time. If they see you taking pictures of some public buildings they’re...
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Imaginary Journeys Into Eternal China
By Armand , FR Imaginary Dialogues We will join at the dawn (1) Chinese and European practitioners of tai chi (2) to express altogether the harmony of Life and welcome the rising Sun And will enjoy...
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Opening Remarks by H.E. Ambassador Yang Yanyi, Head of the Chinese Mission to...
Opening Remarks by H.E. Ambassador Yang Yanyi, Head of the Chinese Mission to the EU at the Chinese Fashion Night: “Mr. Yan Zhenquan, Director of the China Culture Center in Brussels, Distinguished...
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China Unlimited and the Chinese dream
This article was exclusively written for The Sting by Mr Dimitar Papukchiev, one of the winners of the China Unlimited competition and participant at the China Unlimited trip last month. I was deeply...
View ArticleEU-China Light Bridge in Brussels signals the bright coming of the Year of...
Yesterday evening, a reception was held at the Brussels City Hall, as part of an event called “EU-China Light Bridge”, inspired by the Chinese New Year of the Dog and the China-EU Tourism Year, 2018....
View ArticleThe Sichuan Province of China presents its cultural treasure to the EU
It was earlier today that the Mission of China to the EU and the Embassy of China in the Kingdom of Belgium co-hosted a seated lunch reception at the prestigious Tangla Hotel in Brussels, presenting...
View ArticleOne Hundred Years of Qipao History: from Shanghai to EU
It was yesterday that the Chinese Mission to EU organised a beautiful journey to Chinese fashion and tradition at the China Cultural Center in Brussels. The exhibition “From Shanghai to Brussels: One...
View ArticleChina-EU Relations: Broader, Higher and Stronger
Written by H.E. Ambassador Yang Yanyi, Head of the Mission of the People’s Republic of China to the European Union The year 2014 was a year of bumper harvest for China’s diplomacy as we made...
View ArticleThe “Legend of the Sun” wishes you Happy Chinese New Year 2015 from Brussels
The unique festive moment of the year for the followers of the lunar calendar has arrived. Last Wednesday the lunar New Year was widely celebrated in many parts of the world, particularly in China....
View ArticleChina’s New Normal and Its Relevance to the EU
Written by H.E. Ambassador Yang Yanyi, Head of the Mission of the People’s Republic of China to the European Union Lately, with the closing of the annual sessions of China’s top legislative body–the...
View ArticleA European Discovers China: 3 First Impressions
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...
View ArticleCan We(esterners) ever understand (the) Chinese
Written by Bala, BE A nostalgic foreword In the mid 70’s, fascinated by the historical meeting of Chairman Mao and Dr. Kissinger, many young members of the American academia, mostly men, went to China,...
View ArticleChina in My Suburbs
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...
View ArticleCHINA: five letters that could mean…
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...
View ArticleWe are close yet so far…
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,...
View ArticleAn Eastern Wind
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,...
View ArticleThe Five Chinese Girls
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...
View ArticleMarco Polo’s Dream
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...
View ArticleEurope’s richest regions actively seek investment from China’s biggest banks
It is as of last Saturday that the European Commission imposed heavy tariffs on three big solar panel manufacturers of Chinese origin. The EU’s executive arm basically took out three Chinese companies...
View ArticleChina-EU Special Report: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang endorses China’s big...
This week amidst the turbulent environment of the EU/Greek crisis, Brussels offered sufficient clues showing that the EU will face the Greek issue rapidly and will go on. China-EU investment relations...
View ArticleA Sting Exclusive: China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi on South China Sea issue...
Written speech made by Mr Wang Yi, Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic of China at the ASEAN Regional Forum on 06/08/2015 On 6 August local time, during the Foreign Ministers’ Meetings of the...
View ArticleZhua Zhou: Choosing The Future
By Emerald, BE It 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...
View ArticleIn dreams and in love there are no impossibilities
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...
View ArticleLove unlimited
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...
View ArticleJourney of my life
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...
View ArticleCross-roads
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...
View ArticleChina, forever new adventures
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...
View ArticleA machine din
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...
View ArticleHow China Mended My Heart
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...
View ArticleMy Mothers
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...
View ArticleTHE ROAD TO GANESHA
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,...
View ArticleThe Tears of lovely Memories
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...
View ArticleThe Stray
By Elizabeth, BE Am 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...
View ArticleIt is me
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...
View ArticleThe Changing Scope of International Economic Relations – Chinese Leadership...
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...
View ArticleThe Shifting Rhythms of Harmonious China: Ancient, Modern & Eternal
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...
View ArticleTo my Chinese friend
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...
View ArticleDear China
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...
View ArticleThe Chinese spirit
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...
View ArticleLost in translation
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 ,...
View ArticleA Year in China
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...
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