Views: 1 Shanghai in autumn: Community, celebration and the housing question Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波 12/10/2026 Shanghai Library East at Hehuan Road 300 (合欢路300号), by Yingchun Road (迎春路), Pudong New Area.Exhibition: Reading the Renaissance: Western books and manuscripts from the 10th to the ...

In this travelogue, I recount my autumn 2026 return to Shanghai, where I feel an unclenched sense of freedom that contrasts with growing caution in Europe. I describe quiet electric traffic, live music at Abbey Road, a wedding, QR-tagged plane trees, a community service station, and a painting craze ...

Views: 45 Breathing differently: a homecoming in Shanghai Taojiang Road Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波 28/09/2026 What a joy ! I arrived in China once again, and something in me settled the moment I stepped off the plane: a quiet, physical relief that, after all these years of returning, I h ...

Views: 62 Ancient Chinese ideas of equality, communal welfare and social responsibility helped create fertile ground for the later sinicisation of communism Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波 21/09/2026 Mozi and Marx. Proto‑Communist thought in pre‑1911 China No communism, but not a blank slate S ...

Views: 110 An examination of leadership composition, cognitive ability and governance Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波 10/08/2026 Research and writing about IQ and STEM are my pet subjects. This article is part 15 of a series exploring cognitive ability, educational outcomes and their broader soc ...

Views: 63 Revisiting China after years away By Chen Weihua | China Daily | Updated: 2025-10-18 Chen Weihua [photo © FrVdb]At the background: a high-speed train runs along the Shanghai-Nanjing high-speed rail route along the Yangtze River, passing through Changshu, Jiangsu province. [Photo prov ...

Views: 340 Decoding the price tag: How China masters low-cost production Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波 01/06/2026 “How is it possible that in China everything costs 1/3 to 1/5 of the price in Europe?” That’s the question I regularly get thrown at me.China is using the same kind of flour to mak ...

Views: 88 Shanghai, trust and confidence growing on every corner. Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波 10/05/2026 China is safe Two weeks ago I already noticed it, but I’m still so surprised about this phenomenon that I want to show more photos of unguarded parcels on pavements, this time not on Y ...

Views: 99 Shanghai city life Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波 04/05/2026 New shop opening in Shanghai Xujiahui Grand Gateway 66 South Tower. What a mad rush ! Lunchtime on the pavement At lunchtime, the small restaurants are bustling and packed to the brim, so people spill out on ...

Views: 79 Hidden gems in Shanghai Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波 27/04/2026 Sunday afternoon coffee at the crossing of Jianguo road and Jiashan road. Maoming lu The current Maoming Road (茂名路) in Shanghai was once a street with a distinctly European identity, known during the Fr ...

Views: 138 Shanghai to Nanjing Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波 20/04/2026 HST to NanjingTaken the High Speed Train to Nanjing. There are HST trains almost every 15 minutes to Nanjing. Above and beyondWe cannot thank my close friend Steven Li Zuyang enough!He generously sent hi ...

Views: 84 Shanghai Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波 13/04/2026 All the common tourist spots in Shanghai Dentist Dental treatment in China definitely is at a higher level than in Europe. No waiting time for an appointment, cost approximately 1/3 of the cost in Europe. The Pudong tower ...

Views: 108 Here in Shanghai Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波 06/04/2026 VLIS party at the belgian consulate in Shanghai We’re in China again. This time we will stay for quite some time in Shanghai. Direct flight and top service with Hainan Airlines. On a straight line from B ...

Views: 90 From active ingredients to finished pills, the cost gap explained. Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波 02/03/2026 Contentious, complicated, controlled A medicine is a chain: feedstocks processed into key starting materials, synthesised into an active ingredient, combined with excipient ...

Views: 171 A visitor’s testament to a people who remember how to sing. Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波 02/02/2026 All photos © Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波 2025 In April last year, I wrote Peace, harmony and happiness in China. That article struck a chord: many of my readers in Europe found it di ...