Exploring modern perspectives beyond historical preconceptions
Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波 04.01.2025
The Battle of Mount Buzhou (in the Pamir mountain range)
Capitalism, Good or Bad?
The answer depends entirely on how you define it. Is it the idealized system of free markets and competit
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- 2025-01-04
Big changes ahead for 2025
Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波 22.12.2024
On this drizzly winter evening
On this drizzly winter evening right after the winter solstice and just before Christmas, I present you with a short essay on the end of 2024 and a look ahead to next year.
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- 2024-12-22
America in Crisis: Navigating Chaos, Despair, and a Fading Dream.
Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波 15.12.2024
The American people
This essay focuses on the United States, the country located in North America. However, it is not about the common people of the United States, for whom I hold a d
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- 2024-12-15
About the striking differences between Chinese and American entrepreneurship.
Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波 15.11.2024
Cao Dewang, Fuyao Group president
Back in 2000 Before moving to China, I spent nearly my entire career as a project and program manager at MAGNA, a large multinational autom
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- 2024-11-18
Your insights matter, share your viewpoints.
Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波 06.08.2024
Gweilo 60 aka Kirk Apesland in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in Southern China https://youtu.be/1bpxoIT6gkE
We want to hear from you! Share your thoughts on China:
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- 2024-08-06
Exploring modern perspectives beyond historical preconceptions
Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波 30.07.2024
The first National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party in Shanghai 23 July 1921 (own picture 03.06.2023)
Communism, good or bad ?
The answer to that question entirely depends on
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- 2024-07-30
A Comparative Study of Think Tanks in China and the World.
Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波 21.07.2024
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Think tanks are crucial in shaping public policy and strategic planning worldwide. This article compares the distinctive roles and challenges of think tanks in China with those in other co
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- 2024-07-21
This is a comprehensive and detailed review of 50 of the most relevant books about China by a dozen of the most experienced China experts..
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- 2024-07-01
The medical device industry in Europe is in big trouble. They have lost the technology and competitiveness war with the Chinese medical industry.
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- 2024-06-21
Two decades after “The Bell Curve”, it is becoming abundantly clear that the gap has become unbridgeable. This will inevitably have major consequences for developments in world politics in the coming decades.
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- 2024-06-13
The tyranny of the Geniusses. The Rule of the five percent
Written by Godfree Roberts. 22.05.2024
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In What if we Lost our Smartest 5%? Matthew Archer suggests that we would struggle to maintain our quality of life without our scientists, mathematicians and engine
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- 2024-05-22
Europe, especially the EU, now faces a choice. After the EU lost Russia with devastating damage to the EU economy, the choice must now be made between continuing to follow the US or working with China.
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- 2024-05-11
