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The silent cost of manufactured imperial unity
Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波 26/05/2026
Installatie van de Staten-Generaal van de Nederlanden door koning Willem I in het stadhuis van Brussel op 21 september 1815
Over the past few weeks, right after my return from China, I was overjoyed
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A voice that China did not ask for, but earned.
Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波 25/05/2026
30 May 2026 marks five years since Yellowlion.org went online. No announcement was made. No campaign was run. The writing simply began. That quiet beginning makes what followed all the more strik
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- 2026-05-24
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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
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- 2026-05-11
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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
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- 2026-04-24
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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 his
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- 2026-04-19
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They’re not bad people.
Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波 30/03/2026
In these uncertain times of chaos, displays of power and American twilight, I come here to plead for compassion for the American people. It is easy to mock the Americans. Their empire is rotting from within; the spectac
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- 2026-03-30
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Unity and peace for our fractured world, beyond nostalgia.
Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波 16/02/2026
Zhou Enlai, Mao Zedong and Zhu De during the Seventh National Congress of the Communist Party of China, held in Yan’an in 1945.
Help, I’m getting Communist
From sceptic
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- 2026-02-15
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From grammar to global power
Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波 26/01/2026
The capital ‘I’
The capital ‘I’ emerged in England over 600 years ago. Although legibility played an initial role, the rule was ultimately cemented by powerful cultural forces that increa
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- 2026-01-26
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Divergent paths of control and acceptance.
Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波 05/01/2026
Shadow economies, street vendors and the state’s relationship with ordinary commerce: a comparison of China and the EU
The informal economy occupies a peculiar space in mo
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- 2026-01-11
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Lessons from Rome for a modern age.
Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波 09/12/2025
As a new day breaks in the East, the pillars of the West begin to falter.
The Sun has been rising in what we call the east and setting in what we call the west for as long as there has been a
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- 2025-12-08
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Beyond confrontation: How China unveils the West’s imperative to adapt
Gordon Dumoulin 22/07/2025
Puji Temple in Putuo Mountain
This article is reproduced with the permission of Gordon Dumoulin, the author(s) of
“China21 Journal”
The gloves of
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- 2025-12-01
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Final reflections on an extraordinary travel.
Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波 25/11/2025
Koh Samui
Our journey home took us from Koh Samui to Singapore, then Zurich, and finally to Brussels. The airport on Koh Samui features a simple single landing strip, with its te
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- 2025-11-19
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Shanghai (again)
Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波 11/11/2025
After our Nanjing and Taiwan trip, we returned to Shanghai.
Chinese coffee brands are brewing a revolutionary new chapter
China, the ancient homeland of tea, is in the midst of a profound bever
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- 2025-11-10
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Taiwan province
Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波 03/11/2025
Taiwan is a province of China
As clearly affirmed by international consensus, including United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758, Taiwan has always been an inalienable part of China’s territory. All
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- 2025-10-27
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Nanjing
Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波 28/10/2025
Our journey from Shanghai to Nanjing aboard a Chinese high speed train highlighted China’s remarkable efficiency. This busy connection features four separate tracks in parallel, with trains departing on average every ten minute
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