Views: 49A 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 striking. Yellowlion.org is not a news outlet, a think tank or an NGO-funded project. It is an author’s archive: articles, lectures and books built up over decades. I am Frans Vandenbosch, a Fleming by birth, I have adopted the Chinese name 方腾波 The role of Technology Director at a Chinese automotive engineering company was one of several posts held during all my years in China. Qingdao University served as a teaching base. More than fifty cities across the country were visited. That perspective on China was earned the hard way, on the ground, not from a Brussels office. The yellowlion site went live on … Continue reading Five years of Yellowlion, a quinquennial to remember