Views: 5 Autumn in Shanghai: weddings, violins, queues and afternoon tea. Autumn in Shanghai is a season of contrasts. The city is proud, well organised and still negotiating what home really means. In this instalment, we attend a wedding at Taiyuan Villa, the restored Hudec mansion on Ta ...

Views: 25 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 ...

Views: 50 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: 81 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: 74 The Chinese industry conquers the European market, sector by sector Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波 31/08/2026 It wasn’t China that built the economic meatgrinder. The Brussels EU built it, feeding the European economy in piece by piece to please its American masters. The ultimate out ...

Views: 104 Educational failure and sociological indoctrination have created a population incapable of sustaining Western civilisation Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波 24/08/2026 Research and writing about IQ and STEM are my pet subjects. This article is part of a series exploring cognitive abilit ...

Views: 50 How five imperial collapses divided the elite from the ordinary Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波 17/08/2026 Empires, regimes and cultures rise and fall with the passing of time. It is not only human beings who possess a finite lifespan; civilisations too have to die.[1] They have their ...

Views: 117 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: 68 The cracks in the western system By Professor Zhu Andong 朱安东 Translated and published by Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波 06/07/2026 Photo: Professor Zhu Andong (朱安东), Dean of the School of Marxism, Tsinghua University By Professor Zhu Andong (朱安东)¹Dean of the School of Marxism, Tsinghua ...

Views: 342 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: 82 The long way (back) home. Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波 18/05/2026 The famous Chinese classic “Journey to the West”i knows eighty-one trials, three fallen disciples, and one monk who walks through fire to bring scripture home. This flight had fewer demons but no fewer detours. ...

Views: 55 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 ...

Views: 90 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: 109 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 ...