SERIES: 56 properties inscribed on the World Heritage List in China Did you know, in 2021, Italy and China take the crown as the countries with the most UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the world ? As the birthplace of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance, Italy has an abundance...
Chinese « Burnt Wine »
The end of Anglo-Saxon pride ? Did the Chinese invent the brandy and the whiskey? That is the affirmation, in any case, of the great English historian Joseph Needham, the author of the monumental encyclopedia « Science and Civilisation in China ». You will be doubly surprised to learn that the...
Li Qingzhao, the Art of cí
The greatest female writer of « singing poems » Li Qingzhao is rightly considered China's best poet. Like our Greek poet Sappho, she owes her glory to a limited number of texts which reveal to us the course of her life by sharing her presence with us in the world. Across the...
Chinese pharmacopeia, orchids and stomach ulcers
Chinese ground orchid, which is mainly used for lung and stomach bleeding, chapped hands and feet in winter and swelling sores, has strong astringent properties and a hemostatic effect on the lungs and a positive effect on muscle and skin growth, and can promote the healing of focal lesions. From...
New measure for Sino-foreign cooperation in running schools
14 projects in the Belgian heart of Europe. The Ministry of Education announced that it will terminate cooperation with universities such as the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, and Canada. Why ? New measure for Sino-foreign cooperation in running schools clarify the imprecise rules that have led to certain...
Aging policy in Europe : theory and reality.
The citizens of the European Union constitute an increasingly aging population. In the year 2022, one in 5 people in the European Union will be aged 60 and over and one in 14 will be aged 65 and over. This silent revolution in the age pyramid in Europe has taken...
World’s largest Tintin theme exhibition comes to Shanghai
Belgian cartoon seduces China. Do you remember ? Despite the controversies over its origin, Hergé's sumptuous cover project dating from 1936 broke the previous record held by the design of the cover pages of Tintin's albums. in the Parisian premises of the Artcurial house for this exceptional sale dedicated to...
“Sexual life in ancient China” by Robert van Gulik (V)
SERIES: Books to better understand China Part V : Tang and Song, two really different tones? Even if mentalities have changed a little among young Chinese, there is still a certain discretion, reservations about talking about the subject. And so much the better. In the West, the subject goes beyond...
Why do we still use Yi Jing today?
5 reasons to read the Classic of the Movement A bookstore success in Europe, the mysterious and ancient book called The Classic of the Movement continues to intrigue us with its… effectiveness. Yes, this is a Chinese book, really Chinese because the theory only has a pragmatic function! You ask...
A society of harmony without uniformity?
”和而不同“: coexisting with differences. The phrase from Confucius’s Analects “He Er Bu Tong” has caused much ink to flow. It is used today to demonstrate that Chinese society can think of its own way of living together without immediately needing European concepts linked to their own history. Yes, we can...