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Blue cheese and stinky tofu
One of the big differences between cultures is the food that people with a completely diverse historical, geographical and social background usually consume. What some...France bans defenders of Europe’s distinct cultural identity
The Identitarian movement or Identitarianism is a pan-European nativist movement asserting the undeniable right of Europeans and peoples of European descent to claim their culture and territories. Génération Identitaire, the youth...The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck, published 90 years ago
The Good Earth, a historical fiction novel about China by American author Pearl S. Buck (1892 -1973) was first published on March 2nd, 1931 by the specialized...The Taiwan Lantern Festival 2021, also affected by COVID-19
The Lantern Festival is a Chinese cultural tradition which dates back to the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 25) and is celebrated on the fifteenth day...
- Downfall of the West
- Economy
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- History
Kurusu Saburō, the man who couldn’t preserve peace
Kurusu Saburō, the Japanese career diplomat who as a special envoy tried to negotiate peace with the United States before the outbreak of World War...Why Xi won’t congratulate Gorbachev on his 90th birthday
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, the eighth and last leader of the Soviet Union, considered by die-hard Communists to be the gravedigger of a great idea,...The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck, published 90 years ago
The Good Earth, a historical fiction novel about China by American author Pearl S. Buck (1892 -1973) was first published on March 2nd, 1931 by the specialized...Olof Palme, Sweden’s tragic political figure
Sweden’s best-known politician, Social Democratic Prime Minister Olof Palme was assassinated under mysterious circumstances on February 28th, 1986 in his home town of Stockholm. It’s...
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Blue cheese and stinky tofu
One of the big differences between cultures is the food that people with a completely diverse historical, geographical and social background usually consume. What some...A very long journey back to Taiwan
I actually started to prepare my return to Asia last June when I got in touch with some old colleagues working at Taiwan’s Representative...The Taiwan Lantern Festival 2021, also affected by COVID-19
The Lantern Festival is a Chinese cultural tradition which dates back to the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 25) and is celebrated on the fifteenth day...40 years ago, tanks were rolling through Valencia
On February 23rd 1981, an attempted coup d'état against the nascent democracy, popularly known as 23-F and headed by Lieutenant-Colonel Antonio Tejero Molina (born 1932), took...
- Politics
France bans defenders of Europe’s distinct cultural identity
The Identitarian movement or Identitarianism is a pan-European nativist movement asserting the undeniable right of Europeans and peoples of European descent to claim their culture and territories. Génération Identitaire, the youth...Why Xi won’t congratulate Gorbachev on his 90th birthday
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, the eighth and last leader of the Soviet Union, considered by die-hard Communists to be the gravedigger of a great idea,...Olof Palme, Sweden’s tragic political figure
Sweden’s best-known politician, Social Democratic Prime Minister Olof Palme was assassinated under mysterious circumstances on February 28th, 1986 in his home town of Stockholm. It’s...Berlin “rent cap” just a mirage
Since December 8th, 2016 Berlin is governed by a coalition government of Social Democrats (SPD), Communists (Die Linke) und the Greens (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen). 30 years...
- Religion
Melania Trump, model and First Lady
The wife of US President Donald Trump, Melania Trump, was born Melanija Knavs on April 26th, 1970 in Novo Mesto, a city of nowadays...When Santa Claus drives a bus
Christmas 2020 will be remembered in most Christian countries as a very special occasion, even though for all the wrong reasons! I’m currently in...Feast of the Immaculate Conception honors Spain’s Patroness
December 8th, Feast of the Immaculate Conception, has been celebrated in Spain since 1644 to commemorate a brilliant military victory against the Dutch, presumably...Celebrating Scotland’s National Day on November 30th
On November 30th, Scotland celebrates its National Day and the feast of Saint Andrew the Apostle, the first disciple of Jesus, and its official...Two years ago, the world’s largest Orthodox Church was consecrated
The Eastern Catholic Orthodox Church, the second-largest Christian community of faith on earth, has approximately 220 million baptized members, half of which live in...
- Culture
Blue cheese and stinky tofu
One of the big differences between cultures is the food that people with a completely diverse historical, geographical and social background usually consume. What some...France bans defenders of Europe’s distinct cultural identity
The Identitarian movement or Identitarianism is a pan-European nativist movement asserting the undeniable right of Europeans and peoples of European descent to claim their culture and territories. Génération Identitaire, the youth...The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck, published 90 years ago
The Good Earth, a historical fiction novel about China by American author Pearl S. Buck (1892 -1973) was first published on March 2nd, 1931 by the specialized...The Taiwan Lantern Festival 2021, also affected by COVID-19
The Lantern Festival is a Chinese cultural tradition which dates back to the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 25) and is celebrated on the fifteenth day...
- Downfall of the West
- Economy
- Features
- History
Kurusu Saburō, the man who couldn’t preserve peace
Kurusu Saburō, the Japanese career diplomat who as a special envoy tried to negotiate peace with the United States before the outbreak of World War...Why Xi won’t congratulate Gorbachev on his 90th birthday
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, the eighth and last leader of the Soviet Union, considered by die-hard Communists to be the gravedigger of a great idea,...The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck, published 90 years ago
The Good Earth, a historical fiction novel about China by American author Pearl S. Buck (1892 -1973) was first published on March 2nd, 1931 by the specialized...Olof Palme, Sweden’s tragic political figure
Sweden’s best-known politician, Social Democratic Prime Minister Olof Palme was assassinated under mysterious circumstances on February 28th, 1986 in his home town of Stockholm. It’s...
- My personal experiences
Blue cheese and stinky tofu
One of the big differences between cultures is the food that people with a completely diverse historical, geographical and social background usually consume. What some...A very long journey back to Taiwan
I actually started to prepare my return to Asia last June when I got in touch with some old colleagues working at Taiwan’s Representative...The Taiwan Lantern Festival 2021, also affected by COVID-19
The Lantern Festival is a Chinese cultural tradition which dates back to the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 25) and is celebrated on the fifteenth day...40 years ago, tanks were rolling through Valencia
On February 23rd 1981, an attempted coup d'état against the nascent democracy, popularly known as 23-F and headed by Lieutenant-Colonel Antonio Tejero Molina (born 1932), took...
- Politics
France bans defenders of Europe’s distinct cultural identity
The Identitarian movement or Identitarianism is a pan-European nativist movement asserting the undeniable right of Europeans and peoples of European descent to claim their culture and territories. Génération Identitaire, the youth...Why Xi won’t congratulate Gorbachev on his 90th birthday
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, the eighth and last leader of the Soviet Union, considered by die-hard Communists to be the gravedigger of a great idea,...Olof Palme, Sweden’s tragic political figure
Sweden’s best-known politician, Social Democratic Prime Minister Olof Palme was assassinated under mysterious circumstances on February 28th, 1986 in his home town of Stockholm. It’s...Berlin “rent cap” just a mirage
Since December 8th, 2016 Berlin is governed by a coalition government of Social Democrats (SPD), Communists (Die Linke) und the Greens (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen). 30 years...
- Religion
Melania Trump, model and First Lady
The wife of US President Donald Trump, Melania Trump, was born Melanija Knavs on April 26th, 1970 in Novo Mesto, a city of nowadays...When Santa Claus drives a bus
Christmas 2020 will be remembered in most Christian countries as a very special occasion, even though for all the wrong reasons! I’m currently in...Feast of the Immaculate Conception honors Spain’s Patroness
December 8th, Feast of the Immaculate Conception, has been celebrated in Spain since 1644 to commemorate a brilliant military victory against the Dutch, presumably...Celebrating Scotland’s National Day on November 30th
On November 30th, Scotland celebrates its National Day and the feast of Saint Andrew the Apostle, the first disciple of Jesus, and its official...Two years ago, the world’s largest Orthodox Church was consecrated
The Eastern Catholic Orthodox Church, the second-largest Christian community of faith on earth, has approximately 220 million baptized members, half of which live in...
