"China - Endless"

Having just returned from a 4-month-long stay in Beijing, I would like to offer a vivid picture of the realities of contemporary China, with numerous photoes of, and reflections on, culture and history, social life and technology, communication and the Chinese language itself. Monuments, historical places and so-called „scenic spots” will be abundantly shown on slides, with ample explanations. Highlighted places will include Beijing itself (the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace, the hutong etc.), Xi’an, Xining and the north Tibetan plateau, Dunhuang and the Gobi, Ürümchi (Wulumuqi) between the Takla-Makan and the Tien-Shan, Inner Mongolia, Manchuria and the East China Sea. Last but not least, insight will be offered into university students’ life at Peking University („Beida”), where I was teaching a course on Western philosophy to Chinese students. All welcome!