Society & Cultural Observation
Observations on Chinese and German society, everyday rules, values, public life, trust, freedom, responsibility, and the different ways people understand the world.
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What You Think Is Common Sense Is Only the Default Setting of Your Own World
Starting from a small family conversation about whether butter is made from milk, this essay reflects on the cultural boundaries of common sense. What one person considers basic knowledge may simply be the result of their own language, childhood, food… Continue reading
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Germany Turns Environmental Protection into a Habit; China Turns It into an Engineering Project
Starting from the everyday experience of waste sorting in Germany, this essay compares two different environmental paths. Germany has turned environmental protection into a daily habit, supported by long-term education, civic discipline, and stable rules. China, by contrast, increasingly turns… Continue reading
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They Were Not Born to Prefer Sons; They Were Soaked in Bitterness
Starting from a television scene of conflict among three generations of Chinese women, this essay looks beneath son preference to the historical wounds behind it. It asks how poverty, patriarchal order, old-age insecurity, family lineage, and survival fear shaped women… Continue reading
