Footprints China Plus

Vikash Kumar Singh is an Indian expatriate who currently teaches Hindi, Indian culture, history and literature at Beijing Foreign Studies University. With 17 years of residence in China, Vikash speaks fluent Chinese and is dedicated to fostering Sino-Indian cultural exchanges through teaching and literary translation. In this episode of the Makin' It in China series, we delve into Vikash's remarkable journey and insights.

In this episode of our Makin' It in China series, we are joined by Neeraj Punhani, an Indian entrepreneur with over two decades of experience in the textile industry. Punhani has established his own company in Shaoxing, located in Zhejiang Province, east China. Join us as we explore his journey of working and living in China.

​In a mountainous region in east China’s Anhui Province, Fang Guoqiang stands out among people who have been working on the frontline to preserve the environment and achieve sustainable development. For more than two decades, he has promoted the idea and practice of green farming among his fellow villagers in the headwater region of the Xin’an River, a major waterway in east China. This green farming has in turn contributed to the local ecological conservation while increasing the income of farmers.

People to people exchanges are often great contributors to a better understanding between different countries and cultures. In this podcast, we’re going to hear the stories of people who have become bridge builders between different cultures and peoples. We’re going to meet three Europeans: Robert van Gulik, Dutch diplomat, writer and sinologist who wanted to bring the wisdom, the knowledge and the beauty of Chinese culture to the West; Tineke van Gils, one of the best-known Dutch ceramic artists whose life has been bonded with porcelain and the place it came from: China; and Eckehard Scharfschwerdt，the German Doctor Who calls China’s Yunnan his second hometown.

On the east side of the southern part of Beijing’s central axis stands the Natural History Museum of China. Meng Qingjin, the museum's 61-year-old curator, has been with the institution for sixteen years and has personally assembled or recovered many of the exhibits. Join him in today's narrative and learn how generations of Chinese paleontologists and archaeologists converse with fossils from millions of years ago to bring natural history back to life!

Sandor Nagy, a former Hungarian football player, has been living in China for nearly two decades. Following his retirement, he embarked on a new chapter, founding a football club in the coastal city of Qingdao, Shandong Province in east China. His club has since become a beacon for many young football enthusiasts in the region. In this episode of Makin' It in China series, Sandor talks about his football career and his deep connection with his second home in China.