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Manfred Osten\n\nDiplomat · Cultural Historian · Author · Lawyer · Former Secretary General of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation\n\nHis official biography confirms his studies in law, philosophy, musicology, and literature, as well as diplomatic postings in France, Cameroon, Chad, Hungary, Australia, and Japan, as well as his tenure as Secretary General of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation from 1995 to 2004.\n\nThe topic and question of the evening:\n\nWhat has China understood that we in the West may have overlooked?\n\nHardly any other country has changed as rapidly as China in recent decades.\n\nWithin just a few decades, it has risen to become one of the world’s leading nations in trade, science, and technology. Hundreds of millions of people have been able to leave poverty behind. Today, China holds a leading position in numerous key and future-oriented technologies.\n\nBut what lies behind this extraordinary success?\n\nCapital? Labor? Political and economic structures?\n\nOr does a crucial key lie in a third factor whose importance the West has long underestimated?\n\nKnowledge.\n\nManfred Osten describes it as a crucial part of the “trade secret behind China’s success.”\n\nThis evening in the fireplace room of the Ahlbecker Hof, therefore, is not merely about observing China from afar. It is about different conceptions of education, knowledge, learning, motivation, and innovation.\n\nAnd about a question that directly concerns us as well:\n\nWhat can we learn from China?\n\n吃苦\n\nchī kǔ – “to eat bitterness”\n\nTwo Chinese characters that conceal an entire mindset.\n\nChī kǔ can be literally translated as “to eat bitterness.” It refers to the willingness to accept hardships, deprivations, and difficulties when they are necessary to achieve a long-term goal.\n\nManfred Osten will devote special attention to this idea this evening.\n\nPerhaps this is precisely where part of the mindset lies that made China’s rapid rise possible in the first place.\n\nAnd perhaps this idea compels us to take a fresh look at our own Western society as well.\n\nAn exceptional guest: Dr. Dr. h. c. mult. 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