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.