You Xie () (born October 1, 1958, in Hainan, China) is a German politician, candidate in the

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, journalist, and author of Chinese origin.

Life

When Xie was born, there was a famine in China. He grew up during the Cultural Revolution and therefore could not attend school, but had to work in the countryside. From 1979 to 1983 he studied German and English at the Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou. After graduation (B.A.), he worked as an interpreter for VW in Shanghai. In 1988, he went to study German language and literature, journalism and European ethnology at the

Otto-Friedrich University The University of Bamberg (german: Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg) in Bamberg, Germany, specializes in the humanities, cultural studies, social sciences, economics, and applied computer science. Campus The university is mainly housed in ...

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, Germany. In 1993 he graduated with a thesis on the press policies of the Communist Party of China. From 1993 to 1996, he studied law at the Friedrich-Alexander-University in Erlangen- Nuremberg. By 1989, Xie was chairman of the Association of Chinese Students and Scholars in Germany e.V. In 1999 he founded the Chinese language journal "European Chinese News" that appeared until 2011. Since 2006 Xie has been editor of the Christian magazine "Overseas Campus". In 2010, Xie was selected among the "Top 100 Chinese Public Intellectuals" by the Chinese newspaper '' Southern Weekly''. On 20 April 2013, the members of the Christian Social Union (CSU) in Bamberg selected Xie to the county board. He got 141 of 220 votes, the best result of all county board members. In 2014, Xie was elected to the Bamberg City Council with the most votes of all CSU candidates. Xie is vice president of the

Association of Chinese language writers in Europe Association of Chinese Language Writers in Europe (CWAE, ) was established in 1991 in Paris. It is the first association dedicated to the promotion and creation of contemporary Chinese literary work. Its first president was Ms. Susie Chao, a reno ...

and lives with his wife Shenhua Xie Zhang in Bamberg, where he runs the China Fan snack bar. He has been a German citizen since 2010. Xie's life has been described in several publications: the newspaper ''

Süddeutsche Zeitung The ''Süddeutsche Zeitung'' (; ), published in Munich, Bavaria, is one of the largest daily newspapers in Germany. The tone of SZ is mainly described as centre-left, liberal, social-liberal, progressive-liberal, and social-democrat. History ...

'' (2001), the newspaper '' Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung'' (2009), the book ''Bavaria – land in the heart of Europe'' (2015), the book ''Bamberg – Portrait of a city'' (Gmeiner-Verlag, 2017), the newspaper '' The Huffington Post'' (2018, in German).

Works (selection)

* ''Als Chinese in Bamberg'', Erich Weiß Verlag, Bamberg, 2013, * 微言德国, ''Deutschland betrachten'' (1. bis 4. Band), China Fan Verlag,

, 2001, * ''Identität, Integrität, Integration'', Serie in ''European Chinese News'', Ausgabe Dezember 2010 ff. * 主编《那片热土》, 旅德中华学术联谊会出版, Göttingen, 1996 * 主编《東張西望:看歐洲家庭教育》, 新銳文創, Taipeh, 2011, * 主编《歐洲綠生活：向歐洲學習過節能、減碳、廢核的日子》, 釀出版, Taipeh, 2013,

Awards

* Preis der Tageszeitung

Central Daily News The ''Central Daily News'' was the official newspaper of the Kuomintang and is one of the world's oldest Chinese-language newspapers, having been in circulation since 1928. The Kuomintang made the decision to temporarily cease publication of th ...

Taipeh Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about southwest of the nor ...

1994 * Literaturpreis chinesischer Sprache PIAOMU (Essay), Nanking 2014 * Literaturpreis chinesischer Sprache Lotus (Poesie), Peking 2016 * Preis der Tageszeitung China Times in der Sparte „Gedicht“, Hong Kong 2020谢盛友（德國）-李文亮
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References

External links

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Personal website
(in German)

* ttp://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-cn/%E5%85%AC%E5%85%B1%E7%9F%A5%E8%AF%86%E5%88%86%E5%AD%90 百位华人公共知识分子 (Top 100 Chinese Public Intellectuals) {{DEFAULTSORT:Xie, You 1958 births German journalists German male journalists Chinese journalists Living people German male writers Writers from Hainan Educators from Hainan Scientists from Hainan Chinese non-fiction writers People's Republic of China writers People from Wenchang University of Bamberg alumni Academic staff of the University of Bamberg