ARA International

Discover the inspiring story of Liu Yan, the musician and educator who brought the ancient sounds of the Gu Zheng to Luxembourg’s Conservatoire and beyond. Through her performances and teaching, Liu Yan has become a beloved ambassador of Chinese culture in Europe. Tune in to hear her journey — and don’t miss the special video of her stunning live performance featured in this episode!

In this episode, Professor Zhao Jing (Crystal Zhao) – a medical doctor, WHO consultant, and expert in Chinese Medicine – demystifies this ancient practice by explaining its differences from Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), addressing common misconceptions, and sharing practical health tips. With her expertise, she provides valuable insights into holistic healing and how Chinese Medicine can benefit modern lifestyles. Don’t miss this eye-opening conversation!

Cathy Xiao’s journey from Shanghai to Europe is a tale of bold decisions and personal transformation. Leaving behind a traditional Chinese family life, she ventured to Italy, learning a new language and culture from scratch. Her years in Italy not only honed her academic and professional skills but also ignited a passion for finance, prompting a career leap to Luxembourg. Throughout her adventures, Cathy has evolved into a confident, independent woman who proudly embraces her Chinese heritage while thriving in a multicultural world.

In this episode, we have a fascinating guest who has built a career bridging cultures through language and education. Jauffrey Bareille, the Director of the Confucius Institute at the University of Luxembourg, joins us to share his journey of learning Chinese, immersing himself in Chinese culture, and leading one of Luxembourg’s key institutions for cultural exchange. From his first Chinese lessons in France to studying and working in China, and now fostering cross-cultural connections in Luxembourg, Jauffrey’s story is one of passion, perseverance, and discovery.

Luxembourg-born Laura Haas left her quiet university town in Germany for an unexpected journey in Shanghai. Despite initial family hesitations, her exchange year in the vibrant city transformed her life, igniting a lifelong passion for China’s culture and people. Now a legal advisor for CEC Luxembourg, she fondly recalls her time in Shanghai—a chapter so influential that even her mother grew to love the city in the end.

Join us as we explore the meaning and impact of the Arts with Rose Jiang, a seasoned professional whose insights may surprise you. Through personal stories and thought-provoking perspectives, she reveals how the Arts can transform lives—including yours.

Victoria Wei, our new host of the show, is a former international TV journalist and documentary producer based in Beijing. She has now transitioned from a fast-paced career covering major news across East Asia to a quieter life in Luxembourg for love and family.

Only when we were in the conversation of this episode, I got to know from Xianqing that she has just hosted the medical specialist graduates ceremony in the University of Luxembourg in Dec. 2024. As a project manager in this program, which is the first medical specialization doctoral project in the history of University of Luxembourg, I could not respect her more for what she had achieved in this domain. Other than that, in this episode, she has unfolded a lot of interesting milestones in her pursuit of medical education and the challenging stories in the COVID period as a

For many people, it’s a dream to buy a property in a very expensive city like Luxembourg. Pony Ma, a girl born in late 90s has bought her first property after arrived at Luxembourg for three years. This episode is quite informative. Pony will talk you through her entire journey from scouting the properties to closing the deed. It was a bumpy road, but she had made it and she was very happy to share her experiences and stories. She would like to take the chance to wish all of us ‘good luck in 2025 and realize a lot of

More than 30 years ago, a young lady, Jin Li followed her husband to Luxembourg. She needed to learn a lot of new things from languages to different lifestyles. Among all of them, she picked up her passion of music despite she had to overcome many challenges in this new country, back then the Chinese community was very small. She studied music comprehensively for more than 10 years from different teachers and then she started to organize Chinese choir, music salon… She has dedicated her time to the musical world and spread her beautiful soul to the Chinese community and

Mme Che Lijie is a mother of two young pianists, Zala Kravos and Val Kravos. She will share with us some untold stories about the two brilliant young persons and also talk a bit about herself, the great parents behind the great children! Also you will have the chance to listen to the beautiful lyrics of their piano albums. Please find more information about Zala Kravos in the following link https://zalakravos.eu and search ‘88键音感洞察’on Wechat for the most recent message for both Zala and Val.

Lisa Lin (xiaoshan) and Yan Wang are the honored guests who are the key members of the Chinese Women’s Association of Luxembourg (Yue Club) and managing the Club on daily basis and organizing big events. They have detailed what they had done in the past years in order to bring this Yue Club to more Chinese Women and people in Luxembourg especially every year by participating the two large events, The Immigrant Culture Festival in Spring and The International Bazaar in Winter.

In this very first episode, Julia did a solo show, talked about a bit of everything, about China, Luxembourg, Panda and Hotpot… Welcome to this cosy show for anyone who can understand Chinese! And also don’t hesitate to contact me if you want to be the guest!