- As a translator, Ying was Kräuter’s colleague at CIPG, but aside from that, he was also an actor with the Beijing People’s Art Theater (BPAT).
- Ying introduced Kräuter to the theater and his friends in the artistic and literary circles, including then director of BPAT, and noted Chinese modern dramatist, Cao Yu.
- What’s more, courtesy of the efforts of all parties involved, this one-way trip to Germany turned into a 14-city tour across Europe, becoming a significant cultural exchange event between China and Germany.
A German builds cultural bridges between his homeland and China
