Duck sweet and sour as her favorite dish and the wish to be able to read the characters – that’s how Cora Jungbluth, Senior Expert for China and Asia Pacific at the Bertelsmann Stiftung, describes the humble beginnings of her interest in China. But they were enough. In 1999, Jungbluth enrolled for a master’s degree in sinology and economics in her hometown of Heidelberg. Sinology was still a niche subject at the time, but in combination with economics, it seemed even more exciting to her. Jungbluth saw potential – and she was proven right.