Decades of perspective
By Liu Wei | China Daily | Updated: 2014-10-22 07:20
A veteran German publisher shares his enthusiasm for China and his encounters with Deng Xiaoping, Liu Wei reports.
'I am the oldest piece of furniture in this building," says Theo Sommer, publisher and editor-at-large of Die Zeit, one of Germany's most respected newspapers. Die Zeit means "The Time".
The 84-year old smiles and points to the ceiling of his office in central Hamburg: "Mr Schmidt upstairs is even older. He is 96."
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