Xifan Yang was born in 1988 in China and came to Germany at the age of five. After graduating from Munich`s Deutsche Journalistenschule (academy of journalism) she went on to work as a freelance journalist for Stern, SZ Magazin, NZZ am Sonntag, Neon, Nido, Wired and Dummy in Shanghai since 2011. Als die Karpfen fliegen lernten is her first book.
Journalist Xifan Yang came to Germany at the age of five but has since returned to live in Shanghai. Her dual perspective puts her in an ideal position to introduce us to China from both sides of ...