Chinese Community in Vienna

BACOPA Celebrating Wolfgang KUBIN’s 80th Birthday in Café Museum

On January 9, 2026, BACOPA Publishing House celebrated the 80th birthday of Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kubin in the traditional Café Museum in Vienna. Kubin is a renowned scholar, poet, translator, cultural mediator and China expert.  Since 2015, BACOPA Publishing House published 17 titles by Wolfgang Kubin. A further 11 works by him were done by other publishers. In addition, a total of 34 interviews, conversations and films have been created since 2016 that document his literary and sinological work. From 1975 to 2025, Wolfgang Kubin has produced an extensive body of work. In December 2025, OSTASIEN Verlag published the list of…

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The 2025 Chinese Opera Festival Grandly Opened in Vienna

On January 23, the grand opening ceremony of the 2025 Chinese Opera Festival in Europe was held in the University of Vienna. With huge curiosity, the Viennese from academic circle, media outlets, art and culture fields, business world as well as other professionals crowded into the auditorium, Hof 1 of the Altes AKH campus, located at Spitalgasse 2/Alser Straße 4, 1090 Vienna, to see the World Heritage Site of the Chinese Opera, and to experience the legendary charm embodied in it. While the concept of “Gesamtkunst” by Richard Wagner is more than familiar on the European opera stage, the comprehensive…