The swiss adademic, Harro von Senger (*1944), who, according to FAZ is one of the “most read Western authorsfor China-related research,” finished his law studies in Zurich in 1969 while simultaneously studying Chinese and Russian language and culture. Between 1971-1977, he studied in Taiwan, Tokyo and Beijing. In 1981 he completed a doctorate in Calssical Sinology in Freiburg. Von Senger has most recently published The Chinese law, The Stratagem (Suhrkamp, 2000) and Statagems. He is a member of various international himan-rights-boards and a lecturer of the Gerneralstabsschule of the Swiss army.