Chinese journalist Huizhi Chen, who has been managing a Weibo account dedicated to Bosnia and its tourist, cultural and sports offer wrote a book simply titled, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Chen said.

The book provides up-to-date information about the country's politics, foreign relations, economy and culture.

“The book was published by Beijing-based Capital Normal University, where I work as an Associate Researcher for the Western Balkans within the same institute,” Chen explained.

She added that a few years ago a similar book on Bosnia was published in China, authored by a respected historian in Eastern Europe.
However, unlike the book she wrote, that book speaks of the Republic within Yugoslavia and the war period, Chen said, adding that it lacks information about Bosnia today.

Huizha's crush on Bosnia began with the song “Korake ti znam” (I know your steps) by Maya Sar at Eurovision 2012. She then decided to learn the Bosnian language, despite the fact that she graduated with a degree in English.

She always points out on her Weibo account (a Chinese Twitter-like network) that Bosnia is an ideal tourist destination, which she also confirmed in parts of the book that will be released in a month.

“Many followers of my Weibo blog on Bosnia have already expressed a desire to read it. I expected this because the publication is more than necessary for those who are interested in the country, but cannot find credible texts about it in Chinese. There is a lot of ignorance and misconception, and as an example, I cite the position of the Federation entity in Bosnia as a whole, “Chen explains.

She also writes about the coronavirus in Bosnia and the region every day. Last week, she released an impact assessment of the pandemic in Bosnia and its political development, in Chinese. The assessment was based on the data from the periodic report on the pandemic in Central and Eastern Europe, prepared by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), she said.