‘A little light in the dark’: the former Chinese police officer bringing bubble tea to wartorn Ukraine

Brother Dong is one of a growing band of Chinese volunteers who are lending their support to UkraineAre you looking for a way to stay sane in an environment that has been torn apart by war? Then perhaps what you need is a bubble tea.That is the philosophy guiding Brother Dong, a Chinese-German volunteer in Ukraine. The 52-year-old former officer in China’s People’s Armed Police drives once a month from his home in Frankfurt to collect a haul of tapioca pearls from a warehouse in Berlin. From there he drives across Poland to reach Ukraine. Continue reading...