Nǐhǎo! My name is Domenique and I am 18 years old. I am from Pforzheim which is located in southern Germany and next year I will finish school with the Abitur. In addition to English, French and Spanish I started to learn Chinese one year ago because languages can open the doors to foreign cultures. Not only languages but also music can also do this. At the age of six I went to a concert of the famous German violin player Anne-Sophie Mutter. In this concert she played a composition of the Chinese composer Sitson Ma. From this moment on, I felt the wish to learn how to play the violin. Until today I take much pleasure in playing the violin, especially in different orchestras. Once, Mahatma Gandhi said: « Be the change you want for this world! ». This sentence influences especially my political commitment. Only if you contribute, you are able to change something. Therefore, I decided to get politically involved in order to change something. Right now, I am looking forward to the forthcoming common time in Paris and Berlin and I am very excited to visit China. Until then we still have a long journey to go, but according to Confucius the journey is the reward.