Beijing to Barbados in a Rowboat: The true story of how China and the West pulled together to row across the Atlantic

This is the true story of the first Dane and first Chinese to row across an Ocean using a rowboat built in China. They did this in 2001 long before China became the economic superpower it is today when most people Chinese and Western alike believed such an off the wall cross-cultural project was doomed to fail. Yet against overwhelming odds the pair succeeded and they also raised scholarships to send two Mainland Chinese students to the United World College of the Atlantic. Havrehed tells a down to earth moving and often funny story of the unlikely pairings unique adventure which went pre-social media viral in China. This updated edition includes perspectives into Chinas changing role in the world and the new challenges this brings for international understanding and cross-cultural cooperation.