Esser met BR in Peking when he was a patient in the German hospital in 1921. Esser was his physician at that time and writes to BR from Germany, where he has been for the past few months. He lives in China with his wife, and although he is a medical doctor, he teaches philosophy in Chinese. He has used A History of Western Philosophy as a foundation for his lectures and as a required textbook. He would like to meet with BR when he goes to England. He discusses Marxism in China.