Simon Henderson is the new Asia Deputy Director of the human rights organization Human Rights Watch. Henderson will work from Tokyo on matters including Japan, South Korea and China.Is something changing in your organization? Let us know at heads@table.media!
Extensive interest rate cuts, new incentives to buy property and attractive stock investment offers – the Chinese central bank (PBOC) responded on Tuesday with a wide range of measures to address the persistent economic problems in the country’s second-largest economy.The government in Beijing, which controls the Central Bank, sees this year’s growth target acutely jeopardized […]
On the tenth anniversary of the conviction of Uyghur economist Ilham Tohti, the European Union has called for his “immediate and unconditional release.” The economist was sentenced to life behind bars in fall 2014 on charges of separatism. According to the statement from the EU’s External Action Service, his imprisonment “is representative of the deeply […]
Who truly knows everything about China? According to US commentator Kaiser Kuo, the range of people with relevant assessments and analyses shrinks massively. His criteria are so extensive that analyzing facts and figures, as well as Chinese history, is not enough. In an interview with Fabian Peltsch, he says that close human interaction and empathy […]
When it comes to Taiwan, Beijing is absolutely uncompromising. Any doubts about Chinese claims to the neighboring country are hyped up as a national affair. Oddly enough, however, this does not happen when it comes to territories that Russia occupied in the middle of the 19th century. At the time, these belonged to the Qing […]
Italy supports the European Commission’s proposed tariffs on Chinese EV exports. Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said this before he met with the Chinese trade minister in Rome on Monday. “We support the duties that the EU Commission proposes, to protect the competitiveness of our companies,” Tajani said in an interview with the daily newspaper […]
The Managing Director of the German Steel Association, Martin Theuringer, has called on the EU Commission to “protect the European market from unfair competition.” In an interview with Table.Briefings, Theuringer warned that the recent slump in demand in China has led to an enormous increase in Chinese imports, both on the European market and on […]
China released US pastor David Lin after he had been imprisoned since 2006. This was announced by the State Department on Sunday. For years, US politicians had urged Beijing to release Lin. The pastor was convicted of alleged contract fraud and sentenced to life in prison. Lin has already returned to the United States.“We welcome […]
A Hong Kong court has handed down its first verdict under the new National Security Law. On Monday, a 27-year-old man pleaded guilty to “seditious intent.” His crime: He had worn a T-shirt with a protest slogan. Due to the tightening of the Security Act in March 2024, the man now faces seven years in […]
The world of sports has long been unable to get past China. Its market is too tempting for sports associations to avoid the People’s Republic as a venue for world championships or World Cup series. Consequently, China now hosts ski jumping and luge competitions, Formula 1 and motocross races. Over the weekend, the off-road machines […]