Mareike Ohlberg has given up brooding. Whether or not she has actually been sanctioned by the Chinese government is basically irrelevant to her. The sinologist is pretty sure that she will not be allowed to enter the People’s Republic again until further notice – official sanctions or not.Evidence for their assumption: an article in the […]
In 2019, a light went on in Europe. As millions of people in Hong Kong took to the streets to protest growing Chinese control in the city, the European External Action Service’s (EEAS) Strategic Communications Division (StratCom Taskforce) noticed a new dimension of Chinese influence on public opinion in Europe. The information machinery “made in […]
The end of Hong Kong’s electoral system, as he knew it, was met with mixed feelings by Ted Hui from a safe distance. While in Beijing, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress on Tuesday unanimously (167-0) signed a law reform that gives the People’s Republic of China ultimate control over appointments to all […]
Chinese boycott calls against foreign companies have resulted in the first concessions. The Japanese fashion chain Muji has announced that it will not do without cotton from Xinjiang in its textile production in the future. Muji’s parent company Ryohin Keikaku announced in a statement to the state-run Chinese daily Global Times. A handful of other […]
Footage of burning Nike-brand sneakers blazed across numerous forums on China’s social media on Thursday. A cynical hashtag read #Herewegoagain: on to the next round. It is nothing new that Western companies are brutally pilloried in the People’s Republic. This always happens when Beijing sees its national interests threatened. As soon as foreign companies take […]
Topics with extraordinary explosive power require an extraordinary handle from scientists. A few weeks before the publication of “The Uyghur Genocide,” a study by the Newlines Institute in Washington, its initiator, Azeem Ibrahim, contrary to his habit, picked up the phone dozens of times to contact his fellow researchers. The explosive paper deals with human […]
Genocide in Xinjiang – yes or no? This question is increasingly becoming the focus of international discourse and could sooner or later also occupy the German Bundestag. According to reports, the topic is increasingly rumbling in the parliamentary groups after the parliaments in Canada and the Netherlands condemned the Chinese government’s actions against Muslim Uyghurs […]
The stab in the back for Hong Kong’s remaining democratic structures was accompanied by a long round of applause from political leaders. On Thursday, 2895 delegates of the National People’s Congress (NCP) in Beijing had voted in favor of the proposed electoral law reform, which finally turns the formerly competition-oriented Hong Kong system of government […]
A Chinese import ban has triggered a wave of international solidarity for pineapples from Taiwan. Large orders from Japan and Australia have arrived on the island in recent days to cushion the economic damage to Taiwanese farmers and processors. Unofficial diplomatic representatives from the US and Canada promoted via social media the consumption of the […]
The recent history of the Czech football club Slavia Prague is suitable for the script of a melodrama with a happy ending. The leading roles are played by a run-down traditional club on the brink of bankruptcy and an investor from the Far East. The short version of the story goes like this: Slavia was […]