explosive news reached the world from Hong Kong on Wednesday evening: Cardinal Joseph Zen was arrested. The prominent critic of the Chinese government and its religious policies is accused of conspiring with foreign forces. Zen is a thorn in the side of both the Communist Party and the Vatican, which he accused of selling out […]
Hong Kong Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun had commented on the introduction of the National Security Law two years ago with a defiant statement on social media. “If right and proper words were considered against their law, I will endure all the suing, trials and arrests,” the now 90-year-old Roman Catholic Church dignitary said at the […]
Ted Hui still remembers John Lee and his situation reports to the Hong Kong parliament. The atmosphere was tense, “almost hostile“. At the time, in the second half of 2019, Security Chief Lee addressed the MPs, and Hui, who now lives in exile in Australia, was among them. Millions of people had taken to the […]
With the election of the new chief executive next Sunday, Hong Kong will finally complete its transformation into an authoritarian police state in terms of personnel as well. With the security chief John Lee, whose task forces have been bludgeoning everything that is in the wrong place at the wrong time since 2019, there is […]
The German government wants to promote China expertise in Germany more strongly under the protection of national security interests. In its response to a minor interpellation by the CDU/CSU parliamentary group (Document 20/1465) in the German Bundestag, it states: “The expansion of Asian and Chinese expertise in the science system – and beyond – is […]
Daniel Cheng is the new Senior Director at London-based real estate consultancy Knight Frank. Cheng works from Hong Kong and moves up to the position of Senior Director after six years with the company.
Hopes for an early end to the Covid lockdown in Shanghai suffered a major setback on Monday. Authorities reported 58 new cases outside the isolated zones after no infections had been reported over the weekend.Neighborhoods are classified into three levels: A green mark means its residents are allowed to leave their block; orange means people […]
The sunshine breaks through a light cloud cover over Changchun, the capital of the northeastern Chinese province of Jilin. It could be taken as a symbol of the eased Covid restrictions in the city. On Sunday, the authorities set all districts of the metropolis to “low risk” status. This significantly expands the freedom of movement […]
A lack of transparency, unclear responsibilities, and obscure evaluation criteria – numerous questions about the implementation of China’s social credit system for companies are still unanswered. In addition, companies fear denunciation, malpractice and new market hurdles. So far, companies have been searching in vain for answers to their questions.A year ago, the German Chamber of […]
