Pacifico Renewables Yield (PRY) has no illusions. The German company, based in Gruenwald near Munich, buys and operates solar and wind parks all over Europe. Any projects it invests in must meet high social and environmental standards. For financing, the company issues green bonds or obtains loans from sustainability banks with the strictest standards.However, when […]
Pacifico Renewables Yield (PRY) has no illusions. The German company, based in Gruenwald near Munich, buys and operates solar and wind parks all over Europe. Any projects it invests in must meet high social and environmental standards. For financing, the company issues green bonds or obtains loans from sustainability banks with the strictest standards.But when […]
Anyone who thought that the increasingly totalitarian climate in the People’s Republic of China would not rub off on the living conditions of foreigners in the country is being proven wrong. Since the state has tightened the authoritarian reins even more, the diversity of opinion and the space for civil society have narrowed dramatically. The […]
Hong Kong police have arrested another well-known journalist in the city. The former columnist for the now-closed online news portal Stand News, Allan Au, was arrested on Monday for conspiring to publish material harmful to the state. Au is the eighth reporter or publisher to be arrested as part of the investigation into the anti-government […]
Only a few weeks after Tibet saw an act of self-immolation, another death was reported in Tibet. According to the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT), an 81-year-old man named Taphun set himself on fire in front of a police station in the eastern Tibetan county of Aba in the province of Sichuan on March 27 […]
When it comes to the core interests of the People’s Republic of China, the Communist Party’s own international reputation no longer plays a role. On the contrary, it seems to be losing any measure of the proportionality of its actions. The level of violence launched by Beijing against the citizens of Hong Kong and the […]
Hong Kong Security Chief John Lee has announced his bid to become the city’s new Chief Executive. The 64-year-old has already submitted his letter of resignation, which still has to be accepted by the Chinese central government in accordance with the Basic Law. This step is now only considered a formal act because Lee enjoys […]
In a telephone call with his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba on Monday, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi expressed his solidarity with the civilian casualties of the Ukraine war. Kuleba posted the details of the conversation on Twitter even before the Chinese Foreign Ministry had released a statement on the matter.Later that day, China also released […]
A meadow in the park, sweaters as goalposts – then followed an hour and a half of soccer. During his four years working in Shanghai, Stefan Pantekoek regularly played soccer. Expats from different countries met with Chinese to play sports together in a park. “It was pure multiculturalism,” Pantekoek recalls. Only smog could stop these […]
