Bernard Chan will become the new President of Museum M+ in Hong Kong. Chan is a member of the city’s Executive Council and thus one of the closest advisors to Chief Executive Carrie Lam. He will take up his post on April 1, succeeding Victor Lo, who is retiring after six years. Chan is currently […]
the case of basketball player Enes Kanter Freedom is a good example of the fact that principles cost. After deciding to criticize the countless human rights crimes in the People’s Republic of China over and over again, he accepted the end of his career in the world’s best league. The decision cost him millions.Granted, Kanter […]
Enes Kanter Freedom holds up a mirror to the world’s premier basketball league. When his former employer, the glorious Boston Celtics, recently showed up to an NBA match in North America with a small solidarity flag in Ukraine’s national colors on his jersey, the Turkish native spoke up on Twitter. “What about Syria, Afghanistan, Uyghurs, […]
Tibetan singer Tsewang Norbu has succumbed to serious injuries after setting himself on fire. The International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) confirmed the death of the 25-year-old, who had set himself on fire outside the Potala Palace in Lhasa at the end of February (China.Table reported). ICT cited anonymous sources. Last week, the organization had still […]
In 2010, I sat on the couch of a Chinese writer’s living room in Chengdu and listened to him play a Tibetan flute. He told of his experiences in Chinese prisons, where he had spent years, of being ostracized by the Chinese state because of his texts and his political commitment. He seemed disillusioned at […]
Shahnura Kasim spends a lot of time on social networks. TikTok, Instagram and the like are popular meeting places for young people. Kasim is 19 years old, lives in Germany and is currently studying for her Abitur (high school diploma). Like many of her peers, she posts diligently on social media and has already gained […]
Beijing is taking its state-owned enterprises to task for contributing more to the economic promotion of the Xinjiang Autonomous Province. The upcoming Five-Year Plan envisions 38 investment projects by eleven state-owned enterprises. The volume is expected to be close to $100 billion. The agreements were reached last week on the sidelines of the National People’s […]
The authorities in Hong Kong are once again making use of the extraterritorial reach of the National Security Act. Police are threatening the co-founder of the online portal Hong Kong Watch, Benedict Rogers, with several years in prison should he return to the city. The authorities argue with alleged violations of the National Security Law, […]
Jeffrey Pan will join insurer Swiss Re as the new CEO Greater China. Pan joins from AIG, where he most recently served as Managing Director of AIG International Consulting for 17 years. He will take up his post in Shanghai on April 11.Yu Xiangrong is the new chief China economist for US bank Citigroup. He […]
The Olympic bubble in Beijing has been gradually deflated since yesterday. After the end of the Paralympics on Sunday, athletes from all over the world have left the Chinese capital. For the numerous helpers, the so-called volunteers, however, the isolation under the five rings will not end for another two weeks. Because of China’s zero-covid […]
