The Russian invasion of Ukraine has severely damaged the credibility of autocratic regimes. Along with the Russian government, the Chinese government will probably also have to pay a price. Those in the political West who were firmly confident of Vladimir Putin’s integrity in the past will now look to Beijing with much more unease and […]
Concerns are rising in Shanghai about a wide-scale Covid lockdown. The most cosmopolitan metropolis in the People’s Republic of China recorded 76 new infections with the Omicron variant on Wednesday. The comparatively low but rising numbers of positive cases have recently led numerous companies and institutions to prepare their employees for several weeks of isolation.For […]
Tsewang Norbu’s songs are not only popular in the Tibetan community. His music combines Chinese and Western influences, and the 25-year-old also has fans in other parts of the People’s Republic of China. His ethnic pop seemed to build a reconciliatory bridge between the Tibetan minority and the Han Chinese.On February 22, Norbu released a […]
21st century technology is becoming increasingly problematic for the enforcement of universal human rights. The surveillance, control and management of populations in authoritarian states is becoming increasingly sophisticated. Example: Xinjiang. There, no person can cross the street undetected anymore without the state recording their identity in real time.In liberal democracies, such developments meet with political […]
Chinese state television continues to owe the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) an explanation for its censorship. During the live broadcast of the opening ceremony of the Paralympics last Friday in Beijing, CCTV had largely abstained from the otherwise usual simultaneous translation of the opening speech of IPC President Andrew Parsons. Among other things, Parsons strongly […]
Ms. Tatlow, for over 30 years we have watched relatively emotionlessly how technology flows out of Germany to China. Why should this matter concern us more now?China and the world have changed. Beijing is now very assertive and has begun to export its authoritarian political values. Together with Russia, China wants to change the world […]
For years now, China has been denigrating Western democracies and trying to sow the seeds of doubt about our political system in this country as well. Even more, the People’s Republic labels itself as the representative of true democracy. It trumpets its supposed parade role to the world through all channels. This is especially true […]
It has been more than four years since Yu Wensheng was permanently detained. On January 19, 2018, about a dozen police and civilian officers forcibly stopped the lawyer as he walked his son to school. After that, it took three and a half years for Yu to see his son again – in a Nanjing […]
In March, Vera Philipps will begin a new era as the Office Manager of Berlin’s Senator for Economic Affairs Stephan Schwarz. Philipps is turning her back on East Asia with a tear in her eye and will instead focus on local politics. The People’s Republic of China will then probably only be something of a […]
