Hong Kong is considering a Covid lockdown for the duration of the announced mass testing in March. Until now, the authorities had opposed this idea. On Monday, a change of course followed. To benefit as much as possible from the widespread testing, “we must reduce the flow of people to a certain extent,” says health […]
Chinese social media are fighting cynical jokes and remarks about the war in Ukraine on their platforms. The short message service Weibo has deleted 1,400 comments and temporarily or permanently suspended 262 accounts since Friday. The reasons were inappropriate comments by users whose insipidity had damaged the reputation of the Chinese nation. In addition to […]
“In China, it is frowned upon to speak positively about oneself,” says Christoph Schmitt. So he tells what others say about him: He is said to be an unusual business lawyer. That’s because he’s not only interested in legal paragraphs, he’s also a good listener and finds solutions. All these qualities are important when he […]
In the shadow of a war in Europe, discussions about labor rights in the Chinese tech industry seem marginal. But millions of people are affected by a work culture that makes bodies sick and cripples souls.The tragedy is that digitization is supposed to protect us from such social developments. It automates and simplifies large parts […]
Hong Kong is drastically restricting the movement of unvaccinated individuals due to rising Covid infection numbers. Starting Thursday, among other things, people will only be allowed to enter a supermarket in the city if they show proof of vaccination. The rule will also apply to restaurants, recreational facilities, government offices, or so-called wet markets where […]
Together against Covid: Epidemiologists from the southern Chinese province of Guangdong are taking a close look at Hong Kong’s pandemic management this weekend because the coronavirus is currently spreading rapidly in the special administrative region. Beijing fears the virus could sneak into the People’s Republic from Hong Kong. Guangdong is one of China’s most important […]
German IOC President Thomas Bach’s positive summary of the Winter Olympics in Beijing could not hide the troubles behind the scenes over the past weeks. The diplomatic boycott by numerous democratic nations overshadowed the idea of a peaceful time-out for the world. Hardly anything of what constitutes the Olympic idea had a chance to unfold […]
China has doggedly defended the fairy tale of the apolitical Winter Olympics for years. On Thursday, just three days before the end of the masquerade, the veils finally came off in the home stretch. A spokeswoman for the organizing committee BOCOG told the international press that the island state of Taiwan is an “inseparable part” […]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) and the Coalition to End Forced Labor in the Uyghur Region (EUFL) accuse the International Olympic Committee (IOC) of lacking transparency. The federation, they say, is not creating a definitive certainty whether clothing from its Chinese outfitter, Anta, is truly made without the involvement of forced labor by Uyghur workers. The […]
Three years after the opening of diplomatic ties with the People’s Republic of China, new violence has broken out against Chinese citizens in the South Pacific Solomon Islands. In the capital Honiara, a building was set on fire and destroyed over the weekend. One person was slightly injured. The first signs of violence occurred three […]
