New Chinese tennis hope: 19-year-old Zheng Qinwen celebrated her first victory in a Grand Slam tournament on Monday night. She defeated Belarusian Alyaksandra Sasnovich in three sets at the Australian Open in Melbourne. Reaching the second round earns Zheng prize money of $140,000, well over double what she has earned so far in her career. […]
Suddenly, all these pictures of Christine Lee appear in a different light. There’s this shot of her in what appears to be a close exchange with former British Prime Minister David Cameron. In another photo, she can be seen with a group of young Chinese alongside the former leader of the Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn.For […]
The relocation of the Chinese Embassy in London could spark a diplomatic conflict. Councilors in the borough of Tower Hamlets have decided to name adjacent streets and buildings of the new Chinese embassy after regions where massive repression and human rights abuses by the Chinese Communist Party have been reported. Proposed names include Tiananmen Square, […]
the People’s Republic of China is also a large market for the Catholic Church. And like German CEOs, the clergy complains about a lack of market access and state interference in its core business. It even behaves similarly to Daimler and Co. by making concessions to the Beijing leadership that it would firmly reject in […]
Saudi Arabia is planning to extradite two Uyghur prisoners to the People’s Republic of China. This has come to the attention of the human rights organization Human Rights Watch (HRW). The two men, who come from Turkey, have been held in Saudi Arabia for almost two years without formal charges. If extradited to the People’s […]
Peng Jingtang becomes the new commander of the Chinese army in Hong Kong. The major general previously was the deputy chief of staff of the People’s Armed Police, a paramilitary police unit. According to Chinese media reports, Peng previously also headed the “Mountain Eagles” anti-terrorist unit in Xinjiang.
The city of Tianjin, with a population of 14 million, is now under a gradual lockdown. Until further notice, the city area is divided into Districts where people are not allowed to leave their homes, Control areas, where each household is allowed to send one family member per day to buy groceries Prevention Areas, where […]
As the number of new cases of Covid infection increases, the quarantine period for contacts in Hong Kong is decreasing. Since Monday, close contacts of infected persons only had to remain in isolation for 14 days, instead of the previous 21. The reason for this is the concern that the quarantine capacity in the city […]
The first volunteers for the organization of the Beijing Winter Olympics (February 4-20) have been in isolation since last week. A group of 16 students formed the first cohort of those who will be immersed in the Olympic bubble and will have to avoid any contact with the outside world until the end of their […]
Disclaimer: This interview has been translated into English and is not considered an official translation by any party involved in the interview.Mr. Ganten, why do you think open source software is an important element in defending democracy and global freedom? As early as the 1990s, I became convinced that freely accessible source code, which can be viewed, modified, and used by anyone, has a social impact similar to that of the printing press. Back […]
