Genocide in Xinjiang – yes or no? This question is increasingly becoming the focus of international discourse and could sooner or later also occupy the German Bundestag. According to reports, the topic is increasingly rumbling in the parliamentary groups after the parliaments in Canada and the Netherlands condemned the Chinese government’s actions against Muslim Uyghurs […]
The stab in the back for Hong Kong’s remaining democratic structures was accompanied by a long round of applause from political leaders. On Thursday, 2895 delegates of the National People’s Congress (NCP) in Beijing had voted in favor of the proposed electoral law reform, which finally turns the formerly competition-oriented Hong Kong system of government […]
A Chinese import ban has triggered a wave of international solidarity for pineapples from Taiwan. Large orders from Japan and Australia have arrived on the island in recent days to cushion the economic damage to Taiwanese farmers and processors. Unofficial diplomatic representatives from the US and Canada promoted via social media the consumption of the […]
The recent history of the Czech football club Slavia Prague is suitable for the script of a melodrama with a happy ending. The leading roles are played by a run-down traditional club on the brink of bankruptcy and an investor from the Far East. The short version of the story goes like this: Slavia was […]
A large contingent of security forces accompanied Monday’s hearing of 47 pro-democracy politicians and activists in a court in Hong Kong. Hundreds of people had gathered outside the building in West Kowloon on the mainland in the morning, chanting and holding banners in solidarity with the defendants and hoping to gain access to the hearing.Scores […]
The Chairwoman of the Human Rights Committee in the German Bundestag, Gyde Jensen (FDP), calls China’s treatment of the Uyghur minority in the autonomous province of Xinjiang a “genocide.” Jensen said to China.Table, “The facts point to a systematic limitation of births as well as the eradication of culture and customs, thus aiming at the […]
The air for pro-democracy forces in Hong Kong is getting thinner and thinner. The trend in recent years towards more authoritarian structures in the city, which provisionally culminated in the introduction of the National Security Law in 2020, is likely to accelerate further at the National People’s Congress in Beijing in early March. This is […]
Influence and threats by Chinese informers to critics of the regime abroad are of great concern to US policymakers. In a two-page letter last week, a handful of senators and congressmen warned Secretary of State Anthony Blinken against repressive governments that were “increasingly brazen” in using methods of repression beyond their own national borders to […]
China’s role in Myanmar is the subject of intense local debate on social media. While the Chinese government has rhetorically sought neutrality in its neighboring country since the military coup in early February, five planeloads from the People’s Republic raised questions last week. Photos circulating online show a handful of men unloading bulky, light green […]
The Chinese Global Television Network (CGTN) could also disappear from German TV screens following its license revocation in the UK. According to information from China.Table, the state media authorities have called on German network operators to review their contractual relationships with CGTN. To remain receivable in Germany, the broadcaster must now prove to its contractual […]
