This is a remarkable case of Chinese authorities threatening a UK university into halting research on human rights violations, and the university acquiescing.
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This is a remarkable case of Chinese authorities threatening a UK university into halting research on human rights violations, and the university acquiescing.
A Facebook post unearthed a legend: the lost MingKwai typewriter, designed by Lin Yutang in 1947, resurfaced in a NY basement. Hailed as a marvel yet dismissed as a failure, its rediscovery revives debates over innovation, identity, and what it means to be Chinese, writes @yangyangcheng.bsky.social.
looking forward!
While most people here were on holiday, my colleagues worked hard to get this story out: Germany defunds Israeli and Palestinian Human Rights orgs. Civil society sources accuse Germany's Foreign ministry of helping the Israeli government to stifle dissent. p.dw.com/p/4ooxQ
Wir sind Fake-Klimaschutz-Projekten in China auf der Spur, für die Ölkonzerne rd. 1 Mrd Euro kassiert haben, von deutschen Verbrauchern an der Tankstelle.
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Mit @martiorosz.bsky.social, eine Recherche-Koop mit der Deutschen Welle, @mareporter.bsky.social und Birgitta Schülke.
My DW colleague Birgitta Schülke and I together with ZDF's @hanskoberstein.bsky.social and Marta Orosz
found that dozens of projects were filed by just one company in China. But we also looked into the German side of the affair. How could all of these projects be approved?
For months we looked into what likely was a sophisticated billion-euro scam with climate certificates. Climate projects in China were approved under a German carbon credit scheme.
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One often had the impression that these attitudes were based on a belief in the sheer power of “negotiation” to reduce “tension”—a belief which is not held by the Politburo, and which is false when one applies it to dealings with the Politburo."
Nathan Leites, A Study of Bolshewism, 1953 /end
They usually did not indicate what they could offer the Politburo and what they would ask in return; or what pressures they would apply to the Politburo to make it retreat from certain vital positions; and how the result would justify a sharp reduction of armament levels in the West. 2/
"Ever since the beginning of overt tension between the Soviet Union and the West in the fall of 1945, there have been Western observers who have felt that at least some relief from that tension would be achieved by negotiation—now or later, when “positions of strength” had been acquired. 1/
Trafficked and forced to scam. My colleagues have made an amazing documentary.
Chinese #drone manufacturer (and global market leader) DJI is putting a delivery drone on the market which - according to them - can carry 30kg over 16km.
H/t to @bildrauschen.bsky.social
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Very interesting interview on Taiwan’s defence strategy and what Taiwan can learn from Ukraine. (In German, by @joerglau.bsky.social )
Some personal news: I have left Kyiv and moved back to Berlin where I took over as head of DW's investigative unit. Tips or coffee dates: Threema 2S232APF, mathiasboelinger(at)proton.me
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Після двох років в Україні важко сприймаю любов Берлінської молоді до феєрверків.
Kharkiv Palace, one of the Hotels popular with journalists was hit yesterday. 8 injured. In the last few months several such Hotels were Russia's target.
Russland hat bei Angriffen auf Charkiw u.a. das „Kharkiv Palace“ getroffen. Wieder ein Hotel, in dem wir und viele andere große Medien bei Reisen in die Region häufig übernachtet haben. Bin mit den Gedanken bei den Verletzten.
Jahrelang erklärte TV-Journalist Hubert Seipel den Deutschen Putin, in ARD&NDR,in Talkshows &Büchern. #CyprusConfidential @icij.bsky.social @papertrailmedia.bsky.social enthüllt: Seipel bekam offenbar Hunderttausende Euro aus 🇷🇺 – von einem putintreuen Oligarchen. www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/h...
Terrible news. This has been such an important source of information for many years.
Morddrohungen, Schweigegeld, Datenbanken über kritische Stimmen & Beschattung mitten in Berlin: Wer sich gegen Chinas Regime stellt, erlebt selbst in Deutschland Psychoterror.
Recherche @Tagesspiegel.de von @claudiavonsalzen.bsky.social & mir in 5 Kapiteln (🧵)
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Про показ нашого фільму "Харківщина під окупацією" в Харкові минулої пʼятницею пише місцеве видання Mediaport.
3 Dinge zu Machatschkala:
1. Russland baut den #IsraelHamasWar in sein“antikoloniales Narrativ“ ein. Die Grauschattierungen der russischen Politik im Nahen Osten weichen Schwarz-Weiß. Russland positioniert sich pro-Hamas (+Iran). Die bislang guten Beziehungen mit Israel landen unter dem Bus.
Während China öffentlich als neutraler Vermittler erscheinen will, florieren im stark zensierten Internet antisemitische Erzählungen. Das Staats-TV etwa hielt kürzlich auf Weibo eine Diskussion ab, in der es behauptete, dass „Juden einen überproportionalen Anteil des US-Wohlstands“ kontrollierten.
Der frühere Premier Li Keqiang ist überraschend gestorben. In den sozialen Medien wird das Lied „Schade, bist es nicht Du“ geteilt.
В пʼятницю показуємо і обговоримо в Харкові наш фільм: «Харківщина під окупацією. Страх, зрада та опір у Купʼянську». Приходьте.
⏱Коли: 27 жовтня 2023р. о 18:00
📍Де: Харківський Медіа Хаб (Майдан Свободи 5, ДЕРЖПРОМ, 5 під’їзд)
Вхід вільний
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There will be a screening and discussion of our film "When Russia comes - Fear and Loyalty in a Ukrainian Town" in Kharkiv on Friday (in Ukrainian)
⏱ When: October 27, 2023 at 18:00
📍Where: Kharkiv Media Hub (Maidan Svoboda 5, DERZHPROM, entrance 5)
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How the US has helped to rebuild Ukraine's Russian-infiltrated security services and what is the risk behind Ukraine's tactics of targeted killings of Russian officials and propagandists. Great reporting.
I want to talk about my Russian Jewish friends who emigrated to Israel after the beginning of the Russian full-scale invasion in Ukraine. Most of them had been against the Putin regime for a long time, they had been involved in protests, they had tried to resist the horrid changes