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Stephan Orth – couchsurfer and travel journalist
“I am a travel reporter with a preference for countries that have a bad reputation,” Stephan Orth describes himself. On the ground, however, the motto of the professional couchsurfer, despite extensive travel preparation, is: “Approach everything with an open mind.” And that’s exactly what is needed: Couchsurfers look for free accommodation at strangers’ homes via […] continue reading →
Twitter deletes more than 3000 accounts
Short messaging service Twitter has removed more than 3,000 accounts linked to state-directed influence. Customer accounts with links to six countries, including China, Russia, and Mexico, were affected, Twitter explained. More than 2100 of the total 3465 accounts had ties to China. Twitter often takes such actions and removes or blocks accounts associated with countries […] continue reading →
Xi and Biden discussed disarmament and oil reserves
A day after leader Xi Jinping’s online summit with US President Joe Biden, the first details from the meeting are emerging. The two sides have agreed on a high-level series of talks on nuclear disarmament, Biden’s National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said on Tuesday evening. According to the statement, Biden had put the issue on […] continue reading →
US concerned about the health of detained journalist
The US State Department has expressed concerns about the health of detained Chinese grassroots journalist Zhang Zhan, Reuters reports. The US had “serious concerns about the arbitrary nature of her detention and her mistreatment during it,” State Department spokesman Ned Price said. The US is calling for her “immediate and unconditional” release. The journalist has […] continue reading →
Study on China coverage ignores political reality
The Rosa Luxemburg Foundation recently published a study entitled "China Coverage in the German Media in the Context of the COVID Crisis". In it, the authors accuse the texts from seven newspapers and magazines of having "a Western values agenda and a Eurocentric perspective". In the reporting, "clichés and stereotypes" were taken up. Political scientist and China expert, Andreas Fulda from the University of Nottingham thinks the study's conclusions are wrong. continue reading →
Winter Olympics: correspondents demand transparency
The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China (FCCC) has called for more transparency in international coverage of the Beijing Winter Olympics. Over the past year, the foreign press has been hindered in its coverage of preparations for the Games, the association wrote on Twitter. For example, foreign media representatives were denied access to routine events, and […] continue reading →
Rosa Luxemburg Foundation expects ‘opposition and rejection’
In a recent study, the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation accuses German print media of adopting a Eurocentric perspective in their reporting on China. However, its authors fail to assess how close to reality the texts examined actually are. Instead, they base their judgment on core concepts that are supposed to indicate a "media-constructed enemy image of China." a counter-argument criticizes the study of ignoring the political reality in Germany. continue reading →
ZDF Info removes documentary series from media library
ZDF has withdrawn a documentary series from its media library because it adopts China’s point of view too much. A rerun of “China vs. USA – Clash of the Superpowers” in the ZDF Info program has also been canceled, the website Übermedien reports. The four-part series was produced by Mediacorp, Singapore’s state broadcaster. The series […] continue reading →
Caixin booted off official media list
The Chinese government has removed the comparatively critical news portal Caixin from the list of media whose content may be published by other Chinese websites. This significantly damages Caixin’s reach. The publication focuses on financial and economic issues. It has maintained a significant degree of independence despite government censorship and is therefore considered an important […] continue reading →