Over the past years, the library at the German Embassy School in Beijing has significantly expanded, thanks to the efforts of Katja Schmidt-Wistoff. Leading the library for 13 years, she has even organized readings with Martin Walser and Dieter Nuhr.
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Roderick Kefferpütz developed the desire to work in international politics while crossing the Atlantic on a Canadian sailing ship. Since May 2023, he has headed the Heinrich Böll Foundation's office at the European Union in Brussels.
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The curator and art critic Juan Xu aims to present a new image of women. For this, she shaves her head bald. She now lives in Germany, mainly due to the actions of the Chinese authorities.
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Florian Bieberbach represents 1,500 European municipal utilities at the EU in Brussels. The Chairman of the Management Board of Münchner Stadtwerke does not want to arrange backroom deals but rather straighten out unworldly regulations
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Morten Petersen still has drumsticks scattered around the house. However, he decided to pursue a political career decades ago. As an EU parliamentarian, he has been helping to shape European climate and energy policy for ten years.
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These are not easy times for his industry: Pierre Gröning, chief lobbyist for the German chemical industry in Brussels, complains about high energy prices and worries about Europe's competitiveness. He has clear words on the Green Deal.
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Thanks to logistics, Germany's former minister of transportation has found a way to support business with Asia. He also wants to secure prosperity in Germany with the Asia Bridge.
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WTO chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala wants to make global trade and the World Trade Organization greener. However, at the recently concluded WTO ministerial conference, she largely failed with her proposals.
By Goswami Urmi
Nowadays, the 2000s are considered the most open era of Chinese journalism. At the time, TV journalist Chai Jing was able to produce investigative reports on state television. She became famous in 2015 with a documentary on air pollution.
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Climate scientist Michael Mann has won a lawsuit against climate change deniers. With his fight against attacks by right-wing trolls, he wants to create space for other scientists.
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