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Johannes Hack, President of the German Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong, criticizes the uncertainty caused by the Covid policy of the last couple of years. Mainland China is building the walls around itself higher and higher. On the one hand, this could again strengthen Hong Kong's status. But because foreigners from Hong Kong can no longer travel freely to China, the island becomes increasingly unattractive. The interview was conducted by Ning Wang.
Von Ning Wang
Since 2016, China's President Xi Jinping has been propagating a "Sinicization of religions". Religious communities are tolerated – but only if they are subordinate to socialism. Muslim communities are being "renovated" accordingly, for example, the Niujie district in Beijing or the Nanguan Mosque in the northwestern Chinese city of Yinchuan.
Von Redaktion Table
While German delegates make their appointments in Taipei, Beijing fulminates in its usual fashion about "interference". Meanwhile, a supposed quote from the head of the delegation, Klaus-Peter Willsch, made international rounds – but it was a retranslation of an overly enthusiastic translation into Mandarin.
Von Redaktion Table
Während deutsche Abgeordnete in Taipeh ihre Termine wahrnehmen, poltert Peking in üblicher Form über die "Einmischung". Ein vermeintliches Zitat des Delegationsleiters Klaus-Peter Willsch machte derweil international die Runde – es handelte sich aber um die Rückübersetzung einer allzu enthusiastischen Übersetzung in Mandarin.
Von David Demes