With all the hullabaloo around Ukraine and now Israel you might have missed an extremely important event, namely the destruction of an independent democracy at […]
Category: Eyewitness Reports
The Inconvenient Truth of Xinjiang
Due to the recent discovery that Uyghur academic, Rahile Dawut has been sentenced to life imprisonment in China, Xinjiang is back in the news, but […]
Minority languages in China are suppressed, claim the Western media. But China is not Ukraine, I’m sorry!
Kids say openly what comes into their mind – in their native language If you walk past a kindergarten at the moment the doors open […]
In the ostensibly dictatorial China, how are criticism and complaints handled?Very different from the tale you’ve been fed!
Laws in China are different, there’s a very good reason and that’s because people in China are different – this isn’t a racist statement it’s […]
In Western scaremongering, the alleged Chinese social credit system or social credit score is played up, but does it even exist?
One of my favourite questions to ask in a group of Chinese, especially a group of people I’ve never met before is: 您的社会信用评分是多少 (Ní de […]
Glittering, rich megacities versus abject poverty in the countryside? Visit report: Poverty alleviation is a reality THROUGHOUT China.
A two-decade on-the-ground observation. China’s Poverty alleviation is a strange dichotomy, there probably isn’t a person in the developed world who doesn’t know that 800 […]
North Korea Update: What Next?
Friendly gesture: Felix Abt and his wife (sitting on the ground) are spontaneously invited for beer and snacks by North Koreans in a park on […]
Human Rights in Bhutan – The Story You Do Not Hear
Human rights in Bhutan tends not to be a subject often brought up. In fact there’s every chance you have either never heard of the […]
The Unknown Tragedy of West Papua
The moment you enter West Papua you realize you are somewhere different, from the landscape to the language and most importantly the people. In fact […]
Conflict in Sudan – Don’t Expect Democracy to Follow
A huge power struggle between the Sudanese Military and the paramilitary Rapid Security Forces (RSF) has led to open conflict in Sudan, with over 50 […]