On the rubble of old Chinese cities

For several years, the Western media have sharply criticized China for destroying traditional residential quarters. However, no media report ever cares about what "ordinary Chinese" think about this problem.

Are the Chinese "not free in their mind"?

The Western media and scientists tend to ignore the opinions of Chinese ordinary people completely. Some of them justify this by pretending that the Chinese are unable to think critically about their own country.

Pollution causes 470'000 premature deaths in China every year

Pollution is a serious problem in China. However, it is less deadly than in Europe, and this mortality is negligible in comparison to the human progress made possible by industrialization.

Europe and human rights – the history of a silent amputation

Since the birth of the modern human rights concept in 1948, Western Europe has been busy amputating the human rights of an important part, i.e. the economic, social and cultural rights.

Reinhard Müller, FAZ: Stabbing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in the back

Reinhard Müller, journalist at the FAZ, wrote the editorial for the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, amputating the fundamental text of half of the rights it contains.

Industrialisation and human rights

Human rights in Cuba

The right to health – how can we hold the governments accountable?

Because many governments don't care about providing their population with access to health care, millions of babies die every year; but our media will never call this what it is: a human rights violation.

Nelson Mandela – responsible for the death of 95,000 babies?

The presidency of Nelson Mandela (1994-1999) was a huge catastrophe for the babies born in these years in South Africa, and for the health of the population in general. Our media simply did not care...

 An ethic charter for journalists and researchers working on remote countries

This charter could prevent the worst abuses which happened in the media and academic publications. Our website is full of examples where one or several of the articles have been violated.

What can China do to improve the Western media coverage?

The huge majority of the Chinese are outraged by the way in which the Western media report about their country. Some tried to get their voice heard, but generally without much success. This lack of success is probably due to a large extent to cultural differences, which make communication about sensitive topics difficult.

The Western media – Power without countervailing power?

Since the abolition of absolute monarchy, our media are the only remaining power without any countervailing power to prevent the worst abuses. Problems appear especially in reporting about "remote" countries like China, whose inhabitants can not easily make their voice heard.

To what extent can a revaluation of the Chinese currency influence the US foreign trade deficit?

According to WTO data, the US trade deficit would decrease very little (around 3%) in case of a substantial RMB revaluation, the global effect on the US economy would maybe even be negative.

The Chinese communist party, a hydra with 70 million heads?

In the Western media, the Chinese communist party is often described as a monolithic being with its own feelings and fears. This cliche only prevents us from understanding what is going on in China.

Europe and China – two opposed traumas

Europe and China have been traumatized by radically opposed events in the past: Europe by totalitarian dictatorships, China by a breakdown of the state and quite often sheer chaos during a whole century.

René-Jean Dupuy: "International law" – an apology of military force and ethnic cleansing?

Does René-Jean Dupuy condone the use of force and ethnical cleansing? His position on the invasion of Manchuria by Japan is problematic to say the least.

Cognitive and methodological challenges for Western scientists in contact with China

Western economists have got problems conceptualizing the Chinese development of the last 30 years. Maybe the problem lies in the use of a methodology which can not adequately describe the progressive evolution of structuring systems.