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9·1 day agoChinesische Studenten, die im Ausland studieren, erhalten vom Chinese Scholarship Council (CSC) Stipendien. Die Kommunistische Partei Chinas verlangt von allen, eine Art “Treueschwur” zu unterschreiben.
Es gibt mehrere Rechercheren dazu aus vielen Ländern quer über den Erdball, zum Beispiel hier:
Angst und Sippenhaft: Wie China seine Studierenden in Deutschland kontrolliert – (März 2023)
Der chinesische Überwachungsapparat reicht bis in deutsche Universitäten: Studierende aus China unterschreiben nach Recherchen von CORRECTIV und Deutsche Welle Verträge, die sie zu Gehorsam und Staatstreue verpflichten. Die Botschaft will über jeden Schritt Bescheid wissen. Bei Vertragsbruch drohen hohe Strafen.
Einige Staaten wie Schweden haben wegen dieser chinesischen Praxis bereits die Zusammenarbeit mit dem CSC eingestellt.
In den USA wurde im April 2024 ein chinesischer Student zu einer Haftstrafe von 9 Monaten verurteilt. Er hatte einer chinesischen Studienkollegin, die sich für demokratische Reformen ausgesprochen hat, damit gedroht, ihr die Hände abzuhacken.
Es gibt jede Menge Berichte im Netz, hier ist noch einer auf Englisch: Chinese students are surveilled by government while living abroad - (Mai 2024)
81·2 days agoLet us not forget the people in Xinjiang who pay a harsh price for cheap Chinese EV cars. Unfortunately, forced labour and supply chain transparency wasn’t an issue here.
5·2 days agoWhat does Switzerland say about China’s support of Russia in its war in Ukraine?
Addition:
The report by the Swiss Bankers Association (SBA) and consultants zeb said on Thursday that Swiss policymakers should develop an approach to sanctions that ensures neutral Switzerland remains a safe haven for banks and their customers […]
Shortly after Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Switzerland decided to adopt EU sanctions against Moscow. One measure was to freeze assets belonging to sanctioned Russians.
August Benz, deputy head of the SBA, raised concerns about Switzerland’s rapid adoption of sanctions […]
According to bankers, Switzerland’s clear stance on the Ukraine war has raised fears among foreign customers that it could support further Western sanctions in the future.
Das passt zum Thema (leider)
Erster Prozess gegen Ex-BVT-Chefinspektor Egisto Ott am 6. November – (Archiv)
Am 6. November steht der frühere leitende Mitarbeiter des aufgelösten [Österreichischen] Bundesamts für Verfassungsschutz und Terrorismusbekämpfung (BVT), Egisto Ott, wegen Amtsmissbrauch vor Gericht.
[…] Ott wird in der anstehenden Hauptverhandlung zur Last gelegt, er habe in seiner damaligen Stellung als Beamter des Innenministeriums im Auftrag des mitangeklagten früheren FPÖ-Politikers Hans-Jörg Jenewein einen weiteren Beamten beauftragt, Informationen zu Teilnehmern eines Treffens europäischer Nachrichten- und Geheimdienste zu beschaffen.
[…] Gegen Ott wird von der Staatsanwaltschaft Wien seit 2017 wegen Amtsmissbrauchs, geheimen Nachrichtendiensts zum Nachteil Österreichs und weiterer Delikte ermittelt. Am 29. März 2024 wurde er fest- und bis zum 26. Juni in U-Haft genommen. Ausschlaggebend für die Inhaftierung waren Informationen, Ott habe Diensthandys von drei früheren Kabinettsmitarbeitern des seinerzeitigen Innenministers Wolfgang Sobotka (ÖVP) dem russischen Inlandsgeheimdienst FSB übergeben.
[…] Ott bestreitet [auch] einen SINA-Laptop mit möglicherweise brisantem Datenmaterial dem FSB verkauft zu haben. Das Gerät soll am 19. November 2022 in Wien mit falschen Pässen ausgestatteten Männern, die vermutlich dem russischen Geheimdienst zuzurechnen waren, übergeben und über Istanbul nach Moskau zum Sitz des FSB gebracht worden sein. Den Deal eingefädelt haben soll Ex-Wirecard-Vorstand Jan Marsalek, der mittlerweile für den russischen Geheimdienst tätig sein soll.
Yes, just to provide some detailed numbers regarding the UK from an article I posted recently in a similar community (article from May 2024):
A vast subsea nuclear graveyard planned to hold Britain’s burgeoning piles of radioactive waste is set to become the biggest, longest-lasting and most expensive infrastructure project ever undertaken in the UK. The project [UK’s nuclear waste dump] is now predicted to take more than 150yrs to complete with lifetime costs of £66bn in today’s money…The waste itself includes 110,000 tonnes of uranium, 6,000 tonnes of spent nuclear fuels & about 120 tonnes of plutonium. – Source
Burying Radioactive Nuclear Waste Poses Enormous Risks – (Archived link)
Although it may not produce the emissions that burning fossil fuels does, nuclear power presents many other problems. Mining, processing and transporting uranium to fuel reactors creates toxic pollution and destroys ecosystems, and reactors increase risks of nuclear weapons proliferation and radioactive contamination. Disposing of the highly radioactive waste is also challenging. […]
Even without an accident, trucking the wastes will emit low levels of radiation, which industry claims will produce “acceptable” exposure. Transferring it from the facility to truck and then to repository also poses major risks. […]
The spent fuel will remain radioactive for hundreds of thousands of years, and contamination and leaks are possible during storage, containment, transportation and burial. Industry, with its usual “out of sight, out of mind” approach, has no valid way to monitor the radioactive materials once they’re buried. […]
Nuclear power is enormously expensive and projects always exceed budgets. It also takes a long time to build and put a reactor into operation. Disposing of the radioactive wastes creates numerous risks. Energy from wind, solar and geothermal with energy storage costs far less, with prices dropping every day, and comes with far fewer risks.
Addition: I posted that recently in a similar context:
IAEA-database of nuclear and radiological incidents
Note that although the list which is linked above gives an impression of the spread, diversity and frequency of incidents and accidents with nuclear power plants and radioactive transports, it is not a complete list of all nuclear incidents and accidents; different national regulators have different regimes as to which incidents to report to the IAEA and which not.
Was hält die Leute denn davon ab?
Die chinesische Regierung.
Korrigiert, thank you.
Nicht Hingkong, nicht King Kong. Hongkong! 😜
Additional interesting stats, especially regarding statement on the safety of nuclear energy and waste:
IAEA-database of nuclear and radiological incidents
Note that although the list which is linked above gives an impression of the spread, diversity and frequency of incidents and accidents with nuclear power plants radioactive transports, it is not a complete list of all nuclear incidents and accidents; different national regulators have different regimes as to which incidents to report to the IAEA and which not.
One article on nuclear energy in the UK from May 2024 says:
A vast subsea nuclear graveyard planned to hold Britain’s burgeoning piles of radioactive waste is set to become the biggest, longest-lasting and most expensive infrastructure project ever undertaken in the UK. The project [UK’s nuclear waste dump] is now predicted to take more than 150yrs to complete with lifetime costs of £66bn in today’s money…The waste itself includes 110,000 tonnes of uranium, 6,000 tonnes of spent nuclear fuels & about 120 tonnes of plutonium. – Source
[Edit typo.]
A related article with interesting stats on the world’s nuclear power plants: the U.S. and France have the largest fleet, but China Is rapidly building new nuclear power plants as the rest of the world stalls
“There are probably not more than seven countries that have the capability to design, manufacture and operate nuclear power plants,” Cui Jianchun, the Chinese foreign ministry’s envoy in nearby Hong Kong, said during an official visit to the plant. “We used to be a follower, but now China is a leader.”
Here are some charts on Germany’s energy mix and long-term development (April 2024), it supports @superkret@feddit.org’s statement:
Yeah, not just redirecting funds, they can also use forced labour to lower their production costs.
The member countries approved the Commission’s move already.
May I ask where this happend?
Yes, and according to an EU report in 2023, only 0.065% of the bloc’s sheep population had been killed by wolves and there had been no reports of fatal wolf attacks on humans for 40 years. Source (you need to scroll down to the end of the article for these numbers).
it’s not implausible that this operation could have been setup without Chinese government involvement
Sure, the Chinese government knows nothing. It’s not that the CCP is surveilling every inch in the country, including in Xinjiang and Tibet. This is just a small firm which does that without any knowledge by the government (/s, just to be safe).
A detail that is buried somewhere in this article is that Fico’s government apparently takes de facto control of Slovak parliament’s intelligence oversight committee, which is traditionally controlled by the opposition. So there is no independent oversight at all.
It’s time for the EU and its member states to ban any surveillance software and protect EE2E (including abandoning such things like ‘chat control’) if they want protect Europe from the further rise of authoritarian regimes.
Ja, auf Deutsch habe ich dazu nichts gefunden, aber auf English zumindest einen Artikel.
Chinese economist disappears: Is Zhu Hengpeng victim of Xi Jinping’s war on dissent? – (Archiv-Link)
Unter anderem heisst es da (nach dem Zwischentitel “Critique of China’s economic landscape”):
Zhu’s economic analysis was a direct critique of China’s current policies, particularly in taxation and social security. He highlighted how the country’s heavy tax burden and flawed social security structure inhibit the growth of residents’ consumption levels. Drawing on international examples, he argued that sustainable economic growth requires a robust social security system alongside significant public spending to reduce income inequality, alleviate public anxieties and expand the middle-income demographic—steps essential for boosting consumer demand.
Es geht dann noch ein bisschen weiter. Viel Details kann man zwar auch nicht erfahren, aber ein bisschen was steht drin.
2·12 days agoIn that case it’s Iceland, but I feel countries do that anywhere - with other bears, wolves, whales, …
@Saleh@feddit.org
Es hilft wirklich, wenn man einen Artikel liest, bevor man ihn kommentiert. Und diese Zirkel, um die es hier geht, mit Dingen wie dem Goethe-Institut zu vergleichen, ist Schwachsinn.