Welcome to the 3rd issue of the #CEEasia Briefing. In this issue, we dissect the following topics: Questionable ethics of Uyghur workforce COVID-19: Regional update South Korea as a role-model of fighting against the virus? Tokyo 2020: Postponement on the table? Questionable ethics of Uyghur workforce What is going on? Apple, Samsung, Adidas, Nike, Zara,… Continue reading CEEasia Briefing #3: Uyghur workfoce, Covid-19 regional updates, South Korea’s fight against the virus, Tokyo 2020 Olympics
Coronavirus pandemic threatens Kazakstan with serious economic loss. Across media outlets, leaders’ roundtables as well as people’s kitchen tables, the early months of 2020 have been dominated by a single topic: COVID-19. Most attention was initially placed on Europe and China, which for now appears to have contained the initial Wuhan outbreak. However, as global… Continue reading COVID-19: All Quiet on the Central Asian Front?
Conspiracy theories may be paving the way for the Communist Party to duck blame if Covid-19 spikes again in China. Why are Chinese officials now peddling the sort of conspiracy theories that claim Covid-19 is a man-made virus engineered in US military bases and unleashed on to an unwitting China, or even that it originated in Italy… Continue reading Beijing may be readying propaganda for virus ‘second wave’
Čínsky obchod so zdravím je pre nás problém. Keď sa povie Čína a medicína, väčšina ľudí si predstaví drvené tigrie kosti, rôzne korienky a iné „zaručené“ recepty tradičnej čínskej medicíny. Málokto vidí krajinu, ktorá produkuje nielen väčšinu svetovej produkcie ochranných materiálov (rúška, respirátory, ochranné odevy atď.), ale aj veľkú časť vstupov nevyhnutných na výrobu mnohých liečiv, najmä… Continue reading Ako pandémia odhalila rozsah celosvetovej závislosti zdravotníctva od Číny
Being justly outraged over China’s spreading of conspiracy theories and hoaxes about the origin of coronavirus leads to some calling the virus ‘Chinese’ as a sign of resistance against Chinese propaganda. However, this is counterproductive as it only helps to spread harmful racist discourse. Donald Trump used the term ‘Chinese virus’ for the first time… Continue reading Why using the term ‘Chinese virus’ isn’t quite right
