The New Silk Road – reactions
The last part about China's new strategy deals with the world's view on the project.
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The New Silk Road – the prerequisites
In the first part about the New Silk Road its dual concept was presented. This time it is all about theoretical and practical requirements for this project. The surprise coup In China's ambitious plans, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), founded in…
Innovation report “Digitalization” by the ÖVP’s Political Academy
The Political Academy, the ÖVP's ,think tank', is hosting the presentation of the Innovation Report 2016, devoted to digitization, in the crowded Albert Hall. Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz opens the event in his capacity as Chairman of the Political Academy. He warns…
New Silk Road – the concept
In October 2013 China's President Xi Jinping presented the new Vision ‘One belt, one road’: an unprecedented and far-reaching project for the coming decades, which will change more than only the Chinese world. It is an advancement of initiatives of Deng Xiaoping,…
A presidential candidate and two stirrers
Friday, May 20th 2016, 5pm, atViktor Adler market in the 10th district of Vienna. It's the final rally of presidential candidate Norbert Hofer. Interesting choice of location: relatively small for such an event, only two corners away from the localities of…
Journalists at risk of death
In the introduction Claus Reitan (freelance journalist) refers to the annual statistics of ‘Reporter ohne Grenzen’ (Reporters Without Borders), published on World Press Freedom Day: 57 journalists were killed worldwide, more than 500 arrested, 51 abducted. A key change in…
As rights go by
Yesterday, I attended the exhibition "As Rights Go By - On the Erosion and Denial of Rights”. It featured (video) installations, books, quotes and board games. Initially the great wall comic "The Magnificent 7" attracted my full attention: [gallery columns="5"…
Financial disaster Hypo Alpe Adria
Much has been written about the largest bank failure in Austrian history. So much in fact, that it was and still is difficult for observers to find to find the red / black / blue thread within the jumble of…
The utopian idea of an equal-chance society
Volker Frey, Secretary General of the Litigation Association, explains that the association gives legal support to people filing lawsuits for discrimination (race, religion, disability). In twelve years, there have been about fifty lawsuits, most of which were won. Since no…
The webgiants as media platforms: risk or opportunity for journalism?
Samsung is cooperating with the Axel Springer-Verlag, Apple is hiring journalists, Facebook launches "Instant Articles", Google embraces Europe's publishers with 150 million euros - Journalistic content seem to gain importance in the business models of Webgiants. What does this mean for the mainstream media?