Ja, Chinas "Arbeitsbeschaffungsmaßnahmen" sind weltweit bekannt, zuletzt hat sich BYD in Brasilien damit hervorgetan, nur um ein aktuelles Beispiel zu nennen. Es gibt viel mehr innerhalb und ausserhalb Chinas, und in allen Branchen.
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This is propaganda, there is no evidence that Russia did this. We should not turn every random act of vandalism into a headline, hinting at russian involvement.
As the article says:
The pro-Russian channel claimed the operation was carried out by “our people” and celebrated the destruction of equipment allegedly bound for Ukraine. However, the reality indicates a direct attack on German property and military readiness [...]
In other news on the attack you can read:
Russian pro-war Telegram channel Voenacher published a video of the incident that depicted several military vehicles engulfed in flames. It claimed that the vehicles had been under repair for the Ukrainian military, and alleged that “[its] people” conducted the attack.
You'll find more on the web. It adds to a series of dozens of Russian attacks across Europe in recent years.
I feel I might just as well copy and paste my comment to that post
I feel you might just copy and paste this comment to a lot of posts, unfortunately ...
In addition to Italy and Ireland as mentioned in the article, regulators in several countries have been increasing scrutiny of Deepseek.
The Netherlands banned the country's civil servants from using Deepseek, citing policy regarding countries with an offensive cyber program. At the end of January this year the Dutch government urged Dutch users to exercise caution with the company's software over DeepSeek's data collection practices.
In early February, Australia banned DeepSeek from all government devices over concerns that it posed security risks.
At the same time, India's finance ministry asked its employees to avoid using AI tools including ChatGPT and DeepSeek for official purposes, citing risks posed to confidentiality of government documents and data.
Taiwan banned government departments from using DeepSeek also in February labeling it as a security risk, censorship, and the risk of data ending up in China.
South Korea, the U.S., increased pressure for similar reasons, and this list may not be complete.
This is not only aimed at France as we can see, for example, here:
As the Trump administration advances The Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 agenda, the influential conservative think tank is forging closer ties with illiberal forces in Poland and Hungary to shape its stance on the European Union.
And it doesn't only come from the West:
Marriage of Convenience: How European Far-Right and Far-Left Discovered China - [January 2025]
Some European far-right and far-left political parties have discovered an unlikely area of convergence: a degree of alignment with China. While not universal across the ideological spectrum, certain parties and individuals within both groups have leveraged overlapping arguments to challenge the more critical stance adopted by several EU members and the European Commission toward Beijing. This emerging alignment, though nuanced and varied in intensity, holds potential implications for EU-China relations and the broader political dynamics within Europe.
Or, in other countries, you disappear in a so-called Residential Surveillance at a Designated Location (RDSL), and not even your family would know where you are.
DWS wants to make business in China (among others, they seek to invest in Harvest Management Fund, one of the largest asset managers in China). That doesn't seem to have too much to do with Europe.
BYD (along with other Chinese brands) are rolling out the red carpet for journalists and influencers to get positive reporting, and they sue anyone over 'defamation'.
Defamation in China [...] can be prosecuted as a criminal offense. Badmouthing major companies, which are usually state-owned affairs or deeply linked to the Communist Party, can quickly land you in serious trouble. That's true especially if you have a big audience and even if there’s truth to the negative claims. If a Chinese company proves in court that certain comments affected its image and reputation, that may be enough for legal action against an influencer [...] In other words, negative comments about BYD, regardless of whether they have substance or not, could be a career-ending event for an influencer, and the potential massive reparations demanded by some companies could also bring them to financial ruin [...]
Once again, Mr. Sanchez has a somewhat selective approach when and how he listens to Brussels, and when he doesn't.
No other major European state has deported anyone wanted by Beijing since the Court of Human Rights banned Poland from handing over a Taiwanese man in 2022 due to the risk of violating his fundamental rights [...] The lack of guarantees that extradited individuals would receive humane and fair treatment in China was the reason why the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) prohibited Poland from extraditing Taiwanese Hung Tao Liu in a landmark judgment, Liu v. Poland. Reports by the United Nations and non-governmental organizations such as Amnesty International found, in the eyes of the seven judges, “the use of torture and ill-treatment” in Chinese prisons and detention centers “to such an extent that it may amount to a situation of generalized violence.”
And:
[Former Spanish PM] Zapatero's "unsettling activism" with China alerts EU representatives
[...] Zapatero's frequent walks in the Asian superpower have been key for Pedro Sánchez to return to Beijing this Friday [11 April 2025] for the third time in two years. Since the pandemic, no EU leader has visited the Asian giant as many times [...]
These are just two examples when Mr. Sanchez doesn't seem to care about "policies directed from Brussels." Can't help thinking that Mr. Sanchez pursues a double-standard approach.
Here is another one from a Russian missile that hit a passenger train, and another of a missile destroyed a residential building.
This is part of warfare. Russia’s war in Europe will spark wave of refugees, collapse infrastructure, and will cost the world $1.5 trillion - 1.3% of global output - (here is an archived version of the article).
A war on NATO territory remains unlikely — not least because Russia doesn’t, for now, have the capacity and probably would not want a war on two fronts. But some Russian generals and senior officials have said publicly that their imperial ambitions don’t end with Ukraine and Putin himself laid claim to at least the whole of Ukraine last week [...]
In such a scenario [of a Russian attack on Nato], Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania on NATO’s northeastern flank would be the most likely flashpoint. The three Baltic nations make up a small fraction of the European economy but strategically, they are critical [...]
A war, even in its initial phase, would see many people killed and likely trigger a flood of refugees. It would also exact a heavy economic toll [...]
An invasion could begin with a staged incident or a hybrid attack of some sort. The Moscow-Kalingingrad rail line, which passes through Vilnius without stopping, is one point of vulnerability — Lithuania police were this month hunting a Russian man who jumped from a moving train as it passed through their territory [...]
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That's absolutely devastating what happens in this city and in China, it is described by a media outlet as death by a thousand cuts in Hong Kong
[Edit typo.]