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Ob #Kunst und #Kultur, zeitgenössische #Schriftkunst aus #Korea , detaillierte Radierungen von Tanaka Ryōheis ( #TanakaRyōheis 1933–2019 - nur noch bis 13. April) findet ihr derzeit im Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst #Köln (#MOK).

Ansonsten schaut auf die vielen aktuellen Angebote der Kölner #Museen. Für #Kölnerinnen und #Kölner ist heute, am #Kölntag, der Eintritt in alle städtischen Museen frei.

#museum #köln #Japan #China #Korea

museenkoeln.de/portal/digital

@art

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This quote about suppressing civil society reminds me even more of my 2 years in China, where this is absolutely what they do.

Community groups of any kind are illegal if they're not registered with the government. The closest thing to independent community organisations is informal chat groups on WeChat, and discussions on Weibo and Douyin posts. But these platforms are totally backdoored and monitored by CCP spy agencies.

Meta AI, die KI in WhatsApp, Facebook und Instagram, erregt die Gemüter in Punkto Datenschutz sehr. Am Montag wurde TikTok Shop in Deutschland gestartet und als Shopping Revolution gefeiert. In den Berichterstattungen oder Diskussionen in den sozialen Medien ist von datenschutzrechtlichen Bedenken TikTok gegenüber keine Spur. Seltsam, seltsam, seltsam.

So, let China (and India and....) pollute again!

“The warming was always there, we just had some artificial cooling from pollution, and in removing the pollution we are now seeing the full effect of the greenhouse-gas driven warming,”

**Dramatic cuts in China’s air pollution drove surge in global warming**

newscientist.com/article/24740

New Scientist · Dramatic cuts in China’s air pollution drove surge in global warmingBy Madeleine Cuff

China urges US to immediately lift tariffs

China on Thursday urged the United States to immediately cancel its latest tariffs and vowed countermeasures to safeguard its own interests, after President Donald Trump declared sweeping levies on all U.S. trading partners around the world. The U.S. move disregards the balance of interests reached in multilateral trade negotiations over the years and the fact […]

fbcnews.com.fj/world/china-urg

#USA#USANews#China

🇨🇳 CHINA | 🇺🇸US
🔴 Beijing Vows Retaliation Over Trump’s 54% Tariffs

🔸 China slams new US duties as “unilateral bullying” and pledges countermeasures.
🔸 Tariffs now total 54% on all Chinese imports to US.
🔸 Vietnam & Cambodia also hit with 46–49% duties as firms try to bypass China.
🔸 Beijing may retaliate via targeted tariffs, export controls & blacklists.