As a seasoned diplomat, Kishore Mahbubani knows international politics like no other. His Asian perspective challenges Western thought patterns – especially about the conflict between China and the US. In an interview with China.Table, he argues for seeing the world as it is: America is behaving hypocritically, while Xi Jinping enjoys high approval ratings back home. Michael Radunski spoke with Mahbubani.
Von Michael Radunski
With LinkedIn, the last remaining major American social media platform, has bowed to the pressure of Chinese censorship. LinkedIn still wants to remain in China with a pure job portal. However, even before its launch this year, this project is not considered promising. And so the Chinese are now using LinkedIn in the same way as they have been using Google or Facebook for a long time: via officially forbidden but tolerated VPN channels.
Von Frank Sieren
Mit LinkedIn hat sich die letzte große amerikanische Social-Media-Plattform dem Druck der chinesischen Zensur gebeugt. LinkedIn will zwar noch mit einem reinen Job-Portal in China bleiben. Dieses Vorhaben gilt allerdings schon vor seinem Start noch in diesem Jahr als wenig aussichtsreich. Und so nutzen die Chinesen nun LinkedIn so, wie sie auch Google oder Facebook längst nutzen: Über offiziell verbotene, aber geduldete VPN-Kanäle.
Von Frank Sieren
