Ein Pekinger Friedhof birgt ein dunkles Geheimnis. In acht Gräbern liegen Urnen mit der Asche junger Männer. Sie starben in der Nacht auf den 4. Juni 1989 im Kugelhagel, als die Armee die Studentenproteste mit Waffengewalt niederschlug. Die Polizei erlaubt nur ihren Eltern und Verwandten diese Gräber zu besuchen. Das Massaker ist Tabu. In Hongkong wurde die für heute geplante traditionelle Kerzenandacht im Victoria-Park, wie schon 2020, verboten. Der Friedhof ist der einzige Ort in China, an dem die Erinnerung noch einen öffentlichen Platz gefunden hat.
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German Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer claims that a recently passed law will make Germany "the first country in the world to put self-driving vehicles on the road." By 2022, this should be achieved. In China, however, autonomous driving cars, without safety drivers and centralized control, have been on the road since late 2020. And the gap between developments in Germany and the People's Republic is likely to widen.
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One of Beijing's cemeteries holds a dark secret. In eight graves lie urns with the ashes of young men. They died in a hail of bullets on the night of June 4, 1989, when the army put down student protests at gunpoint. The police only allow their parents and relatives to visit these graves. The massacre is taboo. In Hong Kong, the traditional candlelight service planned for today in Victoria Park has been banned, as it was in 2020. The cemetery is the only place in China where remembrance still has a public place.
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In hardly any other developed region of the world is the vaccination campaign progressing as slowly as in Hong Kong. Companies are now offering luxurious incentives: for example, those who want to be vaccinated can win an apartment worth more than €1 million or get extra vacation days. Whether the offer will have the intended effect is questionable. In Hong Kong, the waiver of vaccination also has a political connotation.
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