Protesters clashed with riot police at a massive demonstration on Tuesday, February 7, in Paris, against a planned pension reform which would raise the age of retirement to 64.Unions and France’s left-wing parties have been […]
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Berlin airport deserted as all flights cancelled due to strike
Berlin’s Brandenburg airport was eerily empty on Wednesday, as every one of the nearly 300 flights scheduled that day were cancelled due to a strike. Most of the 35,000 affected passengers stayed away, but some […]
‘Free the Leopard’ – Hundreds call on Germany to send tanks to Ukraine
Hundreds gathered outside the German chancellery in Berlin, on Friday, as Western defense ministers failed to reach an agreement to send Western tanks to Ukraine. Protesters chanted ‘free the Leopard now’ and ‘Leopard tanks for […]
The Cruelty and Controversy of Beijing’s Black Market for Dogs
From poodles to Labradors to Tibetan mastiffs, one cannot walk five minutes along Rixin East Road, in Beijing’s Tongzhou district, without being stopped by someone trying to sell you a dog. But it’s the xingqi quan, or “week-long […]
Gangs of Beijing
A look into Beijing’s tight-knit and diverse communities Part I: Ultras (above) Part II: Cosplayers Part III: Anti-imperialist dancing grannies Cover Story in That’s Beijing, September 2014 issue
Tearing Down Gulou
You know something is up when – as a customer – you have to be smuggled in and out of a bar. The Drum and Bell bar in Gulou looks shut, the curtains are drawn […]
Rosberg dominates home race again
Monaco: Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg claims victory in Monaco and takes the championship lead while Hamilton struggles to keep the second place German driver Nico Rosberg took the gold cup in his home town of Monaco […]
Municipal elections in Saint Tropez gulf
Banding together to fight off the National Front was not always successful Like the rest of the Var, the Gulf of Saint Tropez moved a bit more to the right in the latest municipal elections. […]
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