Renate Lilge-Stoedieck

Twenty years ago this month, racial segregation was cast aside in South Africa.

Pharmaceutical giant Hoffmann-La Roche is leading for its role in aiding unethical organ transplants in China.

Recalling the Berlin-Hohenschoenhausen prison, in the former East German Republic, brings back traumatic memories.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) announced that four Chinese writers are among the 37 Hellman/Hammett award recipients.

A warm welcome from Nele Hertling, vice-president of the Berlin Academy of Arts.

Chinese people are not free from persecution either. They are watched and spied on every day, like the Tibetans.

Human Rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng’s book on his life and struggles in Communist China is published in Germany.

Those looking with astonishment at the images of the Olympic Games, anticipating new records, jubilating, are obviously still unaware of the price most of the athletes have to pay to participate in these competitions.

Asians have reluctantly adopted the Western handshake. Traditionally Asians believe that vital energy, Qi, and all the good and bad attributes that come with it, can transfer from one person to another through physical contact.