From what I understand, this is just a start. They’ll cover all regions and areas over time.

Nah, shit just happens once in while. But nice that it works now, and hope the sun shines wherever you are 🌞 😎

Strange. Here everything works fine … https://fedimeteo.com

It’s related to this:

Canada sanctions Chinese officials for human rights violations – (Dec 10, 2024)

[…] Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced sanctions under the Special Economic Measures (People’s Republic of China) Regulations against 8 former or current senior officials involved in grave human rights violations in the country.

The sanctions announced today respond to Chinese government-led repression of ethnic and religious minorities in China, including in Xinjiang, Tibet and against those who practise Falun Gong.

[…] Canada is deeply concerned over reports that China has arbitrarily detained more than one million people in Xinjiang since 2017, many of whom were held in camps and faced psychological, physical and sexual violence.

Tibetans have also endured human rights violations at the hands of the Chinese government. This includes forced labour, arbitrary detention and restrictions on their rights to freedom of religion or belief, expression, movement and association.

[…]

Quick facts

• In July 2024, Minister Joly visited China and met with Minister Wang Yi to discuss Canada-China relations, human rights and complex global and regional security issues.

• In September 2021, Canada announced new measures to address human rights abuses in Xinjiang, China. These measures addressed the risk of goods produced from forced labour from entering Canadian and global supply chains.

• In March 2021, Canada enacted the Special Economic Measures (People’s Republic of China) Regulations and imposed sanctions against Chinese officials and a Chinese entity in response to gross and systematic human rights violations that have been committed in China.

Die sind schon weg, wenn ich das richtig verstanden habe.

The linked post in my comment says, among others:

• All 9 Austrian teenagers between 14 and 17 years of age see radical right-wing propaganda, “free home delivered from China,” as the magazine writes.

• The young people see Herbert Kickl, the current leader of the far-right Austrian Freedom Party, the avatar of Jörg Haider, a former right-wing politician who died in a car accident in 2008, and Alice Weidel, the head of the far-right AfD (Alternative for Germany - Alternative for Germany).

• Russian propaganda arises, too, promoting immigration to Russia: “We offer work, a house, a Russian wife and military training,” promises a mock Vladimir Putin to a 15-year-old teenager from Styria, one of Austria’s nine states. Teenagers must apply only at “einbü[email protected]”.

• Donald Trump is doing his ‘Trump Dance’, anti-EU propaganda and pro-Islamic propaganda are as widespread as Quran videos, and, of course, there’s no lack of China’s Xi Jinping.

What has that to do with GDPR, Edward Snowden, and the NSA? What you are doing is blatant whataboutism.

Did you even clicked the link? Tiktok appears to be part of the Chinese Communist Party’s propaganda machine. With each of your comments you open up just the next round of whataboutism. Tankies are doing tankie things. This is waste of time.

https://beehaw.org/u/[email protected]

A few days ago I posted an English summary of a German language article about Tiktok in Austria (see this post: https://beehaw.org/post/17463020). There seems to be a clear pattern how Tiktok’s algorithm works, and it’s not good for the users, let alone teenagers.

Kennt jemand MelchOsint? Ich bin nicht auf Twitter und konnte das nicht verifizieren.

MelchOsint, a Twitter/X user, schreibt:

X, after reinstating the terrorists’ profile, has deleted all posts before November 2024

They also deactivated search function on his profile, so you can only see his last 2 months posts.

Why ? Probably because it helps the “far-right/pro-israel” narrative that he is “not an ex-Muslim atheist, nor is he a fan of the AfD or Elon Musk”

There were 2016 posts proving the opposite, before Elon Musk deleted them.

Stimmt das?

What else would they say?

A few days ago I posted an English summary of a German language article about Tiktok in Austria (see this post: https://beehaw.org/post/17463020). There seems to be a clear pattern how Tiktok’s algorithm works, and it’s not good for the users, let alone teenagers.

Es gibt auch in der ARD Mediathek was dazu:

Temu - Ramsch oder Revolution? – [44 Minuten]

Die chinesische Online-Plattform “Temu” lockt mit extremen Billigangeboten. Wie steht es um die Qualität der Produkte? Die Doku deckt auf, wie “Temu”-Händler:innen gegen geltende Gesetze bei Zoll und Steuer verstoßen, besucht Stationen der Produktion und des Handels in China, trifft Schnäppchenjäger:innen in Deutschland und enthüllt Verkaufstricks. “Temu”-Produkte werden im Labor geprüft.

Zweitens ändert das ja nichts, ob die Solaranlagen da aus deutscher oder chinesischer Produktion kommen.

Es hilft wirklich, wenn man auch mal was liest, als laufend das eigene Narrativ zu bedienen. Was Du da verbreitest, ist ein kompletter Mumpiz.

This is a good question. There’s is no reason why this -and a lot of other things imho- must be connected.

Hacking Rooftop Solar Is a Way to Break Europe’s Power Grid

[…] The average number of weekly cyberattacks on utilities worldwide doubled within two years to about 1,100 […] “There’s some naivete about the risk,” Harry Krejsa, director of studies at the Carnegie Mellon Institute for Strategy & Technology in Pittsburgh, told the Columbia Energy Exchange podcast last week. “It should be more of a concern than is widely perceived today.”

[…] the scenario comes amid wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, and the West’s fracturing relationships with Russia and China. The latter is the biggest maker of solar panels.

Sogar die chinesische Regierung macht sich offiziell Sorgen um die Überkapazitäten des Landes, nd aus eben diesem Grund wollen chinesische Firmen auch dieses Kartell nach dem Vorbild des Opec. Quellen dazu findet man leicht, und zwar auch dazu, dass der Stromnetzausbau in China weit hinterher hinkt.

Ein Beispiel hier (auf Englisch):

China’s Solar Industry Faces Overcapacity Crisis

China’s solar industry is grappling with severe overcapacity, leading to a sharp decline in new projects and a wave of bankruptcies. In the first half of the year, the number of new solar manufacturing projects fell by over 75%, according to the China Photovoltaic Industry Association (CPIA), with more than 20 projects canceled or suspended.

The canceled projects represent significant losses in production capacity, including over 300,000 metric tons of polysilicon and more than 60 gigawatts of solar cell capacity. Many factories are operating at only 50-60% capacity, and at least six companies have partially suspended operations domestically, with two halting production abroad. The glut in the market has driven solar panel prices below production costs, pressuring profit margins. Experts predict prices may not recover until the end of 2024.

Du findest viele andere Beispiele im Netz.

Und in Deutschland und Europa müssen wir Firmen wie Meyer Burger und all die anderen besser auslasten. Die Firmen gibt es.

Es wäre nicht sehr sinnvoll, die Abhängigkeit von fossilen Brennstoffen aus Russland durch Abhänigkeit von chinesischer Solartechnologie ersetzen. Das sollte klar sein.

Amazon is donating $1 million to Trump’s inauguration

Bezos and the company decided on the contribution earlier this week, and communicated it to Trump’s team, according to some of the people. “Bezos is donating through Amazon,” according to a person close to Bezos. Amazon also will stream the inauguration through its Prime Video business, a separate, in-kind donation valued at $1 million, another of the people said.

Seems to be sort of a flat rate.

Das hat nichts mit den USA zu tun oder irgendeinem anderen Land ausser China selbst. Der Preiskampf bei Solarzellen innerhalb Chinas ist vergleichbar mit jenen in anderen Industrien (wie EVs, wo es in den vergangenen Jahren einen harten Preiskampf innerhalb Chinas gab und viele Anbieter insolvent wurden).

China baut seit Jahren massiv die Solarenergieproduktion aus und drängt jeden Bauer dazu, auf seinem Dach ein Solarpanel zu installieren. Allerdings hat China praktisch nichts in den Ausbau des eigenen Netzes investiert. Dem Land mangelt es jetzt an Netz- und Speicherkapazitäten, weshalb immer weniger installiert wird, weil sich das für viele nicht mehr lohnt.

Die Panele werden aber weiter produziert, weshalb es in China viel mehr Angebot als Nachfrage gibt (im Frühjahr 2024 fielen die Installationen in China um rund ein Drittel im Jahresvergleich, wenn ich das richtig im Kopf habe, die Produktion ist aber sogar noch gestiegen).

Die China Photovoltaic Industry Association (das ist der Verband chinesischer Solarfirmen) hat bereits Anfang dieses Jahres darauf gedrängt, eine Preisuntergrenze festzulegen, weil sich viele Anbieter aufgrund eben dieser Überkapazitäten dazu veranlasst sahen, unter den Produktionskosten zu verkaufen. Viele chinesische Solarfirmen kämpfen um ihre Existenz, und einige haben diesen Kampf bereits verloren (das ist so etwas wie “Late-stage-Kapitalismus”. China ist zwar ein sehr junge Staat mit einer besonderen Form des Kapitalismus mit jeder Menge staatlichen Einfluss, aber die Wirtschaft folgt vielen neo-liberalen Prinzipien und den entsprechenden Folgen).

Die ganze Problematik ist aber hausgemacht in China, das hat nichts mit dem Rest der Welt zu tun.

Edit: Ich bin neugierig, ob das funktioniert. China und seine Firmen sind nicht gerade bekannt für ihre Kooperationsbereitschaft, auch nicht untereinander. Die machen sich das Leben oft selbst schwer. Deshalb bin ich skeptisch. In jedem Fall muss Europa und der Rest der Welt eine eigene Solarproduktion aufbauen.

That’s true. I corrected that now, thanks.

As an addition to the article: Douyin, the Chinese version of the Western TikTok, might work in a different way. As a study regarding visual propaganda of Douyin accounts of Chinese central and local news agencies on China’s Douyin found in May 2024:

The results [of the research] delineate a divergence in focus between central and local news agencies: while the former prioritizes content related to the military, police, and firefighting, the latter emphasizes “livelihood warmth” topics. Central agencies predominantly feature soldiers, police officers, and firefighters, whereas local agencies portray individuals devoid of explicit political affiliations alongside other influencers. Emotional scrutiny unveils a contrast in strategies, with central agencies predominantly evoking emotions such as anger, disgust, fear, and intolerance, while local agencies employ anticipation, acceptance, and respect. This investigation underscores the profound influence of political authority within China’s propaganda framework, shaping both the substance and emotional resonance of political short videos within a hierarchical paradigm […]

Owing to their distinct positions within the hierarchical framework and their varying areas of jurisdiction, local government media at each level exhibit more pronounced hierarchical disparities in their propaganda compared to the central government. In general, the closer the themes and visual characteristics are to “Military, the police, and firefighting”, the less distinguishable they are from central media. Conversely, the more they focus on “People’s livelihood and warmth”, the more likely local governments are to adopt innovative promotional strategies concerning “points” while emphasizing regional characteristics. Although the local news agencies more actively produced content on Douyin than did the central news agencies, the central news agencies received more attention from the public.