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Jack Ma is the 20th richest person in the world. He founded Alibaba, the largest online trading platform in China. He is one of China's most stunning success stories. He's spent $7 billion of his private assets on buying up sections of the media, most notably the South China Morning Post, a newspaper once famed for its editorial independence and criticism of Beijing.

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If I Were From Beijing

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Jack Ma is the 20th richest person in the world. He founded Alibaba, the largest online trading platform in China

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China carefully controls the information that its people have access to, and Google, Facebook and Twitter flag up uncomfortable truths that would be better forgotten. But the country still wants to use the internet: so instead China, has developed its own sanitised ecosystem of plaforms. Nothing is anti-government or pro-democracy, and most users are flooded with messages of consumerism and entertainment. 

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China has developed its own sanitised ecosystem of social media plaforms

China, Country of Censorship

Hu Xijin is a central figure in China's media world. He's been editor-in-chief of the Global Times for 13 years. He's the CCP-approved authority on current affairs. The daily newspaper focuses on political issues and has a circulation of 2.4 million. 

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Hu Xijin has been editor-in-chief of the Global Times for 13 years. He's the CCP-approved authority on current affairs

Hu Xijin – The Voice of China

Papi Jiang is one of the biggest internet stars of recent years. The 33-year-old from Shanghai speaks to her young Chinese audience about every day sources of humour and conflict. But even her funny, seemingly apolitical videos have got her into trouble with the government.

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Papi Jiang's funny, seemingly apolitical videos have got her into trouble with the government

Papi Jiang - Star Comedian

Li Jiaqi is China's famous lipstick consultant. In his livestreams, he tests hundreds of colours and brands. The record: 380 in two hours. His fan base of over 45 million followers hang on to every word that comes from his lips - whatever their colour.

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Li Jiaqi is a lipstick influencer in China. He once tested a whopping 380 lipsticks in two hours for his 45 million followers

Li Jiaqi - Livestreamer

It is possible to have debate and discussion in China, even critical discussion; albeit within a fixed framework, sanctioned and monitored by the regime. Journalist Cui Yongyuan has made it his habit to step right up to the limit of what he's allowed to do. And sometimes he oversteps that limit.

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Journalist Cui Yongyuan has made it his habit to step right up to the limit of what he's allowed to do

Cui Yongyuan - A Critical Mind

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As Lithuania stops Russia from transporting goods by train through its territory to Kaliningrad, a focus on the history of this singular Russian territory.

The Kaliningrad Affair

Mapping the World Essentials

The philanthropic foundation set up by US billionaire Bill Gates quietly co-finances experiments with genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in several African countries. In the age of philanthropic capitalism, billionaires "save the world" and make money in the process. But who is helped the most, ordinary Africans or the food industry?

 In the age of philanthropic capitalism, billionaires "save the world" and make money in the process. An investigation into GM experiments in Africa.

Africa, GMOs and Bill Gates

In an historic turnaround, Sweden and Finland want to join NATO thus ending their decades-long neutrality. The war in Ukraine has reawakened fears of the Russian neighbour.

Finland and Sweden Opt for NATO

In an historic turnaround, Sweden and Finland want to join NATO thus ending their decades-long neutrality. 

51 million abortions are performed worldwide every year. But abortion is illegal in many countries, and 23,000 women die every year from improper procedures. The Dutch doctor Dr. Rebecca Gomperts founded Women on Web 15 years ago, making abortion accessible to women worldwide by prescribing the abortion pill.

Dr. Rebecca Gomperts founded Women on Web 15 years ago, making abortion accessible to women worldwide

Abortion: The Parcels That Save Lives

The Supreme Court is now made of a majority of ultra-conservative judges since President Trump's term in office. The court now looks set to overturn the Roe v Wade case which gave women the constitutional right to have an abortion if they so wish or need. This worrying step backwards for women's rights doesn't mean women won't have abortions. It means they'll die trying.

Abortion: A Threatened Right

This worrying step backwards doesn't mean women won't have abortions. It means they'll die trying

Mapping the World

Lockdowns, crop failures due to climate change and the war in Ukraine are all to blame for soaring prices around the world.

Geopolitics of Inflation

The EU has awarded Ukraine and Moldova candidate status for the two countries to eventually join the union. A focus on the history and current status of EU enlargement.

EU enlargement: A Delicate Balancing Act

Thirty years after the end of apartheid, South Africa has still not overcome its many problems: Endemic violence, economic and racial inequalities, state corruption. However, the rainbow nation has a lot to offer: tourism, natural resources and a leadership role on the African continent.

South Africa and its Demons

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Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish perform at Hellfest 2022.

Nightwish

Hellfest 2022

On 22 July 2016 a German high-school student David Sonboly killed nine people in a seemingly random attack in a Munich shopping-centre. Why do some young people become mass murderers? A look at radicalisation within extreme-right groups online.

Youth Violence Online

Why do some young people become mass murderers? A look at radicalisation within extreme-right groups online.

Like. Hate. Die

Why does the European Union allow deadly pesticides banned at home to be exported to developing countries? Brazil, especially, uses large quantities of harmful pesticides imported from Europe with terrible effects on the population’s health.

Why does the European Union allow deadly pesticides banned at home to be exported to developing countries? 

Pesticides: European Hypocrisy

Anglo-French guitarist Laura Cox presents the Scorpions, probably the most successful German rock band ever, headlining at Hellfest 2022. For more than five decades the German five-piece has been producing international hits and have sold more than 100 million records.

Anglo-French guitarist Laura Cox presents the Scorpions, probably the most successful German rock band ever, headlining at Hellfest 2022. 

Scorpions

The Russian enclave of Kaliningrad sits between Lithuania and Poland. Once German East Prussia, it is now home to 1 million Russian citizens. What is life like in this small territory now practically cut off from its EU neighbours since the war in Ukraine began?

Kaliningrad: Putin's Enclave

The Russian enclave of Kaliningrad sits between Lithuania and Poland and is now practically cut off from its EU neighbours since the war in Ukraine began.

ARTE Reportage

In Europe, the last primary forests are found almost exclusively in the mountains in the east or south-east of the continent. These virgin forests have never been exploited or cut down, and have remained as they have always been. Few studies have been done on this forests, which are presumably havens of biodiversity. We go on a research trip to the Dinaric Alps in Albania.

The Green Lungs of Europe

We go on a research trip to the Dinaric Alps in Albania

Geo Reportage

According to the latest calculations by the OECD, South Korean women could live to be over 92 years old on average in 2070, and men over 89. That would be a world record. What's the secret?

South Korea: An Obsession With Health

South Koreans are on track to be the longest-lived people in the world

Just a few weeks before the release of their new album, The Sick and the Dying… and the Dead! Thrash metal stars Megadeth perform at Hellfest 2022.

Megadeth

The trio led by Matthew Bellamy is one of the most explosive and creative forces in rock music over the past two decades. There is no one else quite like Muse. Be impressed by their committed performance at Berlin’s Tempelhof Sounds Festival.

Tempelhof Sounds 2022

 There is no one else quite like Muse. Be impressed by their committed performance at Berlin’s Tempelhof Sounds Festival.

Muse

Dutch band Epica returns to Hellfest to present Omega, a new album showing off their inimitable symphonic heavy metal sound.

Epica

Some six million people have already fled Ukraine. Among them, 730,000 Ukrainian refugees passed through humanitarian corridors that take them deep into enemy territory. Now they are huddled in isolated camps in the middle of the Russian countryside and many want to leave the country as quickly as possible.

Some 730,000 Ukrainian refugees are cooped up in isolated camps in the middle of the Russian countryside

Re: Ukrainian Refugees in Russia

Punk rock fans note: The Offspring have released a new album: The Californians perform tracks from their latest work at Hellfest, Let the Bad Times Roll.

The Offspring

Brazilian cult band Sepultura is back at Hellfest! They unleash their intense thrash metal in front of a white-hot audience.

Sepultura

Drockick Murphys are perhaps the most Irish of American bands. The Bostonians baptize their new album Turn Up That Dial at Hellfest 2022.

Dropkick Murphys

According to the myth, the Greeks managed to enter the city of Troy by building a wooden horse in which was hidden Greek soldiers. How much of this story is based on actual historical events? And if the story is true, was it even a horse?

The Mystery of the Trojan Horse

Hellfest invites a heavyweight of crossover and thrash metal: Los Angeles natives Suicidal Tendencies make the main stage tremble!

Suicidal Tendencies

JInjer are Ukraine’s official ambassadors of metal. Led by the voice and charisma of singer Tatiana Shmayluk, they are bringing their special blend of progressive groove metal to the world.

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If I Were From Beijing

China, Country of Censorship

China, Country of Censorship

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Hu Xijin – The Voice of China

Hu Xijin – The Voice of China

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Papi Jiang - Star Comedian

Papi Jiang - Star Comedian

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Li Jiaqi - Livestreamer

Li Jiaqi - Livestreamer

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