Media News - Friday, August 29, 2008

German broadcaster suspends Chinese worker

A Chinese woman working at Germany's DW-Radio has been suspended from her job following remarks she made in the media on human rights and other issues in China, the German press has reported. Four days before the opening of the Beijing Olympics, Zhang Danhong, an editor with the German broadcaster's Chinese program, reportedly said that 'The Communist Party of China has more than any political force in the world implemented Article 3 of the Declaration of Human Rights', referring to the Chinese authorities pulling more than 400 million people out of poverty. Similarly, in a TV talk show in late July, Zhang reportedly said the Chinese government had done a lot to protect local culture in Tibet and criticized German Chancellor Angela Merkel for sapping relations with Beijing. The German media is said to have reacted strongly to Zhang's remarks. On Aug 11, German magazine Focus attacked Zhang as someone who was 'courting' China's Communist Party. On Aug 20, the Berliner Zeitung newspaper quoted parliamentary representative Dieter Wiefelsputz as saying that Zhang's performance was a 'catastrophe'. Two days later, the same newspaper confirmed Zhang's suspension from work. (China Daily)

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