Louis Vuitton has suspended its partnership with Kris Wu.
The French luxury brand temporarily disabled comments regarding all relevant Weibo posts that mentioned Kris Wu that were sent during the past three years.
Within one hour of the announcement, there are now over 800,000 likes.
Most of the comments question Louis Vuitton's suspension, with most calling for immediate termination. m.weibo.cn/1836003984/466…
In Wu’s case, his nationality further complicates the matter at a time when tensions between Canada and China are high. qz.com/2035026/chines…
Since Monday a growing number of brands including Louis Vuitton, Bulgari, Porsche and Tencent Video have announced on social media that they were dropping or suspending their collaborations with Wu. (@AFP) thejakartapost.com/life/2021/07/2…
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Germany: Justice Minister Marco Buschmann of the FDP called on the rest of the government to end the last remaining COVID prevention measures.
Epidemiologist and German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach of the SPD suggested doing so would be "foolish." dw.com/en/germanys-ne…
Germany still has relatively cautious regulations in place. Until in April 2023, when the current infection prevention law is due to expire, FFP2 masks must be worn on all long-distance trains and buses, in all hospitals and care homes, and in all doctors' offices.
Germany's largest doctors' association, the Marburger Bund reacted with instant outrage to the Justice Minister's suggestion to scrap all restrictions.
Xi actually acknowledged that “China is so huge. There are 1.4 billion people. Everyone has their own opinions, even on the same matter” in his new year address.
But he also emphasized the importance of 'consensus-building', which critics might argue is monopolized by the Communist Party.
Tesla supplier Panasonic seeks to balance US and Chinese markets in tech war - Financial Times ft.com/content/10ae18…
The US is a particularly important market for Panasonic’s car battery business. The Japanese group runs a $5bn gigafactory in Nevada with electric vehicle maker Tesla.
But Panasonic has also made an aggressive wager on the expansion of its home appliances and refrigeration systems in China, where local management is given autonomy over its operations, in marked contrast with other regions.
China’s economy was faltering before the Covid Zero pivot as the curbs to prevent the spread of infection depressed economic activity and kept the country isolated from the rest of the world.
The occupancy rate of intensive care unit beds for the whole country hasn’t crossed the red line of 80%, but some parts of the nation are bracing for a peak in severe cases, said Jiao Yahui, an official overseeing hospitals at the National Health Commission.
In Germany, the pace of secularization, a force Benedict XVI spent decades warning about, has been dramatic.
Abuse scandals, including one that showed Benedict mishandling cases, have hastened the emptying of pews.
Attempting to salvage credibility, German Catholic leaders have shown new willingness to reconsider stances on hot-button issues such as homosexuality and celibacy — areas where Benedict sees church teaching as immutable.
Scientists and public health officials have been closely monitoring the XBB subvariant family for months because the strains have many mutations that could render the Covid-19 vaccines, including the Omicron boosters, less effective and cause even more breakthrough infections.
The XBB strain was first identified in India in August. It quickly become dominant there, as well as in Singapore. It has since evolved into a family of subvariants including XBB.1 and XBB.1.5.