What experiences and challenges do Chinese people face in Germany? A discussion by the China Competence Training Center of Humboldt University and Le Monde diplomatique.

Whether in science, culture, gastronomy or business, the Chinese diaspora has long been part of social life in Germany. More and more Chinese are putting down roots here and the stories and motivations that bring them here are increasingly diverse. A new generation of Chinese migrants is looking for a temporary or long-term place between language barriers and everyday racism, between China and Germany.

But the tensions are complex: on the one hand, there are attempts to exert official influence from China, on the other hand, there is growing mistrust on the part of Germany - to the point of general suspicion against people of Chinese origin, for example in academia.

We welcome these guests to the podium:

🐾 Shi Ming is a journalist, publicist and political consultant. In 2008, he received the Bavarian Television Award for the documentary "China's megalomania on the Yangtze" and in 2010 the Grimme Prize for the documentary "Tiananmen - 20 years after the massacre, the victims count". In 2023, Beck-Verlag published his book "Das chinesische Denken der Gegenwart" (Contemporary Chinese Thought), which he co-edited with Daniel Leese.

🐾 Zou Sicong is a Sinophone writer based in Berlin. He is working on a non-fiction book about his experiences in Europe that combines personal narratives, migration stories and socio-political reflections. A preprint, translated into German for the first time by Daniel Fastner, has been published in the new LMd edition "Die Unerwünschten. Flight, Expulsion and Exile". Before moving to Europe in 2021, he worked as a journalist and editor in Hong Kong and Shenzhen for over eight years.

🐾 Yang Xiyu is Coordinator for External Partnerships and Networks at 706Berlin. Yang Xiyu studied communication and media studies in Jena. She currently works at the Potsdam University of Applied Sciences and supports international students.

🐾 Merle Groneweg, China Competence Training Center at Humboldt University Berlin, will moderate the event.

The event will be held in English in the taz canteen and via livestream. If you would like to attend the event in the taz Kantine, please register via: https://taz.de/HEUTE-taz-Talk-ueber-Migration/!vn6125035/