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Christoph NeidhartChristoph Neidhart is a Swiss writer and journalist based in Tokyo where he is German daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung bureau chief. In the nineties he was a research fellow at Harvard’s Davis Center of Russian Studies. His books include Russia’s Carnival: The Smells, Sights and Sounds of Transition (Rowman & Littlefield, 2002), Ostsee, das Meer in unserer Mitte (Marebuchverlag, 2003) and "Die Kinder des Konfuzius: Was Ostasien so erfolgreich macht", (Herder Verlag 2008).
Recent articlesChina v Russia: communist mask v democratic hat The west judges "communist" China more harshly than "democratic" Russia, but Christoph Neidhart sees this outlook as biased. The Malthusian energy-trap: old Europe, new ChinaThe modern crisis of sustainability has echoes of one two hundred years ago - but this time China may prove pioneer not laggard, says Christoph Neidhart. Tokyo’s change, Moscow’s echoesYasuo Fukuda's election will not avert the implosion of Japan's ruling party, says Christoph Neidhart. Vladimir Putin, "Soviet man" who missed class The Russian president’s coarse tongue and bad jokes mark him as a figure out of time, says Christoph Neidhart. |
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