Wei Shufen, Author at China Heralder

Milena Trentadue the first female managing director at Rothmans, Benson & Hedges

Wei Shufen — Wed, 08 Jan 2025 10:14:28 +0000

Unsmoke campaign, which champions the mission statement: “If you don’t smoke, don’t start. If you smoke, quit. And if you don’t quit, change.” The team at Rothmans, Benson & Hedges Inc. (RBH) isn’t merely adapting to change, they’re leading it. In a historic stride toward gender diversity and inclusive leadership, RBH has appointed Milena Trentadue […]

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The Group that fights the War in the dark

Wei Shufen — Thu, 19 Dec 2024 16:26:20 +0000

Wars are fought in many ways. In trenches, behind the wheel of tank, at the trigger of an artillery piece, in the rear supporting the troops. But the war in the Ukraine also fights with guile and disguise, deceit, surprise and humor. No intelligence, cold warriors, or secrecy but the unmistaken conviction of bringing the […]

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HE IS BACK! TRUMP 2.0…OMG!

Wei Shufen — Sat, 09 Nov 2024 15:18:57 +0000

Washington 6 Nov (20). Donald J. Trump is back. Hate him or love him but we got four years more with the same narcissistic copy of Mussolini. Not Hitler, but Mussolini. Trump has managed to polarize everyone. On the policy side Trump is as shallow as the old guard. Trump brings back the babes of […]

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Tajikistan: Pamiri minority facing systemic discrimination in ‘overlooked human rights crisis’

Wei Shufen — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 13:35:43 +0000

The Tajikistani authorities are perpetuating systemic discrimination and severe human rights violations against the Pamiri minority, according to new research by Amnesty International. The Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO) in East Tajikistan is home to several ethnic groups forming the Pamiri minority, mostly practicing the Shia Ismaili branch of Islam. Denied official recognition as a minority […]

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The War that nobody wanted (but everyone engaged in)

Wei Shufen — Thu, 09 May 2024 16:14:55 +0000

Brussels (50). Two years in the war of Russian aggression against the Ukraine the balance is grim. Let us take stock. Leadership. The EU model of command and control consist of an old grumpy old general, an Austrian, who nobody has heard before, taking a political control of a pretty large army based of a […]

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Can Kyrgyzstan And Tajikistan Consign Their Deadly Border Conflicts To The Past?

Wei Shufen — Fri, 23 Feb 2024 11:21:00 +0000

On the first anniversary of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan’s deadliest border war, marked in September, irascible Kyrgyz national-security chief Kamchybek Tashiev aired his frustrations at the slow progress in talks aimed at demarcating the disputed frontier. Tajikistan, said Tashiev, was making “territorial claims” against Kyrgyzstan in the talks. “But our answer is that there should be […]

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Will the Third Time Be the Charm for Tajikistan’s Thwarted Power Transition?

Wei Shufen — Sat, 17 Feb 2024 19:56:35 +0000

Infighting over the succession and growing frustration in the regions could shatter the stability that the Tajik president has been building for so many years. Next year will mark thirty years of Emomali Rahmon’s presidency in Tajikistan, now the only country in Central Asia that has not seen a change of leadership since the early […]

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Isaac McKean Scarborough on Moscow’s Heavy Shadow in Tajikistan

Wei Shufen — Fri, 16 Feb 2024 16:11:46 +0000

The Soviet Union’s collapse 32 years ago led to rapid change, economic collapse, and violence. In Tajikistan, that violence slid rapidly into civil war. Reflecting on the Soviet Union’s collapse 32 years ago and attempting to draw any sort of conclusion is often a matter of perspective. In his new book, “Moscow’s Heavy Shadow: The […]

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Prabowo Subianto: What can Indonesia expect from its new strongman leader?

Wei Shufen — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 15:16:03 +0000

The apparent victory of Prabowo Subianto in Indonesia’s presidential election is a dramatic moment in the country’s history. Even though polls put him as the front-runner for many weeks before polling day, the margin by which he beat his two opponents, according to the usually accurate early vote counts, was much higher than expected. They […]

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Philippines: China Executed 2 Filipinos Convicted of Drug Trafficking

Wei Shufen — Fri, 22 Dec 2023 03:17:48 +0000

MANILA, PHILIPPINES — China has executed two Filipinos for drug trafficking despite high-level Philippine government appeals to commute their death sentences to life in prison, the Philippine government said Saturday. The Department of Foreign Affairs, or DFA, in Manila did not identify the two Filipinos, citing the wishes of their families for privacy. It added […]

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