From AFP:
Amid an ongoing feud over human rights between Beijing and Berlin, one of Germany’s leading news magazines said Friday it had cancelled a week of cultural events in China due to official “censorship.”
Der Spiegel said it would not hold the series of workshops, debates and lectures scheduled next week on the invitation of the Goethe Institute, which promotes German culture abroad, due to Chinese restrictions.It said the highlight was to have been an exhibition featuring Der Spiegel cover art, which it said was suddenly cancelled due to the rift over Chancellor Angela Merkel’s decision to receive the Dalai Lama in September.
“The renowned Doulun Museum in Shanghai on Wednesday revoked the invitation presented half a year ago to display the illustrations, citing the ‘ice age’ in German-Chinese relations,” it said in a statement. [Full Text]