A St. Gallen Ph.D. student tweeted about China for a space of 10 days. It cost him three years of research work.
When Oliver Gerber first heard that his tweets might cost him his future Ph.D., he was sitting in his old childhood bedroom. It was March 28, 2020, at 9:50 p.m. An email had appeared in Gerber s mailbox from his doctoral supervisor at the University of St. Gallen. The subject line read: «Very urgent: Complaint from China about your Twitter.»
He opened the email on his smartphone. The professor had written that she had received «angry emails from China.» Gerber was accused of spreading «neo-Nazi-like content» on Twitter. She said that was dangerous, even for her. «Ultimately, it may even turn out that I wonât be able to get a visa to China because of you. This is definitely going too far, and I would have to end our advisory relationship,» she wrote. He should «tone down his political expression immediately», she added. She had «no
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Cllr Christoph Fischer is also urging people to attend the monthly meetings of the council. There were few contested seats in the last decade, he said. It s come so far that people on Facebook do question town councillors legitimacy because these people don t remember ever voting for us. We re in desperate need for fresh blood and ideas. Cllr Fischer added: At present there are only two councillors under the age of 50 on Llandeilo town council and only three women out of 12, or 15 if you count the officers. In 2017 seven people stood in Towy ward for the six seats whereas in Castle ward it was six candidates for six people without an election.
Red Dot Finance group team up with the Llandeilo Food Hub Llandeilo based Red Dot Finance Group has taken on a long-term commitment to the Llandeilo Food Hub via their customer reward scheme. Red Dot donates £40 for every policy customers take out with them and each customer can pick the Food Hub as recipient. Dyfed Lloyd-Jones and Stephanie Jones from red Dot visited the Llandeilo food hub last month where they met with Christoph Fischer and volunteers to find out more about the services of the hub and what it means to the community of Llandeilo. The food hub now prepares food parcels for up to 100 families. As the volunteers know these people by now, they are making up the parcels tailored to the families’ individual needs. Some need a parcel every week, some get by most of the time but need a top up to see through, especially if an unexpected bill such as an MOT or similar can impact their finances.