Vyjádření vedení Filozofické fakulty UK k projektu Sinopsis
2. 12. 2019
Projekt Sinopsis, jehož náplní je podávat informace a komentáře o dění v současné Číně, je realizován neziskovou organ...30. 11. 2019
Proč se Univerzita Karlova začala veřejně distancovat od @sinopsiscz: tady je celý dopis od Home Credit, práci akademiků o podnikání Petra Kellnera v Číně firma označuje za lži a naznačuje žalobu na univerzitu. Detailněji zde: https://t.co/mZo6jw6qgd pic.twitter.com/4S5lVx0Dcf
— Jakub Zelenka (@jakubzelenka) November 30, 2019
The description of the project has now had to be changed, as a result of the pressure from Home Credit, the firm owned by Petr Kellner. The new description of the project is this: "Sinopsis is a project run by the non-profit-making organisation AcaMedia, in cooperation with experts from the Department of Chinese Studies, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague."
Home Credit has started attacking Sinopsis in October 2019, when the Sinopsis experts began translating and publishing critical articles from the Chinese media which described the loan practices of Home Credit in China. Sinopsis have reported that Kellner is characterised by the Chinese media as the "King of Usurers". Home Credit rejects this and has threatened to sue Sinopsis for publishing this information. China is an important market for Home Credit, the Chinese communist regime is sensitive to criticism from abroad.
Home Credit has now complained to the ViceChancellor of Charles University Tomáš Zima saying that Sinopsis "publishes mendacious articles about its activities in China". As a result of that, Charles University has distanced itself from the Sinopsis project.
Source in Czech HERE
Recently, Charles University signed a deal with Home Credit, but as a result of an outcry in the Czech Republic the deal was cancelled.
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