German News Information Services GmbH (www.german-foreign-policy.com) is a German "left and critical" news platform of "independent scientists and journalists". Its task is the description of the "hegemonial tactics and strategies of the united Germany."
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General
The news portal www.german-foreign-policy.com was founded in 2002. It publishes an analysis on German foreign policy from Monday to Friday. The texts are in German but are translated into English. They used to be translated into French and Polish.
The chief editors of 'german-foreign-policy.com' are Horst Teubert and Andreas Plake. Jörg Kronauer is responsible for the documentary part. The advisory board's members are: Karl-Heinz Roth, Wolfgang Popp, Wolfgang Dreßen, Susanne Schunter-Kleemann and Martin Bennhold. Another contributor is David X. Noack.
Interviews with German politicians and authors such as Hans-Christian Ströbele, Erich Schmidt-Eenboom, Wolfgang Neskovic, Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger and Max Stadler, are frequently conducted.
Tibet 2008
In 2008, Xinhua, the Chinese state media, reported that the German liberal Friedrich Naumann Foundation, which is connected to the German Free Democratic Party sent money to Tibetan insurgents. Xinhuas source was www.german-foreign-policy.com. According to the German newspaper Die Welt, the Chinese referred to www.german-foreign-policy.com as a state operated organization. Die Welt submitted that as a matter of fact GFP is a portal of left-wing journalists. The Russian news agency RIA Novosti, also referred to the Tibet-related article of www.german-foreign-policy.com.