Thomas Derksen

German entrepreneur

Thomas Derksen (born 26 October 1988), known as "Afu" Thomas (Chinese: 阿福Thomas), is a German internet celebrity active in China.²

From Wikipedia’s article on Thomas Derksen (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Oct 26, 1988.¹

Companies

AsiabitsFounder¹⁴

Early life and education

Date not recordedEngelbert-von-Berg-Gymnasium Wipperfürth³
Date not recordedRuhr University Bochum^{3 4}
Date not recordedFudan University^{3 4}

Career

Occupation: entrepreneur, bank teller, influencer, vlogger.⁶

Date not recordedFounded Asiabits⁵

Personal life

BornOct 26, 1988, Gummersbach^{4 7}
CitizenshipGermany⁸
ResidenceShanghai^{4 9}

Legal issues and controversies

Legal dispute with Christoph Rehage

In February 2023 Derksen took fellow German China-YouTuber Christoph Rehage (The Longest Way) to court after Rehage had published a reaction video covering the satirical Golden Toady of the CCP Award (Chinese: 奶共金奶奖) presented by Chinese human rights activist Yutong Su to Derksen for his alleged propaganda work in favor of the Chinese Communist Party, Derksen claiming in his complaint to court that his right to privacy had thus been violated, demanding from Rehage a payment of 10,000 euros in compensation and the permanent deletion of related publications from the internet. On February 13, 2023, the Frankfurt am Main District Court ruled in favor of Rehage and dismissed the case, declaring in its opinion that it was well within Rehage's freedom of speech to publicly express his views on the matter and ordered Derksen to cover all costs related to the trial.