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Nationalism: The purposes of Xi Jinping's 'gene bank of Chinese culture'

Four archives are supposed to preserve the "seeds of Chinese culture." In this way, Xi Jinping pushes forward the unification of classical and Marxist cultures. The Communist Party presents itself as the rightful guardian of tradition – and uses historiography as an instrument of political power.

By Redaktion Table

Shein: Bumpy road to IPO

Fast fashion giant Shein has to drastically reduce its valuation ahead of its planned IPO in London. At the same time, regulatory headwinds are growing.

By Emily Kossak

MunSec: How Wang Yi seizes the moment

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi used the Munich Security Conference for a PR coup: While the US has started to abandon Europe, China presented itself as an advocate of multilateralism.

By Angela Köckritz