In her work, author Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor examines African identities in times of global upheaval and China's growing presence on the continent. She explains to Fabian Peltsch how the younger generation is turning away from the West.

(Published by China.Table)

Xi Jinping is outraged because Biden and Baerbock publicly call him a dictator. China has different terms and a different understanding of what constitutes an autocrat. And yet the controversy is about more than words - namely, about the sovereignty of interpretation of political narratives and who is allowed to spread them internally and externally.

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In recent years, more and more organizations in China that campaign for the rights of the LGBTQ community have had to close. The party propagates classic gender roles. Yet people who move outside of gender norms have never been as visible as they are today.

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Lung Ying-tai, bestselling author and former Minister of Culture of Taiwan, is heard by people in her Taiwanese homeland as well as on the mainland. She advocates for more mutual understanding, but vehemently defends democratic rights. In doing so, she makes enemies on both sides. Fabian Peltsch met the controversial author for a conversation in Taiwan.

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China's leadership is looking for a narrative for the sudden end of zero-Covid. The propaganda relies on tried and tested methods: radiating optimism, concealing mistakes, finding scapegoats.

(Published at Zeit Online)

In recent years, Jiang Zemin has achieved cult status, especially among China's young internet users. The toad, as they affectionately call him, represents a self-ironic, cosmopolitan China that was lost under his successors Hu Jintao and Xi Jinping.

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They have nicknames like "German Sister" or "German Leo": Influencers from Germany are seen as cultural ambassadors in China. Take Melina Weber from Konstanz, for example, who prepares Jiaozi in a Qipao dress. Or Michael Bochmann-Tao, who explains German history in language courses. But they also attract criticism.

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China is currently experiencing a golden age of archaeology. The focus is on the spectacular discoveries at Sanxingdui, which challenge the image of a unified Chinese identity. Xi Jinping wants the excavation site to be recognized as one of the most important archaeological discoveries of the century. In China, ancient studies are always political.

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China wants to be a world leader in technology, but not everyone is enthusiastic about it. The successful science fiction author Chen Qiufan, for example, questions the belief in progress.

(Published in Süddeutsche Zeitung)