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Steel: China only makes slow progress with low-carbon production

China's steel sector jeopardizes the country's climate targets. Low-carbon production processes such as electric arc furnaces or the use of hydrogen are only making slow progress. Coal-based steel and iron production would have to fall rapidly to meet the country's climate targets.

By Nico Beckert

Feature

China expertise in the Bundestag: Between realignment and cluelessness

China expertise remains rare in the new German parliament. But with Johannes Volkmann and Florian Dorn, two new China experts could shape the direction of the CDU/CSU. The ranks of the FDP are losing decidedly China-critical voices, while the SPD and the Left Party have to reinvent their positions.

By Leonardo Pape

Heads

Chris Xu: Fast fashion tycoon in Trump's sights

Chris Xu, founder of the Chinese fashion company Shein, has enjoyed a meteoric rise. Now, his business model is facing pressure. A man who is so reserved that his own employees are said to have problems recognizing him.

By Jörn Petring

Feature

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

Interview

Security expert Zhou Bo: 'The USA is tired of being the world's policeman'

Trump surprises China – with friendliness. Instead of a harsh confrontation, he made conciliatory gestures towards Beijing. But is this a genuine change of course, or is it just the calm before the storm? Chinese ex-military man Zhou Bo explains why China will not be fooled by illusions and what lessons it has learned from the Ukraine war for Taiwan.

By Angela Köckritz

Interview

Philippines: 'We will not sacrifice our sovereign rights in the South China Sea'

Manila tries to strike a balance between deterrence and diplomacy, between security alliances with the United States and economic dependence on China. Enrique Manalo, Foreign Minister of the Philippines, explains on the fringes of the Munich Security Conference what role the new German government can play in this diplomatic balancing act and the region's future.

By Angela Köckritz