Xi Jinping's thinking here isn't about archeology at all. It's about a newly invented nationalist Chinese claim of perennial status as a "global power": "China holding an ancient status as a global power". (5.000 years ago there were only regional powers.)
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3243804/5000-year-old-liangzhu-ruins-take-centre-stage-chinas-official-history-xis-backing

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/bueti/status/1731684938041159936#m

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