As the scheduled plan to dump the nuclear-contaminated wastewater from Daiichi plant approaches, Global Times reporters went to Fukushima. In this second installment of this field investigation, the Global Times reveals the helpless fishermen who are speaking out.

Standing in the middle of a massive construction site with a strong, gusty wind and constant construction noise in the background, Fu Xing, a mid-aged, bespectacled construction manager with a slight figure can barely be heard. Wearing his typical workman outfit – a white hard hat and a blue vest, Fu tries to explain what is being built and its national significance. But around him, nothing really stands out about the project, except for the sheer size of the site.

Of the over 200 armed conflicts that have occurred in the world, from the end of World War II until 2001, more than 80 percent were initiated by the US. The wars did not bring a "better future," but instead left behind a heap of mess. As reported in an article by TASS on the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the only thing the US has done is to plunge occupied countries into complete chaos. The Global Times has launched a series focused on the chaos brought by the US' retreat, harkening back to dark moments and memories through real history and stories.

The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between China and Serbia is expected to be signed by the end of this year, Siniša Mali, Serbia's deputy prime minister and minister of finance, told the Global Times in a recent exclusive interview. Mali believes that, amid world's turbulence and conflicts, the ironclad friendship between the two countries sets a model of common fulfilment and mutual trust for other countries.

The China-Central Asia Summit, the first major diplomatic event hosted by China this year and the first ever in-person summit between the leaders of China and the five Central Asian countries, is being held in Xi'an, Northwest China's Shaanxi Province, between May 18 and 19. The summit is viewed as an important milestone in relations between China and Central Asia countries, ushering in a new era of win-win cooperation. What's the significance of the summit for the region and the world? What can we anticipate in terms of further cooperation resulting from the summit? Global Times reporters Lin Xiaoyi and Xie Wenting (GT) talked to Prof. Saidmukhtar Saidkasimov (Saidkasimov), former deputy prime minister and former minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan, to delve into these topics and more.

Although Japan suffered a lot from the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in WWII as well as the Fukushima nuclear accident in March 2011, the Japanese government has seemingly failed to learn from history and insists on dumping nuclear-contaminated wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the sea. The plan has continued to arouse opposition and skepticism at home and abroad.

Xi'an, the starting point of the ancient Silk Road, is about to witness the ancient route shine with new vitality as the high-level China-Central Asia Summit is being held from Thursday to Friday. The national flags of China and five Central Asian countries are being flown alongside the airport highway in intervals, and banners saying “build a closer China-Central Asia community with a shared future” in both Chinese and Russian, can be seen at overpasses in the city.

If you seek an oasis of soccer enthusiasts along the Silk Road, look no further than the Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Here, from rural lanes to vast grasslands and even the desolate desert, Uygurs revel in the joy of playing soccer, with the love for the game ingrained in their blood, offering them the purest of pleasures and ideals.

As the scheduled plan to dump the wastewater approaches, Global Times reporters went to Fukushima. In the third and final installment of this field investigation, the Global Times speaks to Japanese people from various fields such as prefectural lawmakers, environmental organizations and nuclear experts. Although all of them believe the "dumping plan is not feasible," they feel powerless as the Japanese government doesn't hear their voices.

British media said Truss' visit to the island of Taiwan could earn her "tens of thousands of pounds." This is not the first time Taiwan's secessionists have paid anti-China Western politicians to go to the island, and the latter usually chant empty slogans pandering to the former during their stints in Taiwan in exchange for high fees. Before Truss, former US secretary of state Mike Pompeo and former house speaker Nancy Pelosi also reportedly made similar easy money from Taiwan's separatists.

As the much anticipated China-Central Asia Summit – the first major diplomatic event that China hosts this year – to be held in Xi'an, Northwest China's Shaanxi Province, draws near, the world watches on, paying keen attention to every detail of the event which is believed to be of monumental significance to relations between China and Central Asian countries.

As summer approaches, the Global Times reporters went to the Fukushima Prefecture. In this first installment of this field investigation, the Global Times reveals the palpable sense of fear and unease hanging over Fukushima, paired with intense opposition from locals who chanted "Never allow arbitrary dumping into the sea!"

In this article, two high school students share their passion for exploring the universe and a research project on the cultivation of multi-generational mudskippers in space.

In this installment, a young female internet celebrity who is a helicopter pilot, and also the first female pilot in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Army, shares her story of chasing her dreams in the expansive blue skies.

A decade has passed since the PRISM scandal was exposed by Edward Snowden and enraged the world. Under the guise of so-called “national interests,” the US government and its related intelligence agencies utilize their technological and first-mover advantages to conduct cyber surveillance and attacks around the world.

According to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA), the Tianzhou-6 cargo spacecraft completed its status configuration on Thursday morning after entering orbit and docking with the aft port of the Tianhe core module of China Space Station.

Today, against the backdrop of increasing exchanges in various fields between China and African countries, some rising stars in African politics and business are being nourished by China's experiences in development.

In spring, the city of Heze in East China's Shandong Province busies itself for peony blossom. Tourists shuttle through the fields of peonies, admiring the precious flowers which bloom in various colors during the Heze International Peony Festival. The freshly-harvested peony flowers are shipped to all parts of the country and the rest of the world; farmers do live broadcasts in the flower fields; and machines surrounding factories process peony products.

The alleged drone attack on the Kremlin last week added more fuel to the tense Russia-Ukraine situation. The drone incident was likely the work of extremists advocating for war in Ukraine, some experts told the Global Times.

In recent years, by promoting green, low-carbon, and environmentally friendly energy production and management, introducing high technology and ecological water replenishment in protecting the regional water and soil environment, Dongying is transforming from a "city of petroleum" to a "city of wetlands."

Editor's Note: In his report to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, proposed to comprehensively advance the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation on all fronts through a Chinese path to modernization – the modernization of a huge population, of common prosperity for all, of material and cultural-ethical advancement, of harmony between humanity and nature, and of peaceful development.

Chinese tourists did not waste the opportunity to enjoy their warm bright spring holiday time after three years of hard fight against the COVID-19 epidemic.

In this installment, we talked to four Arab artists who received a reply letter from President Xi, along with his encouragement to Arab artists to create more artworks reflecting China-Arab friendship, and to make new contributions to promoting exchanges and mutual learning between the two civilizations.

The sounds of explosive gunfires from a heavy machine gun and rapid counterattacks ring in the air, shattering the tranquility of the morning along the Nile River in Khartoum.

The surrogate shopping business or "daigou" between the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) and South China's Guangdong Province is making a comeback. But this time, there seems to be a reverse in the trend. Shenzhen's nimble residents have found a new business opportunity.

Sitting at the southernmost tip of the Chinese mainland, Xuwen Port in Zhanjiang, South China's Guangdong Province was one of the starting ports for the ancient Maritime Silk Road more than 2,000 years ago. Today, the port is the world's largest passenger-cargo ro-ro terminal. Despite its crucial historical role, the port had been relatively unknown both at home and abroad – until very recently.

Editor's Note: Promoting high-quality development of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a major step toward building a global community of shared future. This year marks the 10th anniversary of BRI, through which China has signed more than 200 cooperative documents under the BRI framework with 151 countries and 32 international organizations.

Editor's Note: Promoting high-quality development of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a major step toward building a global community of shared future. This year marks the 10th anniversary of BRI, through which China has signed more than 200 cooperative documents under the BRI framework with 151 countries and 32 international organizations.

The 20th Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition, also known as Auto Shanghai 2023, kicked off in Shanghai with more than 1,000 auto companies from 20 countries and regions participating in the event.

The Global Times has conducted a comprehensive investigation into the PR stunts the Japanese government and the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) are using in an attempt to gain further endorsements from abroad on the planned dumping of nuclear-contaminated wastewater.

The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani said on April 17 that Iran and Saudi Arabia will exchange mutual visits, including high-level ones, as part of the two countries' efforts to fully restore bilateral ties, in line with agreements to expand cooperation.

"To understand today's China, one must begin by understanding China's history. Guangzhou is the cradle of China's democratic revolution and the vanguard of China's reform and opening-up," in a recent meeting, Chinese President Xi Jinping told French President Emmanuel Macron in Guangzhou, capital of South China's Guangdong Province.

Chinese President Xi Jinping highly values cultures and has profound understanding of culture which strengthens over time. To him, culture plays a unique and irreplaceable role in the rejuvenation of China and the building of a global community of shared future. He speaks for Chinese wisdom, which has been passed down for millennia, advocates for mutual prosperity of global civilizations, welcomes the flourishing of popular cultural products, and encourages the youth to join the path to inheriting and reinventing their proud traditions.

Many outcomes. This is a very important visit, not only because it is the first visit President Lula is making outside our own continent; it's only the third month of [the new] government and he came to China with a big delegation. There was even a meeting of trade unionists, which I think is something totally new in a context like this one. What I want to stress is that it's not only contact between governments but also between societies. Brazil and China are coming closer together. I think it's very difficult to define one single result, because it's a broader thing. There are results in trade and investment, in environment and cooperation on climate change.

It seems the 14th Dalai Lama is likely to get away with his most recent scandal under the protection of numerous Western media sources, which have hurriedly whitewashed the monk's obvious impropriety toward an innocent child, an action that has led many to question the sanitized image of the so-called spiritual leader. But this line of questioning goes far beyond the monk's public impropriety.

The city of Zibo had never seen so many visitors.

Calls demanding for Japan to scrap its plan to dump more than 1 million tons of nuclear-contaminated wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea this spring or summer are getting louder not only in Japan but also in neighboring countries and the international community, as there is still no sign that the Japanese government intends to halt its intended plan.

Through some of its most outstanding offerings like the Tiangong Space Station and Yutu-2 moon rover, China has made remarkable achievements in space and lunar explorations in recent years. The country is also actively engaged in international cooperation, promising to open the Chinese Space Station (CSS) to all United Nations (UN) members, with nine projects from 17 countries having been selected as the first batch of scientific experiments to be conducted in the Tiangong. What are some of China's space and lunar explorations highlights, along with its efforts to promote international cooperation in the views of international scientists?

China has actively been pushing for international space cooperation with the latest example being the China-France joint statement, signed by both countries' governments amid French President Emmanuel Macron's state visit to China between April 5 and 7, in which the two sides expressed satisfaction with cooperation on the Chang'e-6 probe, and on the joint research of extraterrestrial samples.

A few days ago, the Chinese Tibetan Medicine Database Platform was officially launched online. It aimed to combine, preserve and utilize the Tibetan medicine resources through modern technology.

The fire on March 27 at the "Temporary Station of Ciudad Juarez" - an immigration detention center in the State of Chihuahua a few meters from the Mexican border with the US, which killed 39 people has once again brought the issues of US violations of immigrant and refugee human rights to the fore with global experts calling for prompt, thorough, and independent investigations into detention centers for migrants in the custody of the US government.

Wednesday's meeting between US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Taiwan regional leader Tsai Ing-wen, who visited the US under the guise of "transit," has sparked outrage over blatantly trampling on China's bottom line.

In Southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, a network of roads, railways, and airports not only supports the well-being of the people living there but also guarantees the nation's security and regional stability. Recently, Global Times reporters visited Xizang region to witness the miracle changes brought about by the high-altitude super projects in the region.

As a day of remembrance, the Qingming Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day which was commemorated on Wednesday, April 5, this year, saw the festival celebrated in tradition and modern eco-friendly ways.

Editor's Note: Chinese people believe that letters are as valuable as gold. For thousands of years, letters, across mountains and oceans, have been delivering the writers' sentiments and conveying friendship and expectations. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Chinese president, has managed to find time to reply to some letters from different sectors of the society and different parts of the world despite of his busy work schedule. Through his letters, Xi has corresponded with international friends from all walks of life on numerous occasions, part of a series of excellent stories of China's international exchanges in the new era. The letters have also added vivid colors to the diplomacy between China and other countries. The Global Times traced and contacted some of the recipients of Xi's letters, to hear the inspiring stories behind the letters and their communications with the Chinese president.

Through CPEC energy projects, Pakistan has been able to overcome its energy shortage, and the people of Pakistan will never forget that China helped them at a time when the whole country was plunged into darkness due to power shortages, Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives of Pakistan Ahsan Iqbal Chaudhary said in Beijing on Monday.

The moon is the next giant leap of humanity and as such we need to cooperate, not create barriers, senior space policy advisor Giuseppe Reibaldi, president and founder of the Moon Village Association (MVA), told the Global Times in an exclusive interview.

The Global Times is publishing a series of articles that examine these and other sociopolitical and economic forms of chaos in the US. This is the fourth installment in the series that looks into the judicial chaos running rampant in the country which wantonly carried out arbitrary detention and seriously infringes on human rights.

At a Beijing hutong courtyard on a late March afternoon, Wang Shu, the first Chinese national to win the Pritzker Architecture Prize, the world's most prestigious award in architecture, gave a lecture to a large audience and shared his insights on preserving tradition in modern architecture. From Hangzhou to Beijing, Wang relishes exploring the hutong alleyways and observing the vivid life within them.

The establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Honduras is a historic event, which will further advance the communication in various fields between China and Latin America and the Caribbean region, Ambassador of Venezuela to China Giuseppe Yoffreda told the Global Times in an exclusive interview.

As the Russia-Ukraine conflict enters its second year, the impact of the war on Russia and Ukraine has become increasingly prominent. Although Ukraine's economy has suffered a huge decline and the war did not take place in Russian territory, the "imprints" of war and the impact of Western sanctions can still be felt in Russia.

While visiting a kindergarten and schools recently, the Global Times found the principle being well implemented - all the children of Tibetan ethnicity the reporters met in Lhasa are able to express themselves in both Putonghua and Tibetan.

In recent months, the topic of "boarding schools" in Xizang has become a pointed term, as some Western media sources and organizations have hyped the false narratives of "children being forcefully separated from their parents leading to Tibetan children forgetting their native language and making the children effectively unable to communicate with their families." However, while visiting a boarding school in Xizang recently with these claims in mind, the Global Times reporters found these allegations to be entirely false, and nothing more than yet another slander by Western media sources.

"Are you happy?" This simple question is not only a daily greeting in Putonghua but also a yardstick on which global authorities attach importance when formulating policies to better serve their people. Recent international surveys showed that the happiness of people in the Chinese mainland has largely increased in recent years, with one of the survey reports suggesting that Chinese people are among the happiest in the world.

Xi's three-day state visit to Russia, the first trip abroad of the Chinese leader after he was re-elected as Chinese president at this year's two sessions, was of great significance, not only to China-Russia relations but also to the world as it faces mounting challenges and bouts of geopolitical and economic turbulence.

March 28 marks the 64th anniversary of the democratic reform of the Xizang Autonomous Region in Southwest China. In March 1959, the central government led the people in Xizang to launch a democratic reform, abolishing Xizang's feudal serfdom under a theocracy. Xizang was then able to establish a new social system that liberated the people and made them the masters of the nation and society. In 2009, the regional legislature announced March 28 as a day to commemorate the emancipation of about 1 million serfs. The democratic reform, which started in 1959, gave personal freedom, right to serfs' life, human dignity and value to the people, and unleashed immense and consistent productive forces for years to come. It is a historical event that all people in China should remember. Recently, Global Times reporters talked with a serf-born man in Lhasa. His own story is a vivid illustration of how Xizang has undergone remarkable changes in democracy.

It has been a decade since the concept of "building a community with a shared future for mankind" was proposed. The world has seen the power of ideas and heard the echoes of history - only when destiny is shared will the world have a brighter future.

Chinese diverse execute somersaults before diving into the water in the blink of an eye and later emerge from the pool amid thundering cheer and applause from spectators, who could only watch such scenes online in the months when the COVID-19 epidemic was at its most severe.

China feeds nearly one-fifth of the world's population with only 9 percent of the world's arable land.

March 20 marks the 20th anniversary of US-led invasion of Iraq. Two decades later, the mess and the nightmares left by the US still haunt people in Iraq and in the region.

In downtown Shanghai, soldiers from a People's Armed Police Force unit solemnly raised the national flag at People's Square as the first rays of sunshine shone on them. Meanwhile, another group of soldiers started their patrol duty on Nanjing Road, one of the most bustling commercial streets in the city.

The bombshell story by renowned American investigative reporter Seymour Hersh (Hersh) that revealed the US' culpability in the destruction of the Nord Stream pipeline has attracted global attention. When Hersh recently gave an exclusive interview to Global Times reporters Chen Qingqing and Bai Yunyi (GT) , he revealed that the order to blow up the pipeline was issued directly by US President Joe Biden, despite some insiders' unwillingness to carry out the mission. Hersh also stated that he believes the Biden administration won't see a positive end to the Ukraine crisis. Whether people agree with Russia or not, they must realize that it's hard for Russia to lose the war.

Exactly two decades after a US-led invasion was launched, Iraq is undergoing tremendous reconstruction on the ruins of war as it tries to heal the wounds from the past.

Chinese President Xi Jinping is scheduled to pay a three-day state visit to Russia from March 20 to 22. During his visit to Russia, President Xi will have an in-depth exchange of views with Russian President Vladimir Putin on bilateral relations and major international and regional issues of mutual interest. When Global Times reporter Bai Yunyi (GT) traveled to Moscow this week to cover Xi's visit, she interviewed Andrey Kortunov (Kortunov), director-general of the Russian International Affairs Council, who shared his views on issues surrounding China-Russia relations, the Ukraine crisis, and challenges that the world is facing today.

Chinese President Xi Jinping is scheduled to pay a three-day state visit to Russia from March 20 to 22. During his visit to Russia, President Xi will have an in-depth exchange of views with Russian President Vladimir Putin on bilateral relations and major international and regional issues of mutual interest. When Global Times reporter Bai Yunyi (GT) traveled to Moscow this week to cover Xi's visit, she interviewed Alexander Lukin (Lukin), director of the Center for East Asian and SCO Studies at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, who shared his views on issues surrounding China-Russia relations, the Ukraine crisis, and challenges that the world is facing today.

At the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping will pay a state visit to Russia from March 20-22. In a joint written interview with Global Times reporters Fan Anqi and Xing Xiaojing, Chinese Ambassador to Russia Zhang Hanhui noted that after 2013, President Xi once again made Russia the first stop of his overseas visit after being elected as Chinese president, which fully reflected the profound personal friendship between Xi and Putin, and the great importance he attaches to China-Russia relations in the new era.

The three-year COVID-19 pandemic has brought a lot of pain to the world, but some people in the US are still trying to use it as a weapon to hurt people even more. US Senator Marco Rubio said at a press release on Tuesday that a new "report" on the origins of COVID-19 "is coming soon."

A walk through the Hall of Literary Brilliance of the Palace Museum in Beijing, visitors felt transcending time and space to the ancient Pakistan on a display, which offers a better understanding of time-honored cultural exchanges between China and Pakistan along the Silk Road.

As the 52nd session of the UN Human Rights Council continues, various sideline events have been held to discuss issues on human rights developments in different parts of the world. However, some anti-China forces and countries are abusing the platform by inviting so-called "victims" of Xinjiang vocational and education centers to attend certain sideline events to spread disinformation about China, especially in its Xinjiang, Xizang, and Hong Kong regions, in an attempt to beleaguer China by hyping human rights violation topics.

During this year's two sessions, Xi made three such visits and meetings and delivered a speech at the closing meeting of the first session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC), the country's national legislature, on Monday morning. On three of the four occasions, the Chinese President focused on economic and social development, specifically China's high-quality development. At the other occasion, at a plenary meeting of the delegation of the People's Liberation Army and the People's Armed Police Force, Xi stressed enhancing integrated national strategies and strategic capabilities.

While the US-led West is busy pointing fingers at China, a few US financial institutions, as well as the interest groups behind them, are the main culprit of many economic losses and financial crises worldwide, which had even pushed some countries and regions into recession.

The continuous hype of the COVID-19 pandemic “lab-leak” theory by US politicians poses threats and escalates tensions in China-US relations, Chinese observers said on Thursday, following the US House staging its first ever politicized hearing on the origins of COVID-19.

Recently, the images of Ya Ya, a skinny panda at the Memphis Zoo in the US broke the hearts of animal lovers, who are pledging to repatriate the bear to China as soon as possible. Meanwhile, in stark contrast to the miserable conditions endured by Ya Ya, most pandas sent abroad from China live happy, even "privileged" lives in zoos, as they enjoy global adoration.

"The significance of the two sessions for Nepal is obvious," he said. He expressed confidence that the bilateral ties between China and Nepal will grow further after the two sessions.

A recent letter exchange reminded people about the commonality of the two ancient civilizations of China and Greece - harmonious coexistence, which provides important spiritual guidance for mankind to solve the problems of the times.

Liu Shaoziyang had just turned 18 when he got signed by FC Bayern Munich in December 2021, capturing the attention of both Chinese and German soccer fans.

On March 5, at the “Deputies' Passage” ahead of the opening meeting of the first session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, NPC deputy Shui Qingxia, head coach of the Chinese women's national soccer team, made an exciting appearance much to the joy of countless Chinese fans, including Chinese striker Zhang Linyan. Zhang, 22, joined Grasshopper Club Zurich women's team in the Swiss Women's Super League on loan.

Having lived in China for a decade and being interested in all the symbolic elements representing the Chinese Spring Festival such as red lanterns, and the Chinese character "fu," which means happiness, blessing, and good fortune, 28-year-old Russian artist Podareva Anastasia spent her Chinese New Year holidays in China this year and visited the annual lantern festival at Yuyuan Garden in Shanghai, one of China's national intangible cultural heritages.

Mohammad Saiyedul Islam, a 30-year-old Bangladeshi student, has become a foreign promoter of the Lei Feng Spirit. Lei Feng is a household name in China and a highly quotable Chinese soldier who died more than half a century ago but still lives in people's hearts today for his generosity and altruistic deeds. March 5 marks “Lei Feng Day” in China. This year marks the 60th anniversary of the call to “Learn from Lei Feng” by late Chinese leader Mao Zedong and other older-generation revolutionaries.

With rural revitalization as a primary focus, China has attached great importance to issues related to agriculture, rural areas and farmers. In President Xi Jinping's speech at the central rural work conference in December 2022, he called for efforts to vigorously promote the modernization of agriculture and rural areas, and to expedite the fortification of agriculture.

Recently, the Global Times reporters visited the park, talked with wildlife experts, and strolled in the snow with the woods patrol team, taking a closer look at how China has made efforts to protect wildlife and maintain ecological balance, as well as how advanced technologies and international cooperation have facilitated the protection.

As the ancient Chinese saying goes, "one year's plan starts with spring." At present, it is the time for spring sowing and preparation for the production of the whole year. Across China, farmers are seizing the opportunity to make a good start for the year, hoping to have a good harvest.

Anyin Choo, Ambassador of Guyana to China, wore a red cheongsam and read a Chinese poem in fluent Putonghua with her young daughter in a video to express her New Year wishes to Chinese friends. The poem written in the Song dynasty (960-1279) shows how people usher in the Chinese New Year with the sound of firecrackers and an atmosphere full of warmth, hope and happiness. With those words, Choo also summarized her wonderful life in China.

There is an old Chinese saying that a year's plan starts with spring. In the region that Chinese President Xi Jinping has visited multiple times in a decade, people started anew, busy with ambitions to create new successes after the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.

Nepal is a virgin land for investment and it welcomes investment from China in the nationally prioritized sectors including energy, agriculture, tourism, mines, mineral, infrastructure, and information and communication technology, said Nepali Ambassador to China Bishnu Pukar Shrestha on Tuesday.

The international landscape is currently undergoing fundamental changes. The development of relations between China and the US, the world's two major powers, carries great significance for the world. How will the so-called balloon incident impact bilateral ties? Will a major conflict between the two countries be unavoidable? Global Times reporters Xie Wenting and Bai Yunyi (GT) conducted an exclusive interview with George Yeo (Yeo), former Singaporean minister of foreign affairs on these matters.

The Global Times is publishing a series of articles that examine these and other sociopolitical and economic forms of chaos in the US. This is the third installment in the series which looks into the yawning wealth disparity in the country, the entrenched political and social causes behind it, and the implications of the problem.

The Global Times (GT) recently conducted an exclusive interview with new Russian Ambassador to China Igor Morgulov (Morgulov), which was the first time that Morgulov gave an exclusive interview to Chinese media since he arrived in China on October 20, 2022. He told the Global Times that despite many changes in the international landscape, Russia and China have a high degree of mutual trust and anyone who tries to “drive a wedge” between the two countries' friendship will not succeed. As for the Ukraine crisis, he said that Russia has never refused to engage in dialogue with Kiev and the West. And of course, this can only happen when they “take Russia's fundamental interests and concerns into account.” During the interview, Morgulov noted that Russia appreciates China's independent foreign policy, and respects China's balanced position.

One year since the Ukraine crisis, it is worth looking into how the US kidnapped war with stories, used “hegemonic stability theory” to create turmoil, used "international order" to beautify "unilateral laws," and quelled "hegemonic anxiety" by selling "fear."

By using the balloon saga, some US politicians have pushed anti-China sentiments in Washington to a climax in recent weeks so as to push the China-US relations to nadir. Aside from drumming up the rhetoric of the alleged "China threat," US officials are hyping up a more sensational accusation by claiming China has a "wider fleet" of balloons that span five continents for surveillance.

What is the current situation in Afghanistan? What security risks do Chinese nationals face while in the country? The Global Times recently spoke with Wang Duanyong, an associate researcher at the School of International Relations and Public Affairs at Shanghai International Studies University, who conducted a long investigation in Afghanistan and experienced the hotel attack firsthand. Wang shared his experience and observations over the last year.

In the last decade, China has remained steadfast in its commitment to opening up to the world, continuously creating new patterns of academic opening-up, and enhancing its international cooperation and exchange in education comprehensively.

As the first anniversary of the Russia-Ukraine conflict approaches, observers have noticed that a few people in the West are hyping up another wave of rumors targeting China. While some NATO members are stirring up tensions by supplying lethal weapons to Ukraine, their politicians and media are preoccupied with digging dirt on China, saying Chinese companies have either sold or donated weapons to Russia.

Young people are the barometer of any era. Nowadays in China, there are many young people from all over the world studying or working here, and with their sharp insights and fresh perspectives, they serve as witnesses to what is happening in China and are a bridge through which the world can understand China.

Although she has only been in the US for a few months, Michelle Gong, a Chinese student at Michigan State University, said she had the most horrific experience of her life while in the US.

In light of the response to the so-called “balloon incident”, the US' overreaction has made people question whether “guardrails” have been built between the two countries' relations. Can cooperation still move forward when one side keeps stirring up antagonism and creating trouble? Before the “balloon incident,” the US had reportedly reached agreements with the Netherlands and Japan to tighten export restrictions against China's chip sector, and stopped providing US companies with licences to export to Huawei. What is the aim of such moves by the US? Is it still possible for the two countries to cooperate? What are the prospects of bilateral ties in 2023? The Global Times reporters Xie Wenting and Bai Yunyi (GT) talked with Charles W. Freeman Jr. (Freeman), a former senior US diplomat who has witnessed the establishment and development of China-US diplomatic relations.

After wrapping up the harbor phase and the sea phase, the AMAN-23 multinational maritime exercise, organized by the Pakistan Navy, culminated on Tuesday in the North Arabian Sea with a powerful conduct of international fleet review followed by a spectacular AMAN formation comprising of the Pakistan Navy and foreign naval ships including the Type 052D guided missile destroyer Nanning of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy.

The discovery of a US sail drone in Namibian territorial waters signified the increasing tendency of US spying in every corner of the world and countries should be vigilant as US investment in intelligence globally will pose a bigger threat, analysts said. Local media outlets reported that the Namibian military confirmed a sail drone had been found in waters near Lüderitz and that it was controlled by the US.

Soybeans, accounting for the highest proportion of China's food imports, were mentioned eight times in China's No.1 central document of 2023 issued on Monday, more than any other food crop mentioned.

America's drug abuse problem - a long-existing thorn in the side of US society - has grown more serious in recent years in the country along with an increasing number of young people turning to drugs due to dwindling economic opportunities and the apparent death of the so-called "American Dream."

We haven't ceased witnessing the sincere support of the Chinese people since the earthquake. They are continuously sending us offers of help in a moving spirit of solidarity with the Turkish people, Turkish Ambassador to China Abdulkadir Emin Önen told the Global Times in an exclusive interview.

Currently, over one month after COVID-19 hospitalizations surged in China, inside the new building of the Yatai district of the Second Bethune Hospital, two-thirds of ward beds in the Emergency Intensive Care Unit (EICU) sit empty, with nurses calmly monitoring patients. In the corridor, several of the admitted patients' family members browse their mobile phones leisurely.

The second China-Cambodia cultural exchange forum was held in Beijing on Monday, fulfilling the joint vow of carrying forward the "ironclad friendship" and building high-quality, high-level and high-standard ties between the two countries, following Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen's visit to China.

With the optimization and adjustment of its COVID policies, China is expected to welcome more foreign leaders in 2023. Among them, French President Emmanuel Macron has expressed explicitly his willingness to visit China. In recent years, China-EU relations have seen some obstacles emerging against the backdrop of the US-led strategic containment of China and the Ukraine war. In an exclusive interview with Global Times reporters Chen Qingqing and Bai Yunyi (GT), Chinese Ambassador to France Lu Shaye (Lu) talked about prospects of China-EU relations as influenced by the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, the Taiwan question, and China-France ties with the US' exertion of pressure on its major allies.

In addition to sunshine, sea waves and coconut palms, a surging human tide has become the most distinct and enduring label of Sanya in South China's Hainan Province.

Editor's Note: Since 2012, China has witnessed an extraordinary economic transition, with historic achievements in all aspects of the economy from its size to quality. Such an unparalleled feat does not just happen, especially during a tumultuous period in the global geo-economic landscape and a tough phase in China's economic transformation and upgrading process. It was Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era that guided the country in overcoming various risks and challenges, and in keeping the China economic miracle alive.

The earthquake has struck a region already facing one of the most complex humanitarian challenges in the world, and it will worsen the humanitarian crisis and the suffering for Syrians, Matthew Saltmarsh, spokesperson for the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), told the Global Times in an interview on Friday.

The majority of overseas young people support the China-advocated concept of “building a global community of shared future,” and support openness and win-win cooperation, a recent survey conducted by the Global Times Research Center has shown.

Tradition has never lost its luster. While China has achieved the largest-scale urbanization in history with urbanities embracing a modern life, Chinese people's physical and emotional connections to traditions are strong and omnipresent. These traditions have also become a precious and unique part of Chinese culture.

Editor's Note: Chinese people believe that letters are as valuable as gold. For thousands of years, letters, across mountains and oceans, have been delivering writers' sentiments and conveying friendship and expectations. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Chinese president, has managed to find time to reply to some letters from different parts of society and the world despite his busy work schedule.

"I am honored to be a member of the first batch of the scientific expedition team of the Zhong Shan Da Xue Ji Di and I hope it would soon take me to the Arctic," Zhao Xi, an associate professor at the Sun Yat-sen University's School of Geospatial Engineering and Science, wrote on February 3 inside the ship's meeting room during its first sea trials.

After three years of the COVID-19 pandemic, global businesses were glad to see Chinese visitors once again arriving at their local tourist attractions and shopping malls over the just concluded Spring Festival holidays. The recovery of Chinese outbound tourism has injected strong vitality to overseas tourism and consumer markets, industry insiders commented.

With an eye on China, the US undersecretary of state for political affairs Victoria Nuland met with Nepal's newly elected Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and discussed bilateral ties with him in Kathmandu on January 30. Some experts said the move reflects the US' uneasiness coupled with tensions over Nepal's “unfavorable electoral result” in the eyes of the US.

Days after the China ushered in the Year of the Rabbit with a particularly festive Spring Festival, President Xi Jinping rallied the nation for one of the most pressing tasks: Tackling the technological "bottleneck" to secure long-term high-quality development.

We can expect good development in trade between China and Switzerland in 2023. With regard to the global economy, the recent development in China raises hopes for stabilization, Swiss Ambassador to China Jürg Burri told the Global Times in an exclusive interview.

As media sources around the world have paid so much attention to infection surges in various metropolises or first-and-second-tier cities in China and governments at all levels have attached great importance to anti-epidemic work in rural areas, a review on how numerous small cities in China overcome the infection peak and spent the Spring Festival holidays makes up the final piece of puzzle on how China managed to go through the latest round of infections since its optimization of the policy regarding COVID-19 management.

For countless overseas Chinese, this year's Spring Festival provided an opportunity to be reunited with family for the first time since China's prevention and control of the COVID-19 epidemic entered a new phase.

This Spring Festival holidays were particularly special for people in China and beyond – it was the first holiday after China announced the downgrading of COVID-19 management from a Class A to Class B infectious disease in early January.

Burri is now eyeing the development of bilateral relations, an area where there is lots of potential, he said. China has recently made its COVID-19 adjustment and released a series of measures that further facilitate the movement of people and goods as well as international travel. "The fact that people can travel again and the tourism sector is opening up will surely boost the Chinese economy," Burri said.

Thailand's Department of Medical Sciences on January 6 confirmed the first case in Thailand of XAY.2, a Delta-Omicron recombinant variant, according to local media reports. The news has drawn widespread attention, with many worrying about whether this could lead to a further escalation of COVID-19 cases and how it might affect the epidemic situation in China.

The global landscape has, in recent years, gone through profound, complex and turbulent changes since the end of the Cold War. In the eyes of geopolitical observers, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the intensifying geopolitical tensions and the “ripple effects” of the Ukraine crisis have led to growing upheaval in the global financial and economic sectors, while also posing a serious threat to food and energy security. Certain countries continue to blatantly advocate for decoupling, confrontation, and division, further exacerbating an already dire global situation.

On the harshest winter day thus far in Lianyungang's Ganyu port with a snow storm rocking moored ships unable to sail due to the inclement weather, the Tianjing, or Sky Whale, remained still.

As border cities are reactivated after reopening, so too have cross-border migrant workers been reenergized.

As long as the elements cooperate, the consensus among the Chinese women's national football team is that training shall take place every day without delay or failure.

The recent border reopening between the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong has injected much-needed vitality and enthusiasm into the city's economic development and is perceived by Hong Kong's business communities as a start to Hong Kong's strong comeback. Global Times reporter Zhao Juecheng (GT) conducted an exclusive interview with Paul Chan Mo-po (Chan), financial secretary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government, on Wednesday. Chan talked about his expectation of Hong Kong's rapid economic growth in 2023 following the border reopening, and the city's plan to diversify its economic development model, as part of the efforts to weather a complicated international environment.

"Cultural envoy" was what Xi has referred the COPAG in his letter. The title was a given laurel from Xi that encourages the art group to deliver more Chinese cultural performances to world audiences in the year of 2023, including a folk musical Huang Tu Gao Ge that Jing Xiaoyong, head of COPAG, exclusively revealed to the Global Times.

Despite some countries announcing additional measures on Chinese nationals citing so-called unjustified "virus concerns," many countries have signaled a welcome to Chinese tourists. In this issue, the Global Times reporters Xie Wenting and Bai Yunyi talk with diplomats about their take on China's recently revised COVID policy as well as its impact on bilateral cooperation.

China's adjustment of its COVID policy is a welcome gesture, which symbolizes a move towards fulfilling the aspiration of China to open up further across the world for its modern and high-quality socio-economic development, Nepali Ambassador to China Bishnu Pukar Shrestha told the Global Times in an exclusive interview.

China and Pakistan have been maintaining close naval and maritime exchanges and cooperation in recent years, including joint drills, enhanced by Pakistan's procurement of four advanced Type 054A/P frigates from China. Shortly before the Exercise AMAN-23, Global Times reporter Liu Xuanzun (GT) was granted an exclusive interview with Admiral M Amjad Khan Niazi (Adm. Niazi), chief of the naval staff of the Pakistan Navy, and discussed topics ranging from the exercise plan and the Pakistan Navy's equipment procurement plan from China to the PLA Navy in the eyes of the Pakistan Navy.

Chinese border ports witnessed an influx of travelers on Sunday, the first day the country downgraded its COVID-19 management and reopened its borders after three years of global pandemic.

No matter how China decides to deal with the COVID-19 epidemic, some Western media and some Western politicians will never be satisfied. Over the last three years, when China adopted a strict virus prevention and control policy and effectively protected the health and safety of its people, some Western pundits relentlessly made unfounded criticism, demanding China to “open the door,” otherwise there would be “no freedom and human rights.”

Chinese people believe that letters are as valuable as gold. For thousands of years, letters, across mountains and oceans, have been delivering the writers' sentiments, friendship, and expectations.

On November 19, 2022, during a visit to Thailand, Chinese President Xi Jinping presented the English version of the four-volume collection Xi Jinping: The Governance of China to Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha. Prayut, who had previously recommended that his cabinet read the books, was pleased to receive this special gift.

Dozens of cities witnessed people entering the New Year and celebrating the 3-day holiday through participating in various leisure activities with hope and strength across China, a sign of rebounding to vitality as the hustle and bustle of urban life returned after tough weeks of surging COVID-19 infections.

The China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is akin to timely rain that has served to nourish the development of participating countries and regions, experts noted.

This final installment tells the story of a senior engineer from a Chinese construction company who had been stationed in South Asia for over a decade, and has witnessed the growth of Chinese companies that have been helping local regions to develop economically and to improve people's livelihoods under the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).

Medical staff members on the frontline of Beijing's COVID-19 fight have continued to stick to their posts with full dedication even during New Year while facing mounting pressures as local infections surged over last few weeks.

Twenty years ago, a 9-year-old girl insisted on going to Beijing for pursuing her dancing dream. She did not know what pursuing dance would bring her, but only took on the challenge with her full passion and love for dance.

Allen, a 45-year-old mechanic who works at an auto repair shop east of Georgetown, Guyana's capital, cheerfully zooms along the wide, unimpeded four-lane highway to make purchases for his burgeoning auto repair shop, getting to the city center in just 20 minutes. Five years ago, the same commute would have taken more than one hour owing to the previous 17 kilometers of muddy and congested narrow road. He did not anticipate just how much the renovated road would instantly transform the lives of thousands of commuters.

With the strengthening of China's overseas influence and the deepening of international exchanges and cooperation, more and more Chinese film and television works have entered the families and cinemas in other countries. In a recent survey by the Global Times, audiences in 10 countries said that action movies are still their favorite genre of Chinese film and television, and they hope to learn more about Chinese history, culture and society through these works.

As a young grassroots official who fights at the frontline of poverty alleviation and rural revitalization, Yu Minghua, 33, has a busy work schedule. From daybreak till dusk, she spends her time speaking with villagers, helping them find ways to make a better living, promoting local specialties, and sometimes instructing villagers on how to maintain sanitation in their homes.

Carrying saplings in straw hat is just one sign of Chaoketu's year-round afforestation efforts as the director of the forestry workstation in Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner in Tongliao, North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. There are many considerations that Chaoketu has to make including the transplantation of the appropriate species of tree for the right kind of land in the ecological conservation plan for the banner, but his dream remains only one: To transform his hometown from a desert to an oasis. The dream of this Mongolian forestry worker also resonates with the dreams of hundreds of millions of people in China.

The Chinese Dream drives the aerospace dream, and the aerospace dream supports the Chinese Dream.

The introduction of an eight-point decision has brought about fundamental changes to the political environment in the Communist Party of China (CPC), and has also served as a brake pad for corruption of certain officials on a larger scale, Zhuang Deshui, deputy director of the Research Center for Government Integrity-Building at Peking University, told the Global Times.

Editor's Note: Who is the Communist Party of China (CPC)? What is the CPC's role in the new era? The CPC has grown into one of the largest ruling parties in the world in the process of leading the Chinese people in seeking liberation and happiness, making China as strong and prosperous as it is today.

In a major speech at the central rural work conference from Friday to Saturday, where top officials mapped out policy priorities for agriculture, rural areas, and farmers in 2023, President Xi Jinping again stressed the need to protect food security, saying that ensuring a stable and safe supply of food and important agricultural products is always the top priority for building a strong agricultural country.

As the world is grappled with increasing uncertainty and a potentially prolonging economic recession, cooperation between China and Arab states carries more weight in upholding multilateralism and global development. Likewise, China's 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) is also viewed to have injected certainty to a world of growing uncertainties. In this story, the Global Times reporter talked with UAE Ambassador to China Ali Obaid AI Dhaheri on the China-Arab cooperation, bilateral ties, and the 20th CPC National Congress among others.

Through maintaining provocative cliques, the US keeps creating rivalries in Indo Pacific which drives the global maritime order toward competition and conflict as “Indo-Pacific Partnership for Maritime Domain Awareness (IPMDA)” enters its eighth month since its inception in May among Quad members.

Edgar Snow, a household name in China, was a journalist from the US best known for his book in 1937 called Red Star Over China which portrayed a clear and compelling image of how the then "mysterious" CPC led the revolution and brought human dignity and equality to the ordinary Chinese - and awakened China's millions - through insightful conversations with key figures of the Party, including Mao Zedong.

Chinese people and American people have a rich history of friendship and if we can successfully create opportunities to work together, this world will become a better place, Adam Foster, President of the Helen Foster Snow Foundation, who penned a letter to Xi Jinping, told the Global Times.

Along with the notice of Beijing city resuming its inter-provincial group tour, photos of the Forbidden City, one of the capital's brightest "namecards," have flooded the Chinese internet, once again sparking the passion of tourists and cultural enthusiasts across the country. Wang Xudong, director of the Palace Museum, has hope and tranquility in his heart, and this is the summary of his journey over three decades of devoting himself to cultural heritage conservation.

China, as the country currently holding the COP15 presidency, has made great strides in biodiversity protection. In recent years, wildlife protectors in China have also increasingly used innovative technologies and practices to better conserve biodiversity, which, in this issue, we will illustrate with some typical cases in the wild, as well as in some mega cities across the country.

Outdoor entertainment areas, commercial centers, and historical sites throughout many regions across China have slowly seen a return to normal over the last few days following the recent optimization of epidemic prevention measures including the scrapping of mandatory COVID testing and health code requirements.

What are China's national parks? Why are they important? What progress has been made in recent years? These infographics will illustrate China's treasures in nature.

Ebbers had teaching experience in China and became a visiting professor at Renmin University of China in Beijing since 2010. Global Times reporters Hu Yuwei and Gu Di (GT) recently had an exclusive interview with Professor Ebbers (Ebbers) to learn more about his view on China's economic development, the West's "economic defense" against China, and the right way for Western powers to get along with the emerging markets.

​"Hydropower operators must go to the dam construction frontline." This is a principle Wang Zhilin, who is determined to devote himself to China's hydropower industry, has always upheld.

Freitas has been working at the Shandong Taishan Football Club, also known as Luneng to most Chinese soccer fans, for almost seven years, now serving as the technical director at the club's soccer school.

FC Bayern Munich is one of the most successful soccer clubs in the world and has a legion of fans in China. In recent years, the club has not only brought its greatest players to China to meet fans, but also been exporting its excellent soccer philosophy to the country, especially through transplanting its youth training system here based on its decades-old successful practices and experience.

Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Saudi Arabia and his attendance at the first China-Arab States Summit and China-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit have made “China” a word frequently mentioned in the Arab world in recent days.

Vaccines, a key to safeguarding public health, have been increasingly prioritized over the last decade by the Communist Party of China (CPC). This is reflected in China's determination in the quick implementation of COVID-19 vaccine R&D, Su Wei, a professor at the Party School of the CPC Chongqing Municipal Committee, told the Global Times.

Editor's Note: Who is the Communist Party of China (CPC)? What is the CPC's role in the new era? The CPC has grown into one of the largest parties in the world in the process of leading the Chinese people in seeking liberation and happiness, making China as strong and prosperous as it is today. As the CPC ushers the nation into a new era of development, the last decade has witnessed great achievements in national strength and prosperity, with people's confidence and recognition of this path rising to unprecedentedly high levels. With more than 96 million members, the CPC concluded its 20th National Congress in October, which realized the goals of unifying thinking, fortifying confidence, charting the course for a new era, and boosting morale. The Global Times is publishing a series of stories to help the world understand the CPC in this new era, through stories from CPC members working on the frontlines of various fields, as well as through observations made by respected scholars. In this installment, a Chinese vaccine expert shares his views on vaccine development over the last decade, along with the benefits reaped and challenges faced in the process.

Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Saudi Arabia is a special event for all Chinese learners and enthusiasts in Saudi Arabia, as they have just received a reply letter from Xi.

"After coming to China, the the Communist Party of China (CPC) became my father's faith. He witnessed China change from its backwardness. I know his past experience, but have also witnessed the take-off of China. I firmly believe that the CPC has maintained its original aspiration of striving for the people's welfare," said Zhou Youma, the son of George Hatem (1910-1988), the first foreigner extraordinarily approved to become a CPC member and obtain Chinese citizenship, when recalling his receiving a reply letter from Xi.

Having traveled around the globe, US paleontologist Dr.Thomas A. Stidham chose to settle down in Beijing more than a decade ago.

“Not a speculator who touts China, but a media person who tells the truth.” This is how New Zealand columnist, journalist, and video creator Andy Boreham, who works in Shanghai, defines himself on his Twitter profile page.

As a country with an increasingly important role in international affairs, Saudi Arabia has been on a trend of “looking East” and “investing in the future” in seeking sustainable prosperity.

Having been drawn into the protracted and intense Russia-Ukraine conflicts, experiencing inflation and skyrocketing energy costs... Nine months after the outbreak of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine in February, more people in the EU - from politicians to business leaders - have realized how they have been caught in the US' trap, as the latter uses the EU crisis as an opportunity to enrich itself at the expense of the EU.

What I talk about when I talk about reading? For Wu Yanping, managing partner of One Way Space, a niche yet popular bookstore brand in China, this is a question to which he can provide countless answers.

So what exactly does a supercomputer look like? What kind of jobs are supercomputers already capable of? How can China's supercomputing development seek independent innovation and break through the blockade? With these questions in mind, the Global Times reporter visited the NSCCJN.

Why do you live here? Over the last decade, Japanese documentary director Ryo Takeuchi has been throwing the question to expats in China and Chinese nationals in Japan. As one of Takeuchi's representative works, The Reason I Live Here, which documents various stories in China, has continuously been updated over the years.

Some 16 years ago, when David Ferguson first came to China from Scotland, he was struck by what he saw.

The elections for the House of Representatives of the federal parliament and seven provincial assemblies concluded in Nepal on November 20. Though official results are yet to be released, Nepali observers said that Nepal's friendly relations with China will not be affected.

After the successful conclusion of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in October, politicians and scholars in Nepal recently attended a seminar titled "The New Leadership of the CPC: The Influence on World Order" in Lalitpur, a Nepalese city. During the seminar, attendees discussed achievement made by the Chinese people under the leadership of the CPC. They also agreed that China's development peaked to a historical high and will provide Nepal with an opportunity to synchronize development with China.

In this installment, we take a glimpse inside a nuclear power plant and learn a story of its chief operator, the "brain" of the plant, who has witnessed the progress of China's nuclear power industry in the process of green development while maintaining an excellent safety record in generating electricity.

In the past decade, China's nuclear energy industry under the leadership of the Community Party of China (CPC) has achieved and developed greatly.

For some time, with the US trumpeting its intended “decoupling” from China, Japan, as a US ally, seems to be exploring the possibility of such a proposition. In this regard, some Japanese media outlets are concerned that Japan would have a lot to lose if the country does follow through.

Having secured a victory in eradicating absolute poverty, China has now ramped up its efforts to propel rural revitalization, a major task in realizing the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, also a major key move for the development of a modernized economy.

Editor's Note: Who is the Communist Party of China (CPC)? What is the CPC's role in the new era? The CPC has grown into one of the largest ruling parties in the world in the process of leading the Chinese people in seeking liberation and happiness, making China as strong and prosperous as it is today.

Editor's Note: The 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27) concluded in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt on Sunday. The conference reached a relatively balanced package of outcomes and sent a positive signal of upholding multilateralism and a jointly enhanced response to the global climate crisis. China attached great importance to this meeting, and fully supported Egypt in making it a success. In addition to the COP27, China and Egypt have also initiated wide-ranging cooperation under the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The Global Times reporter Xie Wenting (GT) interviewed the newly appointed Egyptian Ambassador to China Assem Hanafi (Hanafi) to elicit his thoughts on the COP27, cooperation under the BRI, as well as the future of China-Egypt bilateral ties.

She is passionate about sustainable development, climate action, international governance, and collaborative solutions to these issues. With her knowledge in hydrology and ecology, she focuses on extreme hydrological events in terms of climate change and hopes to find better solutions.

As a young delegate at the COP27, and having graduated after studying environmental and climate issues, the 23-years-old has had several different roles to play, making his schedule extremely full - he worked with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) secretariat to host events; he organized activities at the China Corner with his peers from the Global Alliance of Universities on Climate (GAUC); with a particular interest in climate negotiation, he observed four negotiations at the venue being undertaken covering different fields.

Editor's Note: Chinese President Xi Jinping met with French President Emmanuel Macron on November 15 in Bali, Indonesia on the sidelines of the G20 summit. This was the first in-person meeting between the two leaders since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The two leaders reaffirmed their commitments to bolstering communication and coordination in response to the global challenges including climate change, biodiversity protection, and food security. Global Times reporters Chen Qingqing and Bai Yunyi (GT) interviewed French Ambassador to China Laurent Bili (Bili) exclusively as he talked about the prospects of China-France and China-Europe relations.

The 67th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between China and Nepal is a great occasion to highlight the friendly relations between the two countries, and this is also the right time to organize tourism and cultural activities and promotional events to strengthen cultural relations, Chhabindra Parajuli, economic minister with the Embassy of Nepal in China, told the Global Times in an exclusive interview.

What is the view from the "pinnacle of science" created by China? Amid once-in-a-century global changes, what could the effect of opening up an exclusive event in science be?

The railway station bustling with ebullient volunteers welcoming international delegates, the grand opening ceremony for an international event, and the conference flag fluttering on the main road – this is how Central China's Wuhan greeted the participants of the COP14, or 14th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, after more than three years of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Late October, Terry Townshend climbed to the roof of a building in Beijing to check out a hand-sized recording device placed there which he had set up to "capture the sounds of migrating birds" at Beijing's Olympic Park, the largest green space in Asia.

As one intimately familiar with the China International Import Expo (CIIE), a world-class international business platform, 33-year-old Kuno Gschwend, general manager of Swiss Centers China (SCC), busily put final touches to the expo venue two days ahead of the expo's opening.

As one of the most successful female table tennis players to have ever won a Grand Slam singles title, over her 26-year career, Ding has been a source of countless inspirational stories in the history of Chinese table tennis.

Who created the earliest known Chinese characters? When were they created? And what were oracle bones used for?

Nearly a century ago, excavation activities began in a small village called Yangshao in Central China's Henan Province, an expedition that would unexpectedly become an epoch-making moment in China's archaeological history.

As Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva makes an extraordinary comeback to the Brazilian presidency and is expected to formally assume office on January 1, 2023, Latin America is now experiencing a "pink tide" resurgence with major countries in the region "turning left."

Walking through the city's flagship East Lake National Wetland Park in Central China's Wuhan, water and sky merge in muted colors, punctuated by fir trees on which hundreds of rare species of pelican crowd "painting" the tree branch snowy white with their droppings.

For farmers in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region's Tongliao, there were two pieces of good news in recent days: The corn harvest in the fields is abundant, and their female "grain king" who went to Beijing to represent their agrarian region at the CPC National Congress has returned.

This is the real version of "Japanese fragmentation" - Okinawa, which occupies only 0.6 percent of the total surface area of Japan, hosts more than 70 percent of the US military bases stationed in Japan. The military bases located in Okinawa's central and southern metropolitan areas exist like split cities. The Japanese government has frequently hyped up its rhetoric that "any contingency for Taiwan is a contingency for Japan,"and regards Okinawa as a natural barrier to "protect" the mainland of Japan. However, the Japanese government seems to have forgotten how the Battle of Okinawa in 1945 was waged at the cost of hundreds of thousands of lives. The strong dissatisfaction of ordinary people in Okinawa for having their home turned into a battleground and base for US military operations has gone largely ignored.

China has an old saying that "the society will flourish if the waters of the Yellow River are peaceful." As the second-longest river in China, the Yellow River is expected to play a more important role in the country's development, with more efforts in disaster relief, environmental protection and high-quality development in the river basin.

Today, against the backdrop of increasing exchanges in various fields between China and African countries, some rising stars in African politics and business are being nourished by China's experiences in development.

Wearing a red cap with his name embroidered on and carrying a custom-made guitar, US-born Mark Levine positions himself in front of the camera in a floral T-shirt on a sunny day.

Yano Koji is not only China's "old friend," but also part of the Chinese family.

Less than one week after the conclusion of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, led the members of the Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau to visit Yan'an, an old revolutionary base in Northwest China's Shaanxi Province, on October 26.

This installment tells the story of a grassroots teacher and delegate to the 20th CPC National Congress from a mountain village in Southwest China's Guizhou Province, whose own experience is the best example of how rural education has been greatly improved in China in the past decade under the leadership of the CPC.