Welcome to another episode of the GT Podcast with Mulan – a one-stop shop for the Global Times’ take on top China and global news.

In today’s podcast:

China welcomes Nauru's decision of severing "diplomatic ties" with the Taiwan region, on the heels of the election in the island last week, which shows that the one-China principle is a prevailing consensus among the international community.

China’s economy grew 5.2 percent in 2023, highlighting the strong internal dynamics of the world's second-largest economy.

An email that shared the exciting news of the probable existence of a Chinese garden was the very beginning of a beautiful story that saw Chinese and US scholars making joint efforts to discover and study the garden, leading to their lasting friendship.

In the latest episode of the Global Times' Global Minds Roundtable, a Chinese expert, a Philippine scholar and a Malaysian expert discussed the current tensions between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea.

Finally, a close look at how the booming tourism in the ice city of Harbin helps spur ethnic unity.