In today’s podcast:

A Chinese People's Armed Police (PAP) Force unit has been intensively training with first-person view (FPV) drones, and is using advanced technologies such as fiber optic and AI guidance in countering jamming, according to an official television program. An expert said on Tuesday that the Chinese ground troops are paying close attention to and following the trend of small drones development.

China’s GDP grew by 5.4 percent in the first quarter of 2025, higher than broad market expectations as the world’s second-largest economy got off to a very strong start and laid a solid foundation for the economy to achieve its goal of growing around 5 percent for the whole year, despite escalating US tariff pressures.

Broad, hard-hitting tariffs announced by the US have triggered global alarm and anxiety. The game-changing move has put the global trade order in jeopardy. In the eighth article of the "Wisdom on China&US" series, the Global Times gathered the opinions of three US experts on the absurdity of the US tariff policy and the havoc it has wreaked on the world.

"Though we are unaware of how bad it could get, we are holding our breath for what could come from it." In the heart of Muscatine, Iowa, 21-year-old Katharina Scholze, a full-time nanny, captures the growing unease that has gripped American consumers.

For Beijing local Yu Bo, heading to a football pitch on the weekend has become routine. But in 2022, he shifted his choice of sport from playing association football to flag football.