In today’s podcast:

China will hold a military parade in Tian'anmen Square in downtown Beijing on September 3 to mark the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, according to a press conference held by China's State Council Information Office on Tuesday.

China is strongly dissatisfied with and firmly opposes the protectionist step of the EU to limit the participation of Chinese firms and products in major public procurement tenders involving medical devices, the Ministry of Commerce said on Tuesday.

The NATO summit was held this week in The Hague, Netherlands. NATO members have already agreed in principle to a significant increase in their defense spending. However, only 22 of its 32 members met the target of spending 2 percent of GDP on defense in 2024, making the ambitious 5-percent goal seem unlikely. What kind of pressure would allocating 5 percent of GDP to defense place on Europe? 

The fourth ministerial meeting of the China-Community of Latin American and Caribbean States Forum, which concluded in May, marked a significant milestone in bilateral cooperation and further enhanced the momentum for future development. An article explores how years of fruitful cooperation have yielded benefits in areas such as the economy, security and fostering connections across the ocean under the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative and the Global Civilization Initiative.

As a young girl she would watch her teachers craft pipa fingernails with electric soldering irons and celluloid. Today, 66-year-old Wu Yuxia stands as China's national first-class musician, a virtuoso who has brought the more than 2,000-year-old traditional music instrument pipa to concert halls worldwide.