In today’s podcast:

China on Tuesday issued a joint statement on the China-US Economic and Trade Meeting in Stockholm and, following the US announcing that it would extend the deadline for higher tariffs on Chinese goods until November 9, likewise extended its reciprocal tariffs on US goods by 90 days. 

The UN Security Council held an emergency meeting on Israel's plan for its security forces to take control of Gaza City, following the approval of the Israeli security cabinet's plan to take over Gaza City on August 8. Despite the US' constant support for Israel, China, Russia and an increasing number of countries have publicly condemned Israel's military operations in the Gaza Strip.

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. The Global Times spoke with Jin Chengmin, the director of the Exhibition Hall of Evidences of Crime Committed by Unit 731 of the Japanese Imperial Army in Harbin. As the first domestic scholar to discover a large number of core evidence of Unit 731's crimes, he was also the first to propose legal notarization for the victims of Unit 731.

Three experts from countries across the Global South shared their insights on how China's AI cooperation is fostering a more inclusive digital future and how this contrasts with the US' zero-sum approach in the same field.

From multiple poems never included in The Book of Songs to the oldest known Chinese mathematical texts, many ancient works have resurfaced from fragments of bamboo slips dating back more than two millennia. By year's end, a new book is set to be published containing newly decoded texts detailing the ancient Chinese practices of horse evaluation, treatment and training.