In today's podcast:

The Japanese government has reportedly called on European and Asian countries through diplomatic channels not to attend the September 3 commemorative activities and military parade in Beijing, a move Chinese experts say indicates that Japan is not only psychologically denying the history of its war of aggression but is also attempting to translate this unscrupulous denial into concrete action. 

China's State Council on Tuesday released a guideline on deepening the implementation of the AI Plus Initiative to promote the in-depth integration of AI and various industries, vowing to achieve extensive and deep integration of AI with six key areas including sci-tech and consumption by 2027.

For nearly five years, Chen Fengqiong, honorary president of the Chinese Women's Association in India, has done much the same thing on her phone almost every day: Scroll through news apps and industry chat groups, all in search of one key phrase: "Chinese Mainland-India Direct Flights." Millions across both nations have awaited tangible progress. And this summer, their hopes brightened. 

In an interview with the Global Times, John Coles, managing director of a London-based travel agency, shared his impressions of Xinjiang and the region's tourism potential, especially for Western visitors.

At the age of 86, Pang Ruiyin wrote over 2,000 characters a day, slowly and meticulously crafting a sweeping epic about Nanjing's collective resistance during the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. The novel is the fulfillment of a lifelong wish: To answer what constitutes the "soul of Nanjing," and, in those years of darkness, what ignited the city's enduring spark.