In today’s podcast:

China's economy has forged ahead amid pressures and made new achievements this year, and China will continue to open its door wider to the outside world, welcoming more foreign companies to explore the Chinese market, Chinese Premier Li Qiang said on Tuesday, when holding the "1+10" Dialogue with heads of major international economic organizations in Beijing.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's remarks that Taiwan's status has been "locked in under seven layers of confirmation," along with his warning that Japan's current leader is attempting to exploit the Taiwan question - a move that is intolerable - have drawn attention on the island of Taiwan. An expert noted that Wang's remarks once again elaborate China's position on the Taiwan question, serving as a response to distorted narratives that hype the "undetermined status of Taiwan."

Following French President Emmanuel Macron's China trip, German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul visited the country from Monday to Tuesday. What should we read into the fresh round of China visits by Europe's officials? Which areas hold the biggest potential for future collaboration between China and Europe? Peter Jungen, chairman of Peter Jungen Holding GmbH, as well as an investor in numerous startups in Europe and in the US, shared his views with the Global Times.

The Japanese Ministry of Defense is facing pushback from educators' groups as it recently distributed a children's version of the Japan Defense White Paper to elementary schools nationwide. The Global Times digs into how Japanese right-wing groups indoctrinate elementary school students with militarism.

Asia's men's 100-meter record holder and China's sprint icon Su Bingtian officially announced his retirement from athletics on Tuesday, ending a storied 21-year career that reshaped Chinese and Asian sprinting.