In today's podcast:

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region's High Court on Monday morning found Jimmy Lai, an instigator of anti-China riots in Hong Kong, guilty on two charges of conspiring to collude with external forces and a charge of conspiracy to publish seditious materials. 

China will begin imposing anti-dumping duties for five years on certain pork and pig by-products imported from the EU from Wednesday concluding an 18-month probe launched in June 2024. Trade experts said that the ruling was "objective" and "impartial," citing full compliance with China's domestic laws and World Trade Organization rules.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's recent erroneous remarks on the Taiwan question have led to a sharp deterioration in China-Japan relations, drawing strong condemnation from China and growing criticism within Japan. In an investigative piece, the Global Times examines the emergence, tactics and impact of Japan's new right-wing influencers. How did they build their followings? What ideologies do they promote? And how are they reshaping Japan's society and its role in a tense region?

In an interview with the Global Times, Gabriel Rockhill, Professor of Philosophy and Global Interdisciplinary Studies at Villanova University, drew on his firsthand observations from multiple visits to China and delved into the institutional strengths of Chinese modernization.

How does a cinematic powerhouse convert its momentum into sustained global resonance? The Global Times spoke with Marco Müller, an Italian film critic, film producer and former artistic director of many international film festivals.