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Tsai Ing-wen's provocative trip to the U...
Tsai Ing-wen's provocative trip to the US: an outright sellout of Taiwan: Global Times editorial
The essence of Tsai Ing-wen's provocative trip to the US is to sacrifice Taiwan's industrial development in a bid to curry political favor with Washington. It amounts to gambling with the lives and livelihoods of Taiwan residents and using the island's valuable resources to secure verbal
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Five years on, what has AUKUS cost Austr...
Five years on, what has AUKUS cost Australia's strategic independence?
Five years since AUKUS was unveiled with considerable political fanfare, Australia has remarkably little to show for what was presented as a historic transformation of its defense capability.
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AI needs guardrails, not gatekeepers...
AI needs guardrails, not gatekeepers
Decades and probably centuries from now, when anthropologists and historians study the 2020s, they are likely to treat the arrival of AI in ordinary hands as the start of a new era.Few technologies have landed with such force.
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Selective reporting on US think tank pol...
Selective reporting on US think tank polls is misleading Taiwan society: Hai Feng
Recently, the Carter Center and Emory University in the US released the results of a survey, in which Chinese mainland respondents' views on the Taiwan question have drawn attention both on the island and internationally.The survey, which reportedly involved 2,500 respondents, shows that 83 percent
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When 25 million travel in one day: How a...
When 25 million travel in one day: How a rail record illustrates Chinese modernization
Let me start with a number that tells the story of China's National Day: 25,204,000. The day marks the start of a very important holiday for Chinese people, and 25,204,000 is the number of passengers China's railways carried on October 1 in a single day.
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How Chinese cultural products bring Chin...
How Chinese cultural products bring China closer to the world
October 7 marks the third year since the introduction of Xi Jinping's Thought on Culture. In recent years, Chinese cultural products have taken the global stage by storm, reflecting the growing vitality of China's cultural industries and the expanding reach of its soft power.
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China's visa-free opening turns travel i...
China's visa-free opening turns travel into economic momentum
China's National Day holiday is more than a week-long period of travel and consumption. It is also a real-time test of how effectively China's growing openness to the outside world is translating into economic activity and people-to-people exchanges.
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Beyond rhetoric: What Japan must do to r...
Beyond rhetoric: What Japan must do to rebuild trust with China
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's latest policy address comes at a consequential moment for Japan and its relations with China.
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China’s modernization report card: Why d...
China’s modernization report card: Why does the West keep asking ‘who pays’?
Every nation wants modernization. For a long time, the West saw itself as the frontrunner, convinced that its path was the universal model. But when China achieved in decades what had taken Western industrial powers centuries, some Western elites grew uneasy.
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Japan's diplomatic hypocrisy is fooling ...
Japan's diplomatic hypocrisy is fooling no one
Editor's note: Xu Ying is a Beijing-based international affairs commentator for CGTN. The article reflects the author's opinions and not necessarily the views of CGTN.
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DPP dangerously expels Chinese mainland ...
DPP dangerously expels Chinese mainland fishing vessels; provocations must bring due consequences: Hai Feng
October 1 marked the 77th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. On this solemn day, Taiwan region's "Coast Guard Administration (CGA)" used high-pressure water cannons against a fishing boat from the Chinese mainland in waters near the Dongsha Islands, disabling the
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Asian Games fiasco shows Japan's 'golden...
Asian Games fiasco shows Japan's 'golden age' has faded
The 20th Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026, Japan's first in 32 years, should have been an ideal stage to showcase its national image. Instead, problems emerged even before the Games opened last month, shattering the familiar image of Japan as meticulous, efficient and reliable, and exposing the mountin
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China's 'Golden Week' holiday now a glob...
China's 'Golden Week' holiday now a global business opportunity
China's seven-day National Day holiday, also known as the "Golden Week," has become an important barometer of the country's consumer activity and economic momentum, reflecting the transition toward high-quality development. As millions of Chinese travel, shop, dine and explore new forms of leisure
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Asian Games fiasco shows Japan's 'golden...
Asian Games fiasco shows Japan's 'golden age' has faded
The Asian Games are more than a sporting event. They are also a reflection of a city's and a country's governance capacity and overall strength. The 20th Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026, Japan's first in 32 years, should have been an ideal stage to showcase its national image. Instead, problems
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