Chinese mathematicians Deng Yu and Wang Hong were awarded the Fields Medal at the 2026 International Congress of Mathematicians on Thursday, marking the first time Chinese mathematicians have won the prestigious honor.

Once again, the world economy is asked to make a “small sacrifice” for geopolitics.After fresh US attacks on Iran, the Strait of Hormuz has become the latest reminder that global prosperity can be held hostage by a very short stretch of the sea.

Following their June 30 telephone conversation, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday on the sidelines of the ASEAN foreign ministers' meetings in Manila. Viewed against the current

China's open-source artificial intelligence (AI) models used a one-time "emergency-solving" to silence skeptics, while also tearing away the fig leaf of elites in Washington and Silicon Valley, who seek to maintain technological hegemony and stifle innovation in other countries

Recently, a series of developments have emerged from the Taiwan Straits.

Japan's Cabinet approved its annual economic and fiscal policy guidelines this Tuesday, which made a notable mention of defense spending. No specific spending figure was set, but the document explicitly cited the defense budgets of NATO, South Korea and Australia - roughly 3.5 percent, 3.5 percent

On July 16, the UK's Steel Industry (Nationalization) Act received royal assent and formally entered into force, placing British Steel – owned by China's Hebei-based Jingye Group – fully under state ownership.

New Zealand and Papua New Guinea (PNG) signed a defense cooperation agreement late Wednesday, with some foreign media hyping the pact as Wellington's latest effort to deepen security ties in the Pacific with China in mind. A Chinese expert said that attempts by certain media to frame the

Editor's note: Meng Dong is an observer of international affairs. The article reflects the author's opinions and not necessarily the views of CGTN.

Editor's note: Kong Qingjiang, a special commentator for CGTN, is the dean of the Academy for Foreign-related Rule of Law under the China University of Political Science and Law. The article reflects the author's opinions and not necessarily the views of CGTN.

On July 17, Chinese President Xi Jinping attended the opening ceremony of the 2026 World AI Conference and High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance in Shanghai and delivered a keynote speech.

A May 2026 paper from the Peterson Institute for International Economics argues that China's strength in labor-intensive manufacturing is narrowing the path to industrialization for poorer countries, highlighting competition from Chinese goods in the global and emerging markets and the foreign acces

On July 20, 2016, Chinese President Xi Jinping chaired a symposium on East-West cooperation for poverty alleviation in Yinchuan, China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, where he called for a clear understanding of the situation, a focus on targeted measures, deeper assistance and concrete results. A

Sanae Takaichi's public support is in freefall - a political Waterloo. As Japan's first female prime minister, she entered office with soaring expectations and a bold, hardline conservative agenda. Now, her power is shaking.The latest polls are telling.

A farcical "hit first, cry victim later" drama unfolded in the waters near Ren'ai Jiao on Monday morning. Two rubber boats launched from the Philippines' illegally grounded warship ignored repeated Chinese warnings and dangerously rammed a Chinese patrol vessel.

Harryanto Aryodiguno is an old friend of mine from Jakarta who teaches international relations at President University - we first met years ago at a conference. We caught up recently over WeChat, and our conversation drifted from his research to the one question that has been on both our minds