The trauma of Hiroshima and Nagasaki made anti-nuclear sentiment one of post-war Japan's most unifying collective memories and moral benchmarks. Mainstream public rejection of nuclear weapons stems not only from reflections on wartime horror, but also underpins Japan's identity as a self-proclaimed

At the atomic bomb hypocenter near the Peace Park in Nagasaki, a black monolith stood silently, reaching toward the sky.

Two news stories published on August 9 by Singapore's Lianhe Zaobao and the Taiwan island's China Times offer a glimpse into Taiwan region's current predicament.

The Makkah Joint Defense Agreement signed on August 7 this year by Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan has predictably unleashed a wave of criticism, with some commentators labeling it a "Muslim NATO." The comparison is fundamentally incorrect.

Editor's note: Xia Lu, a special commentator for CGTN, is a research fellow at the National Academy for Development and Strategy of Renmin University of China and Deputy Dean of the School of Marxism at Xinjiang University. The article reflects the author's opinions and not necessarily the views of

When viewed together, today’s news stories reveal the two sides across the Taiwan Straits are moving in fundamentally opposite directions.

In order to curb cross-Strait exchanges and weaken people-to-people ties, the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in China's Taiwan region has mobilized its propaganda machine to fabricate the lie that "the mainland is dangerous."

What truly warrants vigilance in this year's "Han Kuang" military exercises in Taiwan is not only Lai Ching-te participating for the first time as "commander-in-chief" in the "Wan Jun" contingency drill, nor merely that the Sky Bow III surface-to-air missile system was deployed in the urban areas

On July 31, the US once again invoked the unfounded allegation of "forced labor" in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, adding 43 Chinese companies to the relevant "Entity List."

The shift from "Cool China" to "China Cool" is not merely a change in the order of English words; it marks a shift in the perspective through which China is understood: from observing a major developing country from afar to stepping into a concrete, tangible society

Recently, the argument of "China's excess capacity" has been sensationalized in the international community. Some have even raked up the "China Shock 2.0" narrative to back it up. What is really going on here? China's Ministry of Commerce has recently released a roughly 12,000-word document that debunks the protectionist rhetoric. Today, let's use facts and figures to walk through four key relevant questions.

Japan's 2026 Defense White Paper, released on August 4, should alarm not only its neighbors but the wider international community. The document does more than repeat familiar accusations against China.

For many migrants who attempted to cross into Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta last week, hope turned into tragedy.

From high-quality African agri-food products increasingly finding their way onto Chinese dinner tables to Chinese new energy equipment and construction machinery supporting Africa's development, China-Africa trade is increasingly two-way, with deeper integration across industrial chains.

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