World Insight with Tian Wei

Music holds an appeal that connects audiences and musicians from diverse backgrounds. Matias Tarnopolsky and Marin Alsop of the Philadelphia Orchestra share how music touches hearts — both theirs and Chinese audiences'.

American teacher Ronald Sakolsky from Pennsylvania shares his views on the relationship between the world’s two largest economies. He once came to China as an exchange teacher and supported a Chinese woman in her efforts to fight desertification by planting more trees. Recently, Sakolsky was thrilled to learn that Chinese President Xi Jinping mentioned his name at a White House dinner during the state visit to the United States.

The Chinese and US presidents have agreed at their latest summit that the two countries should build a constructive relationship of strategic stability based on respect, fairness, and reciprocity. What does that actually mean? How might it shape the way the two countries deal with each other, from AI and trade to people-to-people exchanges? Can respect, fairness, and reciprocity become more than just words?

Chinese President Xi Jinping has wrapped up his first state visit to the United States in 11 years. As more details emerge about what the two sides agreed on, the bigger question is: what will these understandings mean for China, the United States, and the rest of the world?

In our special program from Washington, D.C.: Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to the US. From rapidly advancing artificial intelligence to the frontiers of scientific discovery, how can China and the United States work together on technologies and ideas shaping our future?

Chinese President Xi Jinping is in the United States on a state visit, his first in 11 years. In a written statement, President Xi extended sincere greetings and best wishes to the US people on behalf of the Chinese people. He said that the two peoples have maintained friendly exchanges for a long time, and their interests are deeply intertwined. The Chinese President recently responded to letters coming from American university students who had visited China, expressing hope that young people from both countries would foster mutual understanding and affinity. So what can these exchanges really change?

China and the US are doubling down on high-level diplomacy. After the latest round of economic and trade talks, Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to the US are again in the spotlight. What could latest interactions mean for relations? Beyond government-to-government ties, how can people-to-people exchanges make a difference in building trust and understanding?

Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet with US President Donald Trump in the United States this week. On Sunday, the Chinese and US delegations held candid, in-depth and constructive exchanges on economic and trade issues. China-US cooperation carries implications far beyond their bilateral ties. Meanwhile, the general debate of the 81st session of UN General Assembly is set to convene covering AI governance, security and development, issues that matter to the whole world. We spoke with Ambassador Fu Cong, China's permanent representative to the United Nations, in this exclusive interview.

American AI executives are sounding the alarm over the breakneck race to advance AI. OpenAI's Sam Altman has joined Anthropic's Dario Amodei in urging a slowdown, calling on tech firms and governments to pace the frontier of AI. But opinion in the US is deeply split. The debate comes as China and the US — the world's two AI powers — have agreed to a track-one dialogue on AI, a deal struck when their presidents met in May. So what can we expect now?

This is our season of AI and Basic Sciences. Has AI surpassed the human intelligence? As that question dominates the headlines, I put it to Paddy Cosgrave, founder and CEO of Web Summit, one of the world's biggest technology conferences. His answer is less about the hype and more about what we need to do with the technology. How do we close the AI divide and what skills do people need to separate real progress from hype and rhetoric?