World Today

①Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has met with his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, in New Delhi. What's driving the momentum of a warmer China-India relationship? (00:39)

②US President Donald Trump has pledged to arrange a face-to-face meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. How likely is that to happen? (13:15)

③China's A-share market surges past 100 trillion yuan milestone. (24:33)

④Hamas has accepted the latest Gaza ceasefire proposal. (35:18)

⑤An interview with Andrei Okounkov, Fields Medalist and foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (42:58)

①Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is on a trip to India, with the border issue high on the agenda. What can we expect? (00:35)

②Trump has reversed calls for a ceasefire and promised a peace agreement after his summit with Putin. How should we interpret this shift? (11:36)

③China releases report on human rights violations in the US in 2024. (24:34)

④German foreign minister criticizes what he calls "aggressive" China ahead of trip to Japan. (33:26)

⑤China's economy maintained steady growth in July. (41:57)

Commemorative activities have been held across China to mark the 80th anniversary of Japan’s unconditional surrender in World War II. When China first faced the onslaught of Japanese militarism in 1931, it was ten years earlier than the Pearl Harbor attack. Between 1931 and 1945, China’s War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression resulted in more than 35 million Chinese military and civilian casualties.

How did the war shape contemporary China? What was China's contribution to the Allied Powers’ defeat of Japanese militarism? Why does commemorating that part of history matter? Host Ding Heng is joined by Peter Kuznick, Professor of History at American University; Warwick Powell, Senior Fellow of Taihe Institute and Adjunct Professor at Queensland University of Technology; Wang Zhengxu, Professor of Political Science with Zhejiang University.

① “Lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets”: How China turns its green into gold. (00:47)

② What’s on the agenda as China’s top diplomat chairs the 10th Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Foreign Ministers’ Meeting? (11:30)

③ How have China’s advances in digital infrastructure over the past five years reshaped its economy and society? (24:38)

④ With Israel ruling out a partial hostage deal, what prospects exist for a Gaza truce as Hamas and Egypt hold talks? (36:17)

⑤ Amid Europe’s record heatwaves, France bickers about air-conditioning. (45:50)

① Can Europe salvage its influence at the Trump–Putin talks? (00:47)

② Chinese navy expels U.S. destroyer intruding territorial waters around Huangyan Dao. (12:48)

③ What impact could China’s new interest subsidy on personal consumption loans have on spending and economic momentum? (25:30)

④ How are NEVs fueling the nearly 23% surge in China’s car exports in July? (34:27)

⑤ We’ll take a look at the cutting-edge AI, and What’s next? (44:54)

① What are the implications of China and Brazil’s call for self-reliance in the Global South? (00:43)

② What does another 90-day extension of the Beijing-Washington tariff truce mean for China-US trade relations? (14:34)

③ What does President Trump’s deployment of the National Guard in Washington, D.C. signal about the current political climate? (26:50)

④ Can the newly signed peace deal between Azerbaijan and Armenia lead to lasting diplomatic relations? (35:33)

⑤ What key takeaways emerged from the recently concluded World Robot Conference? (46:21)

What key issues will Trump and Putin face at their meeting in Alaska?

① The UN Security Council holds an emergency session over concerns that Israel’s Gaza takeover could worsen the humanitarian crisis. (00:44)

② What key issues will Trump and Putin face at their meeting in Alaska this Friday? (15:36)

③ What’s driving China’s core CPI to grow for the third month in a row? (28:02)

④ Why is Hong Kong seeing record business registrations? (38:55)

⑤ Memories of WWII: 'Dead to Rights'—from Nanjing to the world (47:07)

Russia has announced it will stop abiding by the now-defunct INF treaty with the United States.

The announcement came just days after Trump ordered the repositioning of two nuclear submarines in response to what he called "threatening comments" from former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, now deputy chair of Russia's security council.

Is this the beginning of a new nuclear arms race? What happens when nuclear posturing, once considered a taboo topic, plays out over social media between world leaders? And eighty years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, have we forgotten the reality of nuclear war and the moral restraint that once held it at bay?

Host Zhao Ying is joined by Kamal Makili-Aliyev, Associate Professor at the School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg, Joseph Siracusa, Professor of Global Futures, Curtin University in Australia, Zhang Xin, Deputy Director of the Center for Russian Studies at East China Normal University.

① China’s July exports sharply topped market expectations and imports recorded the biggest jump in a year. How strongly has foreign trade supported China’s economy so far this year? (00:53)

② US President Donald Trump is threatening to impose a 100% tariff on foreign semiconductors. Can the US restore its past chip manufacturing capacity through tariffs or other means? (14:23)

③ Why is “Dead to Rights”, a film about the Nanjing Massacre, dominating China’s summer box office? (24:37)

④ A conversation with Jim Rogers, an investor and author, on China’s attractiveness to foreign investors over the next five years. (34:52)

⑤ Italy has given its final approval for a landmark bridge linking Sicily to the mainland. Why has Italy waited for almost six decades for its approval? (43:21)

① The UN has warned against possible full Israeli military takeover of Gaza. Why is Israel’s capability to sustain a long-term occupation of Gaza questionable? (00:54)

② Will Poland face years of political deadlock under its new president Karol Nawrocki? (14:23)

③ We take a look at a robots-focused shopping festival in Beijing, and the industry behind it. (25:02)

④ A conversation with the executive director of the United Nations Office for Project Services on global climate governance. (36:15)

⑤ The mayor of Japan’s Nagoya is seeking to resume exchanges with China’s Nanjing after a years-long suspension over his predecessor’s denial of Nanjing Massacre. What efforts should be made to achieve this goal? (45:12)