Western media outlets often describe China’s growing influence as a revival of the imperial ‘tribute system.’ Yet, this framing reveals more about how the West thinks of power than about how Beijing exercises it.
Aug 21, 2026
From the brink of extinction to a flourishing population, the dramatic turn in the fate of the huangyu is a testament to China’s progress in building an ecological civilization on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau.
Aug 21, 2026
The rampant ‘China threat’ narrative in Western media is undermining serious journalism and damaging productive exchanges between China and Europe.
Aug 20, 2026
Over eight decades ago, American and Chinese crews flew “the Hump” together, a deadly Himalayan airlift that helped sustain China in the war against Japanese aggression. Some flew the route and never came home. Others returned and carried its weight quietly for life.
Aug 19, 2026
The real question worth asking is not which country trained on whose data. It is a question of which model actually provides better AI benefits.
Aug 19, 2026
Western actors consistently interpret China through the narrow prism of their own historical experience and judge its practices against self-referential ideological benchmarks, deliberately downplaying the inherently peaceful nature of China’s diplomacy.
Aug 18, 2026
Public opinion signals that while influence maintained by political pressure and bloc confrontation is fragile and short-lived, economic and trade cooperation based on market demand and long-term stability can be solid and enjoy popular support.
Aug 17, 2026
China’s Ecological and Environmental Code embeds green development in law, showing how prosperity and environmental protection can advance together rather than as competing goals.
Aug 17, 2026
As demand for digital connectivity continues to expand worldwide, the 6G race is likely to be shaped less by exclusion and more by who can build the most effective technologies, industries and applications.
Aug 14, 2026
Genuine understanding therefore does not begin with the demand that we share the same gaze. It begins with the recognition that societies possess different ways of telling stories and turning information into meaning.
Aug 14, 2026
The BRI is a perfect practice of the philosophy of “going together,” connecting young people across countries and inspiring hope for shared prosperity.
Aug 13, 2026
Rather than spending energy fabricating tales to discredit a rival, it’s far better to pour that energy into getting one’s own work right, in turn creating a more attractive, bigger picture.
Aug 13, 2026