Shen Yi

US scholar Jeffrey Sachs delivered a public lecture at the University of South Africa recently. In his speech, he pointed out that China has a long history and a tradition of peaceful governance, and has never invaded Japan, even during its periods of strength, while Japan has invaded China many times. This viewpoint provides an important perspective for examining the current situation in East Asia: Right-wing forces in Japan continue to promote militaristic narratives, while China adheres to the path of peaceful development and has become a valuable stabilizing force in the current complex international situation.

During Trump's visit, Washington has an opportunity to send a restrained but clear signal that it is willing to work with China to manage risks

Recent months have seen a steady stream of political heavyweights from various countries visit China, sparking a sustained wave of diplomatic engagement. This boom speaks volumes about China's appeal as a key global economic driver and a source of stability, while reflecting the international community's shared desire for cooperation, opportunities and certainty amid a complex geopolitical landscape.

China's Ministry of Commerce placed 20 Japanese entities on the export control list and another 20 on a watch list on Monday. Compared with the initial lists released in February, this latest move marks a highly noteworthy change: The relevant Japanese entities, for the first time, include research institutions that provide research support for the resurrection of militarism in Japan, and the scope is no longer limited to traditional military companies, manufacturing enterprises and supply chain firms. This development indicates that China's export controls on Japan are expanding beyond the level of companies and products, and are further extending into the realms of knowledge production, technological incubation and the supporting system of civil-military integration.

The 2026 World AI Conference and High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance will be held in Shanghai from Friday to Monday. Just prior to this, the UN convened the first session of the Global Dialogue on AI Governance in Geneva on July 6 and 7. As global AI governance enters the phase of institutional architecture building, the attitude of the US on this matter has become particularly intriguing.

Understanding China Daily's cartoon monkey allegory: Satire isn't identity politics

Recently, the story of a French man who spent around 1,400 yuan ($206.70) to buy a portable air conditioner in Shanghai and checked it as baggage back to Paris for his 93-year-old mother sparked widespread attention on Chinese social media.

As China's AI capabilities continue to advance, some US media outlets claimed that a "China AI blitz" is creating a "death zone" for US model makers, arguing that US companies without frontier-pushing technology or market-breaking pricing could lose their foothold amid mounting competition from Chinese models. It captures a real shift underway in the global AI industry, but cloaks it in a highly misleading label. The "death zone" is simply the middle ground of the AI business landscape, not a technological trap deliberately created by China to target US companies.

In the Chinese film Once Upon a Time in the Middle East, which is set to be released in overseas markets, one of the most moving lines is one of the simplest: "Eat well." The film places a Chinese restaurant amid conflict in the Middle East. As long as the stove can be lit in the kitchen, and children have a hot meal, normal life has not completely disappeared. For Chinese people, the saying "Food is of paramount importance to the people" has never been merely a cultural expression. At its core, it is a simple principle of governance: ensuring that people have food to eat and that ordinary families can live in security and stability.

The recently concluded G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting in Asheville, the US, has once again placed global trade imbalances at the forefront of the international economic agenda.