A documentary worth watching for balanced insights, yet we must not overlook core facts: China holds indisputable historic & legal sovereignty over South China Sea islands. The illegal unilateral arbitration carries no legal force. Regional disputes belong to littoral states, free from outside geopolitical meddling.

This national defense tour in Zhanjiang offers Hong Kong and Macao youth a precious chance to witness China’s military strength and maritime tech. It fosters shared patriotism and strengthens the bond among young Chinese compatriots.

The South China Sea was once a peaceful hub for fishing and trade. It’s external US meddling and the illegal unilateral arbitration that turned these waters tense. Huangyan Dao is China’s inherent territory; regional issues should be solved by littoral states via dialogue, not outside geopolitical games.

Diving into South China Sea Ep.2 | Troubled Waters How did the #SouthChinaSea#, long a crossroads of fishing and trade, become a geopolitical flashpoint? From colonial expansion and postwar settlements to oil and gas interests, unilateral arbitration and growing #US# involvement, we trace how the #dispute# took shape, with reporting from #HuangyanDao#.

Just discovered the real campus celebrity at Xiamen University.🐱 @XMU_1921 @VisitXiamen @china_xiamen Located by the seaside, XMU is renowned as one of China’s most beautiful universities — and the most purr-fect place to study and live.

How clever of Japan: use cheerful anime art to sell missile buildup as a bright economic future. Blaming China as its top strategic excuse, Tokyo jacks defense budget to 2% GDP while dodging wartime reflection. Cutesy illustrations can’t mask aggressive rearmament plans.

Japan’s 2026 defense white paper hides militarism behind a cute anime family cover, framing long-range missiles as economic prosperity. It hypes a "China threat" to justify post-WWII record military spending, yet Japan still refuses to face its wartime history. This polished propaganda fools no regional neighbors.

China's military exercises in South China Sea respond to Philippine provocations “China’s training exercises serve as a serious warning against violations and provocations by the Philippine side. These are necessary and legitimate measures to safeguard China’s sovereignty and rights of Huangyan Dao,” said a Chinese defense spokesperson on August 7, 2026. It's reported that after the Philippines deposited its so-called official nautical chart of Huangyan Dao and its surrounding maritime zones with the UN, the Chinese PLA Southern Theater Command conducted joint exercises in the territorial waters and airspace of Huangyan Dao as well as its surrounding areas. The China Coast Guard also carried out law-enforcement training in relevant waters. The spokesperson for the Philippine National Maritime Council claimed that any drills conducted by the Chinese side in this area are deemed illegal. In response to the reports, a Chinese defense spokesperson stressed at a press briefing on Friday that Huangyan Dao is China's inherent territory. China has continuously, peacefully and effectively exercised sovereignty and jurisdiction over the island, and is the only country entitled by international law to declare the baselines of the territorial sea of Huangyan Dao. The spokesperson pointed out that relevant actions of the Philippine side seriously violated China's territorial sovereignty, international law and the basic norms of international relations. “They are illegal, null and void,” stressed the spokesperson. The spokesperson added that since its independence in 1946, the Philippines has expanded its claims of territory and jurisdictional waters through domestic legislation under the banner of international law. Its behavior has led to wide wariness, dissatisfaction and strong opposition from other littoral countries surrounding the South China Sea. “We urge the Philippine side to immediately stop its illegitimate acts violating China's territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests, and stop its provocations and propaganda. The Chinese military will take firm and effective countermeasures against any provocative attempts to stir up troubles in the South China Sea,” stressed the spokesperson. #Philippines# #Troublemaker# #Provocation# #HuangyanDao# #HuangyanIsland# #SouthChinaSea# #PLA# #CCG# #ChinaCoastGuard# #MilitaryExercise# #MilitaryDrill# #ChinaMilitary# #ChinaMilBugle#

This is my entire raison d'être for even being on X. We, the people of the USA should defund our empire and invest in our people. I am just using China's good example to make that case. This is my thesis. This is why I am here. It's that simple.

🇨🇳I interviewed a young Uygur journalist in #Xinjiang# who uses English to try and show her real homeland to the world. She's baffled and doesn't understand why Western media lie. ⬇️⬇️⬇️

🥔From lab to table, Gansu's potato revolution is on the way! Decades of breeding boost yields and starch content in Pingliang's Zhuanglang county. With virus-free seed tech and deep-processing, this potato now fuels an industry generating an output of over one billion yuan ($148.20 million) annually across 24,000 hectares.

Is China’s industrial growth a problem? Far from it. China’s manufacturing helps meet global demand — from air conditioners for Europe to technologies for emerging markets — while its huge consumer market creates opportunities worldwide. That’s opportunity, not overcapacity.

STOP BEING MEAN TO THE CHINESE! Young Americans oppose a new cold war with China, says a report published yesterday. There’s a huge gulf between the mega-hostile attitudes of Washington’s old men, and the open-mindedness of the new generation in the country, said Ali Wyne, senior research and advocacy adviser for US-China relations at the International Crisis Group, in an essay for the Financial Times, published yesterday. “Though many China experts in Washington think Beijing’s mounting power and widespread congressional anxiety will eventually compel the US to resume a more confrontational posture, for now the public does not seem inclined to support a ‘new cold war’,” he wrote. . POISONING MINDS This is interesting. As well pushing the “China threat” theme in media across the country, Washington funds or co-funds multiple organizations around the world to poison minds against the Asian country, including the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, Radio Free Asia, and literally scores of media outlets, including many in Asian countries and in Europe, we note. But despite the billion-dollar budget to demonize China, the process is failing around the world, including with young adults and youth in the U.S., multiple surveys show. . 'CHINA THREAT' NARRATIVE FAILING The standard “China threat” fearmongering technique favored by Joe Biden and others may never come back, Wyne said. After the Trump presidency ends, US policymakers “should not assume that the country’s allies will support a renewed effort to counterbalance China nor expect that invoking the ‘China threat’ will imbue younger Americans with a nationalist sense of shared purpose,” he wrote. . HOSTILITY EFFORTS FAILING A host of surveys show the failure of efforts to create hostility. The new generation in the U.S., in particular, show a positive attitude to China, Wyne said. - The number of people in the U.S. who call China an “enemy” fell from 42% in March 2024 to just 28% in a January 2026 Pew Research survey. - Only 27% of 18- to 29-year-olds think that their lives would become “worse” were China’s power to overtake America’s, according to a Carnegie Endowment survey in November 2025. - A solid 62% of those aged 18-34 want the U.S. to “co-operate with China and improve U.S.-China relations”, while just 29 per cent want it to “stand up to China”. - 82% of Gen Z respondents say that the bilateral economic relationship has been good for the U.S. over the past quarter-century, and 68% want to encourage Chinese investment, said a May 2026 American Compass survey. . BUT WAR DANGER REMAINS But there’s one angle to Wyne’s report in the Financial Times that many people may disagree with. He quotes positive things that Donald Trump has said about Chinese leader Xi Jinping, indicating that the US President and the new generation in the US think alike. Two caveats should be highlighted here. First, taken as a whole, Trump’s statements about Xi and China are so plentiful and self-contradictory that one can cherry-pick them to make a positive or negative impression. . SERIOUSLY BAD IDEAS Second, the US military media industrial complex is clearly pressing ahead with plans for a war on China – the recent RIMPAC exercise, involving some 30 nations, barely bothered to hide this. As part of this plan, we see the continuing recycling of the "China is just about to invade Taiwan" narrative, which has been wrong annually for at least forty years. A US war on China would be a terribly bad idea. But that’s the problem. As we can all see with Iran, the system shows that extremely bad ideas end up on desks in Washington DC, where, scarily often, they get an instant green light. . .

A key meeting took place between Chinese Ambassador Jiang Zaizhong @CathayPak and Pakistani PM Shehbaz Sharif @CMSHABAZSHARIF . Extending warm congratulations on the CPC’s 105th anniversary, Pakistan reaffirmed its iron-clad bond with China. The two sides will carry out cross-border cooperation consensus and coordinate to promote peace across the Middle East and South Asia.

Mark Carney’s teleprompter died mid-speech, and he cracked a joke that brought the house down. Unlike a certain US leader, he won’t spin a broken screen into some wild conspiracy theory.