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  1. 11 TIMER SIDEN

    Trump’s 15-day Iran ultimatum: deal or escalation?

    ① Trump gives Iran a 10-15 day ultimatum on the nuclear deal. Will diplomacy avert ‘bad things’ or is a crisis looming? (00:37) ② China sees a cross-border travel surge under the visa-free policy. (11:58) ③ Why does China aim for a "reasonable price recovery"? (24:10)

    52 min.

  2. 1 DAG SIDEN

    China secures its first two gold medals of 2026 Winter Olympics with Su Yiming and Xu Mengtao wins

    ① China warns Japan over the Taiwan question: How should the world view Japan's growing militarism? (00:37) ② China celebrates a golden day at the Winter Olympic Games — what's behind its double triumph? (17:04) ③ Rise of the Humanoids: China's Robot Revolution. (25:35)

    53 min.

  3. 2 DAGE SIDEN

    Robots ignite a post-gala sales frenzy

    ① Robots ignite a sales frenzy after the Spring Festival Gala show. What does it reveal about China’s structural industrial breakthrough? (00:40) ② China’s Spring Festival holiday kicks off strong, with box office and travel surging. What’s behind the holiday spending boom? (12:58) ③ China’s space economy: from launchpads to markets. (25:00)

    54 min.

  4. 3 DAGE SIDEN

    Spring Festival 2026: What’s changing this year?

    ① What new trends are emerging in China’s 2026 Spring Festival? (00:40) ② Hungarian State Folk Ensemble joins CMG’s 2026 Spring Festival Gala for cross-cultural celebration. (15:07) ③ Why is "Becoming Chinese" going viral overseas? (24:30)

    53 min.

  5. 4 DAGE SIDEN

    Dialogue or Destruction? Wang Yi at Munich

    ① Dialogue or destruction? Chinese FM Wang Yi calls for cooperation as Munich warns of a fracturing world. (00:40) ② How GGI shape cooperation and redefine international engagement? (26:32)

    55 min.

  6. 13. FEB.

    Panel: Learning or repeating? America’s moment of reflection

    The American think tank Council on Foreign Relations has ranked the ten best and worst decisions in U.S. foreign policy history. Now, as Washington grows more skeptical of multilateralism, reassesses alliances more transactionally, and returns to tariffs and sanctions, history feels closer than ever. What lessons—and what warnings—does America’s diplomatic past hold for today? Host Ge Anna is joined by Zoon Ahmed Khan, Research Fellow at the Center for China and Globalization; Josef Mahoney, Professor of Politics and International Relations at East China Normal University; and Dr. Liu Kuangyu, Researcher at the Institute of Taiwan Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

    52 min.

  7. 12. FEB.

    A key step forward in China’s 2030 crewed moon mission

    ① China’s foreign minister has met Hungary’s Viktor Orban in Budapest, with the two sides vowing to deepen all-round cooperation. Why has the Hungarian government led by Orban pursued a long-standing friendly policy towards China? (00:55) ② China has successfully completed a launch test of its new-generation heavy-lift rocket and manned spacecraft. We explore why the test marks a key step forward for the country’s lunar program. (16:17) ③ Lithuania’s prime minister has signaled potential change in Vilnius’s stance on Taiwan. Why was the 2021 opening of the so-called “Taiwan Representative Office” in the Lithuanian capital a strategic mistake? (24:25) ④ What has made the US House of Representatives break with Donald Trump and pass a resolution to terminate the US president’s Canada tariffs? (34:19) ⑤ Is Washington’s rhetoric fundamentally eroding transatlantic trust? Professor Adam Tooze from Columbia University gives his thoughts. (44:11)

    53 min.

  8. 11. FEB.

    A cross-border bridge becomes a new point of US-Canada friction

    ① A senior CPC official has stressed supporting patriotic pro-reunification forces in Taiwan and striking hard against separatists. Why is the Chinese mainland justified to do so? (00:55) ② We analyze China’s provincial GDPs for 2025 and explore why “how fast” the economy grows becomes less important than “how well” it grows. (13:37) ③ South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed support for Russia's efforts to end the Ukraine war in a call with Vladimir Putin. How are the two sides developing their ties amid global uncertainties? (25:02) ④ Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse are renewing their calls for the full release of files tied to Epstein’s sex-trafficking network. What have led to their deep sense of frustration? (35:21) ⑤ Donald Trump has threatened to block the opening of a new US-Canada bridge, demanding that Canada turn over at least half of the project’s ownership and agree to other US demands over cross-border trade issues. Does the threat make sense? (44:20)

    53 min.
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With in-depth panel discussions on domestic and global news and current affairs, World Today gives you the story behind the headlines.

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