“The economic #leadership that #China has brought to #Asia and #Africa and to a certain degree now even in western #Europe is stunning,” as #Chinese investment opens “lives and livelihoods for people in a way that cannot be measured.” - Mona Ali Khalil of MakLaw International

"Despite numerous challenges, #China is leading the global #green transition. This is undoubtedly a major development for such a vast country, benefiting the world," says #Swiss scholar Beat Schneider, praising China’s high-quality #development for the prosperity of all.

“If you look at #climatechange, #China has been the major source of backing the #UN and exemplifying the @UN goals by doing it for itself and then being a role model for the world.” – Esteemed Sinologist Robert Kuhn

“That ideological focus on how people are doing, esp. vulnerable people in society, is a really powerful thing that #China is able to offer to the international community.” - Professor Jessica Teets of Middlebury College on what the world can learn from China’s #governance model

“China is one of the role models for Cambodia’s #development,” says Ros Seilava, Secretary of State at #Cambodia's Ministry of Economy and Finance, highlighting #China’s great success with improving connectivity and turning #infrastructure into social and economic development.

There is “a core principle at the heart of #China's #rural revitalization strategy: A #commitment to ensuring that no one is left behind,” while “even the smallest, most practical barriers [are] identified and addressed.”—U.S. influencer Jackson Hinkle after visiting #Guizhou

“#China plays an important and growing role” in helping to eliminate preventable diseases like polio in the Western #Pacific, and “China's domestic #health achievements offer valuable lessons for the region.” - #WHO regional director for the Western Pacific, Saia Ma'u Piukala

#China offering 0‑tariff treatment for imports from 53 #African countries “is a strategic policy that is going to improve the well-being of Rwandans in terms of #business, in terms of investment, in terms of income for Rwandan people.”—#Rwandan horticulture expert Robert Rukundo

“Very often, environmentalists, particularly in the West, have portrayed ‘going #green’ as a pain. You need to suffer for the #environment.” Yet in #China, the focus is on making society “much better and much happier for human beings.”—Erik Solheim, executive director of #UNEP

While #Asia-Pacific “cooperation was once defined by Western-led rules, norms & security alignments, #China is advancing a model focused on delivering tangible public goods rather than abstract principles.”—Maya Majueran, founding director of the Belt & Road Initiative #SriLanka

“Having China as an important bulwark of the multilateral system and taking actions consistent with the principles that #China continues to enunciate… is going to be central to managing the problems we have.”–Peter Drysdale, Head of ANU's East #Asian Bureau of Economic Research

"I think what's really inspiring me here is seeing how you’ve been resilient through your #sustainable use of energy,” says Tania Tapsell, mayor of Rotorua, #NewZealand, at the Global Mayors Dialogue in Xi’an, adding NZ hopes to learn from #China’s tech innovation and use of #AI.

It’s official–Air Force One is coming to #China! The last time President Xi & #Trump met was in the ROK, so in anticipation of their latest meeting, why not take a trip down memory lane as we traveled to #Seoul in 2025 to understand the US-China-ROK nexus! youtube.com/watch?v=Bvb4zVAB…

Today, “fluency in #Chinese is not merely an advantage. It is a necessity,” says RT Editor-in-Chief Margarita Simonyan, adding, “Teaching my children Chinese was never about betting against the West,” rather a recognition that there is a world outside the one defined by the West.

“The greatest contribution that #China has made on #development in modern times is taking its own people out of #poverty. Hundreds of millions of people who were once in dire straits are now leading much better lives.” - University Professor Michael Doyle of Columbia University

Every year on May 9, #Russia celebrates the Soviet Union's victory in #WW2. As Victory Day approaches once more, why not meet us in #Moscow as we learn about the legacy of the conflict and how Russian experts view the shifting geopolitical landscape today? youtube.com/watch?v=xADxgoYK…

“China's practice of ‘#development for the #people’ and Kazakhstan's course toward building a fair, socially oriented state demonstrate a significant convergence in values,” says Gulnar Shaimergenova, director of the #China Studies Center in #Kazakhstan

“Italy considers engagement with China an essential component of its international action,” while “relations between #Italy and #China are rooted in a strong cultural foundation, shaped by deep exchanges between two ancient civilizations.”—#Italian Deputy PM Antonio Tajani

“Looking forward, #Nigeria sees significant opportunities to deepen #cooperation with #China in ways that support #sustainable growth and shared #prosperity,” says #Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, as China and Nigeria mark 55 years of diplomatic ties.

#Chinese #humanoids have “demonstrated real #progress in advanced mobility and the ability to perform multiple tasks effectively," says Gary Shapiro, CEO of the U.S. Consumer #Technology Association, adding, “Every year, the leaps we witness in #robotics are astounding.”