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Perception of China Is Changing

The Wang Fuk Court fire was Hong Kong’s deadliest in decades. Here’s how it happened and how the city has responded.

Wang Dong, a professor at Peking University’s School of International Studies, tells about his research and perspectives on U.S.–China relations, drawing on insights from the 6th U.S.–China Hong Kong Forum.

Bibek Raj Kandel, a New World AsiaGlobal Fellow from Nepal, shares about how countries across Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa are navigating the complexities of the U.S.–China relationship to pursue development.

In this episode of The China Current, host Kyle Obermann shares his experience joining this year's 6th U.S.-China Hong Kong Forum as a panelist and speaker, discussing the role of media, storytelling, and biodiversity in connecting the U.S. and China.

Chinese and Americans once fought alongside one another. American pilots risked and lost their lives to keep China supplied during WWII while the Chinese built runways and protected U.S. pilots and aircraft on the ground. This debunks the idea that we can't work together against a common challenge or for a common goal. From AI to climate, the world now faces a host of global challenges. Can we do it again?

Hong Kong has pythons?!? "Asia's World City" has so much more than skyscrapers: cloud-piercing summits, ancient Feng Shui forests, coral reefs, pristine beaches, endangered species, and more. It's the combination of all of these, latticed within a thriving urban metropolis that truly makes this city like none other on earth.

In this interview with host James Chau, Maestro Yu Long, Artistic Director of the China Philharmonic Orchestra, discusses how music transcends cultural and geographical boundaries, emphasizing that it serves as a bridge between hearts. He also recalls a memorable moment when he brought 50 Mongolian children to the Lincoln Center, where they performed “America the Beautiful,” illustrating the universal power of music to connect people.

New research shows that the famous Venetian lion began life in China as a Tang dynasty tomb guardian before becoming Venice’s iconic mascot.