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"description": "<div></div><p> Shanghai hosted the 2025 World Artificial Intelligence Conference and the High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance last month. Earlier this month, Beijing played host to the World Robot Conference and the World Humanoid Robot Games — a dazzling display of China's technological energy, innovation and ambition in the era of "AIR", that is, AI plus robotics.</p>\n<p> From AI to embodied intelligence, these technologies are not just tools but also engines set to transform our world. Open, collaborative global development is one of the best ways intelligent science and technology can benefit humanity and help countries achieve sustainable growth.</p>\n<p> Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk recently said: "The path to solving hunger, disease, and poverty is AI and robotics." But he was only half-right, because AIR represents only a new paradigm for human survival, a kind of "intelligent air" that sentient life cannot do without.</p>\n<p> The real showstopper is the humanoid robot. This was reflected at the World Humanoid Robot Games, which featured 26 events and 487 matches, with more than 500 humanoid robots from 127 brands.</p>\n<p> Teams from 16 countries across five continents, including 192 university squads and 88 corporate teams, competed in the games. According to the International Federation of Robotics' Aug 14, 2025, report, "Vision and Reality", humanoid robots are on track to become "the next big thing in robotics".</p>\n<p> China, as the world's largest industrial robotics market, has laid out concrete plans and targets, and begun large-scale production and application. The goals are clear: transformation of manufacturing, embedding robotic intelligence in society, and accelerating the rise of a knowledge-driven, intelligent industrial ecosystem.</p>\n<p> But behind the glittering spectacle lies serious engineering. Participants tested hardware platforms, multimodal perceptions, decision-making, execution control, communications and energy management. The arena featured a mix of jaw-dropping leaps, awkward tumbles and occasionally comical missteps. They reminded us that humanoid robotics remains a frontier field, full of experimentation and rapid evolution.</p>\n<p> The competition highlighted both the performance limits of individual machines and the immense promise of collaboration. To fully realize this potential, open, shared data and model coordination, cross-platform interaction and multi-robot collective intelligence are essential. And with the end of the games, these skills must migrate from the stadium to the real world — factories, hospitals and homes — where robots can continuously improve safety, adaptability and intelligence.</p>\n<p> The games were more than a tournament; they were parallel experiments in motion, bringing together AI computational experiments and embodied agents' prescriptive intelligence. The goal was not merely winning medals but also practical, scenario-driven deployment. Robotics divorced from real-world application risks stagnating in low-level, repetitive development.</p>\n<p> By testing humanoids under extremely challenging situations, the games publicly assessed motion control, environmental perception and autonomous navigation, embodying the ACP methodology of parallel intelligence: artificial societies plus computational experiments plus parallel execution. Every physical robot has a digital twin in the virtual world. Pre-game algorithm optimization counts as computational experiment; each graceful jump — or spectacular fall — feeds priceless real-world data. This feedback is prescriptive intelligence, guiding the next iteration toward smarter decisions and more effective actions.</p>\n<p> The games also acted as a prism, reflecting the broader ecosystem, economic dynamics and social impact of humanoid robotics. First, they showed that intense competition can expose the industry's Achilles' heel. When a robot falters due to the limit of a gearbox or servo motor, the failure is far more visceral than any report.</p>\n<p> Second, the games helped reassure investors, redirecting capital from abstract hype to tangible applications, and making sure that enterprises clear core technical bottlenecks and increase real-world deployment.</p>\n<p> Third, they proved that robots on the field are athletes, not sci-fi villains. They assuaged the fear that "machines would replace humans" and instead helped many realize the fact that robots will liberate humans from repetitive or dangerous tasks while creating new value and employment opportunities. One minute a robot nails a flawless kick, the next, it trips spectacularly — both moments teach us the importance of persistence, learning and continuous technological development.</p>\n<p> And fourth, the games raised a fundamental question: What does AIRLine truncated
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"description": "<div></div><img src=\"https://mobile.chinadaily.com.cn/cn/resfile/2025-08-23/005/20250823_005_01_34.png\" />\n<p> Chinese tech heavyweight Baidu Inc is doubling down on artificial intelligence-powered video generation models, as fast-growing AI-generated content is reshaping the landscape of short video, film, animation and advertising industries.</p>\n<p> Experts said image-to-video generators will improve the quality and efficiency of video generation and significantly reduce the production costs of video, while creating new business opportunities for online searches, cloud computing and the content ecosystem.</p>\n<p> Baidu has launched its updated AI-driven video generation model MuseSteamer 2.0, which is designed to empower businesses with the ability to create high-quality and synchronized audiovisual content from simple image inputs and prompts.</p>\n<p> Featuring computer vision and natural language processing capacities, the model is able to generate multiple voices and videos simultaneously and overlay realistic ambient sounds with dialogue from various characters, lowering the barrier to premium video production for businesses and content creators.</p>\n<p> The company said robust application demands from various commercial scenarios are driving the speedy development of video generation models, and the emergence of AIGC has greatly bolstered multimodal content creation with broad application prospects in fields such as marketing, as well as film and television creation.</p>\n<p> The move comes as Baidu aims to carve out a niche in China's growing enterprise-level AI services market, where demand for multimedia content creation tools is rapidly rising.</p>\n<p> "AIGC-related technologies will improve the productivity of content production, but the process of developing image-to-video generation models necessitates higher requirements for computing capacity, algorithms and high-quality data," said Pan Helin, a member of the Expert Committee for Information and Communication Economy, which is under the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.</p>\n<p> Chinese tech companies should beef up self-developed and proprietary abilities in underlying computing power chips and programming software, as well as step up investments in basic scientific research, to catch up with foreign counterparts in the AI chatbot race, he said.</p>\n<p> Noting that talent, data and computing power are key to image-to-video generation models, Pan added that more efforts are needed to bolster the efficient circulation of data elements, try to achieve breakthroughs in key technologies and expand application scenarios of video generation models in a wider range of segments.</p>\n<p> Chen Duan, director of the Digital Economy Integration Innovation Development Center at the Central University of Finance and Economics, said AIGC will unleash people's demand for tools that can help them express their creativity and drive the evolution of commercial models in content production.</p>\n<p> Chen said the multimodal large language model, which possesses the ability to generate high-resolution video clips based on given prompts, is an undeniable future development direction for AI technology.</p>\n<p> AIGC will lead to a new revolution in the field of digital content production and boost innovation in the digital culture industry, Chen said, adding that although AIGC is still nascent, she is bullish on its prospects.</p>\n<p> Other Chinese tech companies are accelerating steps to launch video generators. Video-sharing platform Kuaishou Technology has updated its video generation model Kling that can mimic the physical world and create imaginative scenes from text instructions, while ByteDance has unveiled its AI model for text-to-video generation.</p>\n<p> Experts said the text-to-video or image-to-video AI models will further propel China's investment in computing infrastructure, such as data centers and cloud computing platforms, and boost the integration and upgrade in China's AI industrial chain.</p>\n<p> Global market research firm International Data Corp said the scale of China's AI market is expected to reach $26.44 billion in 2026, with a compound annual growth rate of over 20 percent between 2021 and 2026.</p>\n<p> While there are many positives, the use of such models raises concerns about ethics, copyright protection, personal privacy leakage and data security.</p>\n<p> How to ensure the authenticity and transparency of the content has become an important issue, and more efforts are needed to formulate rules and regulations to ensure the healthy development of such technology, said Liu Xingliang, director of the Beijing-based Data Center of China Internet.</p>\n<p> <span>fanfeifei@chinadaily.com.cn</span></p>\n<p></p>",
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"description": "<div></div><img src=\"https://mobile.chinadaily.com.cn/cn/resfile/2025-08-23/005/20250823_005_03_11.png\" /><p>Visitors to Robot Mall, a store showcasing embodied intelligent humanoid robots in Beijing's E-Town — the city's leading hub of innovation — watch the demonstration of a robot chef on Aug 8.</p>\n<p> Robot chefs are gaining in popularity, on the back of significant cost-effectiveness and excellent quality control.</p>\n<p> Robot chefs are not a new concept. For example, the Changsha-based restaurant franchise Bawan uses such robots in its outlets. So far, Bawan has opened over 500 outlets, which have all deployed self-developed robots to cook food. According to its official website, these have now been updated to the third generation.</p>\n<p> Xiaocaiyuan, a Hong Kong-listed restaurant specializing in Anhui cuisine, deployed robotic cooks in some of its outlets as early as 2023.</p>\n<p> According to the prospectus released by Xiaocaiyuan before its listing, a portion of the funds raised from the public flotation will be used to purchase 3,000 such robots, with a unit price of 50,000 yuan ($6,972) per robot and an estimated total cost of 150 million yuan.</p>\n<p> The purchase quantity of 3,000 robot chefs, based on the current number of its over 600 stores, means that on average, each Xiaocaiyuan outlet will deploy about five of these robots.</p>\n<p> Several franchise restaurants are also deploying robot chefs, including Nonggengji Hunan Native Cuisine, Jin Ding Xuan, Beijing Micun Technology Co, CSC Group, and Nanchengxiang. They are able to cook highly standardized dishes such as Yuxiang shredded pork, fried eggs with tomato, and Kung Pao Chicken.</p>\n<p> Do these cooks really save money? Take Xunxiangdidai, a restaurant that serves Anhui cuisine, as an example. According to the Hongcan Industry Research Institute, by using intelligent devices and traditional stoves, robot chefs shoulder half of the stir-frying jobs, saving up to 60 percent in salaries. Normally, a kitchen needs two human chefs, and their salaries add up to around 18,000 yuan. Robot chefs can, however, operate five to six stoves at a time, greatly cutting down on salaries.</p>\n<p> Wang Peng, an associate research fellow at the Beijing Academy of Social Sciences, said: "The labor cost of the catering industry continues to rise, and stir-frying robots can significantly reduce salaries and social security expenses of chefs. Long-term operation can significantly reduce overall costs. At the same time, its efficient operation can improve meal delivery speed, increase the number of customers served per unit time, and thereby increase restaurant revenue."</p>\n<p> In addition, robot chefs are able to accurately execute preset programs for cooking, strictly control the heat, seasoning dosage, and meal preparation time, ensuring stable and consistent taste and quality of dishes, which is conducive to shaping a unified brand image for chain catering, and enhancing consumer trust and recognition of the brand, he said.</p>\n<p> The current fast-paced lifestyle of consumers requires high efficiency in serving meals. The fast-serving feature of stir-frying robots can meet the demand for instant dining, and has great potential in the fast food and takeaway fields.</p>\n<p> Moreover, it conforms to the trend of digital and intelligent transformation of the catering industry, and can deeply integrate with restaurant management systems to optimize operational processes, he added.</p>\n<p> Guo Tao, individual angel investor and an expert in the artificial intelligence sector, said: "Although the prospects of robotic cooks are bright, the road ahead is full of challenges. At present, it is difficult to accurately replicate the unique taste and personalized flavor of Chinese cooking at the technical level, and significant breakthroughs are needed in the research and development of complex dishes. In terms of economic costs, high equipment purchase and maintenance costs have deterred many small and medium-sized catering businesses. In the field of health and safety, improper cleaning and disinfection of equipment can easily lead to health hazards."</p>\n<p> In addition, the operational programming of the robot chefs requires high digital skills from employees, which undoubtedly increases the difficulty and cost of employee training. How to improve cooking efficiency while also optimizing the taste experience has become the key to whether it can fully replace manual labor, he said.</p>\n<p> <span>zhengyiran@chinadaily.com.cn</span></p>\n<p></p>",
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"description": "<div></div><img src=\"https://mobile.chinadaily.com.cn/cn/resfile/2025-08-23/005/20250823_005_05_73.png\" />\n<p> From engraved paw prints to farewell ceremonies, a growing number of Chinese pet owners are seeking meaningful ways to say goodbye to their companions.</p>\n<p> By June, China had more than 8,000 registered enterprises engaged in pet funeral services, with nearly 70 percent of these established within the past three years, according to business data platform Qichacha.</p>\n<p> This is a reflection of the fact that for many owners, pets are no longer just animals but family members.</p>\n<p> A research report on China's pet funeral market (2022-29) released by marketplace data provider Insight and Info found that over 80 percent of Chinese pet owners now regard their pets as family.</p>\n<p> "I used to think holding a funeral for pets was unnecessary when I saw such stories online," said a Beijing-based pet owner surnamed Guo. "But after raising two cats myself, I realized that rituals are not about showing others — it's about giving your own heart a place to rest. Because to me, they are family."</p>\n<p> The emotional attachment has directly shaped consumer demand — when pets pass away, 60.4 percent of owners would like to choose a farewell service, while 56.3 percent emphasize appearance preservation, according to a 2024 China pet care white paper published by the Western Institute of Pet Life Science.</p>\n<p> Generally, most pet funeral services start with basic cleaning and cremation, typically priced according to the animal's size and weight. Additional offerings often include urns, paw-print keepsakes, portraits, or sculptures.</p>\n<p> For example, at Theta Land, a Beijing-based pet aftercare services provider, the average cost ranges from 1,500 yuan ($209) to 2,000 yuan, including farewell rituals, grooming, and cremation, with final rates adjusted by pet weight, said Li Lixin, founder of the company.</p>\n<p> As a Taiwan resident now settled in Beijing, Li said she often went back for training during the early days of her business, as the pet aftercare industry there had developed earlier than the Chinese mainland.</p>\n<p> "I wanted to bring that experience back to the mainland," she explained.</p>\n<p> "The Chinese people, myself included, often avoid talking much about death because of fear or taboo," Li said. "Pet aftercare services have helped me learn how to face death and handle it. I believe that when you truly understand something, you no longer fear it."</p>\n<p> Li believes that the domestic market remains in its early stages, with both service quality and consumer awareness still developing. "Once acceptance broadens, the niche sector will unlock enormous potential for the next three to five years," she said.</p>\n<p> With rising pet ownership and growing demand for diverse services, the pet funeral market is expected to reach 5 billion yuan in 2025 and surpass 10 billion yuan by the end of 2030, making it one of the fastest-growing segments of the pet industry, according to a report by market information platform ChinaIRN.</p>\n<p> Alongside market expansion, standardization has also gained momentum. The launch meeting for the drafting of professional skill evaluation standards for pet funeral specialists, organized by the vocational skill appraisal and guidance center of the All China Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives, was held in Beijing in June.</p>\n<p> "The meeting marked a solid and crucial step toward professionalization and standardization in China's pet funeral service industry," said Liang Shengming, an official from the center.</p>\n<p> Industry experts also emphasized the need to strengthen regulations, suggesting that the pet aftercare industry should adopt environmentally responsible practices and establish clear governance mechanisms across multiple authorities.</p>\n<p> <span>lijiaying@chinadaily.com.cn</span></p>\n<p></p>",
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"description": "<div></div><p> Eighty years after China and the United States fought side by side in World War II, Beijing's top envoy in Washington said that the two countries must draw on their shared wartime history and recommit to peaceful coexistence and practical cooperation.</p>\n<p> Ambassador Xie Feng delivered the message on Wednesday at an art exhibition at the Chinese embassy marking the 80th anniversary of victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1931-45) and the World Anti-Fascist War.</p>\n<p> Xie hailed the "heroes" who resisted fascism, from Chinese civilians to foreign volunteers, and recalled how, during what he described as a "decisive war between justice and evil", China and more than 50 nations formed an international anti-fascist front.</p>\n<p> "The Flying Tigers soared across the sky to intercept Japanese aggressors, and opened up the treacherous 'Hump Route' over the Roof of the World, writing an epic story in pursuit of peace with their lives," he said.</p>\n<p> In 1941, volunteer US pilots, known as the Flying Tigers, fought alongside the Chinese against the Japanese in China.</p>\n<p> The ambassador praised foreign artists and journalists, including US illustrator Martha Sawyers and photographer Robert Capa, for rallying support for China during the war.</p>\n<p> "Today, to safeguard the post-war international order and protect the Earth, our only home, we still need such heroes, and should act together for peace and for the future," he said.</p>\n<p> Xie also pointed to the Doolittle Raid of 1942, when US pilots, running low on fuel after completing their attack on Japan, crash-landed in China.</p>\n<p> "Chinese soldiers and civilians spared no effort to rescue the pilots they had never met before," he said.</p>\n<p> That wartime experience left a lasting imprint on bilateral ties.</p>\n<p> "The friendship between the Chinese and American people was forged amid the trials of blood and fire," Xie said, "and has gained new life and injected fresh impetus into bilateral relations over the years".</p>\n<p> "It is a constant reminder that China and the US should see each other as a partner and friend, contribute to one another's success and benefit the whole world; that we should never forget what our two people went through together in the era of war, and should never waver in our commitment to peaceful coexistence and win-win cooperation," he added.</p>\n<p> The envoy's message was as much about today as yesterday. The lesson of history, he noted, is that "prejudice, hatred and war will bring nothing but disaster and pain", while cooperation offers the only path forward.</p>\n<p> <b>Common interests</b></p>\n<p> "Eight decades ago, our two countries fought against fascism side by side and jointly defended peace and justice. Eight decades later, we have more extensive common interests, broader space for cooperation, and more important international obligations," he said.</p>\n<p> As the world's two largest economies and as permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, China and the US share a special and significant responsibility for upholding world peace and stability, and promoting global development and prosperity, Xie said.</p>\n<p> Jeffrey Greene, chairman of the Sino-American Aviation Heritage Foundation, also emphasized the importance of remembering the wartime bond.</p>\n<p> Echoing Xie, Greene described the sacrifices made by ordinary Chinese in aiding downed US pilots.</p>\n<p> "Families risked their lives to hide airmen, dress their wounds and guide them to safety," he said. "Never has one nation's people so consistently risked so much for those of another. This was not merely an alliance. It was humanity at its purest form."</p>\n<p> David Frazer, a professor at the Rhode Island School of Design, stressed the role of culture in bridging divides today.</p>\n<p> "Despite the political differences that exist today between our great countries, global appreciation for the arts transcends these differences," he said.</p>\n<p> More than 200 guests, including US dignitaries, attended the commemorative exhibition, jointly organized with state broadcaster China Central Television.</p>\n<p> <span>huanxinzhao@chinadailyusa.com</span></p>\n<p></p>",
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"description": "<div></div><img src=\"https://mobile.chinadaily.com.cn/cn/resfile/2025-08-23/007/20250823_007_01_27.png\" /><p>Online See more by scanning the code.</p>\n<img src=\"https://mobile.chinadaily.com.cn/cn/resfile/2025-08-23/007/20250823_007_01_11.png\" /><p>A British student participates in an A-level program of the charity Engage with China in Changzhou, East China's Jiangsu province during the 2023-24 academic year.</p>\n<img src=\"https://mobile.chinadaily.com.cn/cn/resfile/2025-08-23/007/20250823_007_01_18.png\" /><p>A scholarship winner hugs H-J Colston-Inge, director of Engage with China (left) in Changzhou during the 2023-24 academic year.</p>\n<p> "I felt like I was leaving a part of myself in China because it has been a very tough journey to integrate myself into the culture and connect with the people here," said Calista Ajibola, a British student aged 18, who has just completed a two-year boarding school scholarship program in China.</p>\n<p> Even for someone who had been learning Mandarin for five years and who had achieved the top grade in the subject in her General Certificate of Secondary Education exam, or GCSE, the test taken by students in the United Kingdom at the age of 16, using the Chinese language, still posed some challenges, as textbook knowledge and real-life application can be very different disciplines.</p>\n<p> "People often couldn't understand me when I first arrived in China and would ask me to switch to English. I had scored a nine in my GCSE Mandarin exam, so it was incredibly frustrating, at times even disheartening," she said.</p>\n<p> "But as time went on, armed with the courage to make mistakes, a determination to improve, hours of practice, and plenty of help from my Chinese teacher, my Mandarin eventually reached the point where I could … guide my family around in China, chat with taxi drivers, haggle over prices, and sort out problems that came up."</p>\n<p> Ajibola returned with a mature command of the language, a clearer vision for the future, many genuine friends, countless memories, as well as 30 packs of Chinese-branded instant noodles, and a pile of refrigerator magnets.</p>\n<p> "The scholarship program is probably one of the best things that has ever happened to me," she added.</p>\n<p> Launched in 2023 by the UK charity Engage with China, in partnership with international schools in China, the scholarship program has enabled 34 British pupils to embark on a two-year journey to study A-levels in China.</p>\n<p> H-J Colston-Inge, director of Engage with China, said the aim of the program is to foster "China literacy" among British youths.</p>\n<p> It was in 2018 that she realized there was a major educational gap in UK schools, as knowledge of China was almost entirely absent from the classroom. "The UK curriculum contains virtually no content on China, despite its global importance," she said.</p>\n<p> Compared to short-term study programs, she said, the project aims to offer a fully immersive journey, one that allows pupils to truly experience, with their own eyes a country on the other side of the world that is culturally and socioeconomically, very different from what they are used to.</p>\n<p> Culture shocks can be striking. For Ajibola, the endless high-rise apartments instead of low houses, the "motorcycle army" dominating the roads, and the mosquito bites in the sweltering summer were all unusual for a British pupil. But as she put it: "If I had the chance to live it all again, I wouldn't change a thing."</p>\n<p> Zoe Capps, who has just completed her first-year scholarship in Hangzhou, the capital city of East China's Zhejiang province, said life in China, a place where "everything felt unfamiliar" at first but which has now become a "second home", has made her much more "mature".</p>\n<p> "I always used to say I'm very mature for my age, but I really wasn't," she said. "But now, I have a clear idea of what I want to do in the future. I know where I want to go, and I know what I need to do."</p>\n<p> <b>Gaining global mindset</b></p>\n<p> The students have not only developed strong language skills that will give them greater competitiveness in future education and career paths, Colston-Inge said, but have also gained a global mindset and a sense of empathy, an understanding that the world can be vastly diverse.</p>\n<p> "No one typically sends their 16-year-old to study in China, so these students are bold, curious and globally-minded," she added. "In an era of geopolitical tension, initiatives like this can help shift perspectives and build better international relationships."</p>\n<p> "Life-changing" is how Colston-Inge often described the many refreshing China stories she has heard from the pupils, especially since many oLine truncated
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"description": "<div></div><img src=\"https://mobile.chinadaily.com.cn/cn/resfile/2025-08-23/008/20250823_008_02_15.png\" /><p>Zhang Jianhua (third right, front) poses for a group photo with John Flower (second left, front) and his students at Zhang's residence in Dechen county, Yunnan province, on July 26.</p>\n<img src=\"https://mobile.chinadaily.com.cn/cn/resfile/2025-08-23/008/20250823_008_02_28.png\" /><p>The wooden structure from Yunnan known as the China Folk House in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.</p>\n<p> KUNMING — At the foot of the Biluo Mountain in Southwest China's Yunnan province, a river rushes past vineyards and quiet villages, bearing witness to the friendship between an American scholar and a Chinese villager that has crossed the Pacific.</p>\n<p> Sporting brown hair and a graying beard, 62-year-old John Flower makes his way to an ethnic Bai-style residence, where he receives a warm welcome from its owner and longtime friend, Zhang Jianhua. They shake hands before settling into the courtyard to catch up for old times' sake.</p>\n<p> Their friendship began in the spring of 2016, when Flower, a history teacher and director of the Chinese Studies program at Sidwell Friends School, led a group of students to Cizhong village in Yunnan's Diqing Tibetan autonomous prefecture. "I invited them to my home for tea," Zhang recalls.</p>\n<p> Flower was struck by Zhang's wooden courtyard house, a rare fusion of Han, Tibetan, Naxi, and Bai ethnic architectural styles. When he learned the house was scheduled for dismantling, a bold idea began to take shape: to move the entire house to the United States.</p>\n<p> Zhang chuckled at what sounded like a daydream. "You can try," he said. "But I'm still living in it. Come back next year."</p>\n<p> A year later, Flower returned with a team of students. Working with local Bai carpenters, they documented, dismantled, and boxed the house piece by piece, creating a 3D model before shipping it across the Pacific. On the banks of the Shenandoah River in Jefferson, West Virginia, the house was reassembled.</p>\n<p> Over the years, the house has served as a classroom that gives American students and residents the chance to appreciate the craftsmanship of traditional Chinese homes and experience the rhythms of village life.</p>\n<p> Adding a new chapter to their story, Flower returned to Cizhong in July with more than 20 students. Many of them had helped rebuild the house in the United States, but this was their first time visiting Yunnan.</p>\n<p> In Zhang's new Bai-style home, about a kilometer from the original site of his old house, the two friends reunited in a sunlit courtyard where a stone carving of the Chinese character fu (blessing) stands at the center.</p>\n<p> The students took photos of the delicately carved woodwork, lifelike cat tiles perched on the roof ridge, and the Tibetan-style fire pit in the spacious courtyard, while enjoying sweet watermelons from Zhang's garden.</p>\n<p> "How is life now?" they ask. "Do you still farm?"</p>\n<p> "I'm not very educated," Zhang replies, slightly nervous to host so many young foreigners for the first time.</p>\n<p> "But life is much better now." He adds that besides farming, he raises 30 pigs and 30 chickens. His family now lives in a house four times the size of the old one, with extra rooms available for rent.</p>\n<p> "The old house carries our memories," he says with a grin. "But I'm very happy it is now well-cherished on the other side of the Pacific."</p>\n<p> Former village head Urgyen Tsering recalls issuing the official certificate authorizing the house's dismantling. "No one imagined Americans would one day come to see it," he says. "Even less did we expect the house to become a bridge for people-to-people exchange between China and the US."</p>\n<p> Flower's ties with China date back to the late 1970s when, as a philosophy student, he first encountered the Chinese language through The Analects of Confucius. The normalization of China-US relations at the time opened doors for cultural exchange. In 1991, he made his first trip to China.</p>\n<p> He later spent several years in rural Sichuan province with his wife, deepening his understanding of Chinese culture and developing a lasting interest in village life. In the past decade, he has led his students on experiential learning trips to rural Yunnan.</p>\n<p> Many students in Flower's group are part of a large-scale China-US youth exchange program aimed at fostering mutual understanding through cultural, educational, and travel experiences.</p>\n<p> China announced a plan to invite 50,000 American youth to visit and study in China in the next five years, hoping that through firsthand experience, they can discover the real China while contributing to China-US frienLine truncated
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"description": "<div></div><img src=\"https://mobile.chinadaily.com.cn/cn/resfile/2025-08-23/009/20250823_009_02_35.png\" />\n<img src=\"https://mobile.chinadaily.com.cn/cn/resfile/2025-08-23/009/20250823_009_02_20.png\" /><p>The interior of Quanjude in New York with decorations from the previous French fine dining establishment La Grenouille.</p>\n<p> After Quanjude's first failed attempt to enter the US market in Los Angeles some decades ago, it's coming back with a location situated in the vibrant Midtown area of New York City. This time with a different franchise ownership and a Michelin star.</p>\n<p> Located in a historical three-story building, the restaurant occupies the former site of the French fine dining establishment La Grenouille, which iDen & Quanjude, a Quanjude franchise under the ownership of Andy Zhang, acquired for $14.3 million.</p>\n<p> Under the dim light from crystal wall lamps around the restaurant, there's plush red velvet seats, classic oil paintings and bouquets of fresh flowers.</p>\n<p> The general manager of iDen & Quanjude, Wayne Pan, says this location has been a legendary restaurant site in New York with more than 60 years of history that once welcomed icons like David Bowie, Frank Sinatra and Truman Capote. It holds a deep meaning in many New Yorkers' hearts, which is why the original decor from La Grenouille has been preserved.</p>\n<p> Quanjude is a restaurant chain established in 1864 to serve royalty from the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). It witnessed and weathered some of the most important historical events including the end of the monarchy in China, World War II, and the founding of the People's Republic of China.</p>\n<p> Over the past 150 years, its Peking duck has become a national icon, with over 100 locations in China. It was also visited by several US presidents including Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama.</p>\n<p> On its return to the North America market in 2019, Quanjude franchise iDen & Quanjude opened its Vancouver location, which is still going strong. It is also the only Michelin-starred Chinese restaurant in Canada, and has received a Michelin star for three straight years.</p>\n<p> The food critic from the Michelin Guide said, "It has a pedigree that traces back to an original location in Beijing from 1864, but the latest outpost in Vancouver proves that this legacy hasn't lost any of its luster. Indeed, the gold-accented dining room is a feast for the eyes, blending classic opulence with strikingly modern design."</p>\n<p> According to Pan, the ducks they serve are from a farm in Pennsylvania and are high in fat. All the ducks are fresh and never frozen. "We have high standards on our ducks," Pan says. "They are all the same size, packed six ducks per case, with the duck hair carefully removed, and the skin kept completely intact and undamaged."</p>\n<p> Pan explains that after all the organs are removed, the ducks are rinsed with hot water. Then, a special in-house sauce is applied to enhance the flavor and give them a rich, brown color. Afterward, the ducks are placed in a special drying cabinet for at least two days, which ensures the skin will be extra crispy. The final step involves roasting the ducks in an oven, as fire roasting is prohibited in New York.</p>\n<p> Then the duck is ready to be served with leeks imported from China, cucumber from Tianjin, paired with sweet bean paste made in house with a recipe from Quanjude in Beijing and wrapped in paper-thin pancakes.</p>\n<p> Other than the iconic Peking duck, the New York menu features a selection of upscale dishes crafted with premium ingredients such as bird's nest, sea cucumber, fish maw, lobster and geoduck (clams).</p>\n<p> Currently, iDen & Quanjude in New York is in a soft opening as, Pan explains, the second and third floors of the restaurant are still being decorated.</p>\n<p> "I hope Chinese people can experience the taste of home here, because many of us from northern China feel so happy when we eat this duck. I want Chinese people to feel at home, and I also hope Americans can experience the rich culture of Chinese food," says Pan, who also expressed the hope to promote Chinese high-end cuisine.</p>\n<p> This is not the first attempt by a Chinese Peking duck restaurant chain to enter the US fine dining market. In 2017, Dadong, another renowned Peking duck chain from China, also ventured into Manhattan with a prime location near Bryant Park. However, Dadong closed its doors just over two years later.</p>\n<p> The reviews for the iDen & Quanjude New York location have been mixed. New York Post food critic Steve Cuozzo gave the compliment that, "The bird from Pennsylvania's Jurgielewicz farm was flavor-rich and winningly moist beneath its amber skin", and "the food is as grown-up as the vibe".</p>\n<p> HoweLine truncated
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"description": "<div></div><img src=\"https://mobile.chinadaily.com.cn/cn/resfile/2025-08-23/010/20250823_010_02_45.png\" /><p>The cultural collaboration between Italian missionary Matteo Ricci and Chinese scientist Xu Guangqi in the 17th century is celebrated in China, as seen in their sculptures in Beijing (top) and Shanghai (above).</p>\n<p> ROME — In the quiet hills of Italy's Marche region, the city of Macerata carries a legacy that extends far beyond its modest streets. It is the hometown of Italian missionary Matteo Ricci, one of the most influential cultural bridges between the East and the West in the 17th century.</p>\n<p> Today, Ricci's presence can be felt throughout the city. A map titled "Matteo Ricci Itinerary" guides visitors past landmarks bearing his name. At the heart of Macerata lies "Li Ma Dou" Square, named in Chinese pinyin to reflect Ricci's ties to China. Its centerpiece is the bronze sculpture Ricci and Xu Talk about the Way, which portrays Ricci alongside Chinese scientist Xu Guangqi.</p>\n<p> The statue shows Ricci in Confucian robes, his hand extended as if pointing toward a path, while Xu listens attentively. A plaque beneath describes them as "two wise men of the 17th century … pioneers of the fruitful encounter between Chinese and European civilizations".</p>\n<p> Created by Yang Dongbai of the Shanghai Institute of Visual Arts, the sculpture was unveiled in May as a gift from the Father Matteo Ricci International Foundation. "This work represents a vital cultural exchange between China and Italy, and I felt a deep sense of responsibility," Yang says.</p>\n<p> He explains that the artistic style incorporates elements of Chinese culture, aiming to capture the essence of friendship and dialogue.</p>\n<p> Ricci and Xu first met in China in the early 1600s. Their partnership, rooted in friendship with intellectual collaboration, led to the Chinese translation of Euclid's Elements and the introduction of Confucian texts to Europe.</p>\n<p> For Macerata, the unveiling of the sculpture adds to a series of memorials honoring Ricci's role in fostering cultural exchange.</p>\n<p> "Centuries ago, Ricci embraced Chinese culture. Today, the deep bond between our peoples remains strong," says Katiuscia Cassetta, councillor for culture of the Municipality of Macerata.</p>\n<p> In Shanghai, Xu's hometown, a corresponding sculpture stands in Guangqi Park. Since 2014, Macerata and Shanghai's Xuhui district have exchanged statues of Ricci and Xu, formalizing a gesture of cultural reciprocity.</p>\n<p> "Their friendship was built on equality, respect and mutual admiration. They set an example for today's exchanges between the two peoples," says Song Haojie, a scholar of Sino-Italian cultural exchange.</p>\n<p> Dario Grandoni, president of the Father Matteo Ricci International Foundation, highlights Ricci's enduring legacy of fostering mutual understanding.</p>\n<p> "Ricci was humble, respectful and deeply committed to understanding Chinese culture," he says.</p>\n<p> According to Grandoni, naming the square in Chinese pinyin is intended to make Chinese visitors feel welcome in Macerata, underscoring the square as a symbol of cultural integration.</p>\n<p></p>",
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"description": "<div></div><p> Editor's Note: Artificial intelligence is reshaping human civilization through a chain reaction of "technological breakthroughs-industrial integration-social restructuring". AI has evolved from a single technological tool into a core engine driving economic, social and cultural transformation. Qi Guojun, a distinguished scientist of the Association for Computing Machinery and professor at Westlake University, spoke to Chinanews.com about the changes that AI would bring about in the economy and whether the global dialogue on AI is about competition or coexistence. Below are excerpts from the interview. The views don't necessarily represent those of China Daily.</p>\n<p> There is not sufficient evidence or scientific consensus to suggest that AI will develop self-awareness. Such ideas remain largely within the realm of science fiction. Nevertheless, development of the technology does present new challenges, although such issues are not unique to AI. The emergence of any new technology, such as the internet, has historically been accompanied by problems such as piracy and spread of harmful content in the case of the internet.</p>\n<p> But the overall positive impact of AI on society far outweighs the negative. AI brings significant value by advancing productivity, expanding application scenarios, creating new categories of employment and optimizing industrial structures. Indeed, there are already many cases of the positive impact of AI. For example, AI is widely applied in customer service, which has improved productivity. While this has put pressure on employment, it has also generated new and higher-paying jobs in the data industry. In creative sectors, such as digital humans, animation and art production, AI has replaced more than 90 percent of repetitive work. The advertising industry and data-processing-related sectors have also undergone major changes.</p>\n<p> Looking ahead, AI will play a powerful role in improving productivity across all industries. Much like the first stage of internet development, which initially boosted productivity, the next stage may see the rise of new enterprises that are native to the AI ecosystem. Within the next five years, large-scale enterprises borne from AI will emerge, with the potential to exert a profound influence on the global economy for the next 20-30 years.</p>\n<p> As for the future dialogue on AI, it will involve both competition and coexistence, but coexistence will outweigh competition. In this context, two dimensions of competition, speed and openness, are particularly critical.</p>\n<p> With regard to speed, the AI industry shares similarities with the internet sector. Because technological exchanges are frequent, no one can monopolize technology for long. The true advantage lies in scale, where speed and openness determine success. Whoever moves faster can attract more users, acquire more data and iterate their models more efficiently, creating a positive feedback loop, the so-called flywheel effect. Once the flywheel turns, both scale and influence will continue to expand.</p>\n<p> If a model is used on a small scale, it will not be able to attract enough users to form a sustainable commercial cycle. Without growth in data and users, it cannot fully understand user intentions and application scenarios, making it difficult for it to improve performance. This is why AI development must move toward greater openness, encouraging more users to participate in order to generate positive feedback. This is the essence of open competition in AI.</p>\n<p> Successful internet and IT enterprises are inevitably global, or at least exert significant cross-border influence. In the process, mutual reinforcement creates a relationship of coexistence. For instance, cooperation can be carried out in areas such as data governance and AI ethical standards. AI's positive spillover effects will extend worldwide, with technology sharing becoming a natural outcome.</p>\n<p> Academic exchange also strengthens coexistence. The AI field is highly open, with a large volume of new research shared in academic journals, at conferences and on open platforms. Through these exchanges, knowledge is disseminated, new ideas are shared and technological progress gets accelerated.</p>\n<p></p>",
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"description": "<div></div><img src=\"https://mobile.chinadaily.com.cn/cn/resfile/2025-08-22/009/20250822_009_02_63913.png\" />\n<p> The Democratic Progressive Party authorities in Taiwan are once again resorting to historical revisionism. A senior official of the island has claimed that the "San Francisco Peace Treaty" replaced the Cairo Declaration and the Potsdam Proclamation, which called for Japan's unconditional surrender in World War II and the return of Taiwan to China. He also claimed that the treaty did not call for transfer of Taiwan to China.</p>\n<p> This argument is not only legally baseless but also politically contrived — a rhetoric the DPP has long been recycling to push forward its "Taiwan independence "agenda. The argument twists international law, ignores binding wartime agreements, and amounts to political theater.</p>\n<p> The DPP's habit of cloaking separatist ambitions in high-sounding language is nothing new. Two months ago, Taiwan leader Lai Ching-te announced a political campaign in the name of fostering "unity", delivering his so-called "ten talks" in a bid to sway public opinion. On the surface, his language sounds lofty — filled with words like "peace", "democracy", and "solidarity".But behind his carefully choreographed performance lies a much more troubling reality: a calculated effort to repackage separatist ambitions in the language of hope, while driving a wedge between the Chinese people on the two sides of the Taiwan Strait.</p>\n<p> At the heart of Lai's campaign is a play of words, aimed at normalizing "Taiwan independence" through linguistic manipulation. Lai's repeated assertion that "the two sides of the Strait are not subordinate to each other" is nothing new; it is a recycled narrative designed to obscure Taiwan's historical and legal ties with the Chinese mainland.</p>\n<p> The rhetoric is aimed at dividing the Chinese people across the Strait, fomenting hostility against the mainland, and creating a climate of fear and antagonism. It is not a slip of the tongue, but part of a strategic ploy of Lai and his DPP to repeat falsehoods in a bid to make it sound like fact, use language as a weapon to reshape public perceptions and weaken the shared identity of the Chinese people on the two sides of the Strait.</p>\n<p> Lai's attempt to distort facts does not stop at wordplay. It extends into the realm of history. He has been denying the undeniable — that Taiwan has been a part of China since ancient times — by turning a blind eye to archaeological evidence and historical records that show the origin of the island residents is in southeastern China. He ignores centuries of administration by Chinese governments and downplays the fact that Taiwan was returned to China after Japan's defeat in World War II.</p>\n<p> These are not inadvertent omissions but deliberate acts of distortion. Lai seeks to rupture cultural and historical memory, crafting a fictional past that serves the DPP's ideological goals of "cultural independence" and identity separation. Instead of "giving voice to Taiwan", Lai is trying to sever its connection with a shared national heritage.</p>\n<p> Equally troubling is Lai's misuse of international law. By claiming that "Taiwan is not a part of China", he disregards the legal framework established by the 1943 Cairo Declaration, the 1945 Potsdam Proclamation, and the Japanese Instrument of Surrender signed on Sept 2, 1945 — all of which affirm Taiwan's return to China.</p>\n<p> He also brushes aside UN General Assembly Resolution 2758, which recognizes the representatives of the government of the People's Republic of China as the only lawful representative of China to the UN. The global consensus on Taiwan is unambiguous. An overwhelming majority of countries adhere to the one-China principle that there is only one China, and Taiwan is an integral part of China. Yet Lai insists on bending international law to suit his political interests. His approach undermines the credibility of international institutions and the postwar global order.</p>\n<p> What Lai is offering is not a road map for unity but a divisive political stunt — a rhetorical trap designed to manufacture consent for separatism in the guise of holding rational dialogue. His speeches are aimed at projecting ideological mobilization as policy discourse, while obscuring historical truths and legal realities. No matter how skillfully he crafts his message, lies repeated a thousand times remain lies. The historical fact of Taiwan being an integral part of China, and the emotional and historical ties of people across the Strait can't be overwritten by any script.</p>\n<p> History cannot be rewritten, law cannot be manipulated, and a nation cannot be divided by using tricks of lLine truncated
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"description": "<div></div><p> China's progress in protecting human rights offers valuable insights for the Global South in developing governance models suited to their own national conditions, scholars from China and Africa say.</p>\n<p> They made the remark at a readers' forum on Xi Jinping: On Respecting and Protecting Human Rights — a collection of the Chinese president's statements on the subject — held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Thursday.</p>\n<p> Senior officials, diplomats, lawyers and scholars from China and African countries applauded the book and China's unique contributions to global human rights development. The forum was held on the eve of the first China-Africa Human Rights Seminar.</p>\n<p> Jiang Jianguo, executive vice-president of the China Society for Human Rights Studies, said China has achieved historic achievements in human rights since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in 2012.</p>\n<p> Published in 2021, Xi Jinping: On Respecting and Protecting Human Rights represents a landmark in China's human rights development. The book has since been translated into 13 foreign languages, attracting readers from the global human rights community as well as political, academic, think tank and media circles, Jiang said.</p>\n<p> Quoting Xi, he said, "With different national conditions, countries should and can only explore suitable paths of human rights development in light of national realities and people's needs."</p>\n<p> China has advanced its human rights cause based on its national conditions and the people's needs, Jiang said.</p>\n<p> "It has eradicated absolute poverty; established the world's largest education, social security and healthcare systems; and continuously developed whole-process people's democracy. Through this book, we can understand why China's path of human rights development works and how this cause continues to progress."</p>\n<p> <b>Remarkable journey</b></p>\n<p> Jeddi Mowbray Armah, deputy minister for legal affairs at Liberia's Foreign Ministry, said the book is a record of China's remarkable human rights journey and offers a window into a philosophy rooted in the country's national conditions and historic transformation.</p>\n<p> "Human rights are universal in value, yet diversity erupts. As President Xi makes it clear, there is no single template for the realization. Every country must check the path consistent with its history, culture and stage of development, while staying faithful to the aspiration for dignity, justice and equality for all," Armah said. Global South countries should avoid developing human rights models detached from their local realities, he added.</p>\n<p> China has taken a people-centered approach to human rights and whole-process democracy to ensure people get tangible benefits, he said, citing China's efforts to lift more than 700 million people out of poverty over recent decades.</p>\n<p> "These are human rights in action. They give practical meaning," he said. "This is a concept that integrates democratic participation at every stage in China. It shifts the focus from narrow electoral circles, from promises made to tangible results delivered."</p>\n<p> Democracy should be judged not by the form alone, but by whether it serves the people's interests, he added.</p>\n<p> <b>Unique aspirations</b></p>\n<p> China's approach to human rights also offers unique aspirations for African countries to confront major challenges, such as poverty, education, health and employment, to make progress in human rights, he said.</p>\n<p> "The challenge before the world is not whether we agree with the human rights matter. It is whether we can create the conditions in which it can be realized for every person and every society."</p>\n<p> Fredrick Mutesa, secretary-general of the Zambia-China Friendship Association, said China has made important contributions to the global understanding of human rights through proposals such as the Belt and Road Initiative, the Global Development Initiative, the Global Civilization Initiative, and the Global Security Initiative.</p>\n<p> "China has become a trailblazer in fostering cooperation among countries of the Global South through these initiatives, (as well as through) China-Africa cooperation in economic development and modernization," he said.</p>\n<p> China is helping unlock Africa's development potential through infrastructure projects, green development, mining and other sectors, creating favorable conditions for the realization of the right to development, he added.</p>\n<p> Melha Rout Biel, founder and executive director of the Institute for Strategic and Policy Studies in South Sudan, said the Communist Party of China has been pursuing happiness for the Chinese people and progress for humanity since its foundLine truncated
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"description": "<div></div><img src=\"https://mobile.chinadaily.com.cn/cn/resfile/2025-08-22/010/20250822_010_03_55944.png\" /><p>Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (second from left) attends a meeting with Afghanistan's Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani (third from right) in Kabul on Wednesday.</p>\n<p> China, Afghanistan and Pakistan have pledged to deepen cooperation in trade, connectivity and security to promote regional peace and prosperity, as their foreign ministers met in Kabul on Wednesday for the sixth China-Afghanistan-Pakistan Foreign Ministers' Dialogue.</p>\n<p> Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi and Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar attended the talks. The trilateral mechanism, launched by China in 2017 and revived in 2022, serves as an important platform for the three neighbors to coordinate policies. An informal ministerial meeting held in Beijing in May helped maintain momentum for trilateral engagement.</p>\n<p> Wang said China stands ready to work with Afghanistan and Pakistan to "strengthen exchanges at all levels and consolidate strategic trust".He called for expanded trade and investment, enhanced connectivity, stronger people-to-people ties, and joint efforts against cross-border terrorism.</p>\n<p> He urged the three sides to "jointly oppose external interference in the region and reject the use of their territories by any force or individual to undermine each other's sovereignty, security and territorial integrity".</p>\n<p> Beijing will continue to speak up for Kabul at multilateral forums, encourage constructive international engagement, and support the normalization of Afghanistan's foreign relations, Wang added.</p>\n<p> Muttaqi praised China's role in advancing trilateral cooperation, saying Afghanistan hopes to deepen friendship and coordination for greater progress. Dar highlighted the vast potential of trilateral cooperation in trade, Belt and Road cooperation, connectivity and counterterrorism, urging the unfreezing of Afghanistan's overseas assets and calling for stronger collective action against terrorism in all forms.</p>\n<p> The meeting marked Wang's second visit to Afghanistan since the withdrawal of United States-led troops and the Taliban's return to power in 2021, following a trip in March 2022. Analysts said the visits highlight China's intention to carry forward traditional friendship with Afghanistan and strengthen ties with the neighboring country.</p>\n<p> Liu Zongyi, director of the Center for South Asian Studies at the Shanghai Institutes for International Studies, said that through platforms such as the trilateral dialogue, China and Pakistan have played a leading role among regional and international actors in promoting Afghanistan's stability, reconstruction and global engagement.</p>\n<p> "While some Western countries have imposed unilateral sanctions and frozen billions in Afghan assets, Beijing has maintained that Afghanistan should not be excluded from the international community and has encouraged greater dialogue with Kabul to support the country's reconstruction," Liu said.</p>\n<p> Earlier on Wednesday, Afghan Prime Minister Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund met with Wang. He described China as a "force for justice" in the world and commended its policy of noninterference. Akhund pledged that Afghanistan "will never allow its territory to be used to threaten China" and expressed readiness to advance "positive and sustainable "friendship with Beijing.</p>\n<p> Wang reaffirmed that, as Afghanistan's neighbor, China will continue to champion fairness, oppose unilateral bullying and promote practical cooperation across all fields. He reiterated China's concerns about the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, which is listed by the United Nations Security Council as a terrorist group, and urged Kabul to intensify its crackdown.</p>\n<p> Wang also held separate meetings with Afghan Foreign Minister Muttaqi and Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani on Wednesday.</p>\n<p> Compared with some countries "obsessed with geopolitical competition", Liu said, China "pursues a friendly policy toward all Afghan people and is a partner that Afghanistan can trust in its postwar future".</p>\n<p> Despite shifting political circumstances, China-Afghanistan relations have remained stable, with diplomatic missions in both capitals operating normally and helping sustain bilateral relations, he added.</p>\n<p> <span>zhaojia@chinadaily.com.cn</span></p>\n<p></p><br><hr><div>获取更多RSS：<br><a href=\"https://feedx.net\" style=\"color:orange\" target=\"_blank\">https://feedx.net</a> <br><a href=\"https://feedx.site\" style=\"color:orange\" target=\"_blank\">https://feedx.site</a><br></div>",
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"description": "<div></div><p> When Marcus Detrez first opened a worn leather box in 2021, he was confronted with the black-and-white images that would change the course of his life.</p>\n<p> "The images were raw and haunting — civilians being executed, streets filled with fear," he told China Daily, "But one photo marked me forever: a body floating in the Huangpu River. On the back, my grandfather had written the word 'swimmer'."</p>\n<p> Printed between the 1930s and 1950s on gelatin silver paper, the photographs captured the daily life of a French family in prosperous Shanghai before the Japanese invaded the city, the chaos and destruction brought about by the Battle of Shanghai, and, most harrowingly, the atrocities committed by the Japanese army against Chinese civilians during World War II.</p>\n<p> "I felt a weight in my chest," Detrez recalled in an exclusive interview with China Daily, "I later realized it was a protective lie — his way of shielding children from the truth. That small word carries the full weight of what war does to human hearts."</p>\n<p> The photographer was his maternal grandfather, Roger-Pierre Laurens, a Frenchman born in Toulouse in 1914 who moved to Shanghai in the 1930s to work in the French Concession. Laurens, Detrez said, believed truth was worth any risk. "As a witness to the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1931-45), he knew these moments had to be recorded — not for his own glory, but for history and for justice," he explained.</p>\n<p> For decades, the collection remained within the family, guarded as both a treasure and a burden. Detrez admitted he felt conflicted when friends first suggested donating the images to China.</p>\n<p> "These were my grandfather's possessions, part of my family's memory," he said. "But they also documented a cruel chapter that my grandfather worked hard to preserve. He would not have wanted it to remain hidden."</p>\n<p> Eventually, supported by his mother, Sylvie Laurens, Detrez decided the photographs should return to China — "to let more people see the truth", as she put it.</p>\n<p> Together with his French friend Bastien Ratat and Chinese friend Zhong Haosong, he began posting historical materials on multiple social media platforms, sparking both intense interest and controversy online. While the trio faced questions about the pictures' authenticity and endured personal attacks, Detrez said the most meaningful moments came from ordinary Chinese netizens who wrote to thank them.</p>\n<p> "Some said they cried while looking at the photos," he explained. "That's when I knew our work had meaning — these images are no longer just my family's story. They belong to the world."</p>\n<p> In February, Detrez, Zhong and Ratat traveled to China at the invitation of the Memorial Hall for Shanghai Songhu War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Shanghai. They first went to Beijing at the start of a journey to donate the collection and to visit historic sites linked to Laurens' time in Shanghai. Their itinerary included memorial halls in Beijing, Shanghai and Shandong, where Detrez deepened his understanding of China's wartime history. "Telling this history is about remembering better," he said.</p>\n<p> The images, now permanently housed in the Memorial Hall for Shanghai Songhu War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, offer an extensive and multi-angled record of the 1937 Battle of Shanghai. They document Japanese war crimes, including massacres of Chinese civilians, and are recognized by the museum as significant historical evidence for research into both China's resistance war and the broader global fight against fascism.</p>\n<p> <b>Truth with accuracy</b></p>\n<p> "We have donated (the photos) to the Chinese Embassy in France that let this museum display them because it stands at the heart of one of the most important battles of the war in China," Detrez said. "It tells the truth with accuracy, dignity, and respect for the victims. In Shanghai, the photos are not just stored — they become part of the living memory of the Chinese people and a bridge between China and the rest of the world."</p>\n<p> His friend Ratat said the group has begun discussions with the People's Publishing House on producing a book about Laurens' pictures. They are also working on their multilingual website "Echoes of China", available in English, French, Chinese and Japanese, to tell more stories about the War of Resistance. Plans include a world tour starting in Japan and the United States to raise awareness of the atrocities committed by the Japanese army against Chinese civilians, such as those of Unit 731 and the Nanjing Massacre, as well as a possible virtual reality recrLine truncated
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