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The Hub with Wang Guan
The Hub covers hot-button geopolitical and economic issues, as well as interesting stories and trends in culture, education, technology and lifestyle. It aims to connect people, cultures and societies across the East and the West.
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China's holiday economy
The eight-day National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holiday has just wrapped up after an extended break that energized the nation with hundreds of mill...
China rolls out K visa
Starting October 1, China will implement its revised regulations on the entry and exit of foreigners. Among the highlights is a newly introduced K vis...
Xinjiang at 70
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Over the past seven decades, Xinjiang has grown from a r...
UNGA at 80
This year marks the 80th anniversary of the United Nations and the 80th session of the UN General Assembly -- a time to reflect on eight decades of pe...
From sports exchange to economic growth
Sports have long been a powerful bond connecting people across cultures and continents. Recently, a group of Latin American guests gathered in Beijing...
Virtual BRICS Summit 2025 in Rio
Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered an important address at the BRICS Leaders' Meeting via video link, where leaders held in-depth discussions on a...
China's V-day parade: a force for peace, development, and global solidarity
The message from the September 3 parade at Tian'anmen Square in Beijing is clear: China has a military that is modernizing fast and stands firm agains...
SCO Tianjin Summit 2025
This week, China hosted the largest-ever Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in the city of Tianjin. At the Summit, President Xi Jinping proposed...
SCO shoreline talks
Over the 24 years since its founding, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization has steadily grown under the strategic leadership of its member states, br...
China-Pakistan friendship
In this special edition of The Hub, CGTN host Wang Guan talked with ambassadors, culture figures and witnesses of China-Pakistan relations at a panel...
China's WWII Story: Sacrifice, Solidarity, and Memory
This year marks the 80th anniversary of China's victory in the People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, a hard-fought struggle for Chin...
History's echoes: A conversation with Odd Arne Westad on global order
Rising global tensions and ideological divides are making the echoes of the 20th century louder. Odd Arne Westad, a leading historian from Yale Univer...
Co-building a Digital South for inclusive growth
The 2025 BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro has reshaped the tech cooperation landscape with its groundbreaking focus on “AI governance” and “digital sove...
China-EU talks
High-level European leaders are arriving in China this week for a significant round of talks with their Chinese counterparts. The visit comes at a tim...
One Voice, one world
One Voice Children's Choir from Utah have returned to China for the “Bond with Kuliang: 2025 China-U.S. Youth Choir Festival,” once again spreading jo...
The tariff time bomb
With the 90-day pause on reciprocal tariffs expiring on July 9th, President Trump's trade negotiations with key partners remain at an impasse. On July...
Exclusive interview with Anna Rosario Malindog-Uy on 2025 BRICS Summit
The 2025 BRICS Summit has just concluded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, under the theme "Strengthening Global South Cooperation for More Inclusive and Sus...
NVIDIA's China bet unfolds
American chip giant NVIDIA is reportedly set to launch its B30 GPU in China this July. The chip is believed to be specifically designed to bypass Wash...
World Economic Forum Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2025
This year's World Economic Forum Annual Meeting of the New Champions in Tianjin convenes about 1,700 representatives from over 90 countries and region...
A hope more powerful than the sea
June 20th marks World Refugee Day. The number of refugees worldwide has doubled from the year 2015 through 2025. Doaa Al Zamel is a Syrian refugee who...
A new moment for Central Asia
Leaders from China and the five Central Asian nations have come together in Astana, Kazakhstan, for the second China–Central Asia Summit. This high-le...
Deep Dive: Roundtable on shared futures
We now live in an era of extraordinary possibilities. Technology connects continents in seconds. Trade fuels shared prosperity. And global challenges,...
LA protests vs. federal power
On June 9, up to 700 Marines were mobilized to Los Angeles, aiding the over 2,000 National Guard troops deployed by the federal government to Californ...
China travel gets easier
China is quickly emerging as a top travel destination, with a notable surge in inbound tourism. To enhance visitor experience, the country has rolled...
China expands visa-free entry to 5 Latin American nations
Starting June 1, 2025, China will implement a visa-free policy for citizens of Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru, and Uruguay. With China already the top...
A look at China's economy in 2025
China's economy has made a solid start in 2025. In the first quarter, GDP grew by 5.4% year-on-year, surpassing expectations. From January to April, r...
10th anniversary of the launch of the China–CELAC Forum
Over the past decade, China and countries across Latin America and the Caribbean have developed a partnership built on growing trust and shared goals,...
President Xi arrives in Moscow, hailing historic ties and strategic partnership
The Hub covers hot-button geopolitical and economic issues, as well as interesting stories and trends in culture, education, technology and lifestyle....
Focus on China's economy
China has set the target for full-year economic growth at around 5 percent for 2025. Is it realistic? The answer is yes, according to high-level Chine...
Trump's "Liberation Day" Farce
April 2nd, 2025, was the Trump administration's self-proclaimed "Liberation Day." But the question is, liberation from what? Common sense? This whiteb...
Exclusive interview with Rohit Sharma, Senior Vice President of ETS
Global education is facing headwinds from policies in the US framed as "national security safeguards." For the Educational Testing Service (ETS), the...
Exclusive interview with UNHCR Representative in Myanmar
It's a race against time as Myanmar reels from the 7.9-magnitude earthquake on March 28. Villages have been flattened, roads severed, and hospitals ov...
Trump escalates tariffs
The screw tightens as the U.S. doubles down on its tariff measures on April 2, a so-called “Liberation Day", according to President Donald Trump. Swee...
China Development Forum 2025 - Exclusive interview with CEO of Tapestry
This year's China Development Forum convenes over 700 government officials, corporate representatives, and thought leaders from around the world. On t...
China Development Forum 2025 - economic outlook
China Development Forum 2025 convened an unprecedented number of representatives from around the world, including an unprecedented number of corporate...
China Development Forum 2025 - China economic growth
This year's China Development Forum held at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing convenes over 700 government officials, corporate representatives, a...
Connected vehicles ban
In January, the U.S. Department of Commerce finalized a rule banning the import and sale of connected vehicle hardware and software originating from C...
From policy to practice: youth-driven growth in the private economy
As China concludes its 14th Five-Year Plan and prepares for the 15th, 2025 ushers in a transformative era focused on green and low-carbon transition,...
Chinese high-quality modernization
China is accelerating its efforts in high-quality development, technological innovation, and industrial upgrading. A key highlight from this year's Go...
Trump's tariffs onslaught
U.S. President Donald Trump has rolled out a series of decisions and executive orders, with a big focus on tariffs. One change flying under the radar...