Discussions on Chinese modernization are offering African countries both conceptual inspiration and practical references as they explore their own sustainable development paths.
Prepared with concrete and pragmatic questions,members of a media delegation from the Republic of the Congo toured the cities of Yunfu and Zhaoqing in Guangdong Province from 16 to 22 November 2025.They visited produc...Prepared with concrete and pragmatic questions,members of a media delegation from the Republic of the Congo toured the cities of Yunfu and Zhaoqing in Guangdong Province from 16 to 22 November 2025.They visited production workshops,explored research institutes,toured beautiful villages and discovered archaeological sites,searching for the keys to Chinese modernisation in its many dimensions.展开更多
As a Burundian doctoral student at Nanjing University,my personal journey is closely intertwined with China’s development in the new era and the deepening China-Africa partnership.Recently,my experiences have given m...As a Burundian doctoral student at Nanjing University,my personal journey is closely intertwined with China’s development in the new era and the deepening China-Africa partnership.Recently,my experiences have given me a deeper appreciation of the importance of people-to-people exchanges between China and Africa.展开更多
This paper presents the findings of a two-week monitoring project on Gender Based Violence(GBV)in Tanzanian and explores how the media outlets frame the marginalized voices,institutional narratives,and intersectional ...This paper presents the findings of a two-week monitoring project on Gender Based Violence(GBV)in Tanzanian and explores how the media outlets frame the marginalized voices,institutional narratives,and intersectional inclusivity.Drawing qualitative approach and analysis of media coverage of GBV during the 202416 Days of Activism campaign remarkably November 25 to December 10,2024,it reveals the extent that media platforms amplify or marginalize survivor voices.Through two weeks of media monitoring across print,broadcast,and social media including sources notably Mwananchi,TBC1,Cloud FM,and advocacy-driven digital platforms and campaigns through#EndGBVNow and#16DaysOfActivism the study explores recurring themes,language use,tone,and inclusivity.Guided by critical gender theories including Judith Butler’s gender performativity and Gave Tuchman’s symbolic annihilation,the analysis reveals media’s dual role in either perpetuating or challenging patriarchal narratives.Findings indicate that traditional media often foreground prevailing institutional voices while underrepresenting marginalized groups,especially rural women and women with disabilities,portraying harmful cultural practices like FGM and child marriage as community challenges rather than universal human rights violation.Conversely,social media emerged as a transformative space for survivor-led advocacy.Hence the study calls for inclusive,ethical,and survivor-centered media reporting as well as strategic integration of digital and mainstream media to promote justice and policy reform in GBV reporting.展开更多
In May 2025,Australia held a federal election in which the Labor Party won with an overwhelming majority and the Liberal-National Party coalition(the Coalition)suffered a historic defeat.Around the election period,Aus...In May 2025,Australia held a federal election in which the Labor Party won with an overwhelming majority and the Liberal-National Party coalition(the Coalition)suffered a historic defeat.Around the election period,Australia faced profound changes in both domestic and international circumstances.展开更多
Two international conferences in November 2025 jointly outlined a profound transformation of climate governance.The Committee on Trade and Environment(CTE)of the World Trade Organization(WTO)held a conference in Genev...Two international conferences in November 2025 jointly outlined a profound transformation of climate governance.The Committee on Trade and Environment(CTE)of the World Trade Organization(WTO)held a conference in Geneva,Switzerland,on November 4,where the topic of cooperation on trade-related carbon standards aroused heated discussions.The Leaders'Summit of the 30th Conference of the Parties(COP)to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change(UNFCCC)was held in Belém,Brazil,on November 7.At the meeting,the Open Coalition on Compliance Carbon Markets was officially launched with the initial membership of 11 economies including Brazil,China,and the EU.As the world's first transnational alliance on compliant carbon markets,the coalition aims to coordinate carbon pricing mechanisms,emission trading systems and related policies in various countries,and realize the interconnection of global compliance carbon market networks.展开更多
On June 9,2025,CIIS held a launch event for its research report“Promoting Modernization Across Countries Through the Global Development Initiative.”The event was attended by CIIS President Chen Bo,Ambassador of Barb...On June 9,2025,CIIS held a launch event for its research report“Promoting Modernization Across Countries Through the Global Development Initiative.”The event was attended by CIIS President Chen Bo,Ambassador of Barbados to China Hallam Henry,Ambassador of Grenada to China Ma Yan,Ambassador of Timor-Leste to China Loro Horta,Ambassador of Bolivia to China Hugo Siles,Ambassador of Venezuela to China Remigio Ceballos Ichaso,Ambassador of Nepal to China Krishna Prasad Oli,Vice Director of the China Foreign Languages Publishing Administration and President of the Institute of Contemporary China and the World Yu Yunquan,Director of the Institute of International Strategy at Party School of the Central Committee(National Academy of Governance)Wu Zhicheng,and Vice Chairman of the National Global Strategy Think Tank at Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Wang Lei,all of whom delivered remarks at the launch.展开更多
The year 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations(UN).As the most universal,representative,and authoritative intergovernmental international organization in the world,the UN serves as the ...The year 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations(UN).As the most universal,representative,and authoritative intergovernmental international organization in the world,the UN serves as the core platform for upholding multilateralism and a crucial cornerstone of the international order.In recent years,the UN’s ability to address global challenges is tested.展开更多
The right to digital development,rooted in the fundamental right to development,emerges in response to the transformations of our era and serves as a catalyst for Chinese modernization.Building upon the traditional ri...The right to digital development,rooted in the fundamental right to development,emerges in response to the transformations of our era and serves as a catalyst for Chinese modernization.Building upon the traditional right to development,the right to digital development aims to meet the people’s aspirations for a better life in the context of digital development.By integrating a technological perspective,this concept advances the theoretical evolution of the right to development in line with contemporary realities.In terms of generation logic,the right to digital development is grounded in policies supporting Chinese modernization,guided by the development of new quality productive forces,and oriented toward addressing the people’s aspirations for a better life and society’s sustainable digital transformation.Ultimately,this framework constructs a normative structure encompassing the right to digital development opportunity,the right to digital development condition,and the right to digital development realization as a cohesive whole.From a value-oriented perspective,the right to digital development adheres to a people-centered philosophy of development,grounded in practical considerations.It addresses the digital divide as a focal point,gradually mitigating digital exclusion and circumventing digital malpractices,thereby fostering digital sharing.Integrating the right to digital development into the conceptual framework of the right to development can complete the institutional construction of digital development through the theoretical architecture of“condition-opportunity-realization.”This integration helps to better safeguard people’s rights and interests in digital development and promotes the free and comprehensive development of individuals.展开更多
In oil and gas exploration,small-scale karst cavities and faults are important targets.The former often serve as reservoir space for carbonate reservoirs,while the latter often provide migration pathways for oil and g...In oil and gas exploration,small-scale karst cavities and faults are important targets.The former often serve as reservoir space for carbonate reservoirs,while the latter often provide migration pathways for oil and gas.Due to these differences,the classification and identification of karst cavities and faults are of great significance for reservoir development.Traditional seismic attributes and diffraction imaging techniques can effectively identify discontinuities in seismic images,but these techniques do not distinguish whether these discontinuities are karst cavities,faults,or other structures.It poses a challenge for seismic interpretation to accurately locate and classify karst cavities or faults within the seismic attribute maps and diffraction imaging profiles.In seismic data,the scattering waves are associated with small-scale scatters like karst cavities,while diffracted waves are seismic responses from discontinuous structures such as faults,reflector edges and fractures.In order to achieve classification and identification of small-scale karst cavities and faults in seismic images,we propose a diffraction classification imaging method which classifies diffracted and scattered waves in the azimuth-dip angle image matrix using a modified DenseNet.We introduce a coordinate attention module into DenseNet,enabling more precise extraction of dynamic and azimuthal features of diffracted and scattered waves in the azimuth-dip angle image matrix.Leveraging these extracted features,the modified DenseNet can produce reliable probabilities for diffracted/scattered waves,achieving high-accuracy automatic classification of cavities and faults based on diffraction imaging.The proposed method achieves 96%classification accuracy on the synthetic dataset.The field data experiment demonstrates that the proposed method can accurately classify small-scale faults and scatterers,further enhancing the resolution of diffraction imaging in complex geologic structures,and contributing to the localization of karstic fracture-cavern reservoirs.展开更多
The relation between conflict and governance has been dominated by type of government rather than by system of government.With increasing conflict in countries with ethnic and religious diversity,the debate has gradua...The relation between conflict and governance has been dominated by type of government rather than by system of government.With increasing conflict in countries with ethnic and religious diversity,the debate has gradually shifted to understand better the link between conflict and system of government.There is a growing evidence that suggests federal system performs better than unitary system in managing diversity and reducing conflict.Decentralization is even seen to be more effective than federal system not only in managing diversity and reducing conflict but also in delivering public goods.This article provides an account of evolution of system of government in South Sudan.It finds a clear association of centralized unitary system with violent conflict and a relative peace during period of decentralized government or federal system.A decentralized federal system may be appropriate for South Sudan in managing diversity and mitigating conflict.Despite the popular demand by their citizens for a federal system to manage diversity and reduce violent conflict,the ruling elites in the post-independent South Sudan adopted instead an autocratic centralized unitary system that contributed among other factors to the persistent violent conflicts,erosion of social cohesion,and rising mistrust between state and citizens and between and among the communities of South Sudan.展开更多
On April 26,the China Foundation for Peace and Development(CFPD),in collaboration with the Shenzhen Foundation for International Exchange and Cooperation(SFIEC),the Shenzhen Ye Chenghai Charity Foundation and the Chin...On April 26,the China Foundation for Peace and Development(CFPD),in collaboration with the Shenzhen Foundation for International Exchange and Cooperation(SFIEC),the Shenzhen Ye Chenghai Charity Foundation and the China-Myanmar Economic Cooperation and Development Promotion Association(Myanmar),held a handover ceremony at Yangon Airport to donate five tons of medicine to the disasterstricken areas of Myanmar.展开更多
Distinguished vips,Friends,Welcome to Beijing for the Roundtable on Carrying Forward the Bandung Spirit.Seventy years ago,leaders from 29 countries and regions in Asia and Africa gathered in Bandung,Indonesia,and br...Distinguished vips,Friends,Welcome to Beijing for the Roundtable on Carrying Forward the Bandung Spirit.Seventy years ago,leaders from 29 countries and regions in Asia and Africa gathered in Bandung,Indonesia,and brought into being the Bandung Spirit of solidarity,friendship and cooperation.It has since become a glorious banner guiding Global South countries to shape their own future,achieve common development and participate in global governance.展开更多
From April 8 to 9,2025,the Central Conference on Work Related to Neighboring Countries was held in Beijing.General Secretary of the Communist Party of China(CPC)Central Committee Xi Jinping systematically summarized t...From April 8 to 9,2025,the Central Conference on Work Related to Neighboring Countries was held in Beijing.General Secretary of the Communist Party of China(CPC)Central Committee Xi Jinping systematically summarized the achievements and experience of China’s neighborhood work in the new era,scientifically analyzed the situation,clarified the goals,tasks,ideas and measures for neighborhood work in the coming period,and emphasized the need to focus on building a community with a shared future with neighboring countries,striving to break new ground in neighborhood work.Facing the ever-changing international landscape,especially the surrounding environment,China needs to carry out integrated diplomacy,reshape the neighborhood environment,translate the concepts and policies of the CPC neighborhood diplomacy into diplomatic practices and achieve greater results.展开更多
The 2025 Central Conference on Work Related to Neighboring Countries stressed that China's neighborhood is“a vital foundation for achieving development and prosperity,a key front for safeguarding national securit...The 2025 Central Conference on Work Related to Neighboring Countries stressed that China's neighborhood is“a vital foundation for achieving development and prosperity,a key front for safeguarding national security,a priority area in managing overall diplomacy,and a crucial link in promoting the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.”展开更多
I.This year marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the European Union(EU).Fifty years ago,the elder generation of Chinese and European leaders,with a keen grasp of th...I.This year marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the European Union(EU).Fifty years ago,the elder generation of Chinese and European leaders,with a keen grasp of the trend of the times and extraordinary political courage and strategic vision,broke through the barriers of the Cold War,transcended ideological differences,and made the historic decision to establish diplomatic ties between the two sides.展开更多
Governance debates gained strong momentum in Africa in early December 2025 as the China-Kenya Readers Forum on Xi Jinping:The Governance of China convened in Nairobi on 1 December 2025,followed by a promotional event ...Governance debates gained strong momentum in Africa in early December 2025 as the China-Kenya Readers Forum on Xi Jinping:The Governance of China convened in Nairobi on 1 December 2025,followed by a promotional event for the English edition of the book’s fifth volume on 3 December 2025 in Johannesburg,South Africa.展开更多
The year 2025 marks both the 25th anniversary of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation(FOCAC)and the first year of implementation of the outcomes of the 2024 FOCAC Beijing Summit.Throughout the year,China has supporte...The year 2025 marks both the 25th anniversary of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation(FOCAC)and the first year of implementation of the outcomes of the 2024 FOCAC Beijing Summit.Throughout the year,China has supported Africa in addressing historical injustices at diplomatic and political levels and firmly backed South Africa in hosting the G20 Leaders’Summit,further deepening China-Africa strategic mutual trust.展开更多
文摘Discussions on Chinese modernization are offering African countries both conceptual inspiration and practical references as they explore their own sustainable development paths.
文摘Prepared with concrete and pragmatic questions,members of a media delegation from the Republic of the Congo toured the cities of Yunfu and Zhaoqing in Guangdong Province from 16 to 22 November 2025.They visited production workshops,explored research institutes,toured beautiful villages and discovered archaeological sites,searching for the keys to Chinese modernisation in its many dimensions.
文摘As a Burundian doctoral student at Nanjing University,my personal journey is closely intertwined with China’s development in the new era and the deepening China-Africa partnership.Recently,my experiences have given me a deeper appreciation of the importance of people-to-people exchanges between China and Africa.
文摘This paper presents the findings of a two-week monitoring project on Gender Based Violence(GBV)in Tanzanian and explores how the media outlets frame the marginalized voices,institutional narratives,and intersectional inclusivity.Drawing qualitative approach and analysis of media coverage of GBV during the 202416 Days of Activism campaign remarkably November 25 to December 10,2024,it reveals the extent that media platforms amplify or marginalize survivor voices.Through two weeks of media monitoring across print,broadcast,and social media including sources notably Mwananchi,TBC1,Cloud FM,and advocacy-driven digital platforms and campaigns through#EndGBVNow and#16DaysOfActivism the study explores recurring themes,language use,tone,and inclusivity.Guided by critical gender theories including Judith Butler’s gender performativity and Gave Tuchman’s symbolic annihilation,the analysis reveals media’s dual role in either perpetuating or challenging patriarchal narratives.Findings indicate that traditional media often foreground prevailing institutional voices while underrepresenting marginalized groups,especially rural women and women with disabilities,portraying harmful cultural practices like FGM and child marriage as community challenges rather than universal human rights violation.Conversely,social media emerged as a transformative space for survivor-led advocacy.Hence the study calls for inclusive,ethical,and survivor-centered media reporting as well as strategic integration of digital and mainstream media to promote justice and policy reform in GBV reporting.
文摘In May 2025,Australia held a federal election in which the Labor Party won with an overwhelming majority and the Liberal-National Party coalition(the Coalition)suffered a historic defeat.Around the election period,Australia faced profound changes in both domestic and international circumstances.
文摘Two international conferences in November 2025 jointly outlined a profound transformation of climate governance.The Committee on Trade and Environment(CTE)of the World Trade Organization(WTO)held a conference in Geneva,Switzerland,on November 4,where the topic of cooperation on trade-related carbon standards aroused heated discussions.The Leaders'Summit of the 30th Conference of the Parties(COP)to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change(UNFCCC)was held in Belém,Brazil,on November 7.At the meeting,the Open Coalition on Compliance Carbon Markets was officially launched with the initial membership of 11 economies including Brazil,China,and the EU.As the world's first transnational alliance on compliant carbon markets,the coalition aims to coordinate carbon pricing mechanisms,emission trading systems and related policies in various countries,and realize the interconnection of global compliance carbon market networks.
文摘On June 9,2025,CIIS held a launch event for its research report“Promoting Modernization Across Countries Through the Global Development Initiative.”The event was attended by CIIS President Chen Bo,Ambassador of Barbados to China Hallam Henry,Ambassador of Grenada to China Ma Yan,Ambassador of Timor-Leste to China Loro Horta,Ambassador of Bolivia to China Hugo Siles,Ambassador of Venezuela to China Remigio Ceballos Ichaso,Ambassador of Nepal to China Krishna Prasad Oli,Vice Director of the China Foreign Languages Publishing Administration and President of the Institute of Contemporary China and the World Yu Yunquan,Director of the Institute of International Strategy at Party School of the Central Committee(National Academy of Governance)Wu Zhicheng,and Vice Chairman of the National Global Strategy Think Tank at Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Wang Lei,all of whom delivered remarks at the launch.
文摘The year 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations(UN).As the most universal,representative,and authoritative intergovernmental international organization in the world,the UN serves as the core platform for upholding multilateralism and a crucial cornerstone of the international order.In recent years,the UN’s ability to address global challenges is tested.
基金the National Social Science Fund’s major project“Research on the Generation Background,Construction Logic,and Value Orientation of China’s Human Rights Knowledge System”(Project Approval Number 24&ZD129).
文摘The right to digital development,rooted in the fundamental right to development,emerges in response to the transformations of our era and serves as a catalyst for Chinese modernization.Building upon the traditional right to development,the right to digital development aims to meet the people’s aspirations for a better life in the context of digital development.By integrating a technological perspective,this concept advances the theoretical evolution of the right to development in line with contemporary realities.In terms of generation logic,the right to digital development is grounded in policies supporting Chinese modernization,guided by the development of new quality productive forces,and oriented toward addressing the people’s aspirations for a better life and society’s sustainable digital transformation.Ultimately,this framework constructs a normative structure encompassing the right to digital development opportunity,the right to digital development condition,and the right to digital development realization as a cohesive whole.From a value-oriented perspective,the right to digital development adheres to a people-centered philosophy of development,grounded in practical considerations.It addresses the digital divide as a focal point,gradually mitigating digital exclusion and circumventing digital malpractices,thereby fostering digital sharing.Integrating the right to digital development into the conceptual framework of the right to development can complete the institutional construction of digital development through the theoretical architecture of“condition-opportunity-realization.”This integration helps to better safeguard people’s rights and interests in digital development and promotes the free and comprehensive development of individuals.
基金supported by Science Fund for Creative Research Groups of the National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.42321002。
文摘In oil and gas exploration,small-scale karst cavities and faults are important targets.The former often serve as reservoir space for carbonate reservoirs,while the latter often provide migration pathways for oil and gas.Due to these differences,the classification and identification of karst cavities and faults are of great significance for reservoir development.Traditional seismic attributes and diffraction imaging techniques can effectively identify discontinuities in seismic images,but these techniques do not distinguish whether these discontinuities are karst cavities,faults,or other structures.It poses a challenge for seismic interpretation to accurately locate and classify karst cavities or faults within the seismic attribute maps and diffraction imaging profiles.In seismic data,the scattering waves are associated with small-scale scatters like karst cavities,while diffracted waves are seismic responses from discontinuous structures such as faults,reflector edges and fractures.In order to achieve classification and identification of small-scale karst cavities and faults in seismic images,we propose a diffraction classification imaging method which classifies diffracted and scattered waves in the azimuth-dip angle image matrix using a modified DenseNet.We introduce a coordinate attention module into DenseNet,enabling more precise extraction of dynamic and azimuthal features of diffracted and scattered waves in the azimuth-dip angle image matrix.Leveraging these extracted features,the modified DenseNet can produce reliable probabilities for diffracted/scattered waves,achieving high-accuracy automatic classification of cavities and faults based on diffraction imaging.The proposed method achieves 96%classification accuracy on the synthetic dataset.The field data experiment demonstrates that the proposed method can accurately classify small-scale faults and scatterers,further enhancing the resolution of diffraction imaging in complex geologic structures,and contributing to the localization of karstic fracture-cavern reservoirs.
文摘The relation between conflict and governance has been dominated by type of government rather than by system of government.With increasing conflict in countries with ethnic and religious diversity,the debate has gradually shifted to understand better the link between conflict and system of government.There is a growing evidence that suggests federal system performs better than unitary system in managing diversity and reducing conflict.Decentralization is even seen to be more effective than federal system not only in managing diversity and reducing conflict but also in delivering public goods.This article provides an account of evolution of system of government in South Sudan.It finds a clear association of centralized unitary system with violent conflict and a relative peace during period of decentralized government or federal system.A decentralized federal system may be appropriate for South Sudan in managing diversity and mitigating conflict.Despite the popular demand by their citizens for a federal system to manage diversity and reduce violent conflict,the ruling elites in the post-independent South Sudan adopted instead an autocratic centralized unitary system that contributed among other factors to the persistent violent conflicts,erosion of social cohesion,and rising mistrust between state and citizens and between and among the communities of South Sudan.
文摘On April 26,the China Foundation for Peace and Development(CFPD),in collaboration with the Shenzhen Foundation for International Exchange and Cooperation(SFIEC),the Shenzhen Ye Chenghai Charity Foundation and the China-Myanmar Economic Cooperation and Development Promotion Association(Myanmar),held a handover ceremony at Yangon Airport to donate five tons of medicine to the disasterstricken areas of Myanmar.
文摘Distinguished vips,Friends,Welcome to Beijing for the Roundtable on Carrying Forward the Bandung Spirit.Seventy years ago,leaders from 29 countries and regions in Asia and Africa gathered in Bandung,Indonesia,and brought into being the Bandung Spirit of solidarity,friendship and cooperation.It has since become a glorious banner guiding Global South countries to shape their own future,achieve common development and participate in global governance.
文摘From April 8 to 9,2025,the Central Conference on Work Related to Neighboring Countries was held in Beijing.General Secretary of the Communist Party of China(CPC)Central Committee Xi Jinping systematically summarized the achievements and experience of China’s neighborhood work in the new era,scientifically analyzed the situation,clarified the goals,tasks,ideas and measures for neighborhood work in the coming period,and emphasized the need to focus on building a community with a shared future with neighboring countries,striving to break new ground in neighborhood work.Facing the ever-changing international landscape,especially the surrounding environment,China needs to carry out integrated diplomacy,reshape the neighborhood environment,translate the concepts and policies of the CPC neighborhood diplomacy into diplomatic practices and achieve greater results.
文摘The 2025 Central Conference on Work Related to Neighboring Countries stressed that China's neighborhood is“a vital foundation for achieving development and prosperity,a key front for safeguarding national security,a priority area in managing overall diplomacy,and a crucial link in promoting the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.”
文摘I.This year marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the European Union(EU).Fifty years ago,the elder generation of Chinese and European leaders,with a keen grasp of the trend of the times and extraordinary political courage and strategic vision,broke through the barriers of the Cold War,transcended ideological differences,and made the historic decision to establish diplomatic ties between the two sides.
文摘Governance debates gained strong momentum in Africa in early December 2025 as the China-Kenya Readers Forum on Xi Jinping:The Governance of China convened in Nairobi on 1 December 2025,followed by a promotional event for the English edition of the book’s fifth volume on 3 December 2025 in Johannesburg,South Africa.
文摘The year 2025 marks both the 25th anniversary of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation(FOCAC)and the first year of implementation of the outcomes of the 2024 FOCAC Beijing Summit.Throughout the year,China has supported Africa in addressing historical injustices at diplomatic and political levels and firmly backed South Africa in hosting the G20 Leaders’Summit,further deepening China-Africa strategic mutual trust.
