World Insight with Tian Wei

The US and Iran have renewed strikes against each other, just three weeks after both signed a memorandum of understanding on ending the war. The international community has been keenly watching developments, as both sides have yet to fix differences over their agreement. What should we make of the latest situation in Iran? As conflicts persist in the Gulf region, what do these mean for the Strait...

Tremendous resources are being put into developing the latest large language models in the US and in China. However, enterprise Al, the complete system that helps an organization solve business problems, also enjoy great business potential. That suggested by Doctor Kai-Fu Lee, founder and CEO of 01.Al. He hopes this company can strive to become China's first profitable Al 2.0 company.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has concluded his visit to Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway, reaching broad consensus with Nordic leaders on stabilizing China-Europe relations. The visits have helped push for global green transition and collaborative governance for artificial intelligence. Tian Wei recently talked to Sir Robin Niblett, Warden of New College from the University of Oxford. Cultu...

This summer, let's celebrate the season of basic science and artificial Intelligence. Tian Wei is going to bring you a series of interviews, discussions, and debates with the hope to bring more public literacy of the latest scientific development and better understanding of Al and its impact. Today we meet three Turing Award winners. The Turing Award is the highest distinction in computer science,...

The United States marked its 250th anniversary this year. The changes taking place in the US and their implications for that country and the rest of the world is significant. On that and more, Tian Wei spoke with Thomas Fingar, a professor at Stanford University, on the sideline of the World Peace Forum. America is looking back at this past and ahead to its role in the changing world. One of the m...

The United States celebrates 250 years of independence on Saturday. Two and a half centuries ago, the early settlers of this land broke free from the yoke of colonial rule. In the centuries that followed, waves of people of the globe arrived on these shores, their lives intertwining, their cultures colliding and ultimately fusing together on this vast new continent. Adam Tooze is a leading British...

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is visiting Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway. Earlier, a joint statement marked the official launch of the China-EU trade and investment consultation mechanism as both sides convened for the inaugural meeting. China-EU academic and trade cooperation continues to generate mutual benefits. For many European companies operating in China, close collaboration transla...

The Al+ Initiative is China's national action plan to drive Al into every corner of the economy. Few have witnessed this journey as closely as Feng Junlan. As the chief scientist of China Mobile, she has been working on large language models for more than 10 years. She believes Al should not be a magic box. It must be trustworthy, controllable and safe. Al building itself is a plain way to explain...

Innovation-driven development is the key to China's long term economic resilience and steady growth. From Al to green energy, home-grown breakthroughs are reshaping industries and opening more possibilities. As Harvard University Professor Graham Allison notes, these Chinese innovation efforts will be translated into products that can benefit people and redefine global competition. China's pharmac...

APEC trade ministers have issued a joint statement upon conclusion of their meeting in Suzhou. Will it open a golden era for the Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific?

Innovation-driven development is the key to China's long term economic resilience and steady growth. On the sidelines of the Summer Davos forum, Tian Wei sat down with Professor Graham Allison from Harvard University to talk about China's innovation and also China-US relations. China's pharmaceutical biotech sector is poised for sustained growth driven by policy support, corporate R&D and talent d...

Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Wednesday delivered a special address at the opening plenary of the Summer Davos. He said China's innovation is earned through years of strengthening its capabilities and relentless hard work. It has also been driven by widespread application across industries and cultivated through a robust ecosystem. The premier also said China opportunity 2.0 represents comprehensive...

The World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting of the New Champions, also known as Summer Davos, opens this week in Dalian, China. Its goal: to answer one question - how the world closes the gap between technological breakthrough and broad economic benefit. In my exclusive interview with WEF President Alois Zwinggi, he suggests scaling innovation is the key for good quality growth. This month, China un...

The APEC economic leaders' meeting this year is to take place in November in Shenzhen. Over the weekend in Beijing, the APEC China CEO forum was held focusing on openness, connectivity and coordination. AI built itself. What does it mean for human beings? Those questions are being frequently asked today as Al is moving to the center stage of economies and society. I talked to a computer scientist...

The Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs announced that the talks between the United States and Iran scheduled for Friday in Burgenstock have been cancelled. The mountain resort in Switzerland had been designated as the venue for initial negotiations between the two countries on the implementation of their agreement. Earlier this week, Iran and the US announced the finalization of the memor...

China concludes its presidency of the United Nations Security Council. From addressing the climate crisis to fostering peace and sustainable development, China's proposals are increasingly shaping the blueprint for international cooperation. In an exclusive interview, Stephen Jackson, the UN resident coordinator in China, shares his profound insights on the deepening ties between the UN and China...

Artificial intelligence is reshaping our world today from society to individual life, but who laid the groundwork for this digital world? Doctor Whitfield Diffie is the man to ask. As a world-renowned Touring Award recipient and a member of the US National Academy of Engineering, he is widely regarded as the founding father of modern digital security. His pioneering work on public key cryptography...

France hosts this year's G7 summit starting Monday. Reducing global imbalances is a top priority. Many suggest this summit comes at a critical time. Global governance faces strain on multiple fronts while the transatlantic rift on trade and defense deepens. At the same time, middle powers are winning growing influence in global affairs. With the G20 and APEC still ahead, this summit offers a glimp...

A low-budget film with no star actors or fancy effects is winning hearts across China. Dear You follows a grandson's journey to Thailand, uncovering a decades-old story of family devotion.

The world today is changing rapidly with technology development driven by basic science. China, as the second largest economy, put a lot of effort on basic science research. In 2025, China's total R&D investment exceeded 3.92 trillion yuan, about 569 billion US dollars, reaching 2.8% of GDP. Basic research funding last year hit nearly 280 billion yuan, accounting for 7.08% of the total R&D spendin...

The World Conference of Classics 2026 is held in Athens, Greece this week under the theme "Dialogue Between Ancient and Modern: Contemporary Inspiration from Classical Wisdom." The term of classic studies is a relatively new academic subject in China and there are debates on its definition. Roger Ames is one of the most well-known American scholars on Chinese classics. I sat down with him at the H...

General Secretary Xi Jinping of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, also the Chinese president, is paying a state visit to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea from June 8th to 9th at the invitation of Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the DPRK. The visit marks his first overseas trip this year and his first state v...

World Environment Day this year focuses on climate change, with an eye on the Earth's alarming distress signals - rising seas, raging wildfires, heatwaves and melting glaciers. That's why China has been actively pushing for a greener world. It has contributed roughly 25 percent of the world's green renewal in recent years. Efforts to push back encroaching barren deserts, including the Mu Us Desert...

When the world talks about science and technology, competition tends to dominate the conversation sometimes. But spend some time with the scientists, and you will hear something very different. For most of them, the work has always been about collaboration, pushing forward humanity's understanding of the universe and beyond. I've had the privilege of sitting down with some of the brightest minds i...

Not long ago, the tech world was shocked with what is now widely known as the DeepSeek moment and open source turning point that shattered the myth of tech titan monopoly toward a democratization of global Al. Since that milestone, rapid Al development has been on two distinct, powerful tracks. The US is quite keen on speeding up the AGI breakthroughs while China has shifted to the Al+ wave with m...