In today's podcast:

To understand China, one needs to understand China's efforts to further deepen reform comprehensively to advance Chinese modernization, said Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday in his congratulatory letter to the 2024 Understanding China Conference, which was held in Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong Province.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization added "Spring Festival, social practices of the Chinese people in celebration of the traditional New Year" to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity at the 19th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage held on Wednesday.

China's Ministry of Commerce on Tuesday announced measures to tighten controls on the export of relevant dual-use items to the US, as part of efforts to safeguard national security and interests and fulfill non-proliferation and other international obligations.

The wording "systemic rival" is not my language, said former Federal Minister of the Interior of Germany Otto Georg Schily in an exclusive interview with the Global Times when commenting on how Europe should perceive China. 

A Global Times investigation explores the causes and consequences of the fentanyl crisis in the US.