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Muhammad Arif is a journalist repoting on Asian Affairs, with focus on connectivity in Eurasia. He holds Ph.D degree in Global Journalism from HBU, China, and teaches Journalism at a university in Islamabad. He is multilingual, speaks Eurasian languages—such as Chinese, Arabic, Spanish, Persian, and Russian —for his reporting assignments.

Global South

ARIF NSNJuly 19, 2026
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AI's Future: Privilege or a public good?

Artificial intelligence is transforming our world at an unprecedented pace. But will it deepen the global AI divide or become…
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Global South

ARIF NSNJuly 19, 2026
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Xi Jinping's key remarks on seizing opportunities brought by AI

Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the 2026 World AI Conference and High-Level…
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Global South

ARIF NSNJuly 19, 2026
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Growing beyond the right answers: The story behind 'Spring Sunshine'

Comic artist Ruan Junting once dreamed of devoting herself entirely to art. Instead, she became a teacher at the school…
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Global South

ARIF NSNJuly 18, 2026
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Forget the LLM leaderboard: Does the AI actually work?

<img src='https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-07-18/Forget-the-LLM-leaderboard-Does-the-AI-actually-work–1OSS0415kas/img/0b7582157cde40df91034a69ef254efb/0b7582157cde40df91034a69ef254efb.jpeg' alt='/VCG' For years, the AI industry has worshipped at the altar of benchmark scores. MMLU, HumanEval, SWE-bench –…
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ARIF NSNJuly 15, 2026
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International signals and China’s actions ahead of WAIC 2026

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres noted, “The world cannot govern what it cannot understand. The panel’s report provides independent science,…
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ARIF NSNJuly 13, 2026
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Chinese, Kazakh foreign ministers hold talks in Beijing

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks with his Kazakh counterpart Yermek Kosherbayev in Beijing on Monday, with the two…
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ARIF NSNJuly 13, 2026
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Hainan to steadily advance 2030 ban on sale of fuel-powered vehicles

South China’s Hainan Province will steadily advance the implementation of a ban on the sale of fuel-powered vehicles by 2030,…
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ARIF NSNJuly 13, 2026
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China, Russia wrap up joint naval exercise

<img src='https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-07-13/China-Russia-wrap-up-joint-naval-exercise-1OKzVpNtc08/img/1fdfa01120a14159bb2d3e62f206e84b/1fdfa01120a14159bb2d3e62f206e84b.jpeg' alt='The "Joint Sea-2026" exercise between China and Russia concludes at a military port in Qingdao, east China's Shandong…
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ARIF NSNJuly 13, 2026
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Thai PM Anutin Charnvirakul to pay official visit to China

At the invitation of Chinese Premier Li Qiang, Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul will pay an official visit to China…
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ARIF NSNJuly 13, 2026
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China completes first trial of methanol transport in fuel pipelines

<img src='https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-07-13/China-completes-first-trial-of-methanol-transport-in-fuel-pipelines-1OKbkQaJTEY/img/bdb6107dd8e9409c8607020169821c91/bdb6107dd8e9409c8607020169821c91.png' alt='An illustration of the long-distance refined oil pipeline. /CMG' China has completed its first field trial of transporting…
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