Global South

Discovering Yunnan’s Tibetan Plateau – A personal Shangri-La

  Zhongdian street scene 1995. [Photo by Bruce Connolly/chinadaily.com.cn] High in the northwestern uplands of Yunnan lies a popular destination…

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Iran’s Pezeshkian hits back at US deal critics, resignation claims

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian pushed back Friday against mounting criticism of Tehran’s June memorandum with Washington, accusing its domestic opponents…

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Water diversion project drives environmental improvements and provides new jobs for locals

Residents stroll through the streets of Ankang city, Shaanxi province. [Xinhua] Tuesday marks the third anniversary of the start of…

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Xi Jinping's key remarks on China's role in global AI development

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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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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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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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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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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