2026-01-02
26 分钟Cutting through an overload of information to get to the heart of the story.
This is The Point.
Standing at the threshold of 2026, we look back on a year full of momentum and milestones.
How shall we review 2025 from China's perspective?
Which stories left the most lasting impact and what lies ahead in 2026?
Welcome to this special year-end edition of The Point with me, Liu Xin, coming to you from Beijing.
I'm pleased to be joined sometime later on the line from West Bengal,
India by Professor Jeffrey Sacks,
director of the Center for Sustainable Development and Columbia University.
From Shanghai via Zoom by Professor Jiang Weiwei,
dean of the China Institute of Food and University.
From Zappala, Chile by Jorge Heine.
former Chilean ambassador to China and author of a new book,
The Nun Aligned World and last but not least from Portland in America by Liang Yan,
Kremlin chair professor of economics at William Mett University.
The warmest welcome to all of you and happy new year.
So first of all,
an open question to all of you
as we all know 2025 has been a year of profound turbulences and transformation.
The Ukraine crisis has yet to be set The situation in Gaza remains volatile.