Two Sessions: Is Western media warming to China?

两会:西方媒体是否对华态度渐趋缓和?

The Point with Liu Xin

2026-03-13

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As China's Two Sessions, the country's biggest political event of the year, concluded, Beijing has unveiled major development goals stretching toward 2030. Western media have long scrutinized signals from China, often through a skeptical lens. But amid global uncertainty, some coverage appears to be taking on a more nuanced tone. Are the narratives around China shifting? What's behind this subtle move?
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  • Cutting through an overload of information to get to the heart of the story.

  • This is The Point.

  • China's biggest annual political event, the two sessions, has now wrapped up.

  • How has it been interpreted in the mainstream international media?

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  • and Israeli aggressions.

  • How will this impact the situation in the region?

  • Welcome to this edition of The Point, an opinion show coming to you live from...

  • Beijing.

  • I'm Li Xin.

  • China is being seen in a different light by Western media.

  • As China's biggest political event of the year, the two sessions due to a close.

  • and there have been some big announcements regarding the country's goals and actions stretching all the way through to 2030.

  • International media have always paid attention to the signals coming out of Beijing every year,

  • often with scepticism,

  • but against the backdrop of unprecedented uncertainty in the world,

  • the interpretation and coverage this year seem to have taken a very subtle turn.

  • What's reflected through these slightly more objective stories?

  • What could be driving these changes?