The 2024 ASEAN Partner Media Cooperation Week opened in southern city of Guilin on Friday, gathering some 200 government officials, media professionals and scholars from China and ASEAN countries to explore media's role in strengthening regional cooperation.
Co-sponsored by China Media Group (CMG) and the government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, the event featured in-depth exchanges on the opening day revolving its theme "New Quality, Coexistence, Civilization."
The opening event launched the ASEAN Media Partners "China Up Close" Guangxi Tour, which involves journalists from mainstream media outlets of seven ASEAN countries teaming up with CMG and local media reporter to conduct in-depth reporting on Guangxi's high-quality development and tell stories of China's modernization to the world. A series of the latest achievements in CMG's cooperation with Guangxi were released at the opening event. CMG also launched a documentary on the Pinglu Canal, a part of China's new western land-sea corridor, and released the documentary Sweet Guangxi which takes the audience on a vivid journey to the colorful autonomous region.
The China-ASEAN Media Complex "Ethereal Sound ASEAN Audio Vivid," a new audio platform to promote China-ASEAN cultural exchange backed by CMG's technology, also opened on Friday.
ASEAN-China Media Week Opens in Guangxi
China firmly opposes any form of official interaction between the United States and the Taiwan region, and China has called on the U.S. to stop meddling in affairs related to the Taiwan region, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said at a regular press conference in Beijing on Monday.
Lin made the comments following a 20-minute call between former U.S. House speaker Nancy Pelosi and Lai Ching-te, leader of the Taiwan region, while Lai is on a Pacific trip that includes a stop in Hawaii.
"China firmly opposes any form of official interaction between the U.S. and the Taiwan region, and firmly opposes any form of U.S. moves to aid or abet 'Taiwan independence' separatists and their separatist activities. The Taiwan question is at the core of China's core interests, and the first red line that cannot be crossed in China-U.S. relations. We urge the U.S. to fully see the separatist nature of Lai Ching-te and the DPP authorities, fully understand the grave damage of 'Taiwan independence' separatist activities to peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, fully abide by the one-China principle and the three China-US joint communiqués, stop meddling in affairs related to Taiwan, which are China's internal affairs, and stop aiding and abetting 'Taiwan independence' separatist forces," said Lin.
China urges US to stop meddling in affairs related to Taiwan: spokesman
