The 10th China International Copyright Expo opened on Thursday in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, spotlighting digital and intelligent innovations in the copyright sector from home and abroad.
The three-day expo has attracted 57 exhibition groups and over 1,100 participating enterprises.
The 2025 International Copyright Forum is currently underway alongside the expo.
Hosted by the National Copyright Administration of China, the expo is co-organized by the Shandong Provincial Copyright Administration and the Qingdao Municipal People's Government.
Since its launch in 2008, the biennial expo has been held in nine editions across cities including Beijing, Guangzhou, and Chengdu.
It has served as an important platform for showcasing China's progress in copyright protection, promoting exchanges within the international copyright industry, and facilitating trade in China's copyright sector.
10th China Int'l Copyright Expo opens in Qingdao
A Japanese lawmaker has raised concerns over Japan's push to expand its military and its nuclear policy.
Responding to some politicians' dangerous tendency towards possessing nuclear weapons, Takara Sachika, a member of Japan's House of Councilors, said that Japan's push to strengthen its military, combined with what she called a misguided nuclear policy, not only heightens regional tensions but also directly threatens regional security.
"I think this is completely unacceptable. Japan is a country that has suffered atomic bombings and is one of the nations most aware of the threat posed by nuclear weapons. Yet such a country is openly discussing the issue of possessing nuclear weapons and even attempting to revise the principle of not allowing the introduction of nuclear weapons, one of the Three Non-Nuclear Principles. This is an extremely serious problem," Takara said.
Takara said the Japanese government's tendency to expand its military capabilities is completely contrary to the Constitution.
"From the perspective of Japan's Constitution, Japan should never have adopted a policy of ensuring security by strengthening military capabilities. Yet today, enormous effort is being poured into military expansion, and that in itself is a serious problem," said the lawmaker.
At a Diet meeting in early November 2025, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said that what she described as the Chinese central authorities' "use of force on Taiwan" could constitute a "survival-threatening situation" for Japan, and suggested the possibility of armed intervention in the Taiwan Strait, drawing strong criticism worldwide.
Takara urged Takaichi to retract her erroneous remarks as soon as possible.
"I think there is a very big problem with making such remarks that provoke other countries. It is necessary to thoroughly examine the facts as soon as possible and withdraw the relevant remarks," she said.
Japanese lawmaker criticizes nuclear weapons remarks as threat to regional security
