Key signals from US-Russia talks in Riyadh

① Chairing a meeting of the United Nations Security Council, China’s foreign minister said that China supports all Ukraine peace efforts, and that Gaza is not a bargaining chip for political trade-offs. What is China’s approach to resolving hotspots? (00:52)

② Senior US and Russian officials have held their first face-to-face meeting since the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. We explore the key signals from the meeting. (12:33)

③ We take a look at DeepSeek’s latest development: revealing its Native Sparse Attention, a new mechanism designed to enhance the efficiency of long-context training and inference in AI models. (24:55)

④ Clean energy contributed 10 percent to China’s GDP in 2024, according to new analysis. What does this number indicate? (34:18)

⑤ The parliament of Vietnam has approved an $8 billion rail link to China. What economic potentials could this project create? (44:15)