On September 3, China observes the Victory Day of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. Russia marks the date as the Day of Victory over Militaristic Japan and the End of World War II (WWII)
The state visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Kyrgyzstan and his participation in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2026 in Bishkek marked a key stage in the transformation of Kyrgyzstan-China relations
Set mostly in a small Chinese restaurant in war-torn Iraq in 2003, the recently released Chinese film Once Upon a Time in the Middle East has become the domestic box office smash of this summer
On August 13, Russian President Vladimir Putin paid his first-ever visit to Iturup, which Japan calls Etorofu, the largest island in the southern Kuril chain where Russia operates a strategically important military base
