What you're getting wrong about electric cars - Live from the Web Summit

The electric car industry in Europe has been having a difficult time with sales underperforming and factories threatened with closure. At the same tim...

In Fact: Is smog suffocating China?

So there used to be this term called 'airpocalypse' in China, a decade ago. In 2016, The New York Times even ran a piece about the issue dramatically...

In Fact: How valuable are China's National Parks?

China is a nation of history, metropolis, art, industry, and, the focus of my career and expeditions - the wild: covering 42 percent of the country. I...

In Fact: China's global solar revolution

To avoid a global climate catastrophe we need to triple the amount of global renewable energy by 2030. About half of this is expected to come from sol...

In Fact: Is China's reforestation a giant green washing project?

Five years ago, a paper published in one of the world's most prestigious peer-reviewed journals made headlines across the world. The authors used NASA...

In Fact: Is China's car industry a threat to the West?

Electric vehicles, or EVs, from China are the focus of a global debate. On the one hand, they are affordable, climate-friendly, and advancing technolo...

Changemakers: Battle for the bears

In April 2023, Andrea Papi became the first Italian in 150 years to be killed by a bear. Mauled while jogging, he became an unwitting victim of a well...

Changemakers: The Gorilla Champion

In this podcast, meet Uganda’s first wildlife vet and expert on mountain gorillas Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka. She’s not your average vet, her work has bro...

Bridge Builders: Zoë Reed - a bridge between hearts

Zoë Reed’s English mother Susan met her Chinese father KC
Sun at college in the late 1940s. He had been brought over as the first ever
mat...

Bridge Builders: Zi Lan Liao - preserving Chinese heritage with music

Zi Lan Liao is one of the leading exponents of Chinese music. Her busy career on the international concert circuit has resulted in her being the most...

1. The Secret Betrayal: From Heroes to Villains

In this series of podcasts, the story of how a brutal policy of forced repatriation caused thousands of Chinese men to disappear from Liverpool at the...

2. The Secret Betrayal: Silence and Destitution

In this series of podcasts, the story of how a brutal policy of forced repatriation caused thousands of Chinese men to disappear from Liverpool at the...

3. The Secret Betrayal: Truth and Justice

In this series of podcasts, the story of how a brutal policy of forced repatriation caused thousands of Chinese men to disappear from Liverpool at the...

Bridge Builders: Stephen Perry - the icebreaking family

Seventy years ago, a small group of British businessmen and women traveled to China to unlock opportunities between the countries – they became known...

Bridge Builders: Michael Wood - historian of the people

For more than 40 years, Michael Wood has brought history alive for viewers and readers all over the world. His recent Story of China films and documen...

Bridge Builders: The Guo family - from busking to Hollywood to internet stardom

In this podcast, we meet the Guo family – presented by son and London-based vlogger Toto, who describes himself as "a child of two heritages'. His fat...

Bridge Builders: Frances Wood - librarian of treasures

Frances Wood was born into a family of linguists – people who loved studying foreign languages. In her childhood and teens she mastered French and Spa...

Bridge Builders: Alex Hua Tian - a 'cross-country' rider

When Alex Hua Tian competed in the Beijing Olympics in 2008, he became the first ever Chinese eventing rider in Olympic history and also the youngest...

Trash or Treasure: A documentary series from This Way Forward

1. Trash or Treasure: Where does our waste go?

The World Bank estimates that without urgent action, by 2050 we will be generating 3.4 billion tonnes of waste globally. So what can governments and c...

2. Trash or Treasure: Recycling Plastics

Trash or Treasure is a season of podcasts finding out what happens to all the stuff Europeans throw away – a surprisingly fascinating journey around t...

3. Trash or Treasure: Creative solutions

Recycling – and reuse – has been practiced in some European countries for decades. And that has given rise to some brilliant creative thinking as to h...

4. Trash or Treasure: Food

The UN estimates that each year, we throw away almost a billion tonnes of food. That's an almost inconceivable amount, and one which has given rise to...

5. Trash or Treasure: Clothes

Clothes. We all wear them. That's billions of items being worn every day, billions of items being made each year – and billions of items being thrown...

6. Trash or Treasure: What can we do with our bodies?

Death is the final act of our lives, and it can be environmentally devastating: every cremation uses the equivalent of about 40 backyard-barbecue prop...

Reporting 2020

As we move into 2021, our CGTN Europe correspondents talk to us about an unprecedented year of change.. 
COVID-19 changed our lives forever, and...

The Alps: Timeless and Changing - People

Alpiner Johannes Pleschberger continues his journey through the Alps in meeting some of the incredible people who live and work in the mountains. Alpi...

The Alps: Timeless and changing - Flora and fauna

For CGTN reporter Johannes Pleschberger, the Alps were his playground as a child and are now his spiritual home. In this second podcast in the series,...

The Alps: Timeless and changing - Landscape

Join native Alpiner Johannes Pleschberger on his journey through this incredible mountain range at the heart of Europe. In this 30 minute podcast Joha...

Notes on a Pandemic - New Hope for the Planet

Climate experts speaking to CGTN claim the COVID-19 outbreak was in part caused by environmental damage. They point to the believed origin of the viru...

Notes on a Pandemic - Travel and Play

Travel and tourism has felt the full impact of the COVID-19 crisis.
The lockdown in March led to mothballed planes, closed airports and quaranti...

Notes on a Pandemic - When Work Stops Working

Whether you are the boss in a company employing thousands or the newest hire in the office, COVID  is changing how all of us earn a living. The lockdo...

Notes on a Pandemic - The Office of the Future

In the third episode of our new podcast series Notes on a Pandemic, CGTN Europe examines how workplaces are adapting to the new culture of social dist...

Notes on a Pandemic - The Great Collaboration

As Europe slowly emerges from lockdown it’s becoming clear the pandemic has left a legacy that will mean long-term changes to business, the world of w...

Notes on a Pandemic - Science Rules

CGTN's new podcast series "Notes on a Pandemic" looks at how business, science and people have risen to the challenges of COVID-19, bringing us soluti...