China's 11th National Games for Persons with Disabilities and 8th National Special Olympics have begun a week-long competition in northern Shaanxi Province. What is the spirit of the athletes? And how are lives of disabled people in China?

Leaders from the European Union member states met in Brussels to discuss a number of key issues such as the hike in energy prices and responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, Poland and the EU have clashed over the implementation of the rule of law, so what's so special about the dispute this time? Why are EU leaders particularly concerned?

Former United States Secretary of State Colin Powell died on October 18 from complications from COVID-19 at the age of 84. Tributes have poured in from current and former world leaders, politicians and military figures. Former U.S. President Donald Trump, however, criticized Powell's record on the Iraq War. How can we evaluate Powell's career in the State Department and in the U.S. Army, as well as his role in marketing the Iraq War?

For this edition of Dialogue Weekend, we have Daniel Gros, director of Centre for European Policy Studies; Paul Dong, CEO of Ei Asia Limited; Gao Zhikai, chair professor of Soochow University; and Rick Dunham, former White House correspondent for Business Week.