The world is getting louder. Lines are drawn, blame is thrown. But at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse – a place built for reflection – politicians, scholars, and cultural figures from across the world came together to ask a harder question: Can we imagine a world that is different, yet still stays together?

In divided times, dialogue isn't about proving who's right. It's about learning how to disagree without hostility, and grow side by side – like a garden where not everything needs to be the same shape.