2025.11.13 20:16 GMT+8

By the red boat: Tracing modernization back to where it all began

Updated 2025.11.13 20:16 GMT+8
CGTN

What does “modernization” truly mean beyond the headlines and policies?

CGTN’s Yang Xinmeng joined guests from around the world on a visit to Nanhu Lake in east China’s Zhejiang Province, where a small red boat once set sail with a big idea. More than a century later, those same questions about progress, fairness, and purpose still resonate here.

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