Beijing Review

President: Li Yafang Associate Editors in Chief: Li Jianguo, Ding Zhitao Assistant President: Li Zhenzhou Executive Editor: Yan Wei Associate Executive Editors: Zan Jifang, Liu Yunyun, Ding Ying Production Director: Yao Bin Editorial Administrators:

Fields covered with biodegradable plastics in Luonan, a county in Shaanxi Province in northwest China, on April 27. Multiple villages in the county have used biodegradable plastics for mulching crops such as pepper and tobacco leaf to protect the env

China’s record of intellectual property right (IPR) protection has been unfairly criticized by some sections of the international community for various reasons, such as infringements or theft of intellectual property. This, however, cannot negate the

China announced on April 26 to extend tax exemptions by an additional four years to further improve the inclusive finance service for smaller businesses. The tax exemptions, which expired at the end of last year, will be extended to December 31, 2023

Xu Peng, a 38-year-old man from Suzhou, Jiangsu Province in east China, was posthumously awarded a May Fourth Medal to commemorate his sacrifice in the fight against the novel coronavirus disease on April 28. He died in a car accident on February 21

The author is professor of politics and director of the International Graduate Program in Politics at East China Normal University in Shanghai Innovare, the Latin root for “innovate,” means “to renew,” and more inclusively, “to change.” Its contempor

The author is a faculty member at Yale University and former chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia Global supply chains—technically dubbed global value chains (GVCs)—have become weaponized in the economic battles of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19)

It was 45 years ago, on May 6, 1975, in Beijing when Christopher Soames, Vice President of the European Economic Community (EEC) Commission in charge of external relations, and Qiao Guanhua, Minister of Foreign Affairs of China, formalized the establ

‘Don’t defend Trump, other than the China Travel Ban—attack China.” This was what the U.S. Republican Party directed its senatorial candidates to do in a 57-page memo, according to the U.S. media company Politico. The Corona Big Book detailed advice

The global oil price collapse is battering China’s upstream oil companies but acts as a boon to downstream refineries, analysts said. Partly due to the coronavirus pandemic, international crude prices slumped in the past few months, with the benchmar

In Guanghe, a county in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture in Gansu Province in northwest China, piles of silage—what local people call the bread for cattle and sheep—are scattered in the fields. The silage is made by smashing and mixing corn and corns

China has started testing its government-backed digital legal tender, digital currency and electronic payment (DC/EP), in some regions before it is widely applied to replace paper notes and coins in circulation, the digital currency research institut

Li Zhe, a violinist who has been with the National Center for the Performing Arts (NCPA) Orchestra for a decade, reached a personal milestone. The NCPA has suspended over 100 performances since January 24 due to the novel coronavirus epidemic. On Apr

In some parts of China, where the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has been effectively contained, schools are being reopened gradually. But a large number of students must continue with online lessons that have already lasted more than

($1=7 yuan) (Source: China Association of Automobile Manufacturers) Global sales of electric vehicles (EVs) declined by 7 percent year on year in the first quarter (Q1) of 2020 to around 576,500 units. While EV sales in the United States and China sa

We are living through one of the rarest times of history, as families grapple to keep loved ones safe, retain their jobs and maintain any sense of normalcy. This is a particularly strange time to be a student. I feel bad for school students, who have