Beijing Review

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The Civil Code, approved by the National People’s Congress, the national legislature, in late May and to come into effect on January 1, 2021, is significant because first and foremost, it will help uphold and improve the socialist system with Chinese

Przewalski’s horses graze in a breeding and research center in Changji City, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwest China, on June 2. They belong to the only surviving horse subspecies never having been domesticated. China’s national lawyers a

Chinese authorities have unveiled new measures to boost e-commerce in rural areas, pledging diversified financial support to tap consumption potential in the underdeveloped rural market. China will accelerate building a more efficient circulation sys

Meng Ke, a professor of Tsinghua University, has been included in the 2020 Young Scientists community of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in late May for his research on public policy on the aging population and declining fertility. The project started

• May 28, the draft Civil Code is adopted by the NPC and will go into effect on January 1, 2021. • May 22, the draft is submitted to the annual session of the 13th NPC for deliberation. • December 28, 2019-January 26, the NPC seeks public opinions on

The author is executive dean of the Belt and Road School of Beijing Normal University The number of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients in Africa exceeded 158,000 as of June 3. Although the continent accounts for only a small proportion of

With the international community now facing the dual challenges of containing the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and restoring the economy and social activities, international cooperation is needed more than ever to strike a balance be

The birth of the Civil Code, an important pillar of China’s legal system, marks significant progress in the development of the socialist legal system with Chinese characteristics and the modernization of China’s national governance. The Civil Code ex

It codifies a separate volume on personality rights. This covers stipulations on a civil subject’s rights to his or her life, body, health, name, portrait, reputation and privacy, among others. It institutes a 30-day cooling-off period aimed at deter

The author is professor of politics and director of the International Graduate Program in Politics at East China Normal University in Shanghai On May 30, U.S. space agency NASA in partnership with Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s other company, SpaceX, sent two

In just the blink of an eye, 3,000 packs of coffee beans, weighing 1.5 tons, were sold during a live-streaming session. The sale took place on May 14 in a live-streaming studio of Tmall Global, an e-commerce platform of Alibaba Group. As a result of

The author is an honorary research fellow with the Academy of Contemporary China and World Studies and a research fellow with the China Institute, Fudan University The annual meetings of China’s national legislature and top political advisory body we

The author is director of the EU-China Program at the Centre International de Formation Européenne During these particularly turbulent and uncertain times of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the Chinese leadership has refrained from

Twenty years ago, convenience stores were a newly sprouted phenomenon in China. Baishi Bianli, a Hong Kong invested brand, opened the first Western-style convenience store in Shanghai in 1993 with great fanfare. A Shanghai-based newspaper reported, “

On January 28, the fourth day of the Chinese New Year holiday, Jiang Xueying, owner of a children’s clothing and accessories store, became a vlogger, live-streaming her products on Kuaishou, a leading short video-sharing app that has evolved into a p

China’s factory and service sector activities expanded in May amid government policies to control the novel coronavirus epidemic and coordinate growth, official data showed on May 31. The purchasing managers’ index (PMI) for the manufacturing sector

When George Floyd, an unarmed African American, died a shocking death at the hands of a white police officer following his arrest, the incident unleashed a spate of demonstrations against police brutality and racial discrimination in the U.S. U.S. Pr

On May 28, the National People’s Congress (NPC) of China adopted a decision on establishing and improving the legal system and enforcement mechanisms for safeguarding national security in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) at the nationa