Beijing Review

For this year’s college and high school graduates, the year 2020 will be remembered for a lifetime. Due to the coronavirus epidemic, college graduates were unable to finish their theses in the classroom or library, unable to attend their graduation c

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

Tourists drink tea on the balcony of a hostel in Yangshuo, a county in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on July 4. The local government encourages the development of high-end hostel industries to increase people’s income and promote rural revitaliza

Beijing has unveiled an action plan to boost blockchain deployment, integrating the transaction data technology into the city’s operations. Under the Beijing Blockchain Innovation Development Action Plan 2020-22, the city is expected to become an inf

Chinese badminton’s “Super Dan” Lin Dan announced his retirement on social media on July 4. “From 2000 to 2020, after 20 years, I have to say goodbye to the national team. It is challenging to say it out loud,” the two-time Olympic gold medalist and

Fighting the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has been a family affair for Liu Yuanli, a professor of health policy and management and Dean of the School of Public Health at the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences. Liu returned to China from the

The author is an assistant research fellow with the Institute of Latin American Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro announced on July 7 that he tested positive for the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). T

The author is professor of politics and director of the International Graduate Program in Politics at East China Normal University in Shanghai As the world works through the novel coronavirus crisis and seeks a new order amid fractured multilateralis

Four minutes and 52 seconds. That’s the time it took Bridget Mutambirwa to take a nucleic acid test for the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Beijing on July 3. Just 24 hours later, the result was released on the Health Kit applet. It was negat

In May 2016, when President Xi Jinping visited Bacha, a small fishing village in Heilongjiang Province in the northeast bordering Russia, it rained continuously. But that didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of the Hezhes, the ethnic group living in the vill

German giant Volkswagen has the distinction of being among the first automobile manufacturers to negotiate business with China when a Chinese delegation went to Germany in 1978 after the establishment of bilateral ties to discuss a partnership. Once

At a time of global uncertainty amid the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and an economic recession, China is taking firm and steady steps to promote reform and opening up. A high-level meeting of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on de

U.S. electric carmaker Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk must be a happy man with the company’s second quarter (Q2) performance in China proving his wisdom in choosing the Chinese market. While production at Tesla’s main U.S. factory was suspended for weeks, wor

($1=7 yuan) (Source: National Bureau of Statistics) The number of Europe-bound freight trains departing from the city of Yiwu in east China reached 296 in the first half of this year, up 151.1 percent year on year. Since May 5, Yiwu has seen the depa

Actress and singer Jin Sha debuted in the entertainment industry in a campus drama nearly 20 years ago. Since then, she acted in eight TV series and released six albums. But then came a time when she found her career going downhill. With the roles dr

In Beijing lies one of China’s most historical sites, the Yuanmingyuan or the Old Summer Palace, a royal garden built in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). Over 800,000 relics are alleged to have been plundered from the Yuanmingyuan by the Anglo-French fo