Vol.63/No.32

Beijing Review

China's National English News Weekly

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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
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Come Rain or High Water
The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) had not yet been eradicated when the country had to grapple with floods, the most severe after the inundation in 1998. But despite the double pressure, the loss of lives and property has been substantially low
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A Moment Of Glory
President Xi Jinping, also Chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), presents a certificate of order at a ceremony to promote Xu Zhongbo, Political Commissar of the Rocket Force of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, to the rank of general
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Society
Women in Fengyang, a town in Jiangxi Province, east China, pick water chestnuts on July 29. July to October is the harvest season for water chestnuts. More than 1,400 hepatitis B patients have been cured thanks to a project on chronic hepatitis B tre
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Economy
China’s national hi-tech zones have maintained growth despite the impact of the epidemic, a senior official said on July 23. In May, the revenue of hi-tech zones reached 3.27 trillion yuan ($467 billion), up 10.3 percent year on year, and the export
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World
Museum staff polish a blue whale skeleton at the Hintze Hall of the Natural History Museum in London on July 27. The museum reopened on August 5 following COVID-19 closure A taxi driver refuels his car at a gas station in Kuwait City on July 28, the
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Rising To The Challenge
The rainy season arrived in China with a roar. Continuous downpours have lashed large parts of south China since June and many rivers have exceeded alert levels. In late July, the main rain belt began to move north from the Yangtze River basin to the
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PEOPLE & POINTS
Jin Liqun has been elected to a second term as president of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) by the bank’s board of governors during its fifth annual meeting on July 29. Jin was elected as the inaugural president for a term of five yea
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United As One
In a muddy field close to Poyang Lake, China’s largest freshwater lake in the eastern province of Jiangxi, a squad of armed police officers were digging a drainage ditch under the scorching sun on July 18. Among them was Luo Jie, member of an armed p
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Sharing China’s Plans
Among the 160,000 titles on display at a recently launched e-library, Xi Jinping: The Governance of China Volume III is one of the most searched for. The virtual library aims to provide a new platform for international publishing businesses to displa
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Reality Check of U.S. Unilateral Demand for China to Close Houston Consulate General
On July 21, the U.S. made a unilateral provocation by making the outrageous demand that China close its consulate general in Houston. By doing so, the U.S. has grossly violated international law, the basic norms of international relations, and releva
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Our Man In Washington
Mike Pompeo is the embodiment of a fine U.S. diplomat. Eloquent speaker and West Point graduate. Army veteran and former top intelligence officer. Family man and devout church-goer. The way he skillfully and cheerfully engages his audiences at press
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Win-Win Is Possible
The U.S. demanded on July 21 that China close its consulate general in Houston, with its law enforcement officers forcing entry into the premises of the Chinese mission later. China expressed firm opposition to the U.S. actions and in response, order
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No to a New Cold War
The next few months before the U.S. presidential election on November 3 will be a high-risk period for Sino-U.S. relations as Donald Trump will do anything to win his reelection. The possibility of the Trump administration resorting to military confl
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Webinar Statement
We note the increasingly aggressive statements and actions being taken by the U.S. Government in regard to China. These constitute a threat to world peace and are an obstacle to humanity successfully dealing with extremely serious common issues which
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Positive Outcome
The author is an assistant research fellow with China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations In the EU’s long and complicated history, a common financial policy is one of the most sensitive issues as its member states have different agend
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A Lingering Epidemic
With sporadic confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) popping up again, the possibility of another wave of the epidemic has risen in the country. On July 29, the Chinese mainland reported 102 locally transmitted cases, 96 in Xinji
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Seeds of Change
As a child, Qin Jing used to watch his father and other family elders grow mushrooms to make a living in the 1990s. Now 37 years old, he is the general manager of a mushroom processing and sales company in Suixian, a county under the city of Suizhou
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A Fair Shot
At the Second China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai last year, a new sparkle was added by the launch of the Extraordinary Italian Jewelry Pavilion that brought 15 iconic jewelry brands from Italy. It was an initiative of the Italian nati
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Signs of Recovery
Saravoot Yoovidhya has several attachments to China. The CEO of Thailand’s TCP Group, a major player in the energy drink market, says Hainan in southernmost China is his family’s ancestral home. Also, China is the largest market for his company’s pro
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Twin-Track Trend
On July 20, Ant Group, the fintech arm of Alibaba established in 2014, announced it would launch initial public offerings (IPOs) both on Hong Kong Stock Exchange and the Science and Technology Innovation Board of Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE), popula
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Flourishing Market Entities Vital to China’s Economic Recovery
Since Wuhan in Hubei Province, central China, enforced a lockdown earlier this year to fight the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) epidemic, the shape of China’s economic recovery has stoked much debate. Will the world’s second largest economy fal
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Numbers
($1=7 yuan) Recovery of China’s software industry picked up momentum in the first half (H1) of this year. The profit of the industry rose 1.3 percent year on year to 424.1 billion yuan in H1, ending a five-month declining streak. China’s telecommunic
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Can All Rural Residents Get Express Courier Services?
With online shopping and live-streaming, the expansion of China’s Internet coverage is transforming the country’s vast rural heartlands into a promised land for e-commerce. Yet despite long shopping lists and an abundance of farm products to sell onl
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Changing Old Habits
On May 1, Beijing started implementing its mandatory domestic waste sorting regulation passed at the end of 2019. Affecting over 21 million residents, this rule is part of the Central Government’s garbage classification plan aiming to recycle 35 perc

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