Beijing Review

At the Sonam Dargye protection station in the Hoh Xil National Reserve in Qinghai Province, northwest China, the staff has been babysitting an unusual group of kids for more than five months. These are baby Tibetan antelopes that have been rescued fr

A News Weekly Magazine Published Since 1958 President: Li Yafang Associate Editor in Chief: Li Jianguo Associate President: Yan Ying Executive Editor: Yan Wei Associate Executive Editors: Zan Jifang, Liu Yunyun, Ding Ying Production Director: Yao Bin

Originating on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the Yangtze River is China’s longest waterway, running more than 6,300 km through 11 provincial-level regions before emptying into the East China Sea. A number of the country’s economic powerhouses, megacitie

China’s outstanding foreign debt was more than $2.29 trillion at the end of the third quarter of 2020, up 7.6 percent from the end of the second quarter, according to the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE). Foreign debt covers the amount

In his speech at the UN Office at Geneva four years ago, President Xi Jinping raised two critical questions: “What has happened to the world and how should we respond?” To this day, these questions remain valid. The world is undergoing a bevy of chan

Ornamental plants at the Pinghu Agricultural Economy Development Zone in Pinghu, Zhejiang Province in east China, on January 12. The development zone comprising 11 villages and one community is promoting agricultural modernization and rural revitaliz

China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) declared the Rules on Counteracting Unjustified Extra-Territorial Application of Foreign Legislation and Other Measures on January 9, taking effect on the very day of promulgation. The formulation of these rules

When Zhang Yueli, a police officer, started his day at midnight on January 10, the temperature outside was minus 18 degrees Celsius, a record low for the region. Zhang stepped into a tent at a checkpoint near a high-risk novel coronavirus disease (CO

The customs authority at Alataw Pass, a major rail port in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwest China, has handled more than 1 million cross-border parcels so far this year. In a little over a week since the New Year, the value of products t

Charging him with “incitement of insurrection” and describing him as a “clear and present danger” to the nation, the U.S. House of Representatives impeached President Donald Trump for a historic second time. Ten Republican members broke ranks and joi

Imagine this: A state leader was betrayed by his deputy and was completely cut off from his supporters; the opposition took control of the media and the military; angry protesters stormed the parliamentary building, demanding the election result be o

Donald Trump has not only lost his presidency but to add insult to the injury, even Twitter turned on him, losing no time to announce a permanent ban on his account. For a president keen on “governing by tweeting,” that really hurts. While Trump’s so

Based on its long-term experience in foreign assistance and South-South cooperation, China is transforming its international development cooperation. On January 10, the State Council Information Office issued a white paper to indicate the change and

Tong Zhaohui, a respiratory specialist with the National Health Commission, said recently that the outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) epidemic in Hebei Province is still containable. Tong, who was honored last year as a role model i

Diarra Boubacar is the first non-Chinese postdoctoral fellow in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). The Malian was born into a family of doctors in 1964. With his passion for the complex and intriguing field of traditional medicine, Boubacar pursued

Chen Fu, an associate research fellow with the Aerospace Information Research Institute, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, studied the changes taking place along the Yangtze River Economic Belt by comparing satellite images of lights across the region

Throughout my school life, phones offered one significant benefit: a means of communication, via either text or call. Typing out a message, “back in the day,” required quite the skill set, i.e., understanding the code of the numbered buttons. Three t