Beijing Review

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

Since taking office the Joe Biden administration has made no clear statement about U.S. Middle East strategy, indicating there will probably be no major changes for the time being, and the evacuation of U.S. troops from Afghanistan is unlikely to cha

China will take measures to prevent large-scale demolition of buildings during the upgrading of cities, the country’s urbanplanning authorities said on August 31. The country will avoid tearing down existing buildings on a large scale unless those bu

The logistics sector maintained its recovery momentum and showed better performance in the first seven months of 2021, compared with the pre-pandemic level in 2019, according to a report from the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing. The valu

Lang Ping announced that she stepped down as head coach of China’s national women’s volleyball team on September 1. Lang, one of the most famous Chinese volleyball players in the 1980s known for her fierce spikes, returned to the national team as hea

‘At this hour, American and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm Iraq, to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger… We come to Iraq with respect for its citizens, for their great civilization and

Following similar uprisings in neighboring countries, in February 2011, residents in eastern Libya staged large-scale protests that quickly escalated into a civil war between supporters and opponents of the government. Regime change was brought about

U.S. intelligence agencies failed to reach a conclusion on the origin of the COVID-19 virus within 90 days as demanded by President Joe Biden, another solid piece of evidence that the U.S. is politicizing virus origin tracing in a game of deflection.

In late 2020, the Chinese Government announced that its goal to eliminate extreme poverty had been met. At the start of the targeted poverty alleviation program back in 2013, under 100 million people were identified as living below the poverty line;

Imagine a journalist is followed by strangers and gets denied entrance by security guards as he is trying to gain access—and answers. What message would that convey? Usual answer: There must be a secret hiding behind those closed doors. As for what t

Malcolm Clarke, a British director and two-time Best Documentary Short Subject Academy Award winner, has been filming in China since 2013. In a recent interview with Beijing Review reporter Li Nan, he shared his views on the Western misunderstanding

The dinner table in He Mingxing’s house is usually a folkloric mosaic of traditional foods such as glutinous rice cakes from the Zhuang ethnic group and dishes from the Mulam. His family is made up of members from different ethnic backgrounds—his mot

After a one-year delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 finally opened at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo on the night of August 24. In a performance titled Para Airport, 13-year-old Yui Wago took to the stage-turned-airport

In 2017, when Liu Shanshan, then 32 years old, was asked to accompany an elderly family member to see the doctor, she had no idea that request would lead her into a new profession. The senior patient came from a neighboring county to Shenyang, capita

After equally dividing community property with her husband, a housewife in Fujian Province received an additional 550,000 yuan ($85,000) in “household labor compensation.” The verdict was made by a local court in July. It is one of several cases nati

As environmental protection becomes an increasingly common concern, and new technologies such as 5G and the Internet of Things continue to improve, more and more Chinese drivers are embracing electric and intelligent vehicles. In addition to U.S. ele

On her 26th birthday, Hu Jingjing jumped off a street overpass, ending years of living as a drifter in Beijing. This is the opening scene of a recent hit TV show called The Remembrance of Past Things, leading three of Hu’s friends, together with star