Beijing Review

The Chinese Government has launched new moves in its development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council jointly released, on September 5 and September 6 respectiv

A latest human rights action plan was published on September 9, outlining the objectives and tasks of respecting, protecting and promoting human rights from 2021 to 2025. Titled Human Rights Action Plan of China (2021-25), the document was released b

China’s economy maintained its trend of recovery throughout August despite disruptions from the COVID-19 epidemic and natural disasters, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on September 15. The value-added industrial output, a key in

Yuen Kwok-Yung, a 65-year-old professor at the University of Hong Kong, won the Future Science Prize in life sciences on September 12 for his discovery of SARS-CoV-1 as the causative agent of the global SARS outbreak in 2003. He shares the honor with

Before graduating from the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing in 2015, Leong Kaseng, a Macao entrepreneur, visited Hengqin Island in Guangdong Province to look for career development prospects. He finally secured a job at a

Amid the gloomy global outlook and much uncertainty in recent years, students in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) wanting to pursue further studies outside of the SAR have pinned down China’s mainland as their primary destination of choi

Getting the China-U.S. relationship right is not optional, but something both sides must do and must do well. That is a point Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed in a phone conversation on September 10 with his U.S. counterpart, Joe Biden, and also

The Belt and Road Initiative proposed by China in 2013 ushered in a new era for international development. It offers a new paradigm for mutually beneficial cooperation between participating countries based on a people-centric approach and the revolut

For members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the annual China-ASEAN Expo and the China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit held during the expo have evolved into a benchmark of cooperation with China since their establishment i

The renowned American philosopher and scholar John Dewey completed a two-year sojourn to China a century ago, a critical turning point in his life at a time when China, too, stood at a crossroads. Dewey entered China in 1919, the year of the transfor

Metaverse has become the most recent buzzword in China’s capital market, as related stocks continue to hit daily limits. The actual term metaverse was first put forward in Neal Stephenson’s 1992 science fiction novel Snow Crash, in which he described

Indian businessman Niren Anand’s first startup in China, namely Xiamen Ever Trade Import and Export Co. Ltd. in the coastal province of Fujian, turns 11 this year. He also has a factory in another Fujian city of Jinjiang, designing and manufacturing

The unprecedented July rainstorm that swamped Zhengzhou, capital city of Henan Province, has highlighted the role of catastrophe insurance in compensating losses caused by serious natural disasters. At a press conference, Ma Chao, deputy head of the

Buried deep in the ruins of the Shang Dynasty (about 1600-1046 B.C.), more specifically in Anyang City of Henan Province, bones of the rhino were found. A collection of archaeological evidence and references in ancient Chinese literature has verified

On August 30, the National Press and Publication Administration delivered new rules on online gaming. Children under the age of 18 are now allowed to play online games only between 8:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays as well as dur