Beijing Review

President: Li Yafang Editor in Chief: Li Jianguo Associate President: Yan Ying Associate Editor in Chief: Liu Yunyun Executive Editor: Yan Wei Associate Executive Editor: Ding Ying Production Director: Yao Bin Executive Assistant: Li Fangfang Editors

In February 1972, then U.S. President Richard Nixon paid a visit to China. Considered an icebreaking trip in Sino-American relations, both sides issued the Shanghai Communiqué, marking the end to 22 years of alienation between the two countries and t

Targeted measures will be rolled out to assist small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) overcome difficulties, and promote entrepreneurship and innovation, Yu Weiping, Vice Minister of Finance, told a press conference on February 22. China’s total t

China has appointed Xue Bing, former ambassador to Papua New Guinea, as the special envoy for the Horn of Africa affairs, the Foreign Ministry announced on February 22. Xue is a veteran diplomat with work experience spanning Africa, the Americas, and

China has issued a plan to further bolster the high-quality development of services and support for retired service personnel during the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25) period, Xinhua News Agency reported on February 20. The main objectives are to rais

On February 21, 1972, U.S. President Richard Nixon embarked on an icebreaking journey to China that proved to be “the week that changed the world.” The handshake between Nixon and Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai when the former stepped off the airplane, c

In 1954, representatives of France, Britain, the Soviet Union, the United States and China gathered in Geneva, Switzerland, for a conference on the political and military situation in the Korean Peninsula and in French Indochina. When U.S. Secretary

As President Richard Nixon sped across the Pacific on Air Force One in February 1972, the American reporters accompanying him on his historic trip had no idea what to expect. “It was a little bit a feeling of ‘we are leaving Earth and going deep into

During his icebreaking visit to China in 1972, U.S. President Richard Nixon was invited by Chinese leaders to recommend the best American enterprises from 10 sectors to drive economic exchanges between the two countries. Honeywell UOP, a supplier and

During Russian President Vladimir Putin’s flying visit to Beijing on February 4, China and Russia signed an oil and gas deal worth hundreds of billions of U.S. dollars. What makes the contract stand out, however, is that it will be settled in euros.

As the Washington National Cathedral tolled its funeral bell 900 times at 5 p.m. on February 7 to recognize the 900,000 deaths from COVID-19 registered in the U.S., American elites appeared more concerned about China’s zero-spread policy. They claime

After 19 days of intense competition, the Beijing 2022 Games came to a grand finale in the closing ceremony on February 20 at the National Stadium in the capital of China, also the first-ever city to have hosted both the Summer and Winter Olympics. T

As inflation hits a four-decade high in the United States, China faces deflationary pressure. The markedly different pictures of the world’s two largest economies tell the complexity of economic recovery amid COVID-19 waves. According to data from th

China unveiled its No.1 Central Document for 2022 on February 22, highlighting key tasks to comprehensively push forward rural vitalization this year. As the first policy statement released by the central authorities every year, the document is seen

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) has seen a surge in COVID-19 cases, with the number of cases being reported in the past month higher than the total number of cases detected in the previous two years. As of February 1, a total of 13,82

The last several years have marked difficult times in Sino-American relations; it’s been a period of disappointment. For people of Chinese descent residing in the U.S., it’s also been a time of withdrawal. Derogatory political narratives have become

Its long history and traditional culture have endowed China’s capital of Beijing with an abundance of intangible cultural heritage and an ensuing vast number of traditional techniques. According to Li Linlin, Vice Director of Beijing Cultural Heritag

The term “Made in China” is undergoing the ultimate 21st century makeover—with a subversive twist. This rapidly changing landscape is a unique phenomenon that goes beyond the mere Summer/Winter collections; it waves the flag for the changes vibrating