Beijing Review

Recent clusters of confirmed COVID-19 cases across China are posing a challenge to the country’s fight against the virus. China, however, has no intention of changing its current policy to clear infections in timely and methodical manner. The dynamic

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Crew members aboard China’s Tiangong spacestationwill live-stream their second public lecture on science and space in the near future, the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) announced on March 15. The lectures from the space station aim to encourage yo

Fixed assets investment (FAI) nationwide went up 12.2 percent year on year in the first two months of 2022, standing at around 5.076 trillion yuan ($796.16 billion), data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed on March 15. Compared with

Chen Jingxiong, an academician with the Chinese Academy of Engineering and an expert on electromagnetic field theory and antenna design, passed away in Beijing on March 16 at the age of 101. Born in Zhenhai County of Zhejiang Province, Chen graduated

During a press conference on March 11, Premier Li Keqiang recalled his conversation with a dozen business people in 2021. They each talked about their individual corporate difficulties and their hopes for more government-led macro policy support. Li

The past two springs, Chen Xianghong tried cheering up his team, saying the worst for tourism had passed and better times were coming soon. But, given the current pandemic situation, they’d just have to hang in there a little longer. Chen is vice pre

In an interview with Beijing Review reporter Tao Xing, Zhang Yansheng, principal researcher with the China Center for International Economic Exchanges, shared his assessments of China’s macroeconomic landscape. Edited excerpts of his views follow: La

Some 40 foreign diplomats attended a launch ceremony for China and the World in a Changing Context: Perspectives From Ambassadors to China, hosted by the Center for China and Globalization (CCG) in Beijing on March 15. The book brings together observ

The election of Yoon Suk-yeol as new president of the Republic of Korea (ROK) has triggered concerns regarding future relations between China and the ROK. These concerns mostly stem from Yoon’s tough talk against China. For example, he called for the

Prince William recently found himself in hot water following his allegedly “tone-deaf” and “racist” comments about the ongoing conflict in Ukraine during a visit to a Ukrainian cultural center in London. Social media exploded in controversy with user

Four years have passed since the Donald Trump administration announced it would impose tariffs on $50 billion worth of Chinese exports on March 22, 2018, together with various further investment restrictions on China. Yet statistics issued by both si

The presidential election in the Republic of Korea (ROK) has attracted much attention as its location and growing economic and military capacity make it a country of increasing strategic importance. Conservative Yoon Suk-yeol secured a victory on Mar

April 2020 saw the launch of an airlift program carrying medical supplies from China to Mexico, just 39 days after Mexico reported its first confirmed COVID-19 case. Referred to as the air bridge between both countries, the flights became the main de

Life in the fields has made Wang Qiuling look older than her age. Her face has been wrinkled from long days spent in the sun inspecting soybeans as an agricultural expert. Wang, who works for the Heze Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Heze, Shandon

On the eve of heading to Beijing for this year’s National People’s Congress (NPC), Yang Changqin, an NPC deputy born in 1990, together with her staff was racing against the clock to fill their first 2022 order. An inheritor of the intangible Chishui

Numerous cases of online bullying have been making the social media rounds in recent years. Hypocritical moral condemnation, cyberthreats, and extreme rhetoric increasingly pollute the digital stratosphere. Meanwhile, some platforms, ogling network t