Beijing Review

How will China develop? What kind of country will it grow into? Will it seek global hegemony? These are some of the questions that confuse the West. Their answers vary across the international spectrum: Some support China, some are confident in its d

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

Water pours into the Grand Canal in Dezhou City, Shandong Province, on April 28. This long waterway connecting the northern and southern parts of China had all of its dried-out sections refilled after a water-supply project kicked off on April 14. Ch

Shi Taifeng is the new president of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS). Shi was born in September 1956 in Yushe, Shanxi Province. In 1978, Shi embarked on his studies at the Law School of Peking University and obtained a master’s degree in

Bing Dwen Dwen, the roly-poly panda mascot of the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022, became a global sensation during the Games. Demonstrating flair, excitement and humor, it was so sought-after that the manufacturers were unable to keep up with dema

In 1816, Lord Amherst led the second significant embassy to the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). One of its best accounts came from George Staunton, who had, as a young boy, taken part in the first, and better known, visit to China by George Macartney in 17

‘Omicron” first appeared in my diary on November 29, 2021, five days after the COVID-19 variant was first detected in South Africa. It was said to be more transmissible than Delta and several cases had been confirmed in Hong Kong within days. Zhong N

The victory of Emmanuel Macron in the presidential runoff on April 24 signals continuity in French politics. While his opponent and leader of the Rassemblement National (National Rally) party, Marine Le Pen, might have presided over a dramatic politi

One hundred years ago, American journalist Walter Lippmann first popularized the term “stereotype” in his book Public Opinion, describing it as “the distorted picture or image in a person’s mind, not based on personal experience, but derived cultural

The Extraordinary Ministerial Meeting of the Forum for Economic and Trade Cooperation Between China and Portuguese-Speaking Countries took place in Macao Special Administrative Region on April 10. In 2015, China and Brazil signed a framework agreemen

Instead of working and living in a modern city, Yang Ning, who graduated from college in 2010, took a bold choice to return to her home village in Rongshui County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in south China. The village, Jiangmen, was poverty st

Lu Jianxin, now an engineer with China State Construction Engineering Corp., has been dedicated to the innovation of construction engineering technology and has won multiple national patents and prizes. Lu is one of the craftsmen who have contributed

The past two months have been an emotional rollercoaster for He Ting. Since mid-March, the building where she resides in Shanghai has been under lockdown due to COVID-19. At first, despite a hint of concern, the previously busier-than-a-bee animator

Danish author Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) once described music as “the international language that expresses feelings we all understand.” For anyone who has found themselves enveloped by a compelling concerto or an energetic folk song, this s

A big agricultural country endowed with rich agrarian resources, China has a longstanding tradition of intensive cultivation as well as a huge rural population. But for many years, premium agricultural products were unable to sell in faraway province