Beijing Review

John Lee Ka-chiu was elected as the sixth-term chief executive designate of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) on May 8. This was the first such election after Hong Kong implemented its new electoral system, designed to ensure the SAR is g

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Workers replace rails on the line between Datong in Shanxi Province and Qinhuangdao in Hebei Province on May 10. A 20-day overhaul of the railway is being carried out to ensure transportation efficiency and improve safety. China’s sea levels reached

China’s consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 2.1 percent year on year in April, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on May 11. On a monthly basis, the CPI inched up 0.4 percent partly due to the domestic resurgence of

Actress and recipient of the national honorary title “People’s Artist” Qin Yi passed away on May 9 at the age of 100. Qin, born in Shanghai in 1922, grew up a cinema buff and turned her passion for the silver screen into a lifelong career, making her

‘Comprehensively advancing law-based governance is an essential requirement and important guarantee for socialism with Chinese characteristics,” reads the Resolution of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee on the Major Achievements an

The 2022 Hong Kong chief executive election was held on May 8 for the sixth term of the highest office of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). John Lee Ka-chiu was elected as HKSAR’s sixth-term chief executive designate, and is awaiting t

The U.S.-based Pew Research Center in late April released polling data that demonstrate the increasing negativity Americans feel toward China. The results, based on a survey of 3,581 U.S. adults from March 21 to 27, should come as no surprise. Americ

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken did not deliver his “long-anticipated” speech on America’s China policy on May 5 due to his testing positive for COVID-19 and having to quarantine. All public statements aside, the Joe Biden administration’s adj

Two days before John Lee Ka-chiu was elected as the sixth-term chief executive designate of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on May 8, he hosted a campaign rally at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center. At the event, Lee reca

Since March, Zhou Jiyuan has been volunteering in Haizhu District of Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong Province, to assist residents taking COVID-19 nucleic acid tests. Leveraging his ability to speak five languages other than standard Chinese, namely

Deqen Ngodru has summited Mount Qomolangma five times. For him, the latest climb on May 4 was the most significant because “it was not an adventure, but an expedition to study the future of Earth.” The 34-year-old Tibetan is the leader of the mountai

To be eligible for nomination as a candidate, a person must: • Be a permanent resident of HKSAR and a Chinese citizen • Have no right to reside in any foreign country • Have reached 40 years of age • Have resided in Hong Kong for a continuous period

Many Chinese primary and middle-school students are not competent in housework today and do not take such work seriously, due to long-term negligence of housework education by both schools and families. Consequently, some arrive at college unable to