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

Halfway through 2022, the global economy is not looking as bright as people had hoped for at the beginning of the year. The impact of COVID-19 on the global economy is now more serious than that of the international financial crisis in 2008. Against

A train on the Zhengzhou-Chongqing High-Speed Railway passes through Xiangyang, Hubei Province, on June 20. With a total length of 1,068 km, the railway entered full operation on June 20, shortening travel time from Chongqing Municipality to Zhengzho

Although the global supply chain has entered a new round of reconstruction, China is still an important investment destination for multinational companies around the world, according to a report released during the Third Qingdao Multinationals Summit

Optical expert Gong Qihuang becomes the new president of Peking University (PKU). Born in Putian City, Fujian Province, Gong started working as a lecturer after getting his Ph.D. from PKU’s School of Physics in 1989. In 1995, he became a professor. B

‘Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in 2012, the industry and information technology sector has achieved remarkable growth, with the industrial system and the industrial chain becoming more complete, and the overall stre

In a recently published speech, President Xi Jinping sheds light on China’s path for developing human rights. The remarks were first delivered at a group study session of the Political Bureau of the 19th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committ

‘Foreign capital withdraws from China,” “Viet Nam to replace China as the world’s workshop…” Headlines like these are gaining much attention in the West. Citing the Chinese economic slowdown in the first half of this year amid COVID-19-induced lockdo

‘If no one fought except on his own conviction, there would be no wars,” the fictional character Andrei Bolkonsky stated in Leo Tolstoy’s masterpiece War and Peace (1869). Today, the line still applies. After more than four months of conflict betwee

Before daybreak on some mornings in May, Zhang Wendi frequently went to his fields to check if the corn he sowed had emerged from the ground. Zhang is chairperson of the Hongwang Agricultural Machinery Farmers Professional Cooperative in Lishu County

For Hou Chaoru, a teacher in Qiemo County in Hotan, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the 3,000-km journey back to her home province of Hebei has never been more convenient. The completion of a new cross-desert railway line with a station in Qiemo ha

Classical ballet made a pas de bourrée into Du Youling’s life when she was 60—in 2017. She had been folk dancing for well over a year following her retirement at the age of 55, when she learned her local cultural center, a public institution for orga

‘I am a granddaughter, through the maternal line, of Chinese grandparents who arrived in Cuba in the first decade of the 20th century. This basically means I grew up with a very Chinese-style education, surrounded by customs and traditions that took

Setting up a tent and having a picnic surrounded by beautiful mountains and clear waters over the weekend has become one of the most popular lifestyle choices for China’s young urbanites. Camping has become increasingly popular in the country since 2

‘What is your favorite sound of Beijing, and why?” This question was put to hundreds of Beijingers in 2005 as part of the Sound and the City project. The resulting field recordings are still available to stream online, with titles such as Pigeon Whis