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 Editor: Wang Hairong Researcher: Lan

The Chinese have always had a soft spot for football. Team China did not qualify for this year’s World Cup, set to take place in Qatar this November, nor has it qualified for any World Cup since its debut in 2002. However, the sport draws as much pub

China has established an extensive network of road chiefs across the country to manage roads in rural areas, Xinhua News Agency reported on August 2. By the end of June, the country had 641,000 of these chiefs, i.e., people in counties, townships and

The number of China-Europe freight train trips surged 11 percent year on year to a record 1,517 in July, according to China State Railway Group Co. Ltd. on August 2. The trains handled 149,000 twenty-foot equivalent units of goods, up 12 percent from

Gao Zhidan has been promoted to head the General Administration of Sport of China (GASC). Born in Siping, Jilin Province, in 1963, Gao graduated from the Beijing Sport University at the age of 25. He has spent his career at the GASC, including headin

“The policy of the United Nations on this issue is that we are guided by the General Assembly Resolution 2758 from 1971 on [the] one-China [principle].” —Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson for UN Secretary General António Guterres “The Shanghai Cooperat

The Latin phrase veni, vidi, vici can be translated into English as I came, I saw, I conquered. Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi has come and she has seen, but she most definitely will not conquer China’s Taiwan. Any claim to

The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) celebrated the 95th anniversary of its founding on August 1. The people’s armed forces founded by the Communist Party of China (CPC) have made indelible achievements in realizing national independence, liberating th

In early 1848, Karl Marx finished The Communist Manifesto while Europe seethed with class conflict. As the manifesto famously intoned, the “specter of communism” was haunting Europe—a perfect expression of the Zeitgeist—culminating in continent-wide

COVID-19, the Russia-Ukraine conflict, economic recession and other global challenges have continued unabated this year. However, these big events are failing to arouse the interest of news audiences, with those in many countries beginning to demonst

The United States’ so-called “Uygur Forced Labor Prevention Act” (UFLPA) took effect on June 21. The act bans goods wholly or in part mined, produced, or manufactured in China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region from entering the U.S. market, citing u

During its meeting on July 28, the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China discussed China’s current economic situation and outlined its economic work for the second half of this year (H2). Tasks include always keepi

Lin Enxiang, a school football coach, was especially proud this year to see his team participate in the China Youth Football League (CYFL). “This new league is a perfect platform for our students to interact with counterparts from other regions and l

The 632-meter Shanghai Tower easily puts to shame other skyscrapers in China ever since its construction was finished in 2015. Sitting on the Huangpu River bank in Shanghai, it is currently the world’s third highest. Where the next new super-tall con

When Liu Fuhui, head of a rural cooperative in Tengzhou, Shandong Province, recently checked the growth of dragon fruits in a greenhouse, he noticed yellow spots on the leaves. He picked up his phone, opened an app and consulted an agricultural exper

While a Chinese person may have a bite of Brazilian beef here in China, a Brazilian across the ocean may be using a phone made by China’s tech company Xiaomi. This is the fruit of robust bilateral trade between both countries. Besides traditional fie

The fully automated container terminal at Qingdao Port in Shandong Province’s Qingdao, which went into commercial operation in 2017, deeply impressed a group of young adults from 10 countries. With an operating efficiency 30 percent higher than that

A woman dressed to the nines in the vibrant traditional dress of China’s Uygur ethnic group strikes a pose against the brightly hued backdrop of a buzzing evening bazaar in Kashgar City, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Golden hour is here and the s

What are human rights and what should be done to develop them? Officials and experts from China and other countries shared their views at the Beijing Forum on Human Rights in Beijing on July 26. While agreeing that global cooperation is needed to fac