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 Xin

The air is infused with a fruity fragrance and carts on every corner are dyed with the rich color palette of peppers, grapes and watermelons. This is summer in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. In this place of “forced labor” as described by anti-Chi

Some 1.82 million passenger cars were sold nationwide via retail channels in July, up 20.4 percent year on year, data from the China Passenger Car Association showed. Production of passenger vehicles amounted to 2.16 million units in the month, surgi

Authorities have demanded efforts to enhance the monitoring of production and storage of medicines that are in short supply and medicines that have been selected for centralized procurement, Xinhua News Agency reported on August 9. While strengthenin

The State Council has appointed Sonny Au Chi-kwong, a career police officer, as secretary general of the Committee for Safeguarding National Security of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), replacing Chan Kwok-ki who was promoted earlier

From age 25 to 40, Mijit Yasinjan, an ethnic Uygur, worked as a second-hand car dealer in Shanghai, more than 5,000 km from his hometown. Azgan Village where Mijit was born is in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, northwest China. For decades, the you

The possibility of “Taiwan independence” is a fantasy, a type of Hollywood myth that comes to the Chinese island region by way of geriatric dreams in Washington—dreams of a past that never actually happened, playing in the minds of late-capitalist Ta

Liaoning Province in northeast China has made great strides in revitalization over the past decade. According to a press conference on August 4, the province has grown stronger, its reform and opening up has deepened, people’s living standards have i

Following Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi’s trip to China’s Taiwan region, over 170 countries and global organizations have shown their support for the one-China principle. Aside from official government declarations, how do

The visit of U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi to China’s Taiwan region on August 2-3 has triggered strong reaction. China considers it a provocative action undermining the one-China principle. Pelosi’s status as the House spe

Light is a symbol of civilization and hope. In modern times, colorful lights, particularly solar lamps, are a testament to the scientific and technological progress of human society. But excessive lighting can pose dangers to both human health and th

At 4:28 p.m. on August 9, a plane carrying 125 tourists took off from Sanya Phoenix International Airport in Sanya, Hainan Province, heading for Xi’an, Shaanxi Province. These tourists were the first to return home after getting stranded in Sanya as

The Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council and the State Council Information Office of the People’s Republic of China published a white paper titled The Taiwan Question and China’s Reunification in the New Era on August 10. The white paper was re

Xichang has been known as “the land of onion” since the 1990s when large-scale production of the vegetable began in the southwestern city in Sichuan Province. Nevertheless, the onions were grown from seeds imported from the U.S., Japan and some Europ

The house is made up of two renovated shipping containers—one smaller than the other. Lying only about 20 meters from the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, the only house for miles around has been home to a family for over 10 years. When the door opens,

JongMay Urbonya’s given English name sounds the same as her Chinese name: Zhongmei, which means China and America. The 28-year-old was born in China, and later schooled from elementary through high school in the U.S. She has now returned to China and

One Ugandan proverb goes: “To travel is to see and to come back is to tell stories.” A visit to Qingdao organized by the Global Young Leaders Dialogue, a program launched in Beijing in 2020 that aims to develop a community driving cross-cultural dial