Beijing Review

The First Session of the 14th National People’s Congress, China’s top legislature, concluded in Beijing on March 13, with leading members of state institutions elected and endorsed. Xi Jinping was unanimously elected president of the People’s Republi

China made new strides in afforestation in 2022, with the area of newly planted forests totaling 3.83 million hectares, according to a report from the National Greening Commission released on March 12, the country’s 45th National Tree Planting Day. T

Scientist Wang Yu has been appointed as the new president of the International Center for Relativistic Astrophysics (ICRA), making him the first Chinese citizen to hold the position at the center, which was founded in 1985. With a research focus on h

Premier of the State Council Li Qiang met with Chinese and foreign reporters and answered their questions at a press conference in Beijing on March 13 after the conclusion of the First Session of the 14th National People’s Congress, China’s top legis

Brendan Ahern is chief investment officer at KraneShares, a U.S. exchange-traded fund (ETF) provider. He is an expert in global financial markets with a particular focus on China and actively maintains daily contact with an extensive local research n

Twenty years ago, on March 20, 2003, a U.S.-led international coalition force bypassed the UN Security Council and launched large-scale strikes against Iraq. Then U.S. President George W. Bush and senior administration officials had repeatedly told t

The recently concluded First Session of the 14th National People’s Congress, China’s top legislature, and the First Session of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, the country’s top political advisory

During his first press conference as Chinese premier on March 13, right after the closing of the First Session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC), the country’s top legislature, Li Qiang stressed that opening up is “a basic state policy for

‘The friendship between China and Mexico, which has grown from generation to generation, has been strong and vibrant for more than 50 years. Both countries, as major developing countries and important emerging economies, are also at a critical stage

International Women’s Day comes on March 8 every year when China’s Two Sessions, the country’s major annual political meetings, are usually in full swing. The term Two Sessions refers to the gatherings of the National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s

Terry Junior Auchland Andrew, a reporter and anchor for government-owned Antigua and Barbuda Broadcasting Services, has recently gained a deeper understanding of China. “That’s one thing I picked up in all the speeches [from the Chinese leadership]—w

‘The China Development Forum [in Beijing] and the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference [in Hainan Province] will soon get underway, as will the Summer Davos, or the World Economic Forum’s global meeting on innovation, science and technology, i

Let’s face it: it’s a cliché. A foreigner in Beijing who visits the Forbidden City, also known as the Palace Museum today, and snaps a couple of pictures to post on Instagram is a cliché. My own experience, nevertheless, has been anything but. I must