Beijing Review

President: Li Yafang Editor in Chief: Li Jianguo Associate Editor in Chief: Liu Yunyun Associate President: Gao Dingbo Executive Editor: Yan Wei Production Director: Yao Bin Editor: Wang Hairong Researcher: Lan Xinzhen Editorial Consultants: Elsbeth

Since the emancipation of 1 million serfs in Tibet 64 years ago, residents of the plateau region have become the masters of their house. In old Tibet, serfs accounted for 95 percent of the population. Today, the region has more than 35,000 deputies t

This year, the Chinese Central Government will finance the study of 6,150 medical college students who will work in the country’s less-developed central and western regions, the Ministry of Education announced on May 24. The ministry cited a circular

China’s non-financial outbound direct investment (ODI) rose 26.6 percent year on year to 289.29 billion yuan ($40.9 billion) in the first four months of the year, official data showed. In U.S. dollar terms, the ODI went up 17.6 percent from a year ea

Li Yunze, former Vice Governor of Sichuan Province, has been appointed to head the newly formed National Administration of Financial Regulation (NAFR). Born in Yantai, Shandong Province, in September 1970, Li worked at the China Construction Bank and

‘Click, click, flash, flash. Click, flash, flash, flash, click, click, click. Flash, flash, flash. Gorgeous! Stunning! Absolutely fabulous!” With all the photos being taken around her, had this author not known any better, she would’ve thought to be

Some people living outside China might expect me to comment about the legendary landscapes of Tibet Autonomous Region or about Tibet’s people. Some might even ask me whether I saw the Snowman… When I was a child, my imagination was populated with suc

Diana Vreeland, Editor in Chief of Vogue U.S. from 1962-71, once said, “Fashion is part of the daily air and it changes all the time, with all the events. You can even see the approaching of a revolution in clothes. You can see and feel everything in

Some tin-ear optimists tell us the anti-China rhetoric from the recent Group of Seven (G7) meeting in Hiroshima, Japan, could have been a lot worse. In addition to American President Joe Biden teasing the possibility of an upcoming thaw in China-U.S.

Chinese President Xi Jinping put forward four principles for building a China-Central Asia community with a shared future, namely, mutual assistance, common development, universal security and everlasting friendship, when he delivered a keynote speec

On May 22, the 76th World Health Assembly (WHA) once again refused to include a proposal on “Taiwan’s participation at the WHA as an observer” in its agenda. For the seventh year in a row, the WHA has rejected Taiwan-related proposals, demonstrating

In the eyes of the rest of the world, China is on the way to regaining its place at the center of the global stage and this scenario requires Chinese leaders to have the ambition to think that the future capital city of the world must be located in C

Hiroshima, hometown of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, is also known as the world’s first nuclear attack target in history. From May 19 to 21, the Group of Seven (G7) summit took place in the city. Apart from the more common issues on the agen

Li Juan, a mother of two in Fuping County, Hebei Province, still hopes to wake up one day to find it was all just a bad dream. Three years ago, she took her 10-year-old son to Beijing to undergo major surgery—a liver transplant. Two years ago, she to

The National Administration of Financial Regulation (NAFR), a new watchdog for the country’s financial business, was launched on May 18. This agency replaces the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission, which was established in 2018. It als

Nobel Prize-winning author Mo Yan’s childhood home had an apricot tree in the garden. Whenever the apricots were ripe for the picking, Mo’s grandparents would share them with their oldest and youngest neighbors instead of selling them at the market.

Ever since she was a young girl, Ge Shuhui, from Heze, Shandong Province, had been unhappy with the appearance of her eyes. She believed her monolids—skin folds on the upper eyelids that make it appear that there’s no visible crease line below the br

When Shenzhen was designated a special economic zone in 1980, the idea that the small port town in south China would one day become a megacity seemed a long way off. In the 45 years of China’s reform and opening up, countless people have flocked to t

In a courtyard in Xinsheng Village in Wuzhong City of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, apricot trees are beginning to bear fruit. The fruits are of a special variety that can naturally dry on the trees after they ripen. The dried fruit can sell for mor

Traveling is an adventure that opens up your mind to new experiences, cultures and ways of life. During my study in China, I have had the opportunity to visit several cities in this vast country. Each city has its own unique charm and character. Octo