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

China’s ongoing nationwide anti-corruption campaign in the medical sector has drawn public attention. This campaign began in May when 14 departments, including the National Health Commission (NHC), jointly issued a notice to eliminate improper practi

China has initiated another campaign of special operations to crack down on online copyright infringement and piracy nationwide. The campaign, set to run from August to November, was launched by the National Copyright Administration in collaboration

China will put in place a preliminary technological system covering all key industries of the manufacturing sector by 2025, according to a guideline unveiled on August 29. The guideline was released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technol

Chinese basketball star Yi Jianlian announced his retirement from a 21-year professional career on August 29. Yi, 35, began his professional journey in 2002. He clinched seven Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) titles with the Guangdong Southern Ti

Washington’s aggressive posture of global belligerence is alarming many in the Asia-Pacific region. In July, for the first time since the 1980s, the United States deployed a nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarine to the Republic of Korea (ROK). Th

In recent years, the United States has disregarded internationally recognized trade rules and arbitrarily used its hegemony to stifle China’s hi-tech industrial development under the pretext of security. In the hi-tech sector, it not only imposes res

This year is the 30th anniversary of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action (Vienna Declaration) adopted by the World Conference on Human Rights held by the United Nations in Vienna, Austria. At present, humans are at a historical crossroads.

Several adjusted policies boosted China’s A-share market on August 28. On that day, the Ministry of Finance and the State Taxation Administration halved the stamp duty on stock trading from 0.1 percent to 0.05 percent, while the China Securities Regu

Back in early July, Daniel Russel, Vice President for International Security and Diplomacy at U.S. think tank Asia Society Policy Institute, warned that the United States and China “have to make up for lost time” in an interview with Beijing Review.

Along with the resumption of high-level contact between China and the United States in the past few months, communication and interaction between the two nations’ think tanks have also gained momentum with support from governments of both countries.

Pang Caiyun, a 59-year-old retired teacher from Baiyin, Gansu Province in northwest China, chose to continue working after retirement. Four years ago, she went to teach at a rural primary school around 300 km away in Tianshui, another city in Gansu.

Fact: About 41.1 percent of Chinese men are overweight or obese, compared with 27.7 percent of Chinese women, according to a study published on August 17 in the medical journal Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, English-language newspaper China Daily

Only a few decades ago, the Shiyang River basin in the Hexi Corridor, part of the ancient Silk Road in northwest China, was threatened by expanding deserts. In an arid environment with scarce water resources, overcropping exacerbated the problem. In

Hangzhou City, the capital of Zhejiang Province in east China known for its picturesque beauty, is home to the Lingyin Temple, one of China’s most famous ancient Buddhist monasteries. Located in the hills of the Wulin Mountains, the temple is surroun