Vol.66/No.38

Beijing Review

China's National English News Weekly

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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
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The Need For Speed
Indonesian President Joko Widodo (center) enters Halim Station in Jakarta, Indonesia, on September 13. That same day, Widodo rode the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway, a landmark project connecting Indonesia’s capital Jakarta and West Java’s provin
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Economy
China’s exports of new-energy vehicles (NEVs) soared 110 percent year on year to 727,000 units in the first eight months of the year, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers. Exports of fully electric vehicles surged 120 percen
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World
A man takes a close look at the Parthenon Marbles, a collection of stone objects, inscriptions and sculptures, also known as the Elgin Marbles, at the British Museum in London on September 7. With the museum currently embroiled in a theft scandal, ca
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PEOPLE & POINTS
Cofounder Joe Tsai became chairman of the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group on September 10. The Taiwan-born Canadian businessman joined Alibaba in 1999 as a member of the company’s founding team and has served on the board of directors since it
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Society
Courts in 10 provincial-level regions in China set up a collaborative alliance to strengthen judicial protection of national parks in the country on September 12. The alliance includes 10 higher people’s courts, 23 intermediate people’s courts and mo
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Fragrance Of Friendship
Now in her 90s, Mexican academic Flora Botton Beja was one of the first academics in Latin America in the 1960s to focus her research on China. “It has been my life’s work,” she told Xinhua News Agency. In the mid-1960s, she was awarded a UNESCO scho
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Cultures In Concert
In traditional Chinese culture, orchids are known as the “flower of the gentleman” and recognized as a symbol of virtue. At the same time, orchids, with their diversity and beauty, are widely distributed, and appreciated by people all around the worl
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Uniting a Divided Group?
The widely anticipated 18th Group of 20 (G20) Summit in New Delhi, India, concluded on September 10 and issued a joint declaration. Overall, the gathering made some unexpected progress but failed to address the already dysfunctional global governance
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Neo-Imperialism on Xinjiang
In recent years, the United States’ China policy has been looking increasingly like a recreation of its Cold War policies of years gone by. It is falling into a morbid obsession with China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Specifically, the enactme
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Envoys of Character
On September 8, 10 awardees from around the world received special golden-colored orchids in Beijing. What they proudly took away were trophies in the shape of the celebrated flower. Initiated by China International Communications Group, a Beijing-ba
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Reunification Across the Straits
The island of Taiwan had been part of China’s dynastic history for almost two millennia. The earliest references that document the development of Taiwan by the Chinese people are found in a book written in the year 230. Starting from the Song Dynasty
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BRICS And The Decline Of American Exceptionalism
By the end of the BRICS summit that took place from August 22 to 24 in South Africa, the BRICS group, an acronym for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, had added six new members: Argentina, Ethiopia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab E
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Counterbalance or Copycat?
On September 9, at the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment (PGII) event during the Group of 20 Summit in New Delhi, India, leaders of the U.S., India, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, France, Germany, Italy and the European Un
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Quality Over Quantity
President Xi Jinping set a new goal during his inspection visit to Heilongjiang Province, northeast China, from September 6 to 8: to integrate the resources of technological innovation and pioneer the development of strategic emerging industries and
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The Final Countdown
Old habits die hard. With a passion for supersize sports events and the 19th Asian Games just around the corner, photographer Lu Baoquan does what he’s been doing for decades—grab his camera and head out to capture the excitement humming through the
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Zeroing In
‘The 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27) in November 2022 concluded with a historic decision to establish and operationalize a loss and damage fund, but it made little progress raising c
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BRICS Brightens Business
Xiamen, a coastal city in Fujian Province, southeast China, was hit by a typhoon in early September, but as sunshine arrived in town once again on September 8, so did the 23rd edition of the China International Fair for Investment and Trade (CIFIT).
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Gate to Gateway
When an airliner from Beijing rumbled down the tarmac at Xiangxi Biancheng Airport in Hunan Province in central China around 10 a.m. on August 18, it brought excitement to local residents, many of whom have never even been on a plane. It was the firs
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Warming the Welcome
After adjusting its COVID-19 response measures in late 2022, China resumed granting tourist visas to international visitors on March 15. However, in the six months since then, the number of inbound tourists has no where near rebounded to pre-pandemic
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An Unlikely ‘Marriage’
Kweichow Moutai, a high-end liquor that is a staple of sumptuous Chinese banquets, may not necessarily be young peoples’ cup of tea, but it has recently found its way into their cups of coffee. On September 4, domestic coffee chain Luckin Coffee and
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From Artifacts to Anecdotes
In its cyan expanse, one finds the essence of clouds dissipating after a refreshing rain, while in its blush hues, the spirit of riverbank maple leaves in their vibrant grace—this is a poetic description given by a netizen to a porcelain cup from the
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Breaking Out of The Box
China Fashion Week 2024 Spring/Summer stomped down the Beijing catwalk from September 7 to 16. Staging more than 130 fashion events during the week, the incorporation of traditional Chinese elements appeared to be the red thread running throughout th
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Spearheading Sustainable Agriculture
In late July this year, I participated in a field trip organized by the China Agricultural University (CAU) for both African and Chinese students. I was fortunate to be one of the 11 African students selected for this enlightening experience. The fir

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