Vol.66/No.40/41

Beijing Review

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Fired Up!
Chinese Olympic swimming champion Wang Shun and a digital torchbearer jointly light the cauldron during the opening ceremony of the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province in east China, on September 23. The two-hour ceremony used digital tec
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Economy
China and the United States have decided to establish two working groups in the economic field, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) announced on September 22. The move is to follow through on the important common understandings reached between the presiden
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World
A pavilion-shaped Mid-Autumn Festival lantern on display at the Gardens by the Bay in Singapore on September 21. The festival fell on September 29 this year Firefighters work to contain a wildfire in the Serra do Coco forest area in Riachao das Neves
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PEOPLE & POINTS
Sha Xiaolan, chief director and chief producer of the opening ceremony of the 19th Asian Games, said the ceremony, held on September 23 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, “took one step further” than expected. “Through the various chapters of the perfor
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Global Voices
China has presented several initiatives and proposals to tackle global challenges. At first, President Xi Jinping raised the Belt and Road Initiative to build a trade and infrastructure network along and beyond the ancient Silk Road routes. The initi
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Society
The fourth Qingdao Multinationals Summit is scheduled to take place from October 10 to 12 in Qingdao, Shandong Province in east China, amid the country’s efforts to promote high-quality opening up. Themed Multinational Corporations and China, the sum
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The Bri And Its Numerous Two-way Routes
At the end of 2013, President Xi Jinping presented the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road, later called the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The BRI is a proposal to boost economic development through investment in infrast
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A Bird’s Eye View
Peter Koenig, a Swiss geopolitical analyst based in China, is a former World Bank senior economist and a non-resident senior fellow with the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University of China, a Beijing-based think tank. In an ex
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Taking The Initiative
The growing traction of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a China-proposed initiative to boost connectivity along and beyond the ancient Silk Road routes, across the world after a decade-long implementation is in itself a good testament to its rele
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A Pakistani Perspective
China is known for its skill, inspiration and innovation. The Chinese people, the followers of thinkers and philosophers like Confucius (551-476 B.C.), are recognized in the global community as a collective of brilliant minds and progressive ideas. C
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Belt And Road: Up And Up
What has the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) contributed to global development? How does the BRI fit into the bigger picture of globalization today? Beijing Review reporter Tao Xing spoke to Maria Adele Carrai, an assistant professor of
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On the Ball
The 19th Asian Games, or Asiad, a jamboree in the form of sporting events, are unfolding in Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang Province in east China, from September 23 to October 8, providing a platform for the intermingling of Asian civilizations, and i
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Connecting The Dots
Ten years ago, what began as a dream of the Chinese Government has evolved across various parts of the world into a key catalyst for job creation and poverty eradication, resulting in economic growth and development. As the Belt and Road Initiative (
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Decoded: The New York Times’ China Discourse
In the annals of American political history, few figures loom as large or leave as tragic a legacy as Lee Atwater, the mastermind behind a narrative strategy that used Willie Horton, a black convicted murderer, as the centerpiece of a controversial a
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Enriching Rights for a Shared Future
Is there a universal definition of human rights? Yes and no. Even the widely agreed upon document on human rights, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the UN General Assembly during its 183rd plenary meeting in Paris, France, in Dece
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Food for Thought
Pre-made dishes have recently come under the spotlight in China, with their increasing use igniting heated discussions about their nutrition and safety. There are four types of pre-made food: ready-to-eat food, meaning food that can be eaten directly
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Guardians of Mogao Caves
Journalist Pamela Tobey and her companions entered the first of the Mogao Caves illuminated solely by the guide’s flashlight and the slivers of sunlight that slanted in from the opening and pierced the cavernous darkness. Despite the limited visibili
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New Horizons
Following in the footsteps of ancient Chinese navigator Zheng He, Chinese Nobel Literature Prize winner Mo Yan arrived in Kenya in late July. “When Zheng and his fleet landed in the area of Kenya some 600 years ago, he saw giraffes and mistook them f
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Setting the Tempo
On the evening of September 10, the Chinese version of the Italian opera Rigoletto took to the stage of the Xiamen Jiageng Theater in Fujian Province, southeast China. Chinese lyrics helped the audience, especially those coming to the opera for the f
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Exploiting Empathy
The Daliang Mountains area, or Daliangshan, in the southwestern province of Sichuan features a harmonious blend of nature and culture, which makes the place reputed as an idyllic paradise. However, while nature bestows upon this region breathtaking b
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10 Brisk Years, 10 BRI Events
• On September 7 and October 3, 2013, in Kazakhstan and Indonesia, respectively, Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed the development of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road. Today, this mega undertaking is known to th
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A Touch of Silk
Artworks from five continents are on display at the National Art Museum of China in Beijing as part of an exhibition celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative, a China-proposed initiative to boost connectivity along and beyond
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The Case of College Graduation and the English Exam: Time to Decouple?
As of September 1, Xi’an Jiaotong University, a renowned higher learning institution based in Xi’an, Shaanxi Province in northwest China, no longer considers scores or participation in China’s College English Test Band 4 (CET-4) and Band 6 (CET-6) a
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The Road Traveled
Smooth and comfortable—that’s Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s description of his train-taking experience on a super-sleek, silver-bodied high-speed train decorated with a flash of red, after arriving at Padalarang Station in West Java Province, In
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Ties That Bind
The Third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, a major diplomatic event in Beijing in October, will gather representatives from around the world for discussions on topics ranging from the digital economy to green development. During his

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