Beijing Review

The 19th Asian Games wrapped up in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, on October 8. The 16-day event brought together more than 12,000 athletes from 45 Asian countries and regions to engage in exchange, build friendships and outdo themselves. During the Ga

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In an ongoing crackdown on telecom fraud originating from northern Myanmar and affecting Chinese citizens, 706 more suspects have been transferred from Myanmar to Chinese custody, the Ministry of Public Security announced on October 9. The suspects,

China’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) recorded an increase in activities in the third quarter of this year (Q3), industrial data showed. The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Index, based on a survey of 3,000 SMEs from eight major

Industry veteran Wang Zhiqing was appointed as chairman of China Eastern Airlines, one of the country’s top three airlines, the company announced on October 9. Wang, 57, has spent most of his career in the aviation industry. He became deputy administ

The 16-day 19th Asian Games wrapped up on the night of October 8 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. The event was marked by moments of tears and laughter, athleticism and sportsmanship, as well as the aspiration for friendship. Rather than bidding farew

China Evergrande Group, a debtbeleaguered property developer, said in a September 28 statement to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, where it is listed, that the company’s Chairman and Executive Director Xu Jiayin, also known as Hui Ka Yan, has been subje

In early October, the bipartisan congressional delegation’s visit to China, led by United States Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, probably did not receive much attention from the American public compared with the breaking domestic news that Kevi

The world is moving ever closer toward greater multipolarity, economic globalization and cultural diversity, becoming increasingly information-orientated in the process. Countries today are more frequently connected and closely interdependent than at

In a white paper released during a press conference on September 26, China outlined its proposals for solving some of the world’s most pressing challenges. Titled A Global Community of Shared Future: China’s Proposals and Actions, the white paper was

This year’s combined Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holiday in China, from September 29 to October 6, saw a surge in the number of couples holding wedding ceremonies. Xu Dong, who received his master’s degree this June and now works at a public

Carl Crook, is a 74-year-old British-Canadian born in Beijing, who speaks Chinese as one of his native languages and has a deep appreciation for Chinese culture. He was among a group of eight foreign experts invited for an inside look at Glamorous Ch

As president of the Nepal Entrepreneurs Society and a young entrepreneur himself, Khagendra Acharya has been dedicated to seeking business opportunities for aspiring entrepreneurs worldwide. In September, during his fifth visit to China, Acharya had

Health is fundamental to personal development and societal progress. On September 22 and 23, Beijing’s Daxing District hosted a conference on Intelligent Computing Medicine. Experts and scholars from around the world congregated with the aim of advan

In one of the diplomatic complexes facing the Liangma River in Beijing is the Embassy of Bolivia, where Mauricio Belmonte welcomed me with a warm smile and the soft and slow cadence so typical of the highland nation. Belmonte’s three periods in China

Beginning during Autumn Equinox and ending during Cold Dew, the Hangzhou Asian Games spanned two of China’s traditional solar terms. The 24 solar terms that make up the Chinese calendar were invented in ancient times to mark the passing of the season

In 2009, I came to Shanghai from Iran. My fate in China began with a car accident in which my friend injured his hand. Although it could not be cured by Western medicine, it was cured through acupuncture. The effectiveness of the treatment led me to