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 Editors: Wang Hairong, Zhang Shasha, Lu Yan Researcher: Lan Xinzhen Editoria

On January 1, 1979, China and the United States officially established diplomatic relations based on the principle of seeking common ground while reserving differences. Forty-five years on, this principle still rings true. Over the past decades, both

The Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee hosted a conference at the Great Hall of the People on December 26, 2023, to commemorate the 130th anniversary of the birth of former state leader Mao Zedong. Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the C

Total profits of enterprises under direct regulation of the State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) of the State Council, commonly known as central state-owned enterprises (SOEs), reached 2.4 trillion yuan ($336 billion)

Veteran central banker Lu Lei has been appointed deputy governor of the People’s Bank of China (PBC). He is the third new senior official to join the central bank’s top management team, which consists of a governor and five deputy governors, since Ju

In 1977, the resumption of the national college entrance examination (or gaokao in Chinese) after the tumultuous era of what is referred to as the “Cultural Revolution” (1966-76) marked a seminal moment in China’s history. It was against this stirrin

As Xi Jinping, then Vice President of China, prepared for high-stakes meetings in the United States, a top Chinese diplomat lamented the “trust deficit” between the nations and said both sides “must give full attention” to “nurturing and deepening mu

In a move that showed both countries’ keenness to expand air travel after the COVID-19 pandemic, in turn reflecting an implicit eagerness to up mutually beneficial cooperation, China and the United States increased the number of direct regular passen

The annual Central Rural Work Conference, which outlines the Chinese Government’s measures to promote development in rural areas in the coming year, took place in Beijing on December 19-20, 2023. The event’s tradition has taken shape since the late 1

In the dark of night, the smartphone of a resident surnamed Qin in Bonan-Dongxiang-Salar Autonomous County of Jishishan in Gansu Province received an earthquake alert. The time was 11: 58 p.m. The date was December 18, 2023. It was one minute before

Like clockwork, every year around December 25, a heated debate has been taking over Chinese social media in the past half decade or so. The hot topic: Should the Chinese celebrate Christmas or not? Opponents, or naysayers, believe that Chinese people

A physical education class got underway at a resort in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, on December 19, 2023. During the off-campus lesson, students from Miaoergou Middle School went skiing, supervised by instructors working at the Silk Road

After a long day’s work, Lisa Gao, a programmer at a Beijing-based tech company, often immerses herself in the fantasy world of online gaming. Her favorite game is Genshin Impact, an open-world action role-playing game developed by Chinese game compa

Watching Hollywood blockbusters in throngs and with bags of popcorn in arms used to be a kind of coming-of-age party for Chinese millennials, who spent their childhood and teenage years admiring the mighty cohort of American superheroes and secret ag

During his concert tour across seven Chinese cities in December 2023, Steve Barakatt, a Canadian-Lebanese composer and pianist, performed a piece titled Riding Around the Forbidden City every night. The Forbidden City, formally known as the Palace Mu

Envision yourself journeying along the ancient Silk Road, where the air is filled with the harmonious melody of camel bells, the enticing aroma of sizzling spices and the rising steam from cauldrons. In this rich tapestry, merchants barter not only f