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Neighbors, Partners and Friends
At the China-Central Asia Summit on May 18-19 in Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, leaders exchanged views on institution building, cooperation and major international and regional issues, drawing a new blueprint for China-Central Asia relations. This is the
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Running In The Sky
The Optics Valley sky train, a self-driving suspended monorail, runs in Wuhan, Hubei Province, on May 9. After undergoing testing, the train is now in trial operation. Through a fiber optic system on the train, the temperature of the track and cables
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Society
There have been no new cases of Kashin-Beck disease (KBD) in Tibet Autonomous Region since 2018 and all 54 risk areas in the region have eliminated the endemic, local health authorities said on May 17. KBD is an endemic disease of the joints, common
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Economy
China fully returned to normal social and economic operation in April, with multiple output and demand indicators registering faster growth, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed. Value-added industrial output went up 5.6 percent y
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World
Protestors rally in front of the headquarters of Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) in Tokyo on May 16, demanding the immediate suspension of the government’s plan to discharge into the sea the nuclear-contaminated water from the crippled Fukushima Dai
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A Meeting Of Solidarity
Some 2,100 years ago, Zhang Qian, a diplomat of the Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-A.D. 220), set off from Chang’ an, now known as Xi’an, capital of Shaanxi Province in northwest China, to visit regions including parts of Central Asia as a royal envoy. His mi
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Stronger Links With Central Asia
From the planned China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan Railway to ongoing cultural exchanges, Central Asian countries are engaging in closer cooperation with China. In an interview with Beijing Review ahead of the China-Central Asia Summit taking place in the
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Ancient Crossing, Modern Trade
Khorgas, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, is a microcosm of China’s trade with Central Asia and beyond. The Silk Road trading post is now a major land port with Kazakhstan. The Belt and Road Initiative, proposed by China in 2013 to boost connectivit
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Win-Win and Its Historical And Cultural Contexts
Chinese leaders often assert the need to foster win-win solutions when promoting domestic and international policymaking, including policies related to trade. Some critics, especially those who normalize zero-sum approaches, reject win-win as wishful
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Sharing a Common Future
Many say that when China grows, the world grows. Even during COVID-19, China had very significant growth. Remember that in the first year of the pandemic, it was the only major economy that had growth and, furthermore, in that difficult moment it dis
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An Ordinary Discovery
Vice President of Content at Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific and reputed documentary filmmaker, Vikram Channa, first set foot on Chinese soil in 2001 and has since shot more than 300 films in and around the country. “The people’s stories are quite po
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A Dangerous Path
The trilateral relationship among the U.S., Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK), which aims to strengthen American dominance and promote a new cold war mentality against China, is deteriorating regional situation in 2023. Despite the fact that the
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Debt Ceiling Held Hostage
One block away from Times Square in Manhattan, New York City, is the famous National Debt Clock, a billboard-sized digital counter that shows the U.S. gross national debt and each American family’s share in real time. Since it was installed on Februa
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Still a Developing Country
In late March, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill requiring the Department of State to work to remove China’s classification as a developing country in international organizations. The move aims to strip China of key support offered to a
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From Three to One
Thirtyish entrepreneur Deng Zhao’s experience is typical of those living in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei Province. Born in Cangzhou, Hebei, he went to college at Tsinghua University in Beijing before starting his own business in Tianjin. Now he commute
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Joint Development
In 2022, Chengdu, capital of Sichuan Province in southwest China, was voted the most livable city in China for the 14th consecutive year in a survey conducted by Oriental Outlook, a Shanghai-based news weekly. When young adults are tired of highly co
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Preserving the Past
Ancient villages are receiving increasing recognition as repositories of traditional Chinese culture, and authorities are placing increasing importance on their protection and utilization. China has inscribed a total of 8,155 traditional villages to
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The Framer of Time
An inaccurate watch is wrong every second, but it can still be put to good use. People stop their watches to mark major moments. A bereaved husband stopped his watch, a present from his wife’s parents, at the time of his beloved wife’s death. He then
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Thirty Years In Space
An exhibition at the National Museum of China in Beijing offers a glimpse of the long way the country’s manned space program has come over the past three decades. On display are models of the Long March carrier rockets and the Tianhe core module of t
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An Ode to Shared Values
On Mother’s Day, May 14 this year, Beijing resident Ni Hui watched a program with her son at the National Theater of China (NTC) in Xicheng District of Beijing. The program, An Ode to Mothers, consists of 15 poems or short prose pieces recited to mus
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An Emerging Research Hub
China is now the center of global attraction for science and technology innovation and is a great example for others of a country’s magical development in a short time. While talking about China and its recent progress, I usually describe this countr
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PEOPLE & POINTS
Zhang Jinyuan, 94, has recently received the 2023 International Achievement Award from the Florence Nightingale International Foundation, the International Council of Nurses’ premier foundation. As one of the most prestigious honors in global nursing

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