Beijing Review

The Chinese Year of the Dragon will begin on the day of the Spring Festival, February 10, and last until the next Spring Festival on January 29 next year. The dragon is the fifth of the 12 animal signs that make up the 12-year cycle of the Chinese zo

Veteran actor Chen Daoming was elected chairperson of the China Film Association (CFA) at its 11th national congress on January 30. Born in Tianjin in 1955, Chen began his acting career in the 1980s and has since become one of the most respected acto

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The Year of the Dragon comes with inspiration for fierce creativity, as well as the power to bring big ideas to life. Designer Wang Zijian’s Dragon Out of Water, a creative tea infuser, shines on the wall at the exhibition of the winning works of the

Bond issuances in China totaled 71 trillion yuan ($9.9 trillion) in 2023, up 14.8 percent year on year, according to data from the People’s Bank of China (PBC), the country’s central bank. Treasury bond issuances stood at 11 trillion yuan ($1.5 trill

Guided by our visionary leaders Chairman Mao Zedong and General Charles de Gaulle, China and France broke through the barriers of the Cold War and established diplomatic relations on January 27, 1964. The event constituted “a diplomatic nuclear explo

The Year of the Dragon is named for the fifth animal and the only mythical creature of the Chinese zodiac. A host of creatives have seized the opportunity to ring in the year with their interpretations of the mythical creature through the language of

The ancient Chinese civilization, dating back five millennia, remains a point of reference and a reason for admiration in today’s era. So it makes sense that several Chinese governmental initiatives outline the link between past and present. The Glob

Steadfast Defender 2024, a drill highlighting and honing NATO’s ability to promptly deploy forces from North America and other parts of the alliance to fortify Europe’s defense, officially got underway on January 24. Approximately 90,000 personnel fr

China has recently introduced more than 50 new measures to open up its financial sector, including allowing foreign investors to hold up to 100-percent equity in its banks and insurance institutions. At a press conference on January 25, Xiao Yuanqi,

In the last three years, Ma Huiming has visited some 100 primary boarding schools in rural China, bringing him closer to a significantly large yet often overlooked segment of the country’s population—the roughly 9 million rural primary boarding schoo

When visiting the Forbidden City, also known as the Palace Museum in Beijing, Tsai Shang Lin, a postgraduate student from Fu Jen Catholic University, a private university in New Taipei, a municipality in north Taiwan, China, was excited to pose for p

Yi Qunlin, a 58-year-old construction worker in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, recently received an invitation to join the audience of chunwan, also known as the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, on February 9 in Beijing. Watching the live TV show, which air

After going over her finances, Li Shiru realized she’d spent more on her furry companion than herself during last December’s New Year-themed online shopping festival, founded by Chinese e-commerce behemoth Alibaba—owner of popular shopping platforms

A joyous atmosphere filled the Faxiao’er Temple Fair, taking place in Baoguo Temple in Beijing’s Xicheng District on January 28, with young girls dressed in traditional red hanfu and boys donning red cotton-padded jackets, reminiscent of the children

Do we ever truly realize how lucky we are until we witness the suffering of others? Why do I get to live while my people are suffering? Thoughts like these crossed my mind all the time before I had the chance to come to China. People in Syria lack ac

Twenty foreign publishing houses on January 30 signed a memorandum of understanding with China International Communications Group to jointly translate and publish the fourth volume of Xi Jinping: The Governance of China into several languages. The pu