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

Nearly 2,000 delegates from over 60 countries and regions attended the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2024. Held in the resort town of Boao, Hainan Province, on March 26-29, the conference focused on the theme Asia and the World: Common

China unveiled comprehensive reform and development guidelines to promote youth soccer on March 25. The guidelines were released jointly by 12 departments, including the General Administration of Sport, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Fina

Profits of China’s major industrial firms increased 10.2 percent year on year in the first two months of the year, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed. The figure reversed the 2.3-percent decline registered in 2023, the NBS said.

Yang Siqi is set to make history as China’s first female surfer at the Olympic Games in Paris 2024. The 15-year-old secured her Olympic spot at the recent World Surfing Games (WSG) in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. This achievement ensures her place among the

China and Honduras celebrated the first anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations on March 26. In a recent interview with China Hoy, a Spanish monthly published by CICG Americas, Chinese Ambassador to Honduras Yu Bo said over the past

Since last year, concerns about risks in the Chinese market have dampened investors’ expectations. The government work report delivered by Chinese Premier Li Qiang on March 5 has set an economic growth target of around 5 percent for this year and put

China’s state-owned enterprises (SOEs) have established over 8,000 institutions and projects in more than 180 countries and regions worldwide, employing roughly 1.25 million people abroad. Established in 1983, China Nonferrous Metal Mining Group Co.

Apple Inc. opened a new flagship store in Jing’an District, Shanghai, on March 21, the largest of the company’s retail stores in China and second only to its largest one in New York City. Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, was present on the day to open the sto

The March 22 terrorist attack in Moscow killed at least 143 people, including three children, and wounded 180 more. The massacre erupted minutes before the Russian rock band Picnic was due to perform, with terrorists using guns, grenades and incendia

After cohosting the Seventh China-Australia Foreign and Strategic Dialogue in Canberra on March 20 with Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and Chinese Foreign Minister, Penny Wong, Austr

People listening, people talking, people standing on tiptoes to get a clear view of the keynote speakers… This was the scene that unfolded at the venue of the China Development Forum in Beijing on March 24. Economists and business leaders from China

U.S. tech giant Apple Inc. continues to invest in China, the company’s CEO Tim Cook said during the China Development Forum (CDF) in Beijing on March 24. Cook also noted how Chinese suppliers have contributed to the iPhone maker’s carbon-neutral goal

In 1993, American political scientist Samuel Huntington proposed a theory that people’s cultural and religious identities will be the primary source of conflict in the post-Cold War world. More than 30 years after Huntington’s article expounding the

A recent criminal case has thrust the issue of juvenile delinquency into the spotlight in China, provoking public outrage. On March 10, in Handan City in Hebei Province, a 13-year-old middle school student was brutally murdered by three male classmat

In recent years, prices of freshly made bakery products have been surging. A netizen from Beijing complained that she spends at least 100 yuan ($13.9) for just a few baked goods every time she visits a bakery. At the same time, bread and cakes that a

‘Cheesy but captivating.” “Addictive.”—These are among the most frequent comments made by netizens on microdramas, a new video entertainment format increasing in popularity online. For many Internet users, microdramas, with their episodes lasting jus