Vol.67/No.36

Beijing Review

China's National English News Weekly

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Exploration Vacation
Despite sweltering heat in most parts of the country, summer has traditionally been a high travel season in China, and one largely fueled by students taking a break from their schoolwork. In recent years, with overall living standards on the rise, de
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President: Li Yafang Associate Editor in Chief: Liu Yunyun Vice Presidents: He Peng, Gao Dingbo Content Supervisor: Yu Shujun Executive Editor: Yan Wei Production Director: Yao Bin Editors: Wang Hairong, Zhang Shasha, Lu Yan Researcher: Lan Xinzhen
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Twin Deliveries
The Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China Ltd. (COMAC) delivers two C919 planes, China’s first domestically produced large passenger aircraft, to Air China and China Southern Airlines at COMAC’s manufacturing center in Shanghai on August 28. This was th
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Economy
The China Securities Index company said on August 27 that a new stock index, the CSI A500, will be formally released on September 23. The index will track 500 securities with large market value and good liquidity, and reflect the overall stock perfor
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World
Team China enters the stadium during the Parade of Nations as part of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Summer Games Opening Ceremony at the Place de la Concorde in Paris on August 28 A man cycles past the Palazzo del Cinema on Lido Island, Venice, on August
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Society
The Global Sustainable Transport Forum 2024 will be held in Beijing on September 25-26, the Ministry of Transport said on August 28. The forum, themed Sustainable Transport: Logistics Connecting the World, aims to foster global cooperation and promot
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PEOPLE & POINTS
Women’s wheelchair fencer Gu Haiyan and men’s powerlifter Qi Yongkai carried the flag for the Chinese Paralympic delegation at the opening ceremony of the 17th Paralympic Summer Games in Paris, France, on August 28. Gu, a Paralympic champion, clinche
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A Hot Season For Tourism
Huang Lu, a resident of Chengdu, capital of Sichuan Province, took her children to pick wild mushrooms in the mountains of Ya’an, a city in Sichuan’s west, during the recently concluded summer vacation. “The round trip took just four hours, and we we
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Classroom Under The Canopy
During the recently concluded summer vacation, students from Beijing’s Daxing No.1 Middle School discovered their city, one of China’s most populous, is also home to many large forest ecosystems. On a two-day visit to the Xiaolongmen National Forest
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Forging a Shared Future
China-Latin America cooperation has made significant progress over the last decade. In 2014, Chinese President Xi Jinping’s proposal for building “a community with a shared future between China and Latin America and the Caribbean” breathed new life i
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Beyond Green
What role will Chinese trade and investment play in Latin America’s climate and sustainability efforts, particularly in Chile? To address this question, let’s explore an unconventional comparison through two recent science fiction films—one from Chin
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A Solution for Global Human Rights Governance
The Chinese Government is increasingly championing social and economic rights, an area demoted by the West and in which China has achieved authority through its economic success over recent decades. Accordingly, China’s position enjoys significant su
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Broken Rules, Broken Lives
As we observe the 75th anniversary of the adoption of the 1949 Geneva Conventions (hereinafter referred to as the Conventions), which are deemed the most essential treaties in international humanitarian law as they provide a widely accepted and compr
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Candid, Substantive, Constructive
The latest round of China-U.S. strategic communication was held in Beijing from August 27 to 28. Director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs Wang Yi conducted candid, substantive and constructive discussions with visiting U.S
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Committing to a Globalized Labor Market
As China’s economy continues to grow, an increasing number of overseas professionals are opting to work in the country. At the same time, China’s demand for international talent, ranging from language teachers to scientists, is also on the rise. At t
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An Uncertain Future
Israeli forces and Lebanon’s Hezbollah military group engaged in extensive exchanges of fire on the morning of August 25 along the Israel-Lebanon border, marking an escalation in their longstanding conflict. In a statement on the Telegram messaging a
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Exchanges For A Change
This past summer was memorable for Nguyen Bao Chan, a senior from the Academy of Journalism and Communication in Hanoi, Viet Nam. He spent his summer participating in a program in Wuhan, Hubei Province, focusing on sustainable development and global
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Echoes of Spring
In the spring of 1979, an elderly man drew a circle by the South China Sea… China entered a spring of renewed wonders… These are the lyrics to the song The Story of Spring, a melody familiar to every Chinese and of which most can hum a few lines. The
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Business Beyond Borders
Xiamen in southeast China’s Fujian Province is one of Danijel Nikolic’s favorite cities, not just in China, but worldwide. As assistant secretary general of the government of Serbia, Nikolic has visited Xiamen twice, attending the China International
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Monkey Business!
Sun Wukong, the legendary Monkey King known for his ability to transform into 72 different shapes, travel vast distances instantly on a cloud, and battle a myriad of monsters and demons, is a character deeply ingrained in the childhood memories of ne
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Connecting Continents
In April 1899, 125 years ago, the first 790 Japanese arrived at the port of Callao, the principal seaport of Peru in South America, aboard the Sakuramaru, after a long journey from the port of Yokohama in Japan. This milestone was the beginning of Ni
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Robo Revolution
The 2024 World Robot Conference took place in Beijing from August 21 to 25. Over 600 products from 169 companies were showcased, including more than 60 newly launched items and 27 humanoid robots. The concurrent robot competition highlighted technolo
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A Wild Trek Through History
Have you ever imagined what it would be like to climb the Great Wall of China? Everyone knows the Great Wall is long, but just how long is it? Stretching along approximately 21,196 km, its sheer scale is mind-boggling, especially considering that it

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