Vol.63/No.14

Beijing Review

China's National English News Weekly

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President: Li Yafang Associate Editors in Chief: Li Jianguo, Ding Zhitao Assistant President: Li Zhenzhou Executive Editor: Yan Wei Associate Executive Editors: Zan Jifang, Liu Yunyun, Ding Ying Production Director: Yao Bin Editorial Administrators:
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Back on Track
The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is now well under control in China, and even in worst-hit Hube iProvince, the lockdown is gradually lifting. However, this doesn’t mean the danger is over. The daily reports by the National Health Commission s
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Virtual Summit
President Xi Jinping attends the Group of 20 Extraordinary Leaders’ Summit on COVID-19 in Beijing on March 26. Guided by the vision of building a community with a shared future for humanity, China will be more than ready to share its good practices a
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Society
A Long March-2C carrier rocket carrying a group of new remote sensing satellites blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province in southwest China on March 24. The satellites have been successfully sent into orbit. Belonging
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Economy
U.S. new materials giant Dow will invest $300 million in Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu Province in east China, in the next five years. Dow signed a memorandum of understanding for collaboration with the Zhangjiagang Free Trade Zone on March 23. The investmen
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World
Pedestrians look at a Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games countdown display in Tokyo on March 25. The Games were postponed by a year due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, according to an agreement between the Japanese Government and the International Olympic C
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PEOPLE & POINTS
Gong Zheng was appointed acting mayor of Shanghai on March 23. He succeeds Ying Yong, who was appointed secretary of the Communist Party of China’s Hubei Provincial Committee. The 60-year-old mayor, a Ph.D. in Economics from Xiamen University in sout
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Pressing The Resume Button
For Lu Dalei, a hairdresser in Beijing, the second day of the second lunar month is normally a busy day as it is a traditional time for the Chinese people to get their first haircut after the Lunar New Year. But not this year. Due to the outbreak of
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Returning To Normal
Daily life has begun to recover in Wuhan in Hubei Province, central China, the Chinese city hardest hit by the novel coronavirus out-break. Local authorities announced on March 24 that outbound travel restrictions would be lifted from April 8 after o
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Loosening The Purse Strings
The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), along with 22 other central ministries and commissions, issued a guideline to promote domestic consumption in mid-March. Following the guideline, several local governments at various levels, from
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Opportunity for A Better World
The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is now a truly global crisis, which has spread from public health to the economy and governance. With more than 460,000 infections reported globally as of March 26 and the fatalities rising, its impact in Euro
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On the Frontline
The overall epidemic situation in China has gradually been stabilized with an increasing rate of recovery among patients across the entire country. “As of March 12, no new indigenous cases had been reported for at least 14 consecutive days in 21 prov
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For a Consensual COVID-19 Reduction Strategy
On March 24, U.S. President Donald Trump asked for medical equipment and test kits in a 23-minute phone call with Moon Jae-in, President of the Republic of Korea (ROK). The call was said to be arranged after an urgent request by Trump. The U.S. presi
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Recession On the Horizon?
In less than a fortnight in March, the U.S. stock market experienced four epic blowouts with sharp falls triggering circuit breakers that temporarily helped prevent a further plunge. The so-called “Trump boom” in the wake of Donald Trump assuming off
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Pathfinder Projects
Each spring, when the cherry blossom season arrived, Ren Chao would be busy receiving tourists visiting the campus of Wuhan University in Hubei Province, central China. But this year, the 36-year-old’s work has changed dramatically. When the novel co
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Retaining Confidence
When German chemical giant BASF started its $10-billion petrochemical project in south China in November 2019, it made news as the smart Verbund project was the first large petrochemical project in China solely owned by foreign investors. The company
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Globalization at A Crossroads
The author is president of the China Institute for Reform and Development The novel coronavirus outbreak has brought severe shocks to global supply and industrial chains. The longer the pandemic lasts, the bigger the impact will be. Some supply chain
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Seeds of Food Security
Ren Zhiguo, a grain farmer who heads a rural cooperative in Zhenlai, a county in Jilin Province, northeast China, described how the novel coronavirus outbreak was giving him sleepless nights. It was time to plant rice but with transport hit by the pa
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Job-Centric Policies to Ensure Economic Recovery
In two recent State Council executive meetings, keeping employment stable was noted as a priority amid efforts to promote economic and social development while ensuring prevention and control of the novel coronavirus pandemic. The travel restrictions
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Numbers
($1=7 yuan) Construction of major infrastructure projects is being sped up to mitigate the economic impact of the novel coronavirus disease. Except for the projects in Hubei Province in central China, work on 89.1 percent of 11,000 key projects had b
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Intermission, Not Curtains
The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic keeping billions of people at home this spring has forced the global film industry into a winter. The 73rd Cannes Film Festival authorities hadn’t announced a new date for the postponed star-studded e
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Should Officials Dine In Restaurants to Boost Consumption?
Restaurants and shops, shut down to contain the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), are now reopening as the situation improves. But the problem is that fear is still making people reluctant to dine out. So to encourage them, senior government offi
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Much More Than Pandas and Hotpot
On my one-week field trip to Chengdu in Sichuan Province, southwest China, in November 2019, the city was bubbling with life, its dishes were tasty, and the business environment felt welcoming. I was most intrigued by the international railway system

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