Vol.65/No.8

Beijing Review

China's National English News Weekly

Beijing Review2 min readPoverty & Homelessness
Employment Matters Most
The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MOHRSS) launched a nationwide campaign to provide employment services to migrant workers, low-income groups and different employers with labor needs. Running from January 21 to March 31, this is on
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A Spot Of Sports
Children from a kindergarten in Hefei, capital of Anhui Province, take a try at floor curling on February 16. The kindergarten set up different games like floor curling and floor hockey on the first day of the new semester, giving the kids a chance t
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Society
With the completion of the branch line for the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Beijing 2022, the capital city’s rail-transit system had expanded to 27 lines by late 2021, running more than 10,000 trains and transporting nearly 10 million passenge
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Economy
The consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 0.9 percent year on year in January, down from the 1.5-percent increase a month ago, the National Bureau of Statistics said on February 16. A breakdown showed that food prices dropped 3.
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World
The Angel of Independence monument in Mexico City is lit up in Chinese red on February 14 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of China-Mexico diplomatic relations A performer gives flowers to the audience at the Battle of the Flowe
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Business Blending
During the seven-day Spring Festival holiday this year, which started on January 31, many Beijing residents chose to enjoy themselves in bookstores; but not just to uncover the latest in literature. PageOne Bookstore at Beijing Fun, a commercial and
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Leaving a New Legacy
With the Olympic flame dancing to the drums of the Chinese Year of the Tiger, the Beijing 2022 Games—the first-ever Winter Olympics held in China and its second Olympics after hosting the 2008 Summer Games—concluded on February 20, to be followed by
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Why China’s Government Succeeds
The great revolutionary and philosopher Thomas Paine wrote on the eve of the American Revolution in 1776 that “these are the times that try men’s souls.” He might as well have been talking about the global challenges mankind faces today. The latest e
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Breaking the Shackles of Private Prisons
Private prisons in the United States have long been the topic of controversy, for example over their role in housing undocumented immigrants and asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border. Several states have banned them, some banks have vowed to stop
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Sharp As A Steel Trap
On February 7, the U.S. and Japan inked an agreement, allowing Japanese steel products to enter the American market without the application of the Section 232 tariffs introduced by former President Donald Trump. The presidential orders imposed a 25-p
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Friends, Not Allies
Roughly 170 official representatives from nearly 70 countries and international organizations attended the opening ceremony of the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 on February 4. Among them were heads of state and government, leaders of internationa
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Of Skis and Skates
At least once a week, Xiao Lei takes his 7-year-old twins to ice hockey training in Haidian District in Beijing, host of the 2022 Olympic Winter Games. “My boys have a lot of energy so this sport suits them,” the father told Beijing Review, adding th
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Baking Up a Storm
For some athletes, 17 is the age to make their Olympic debut. But for Chinese snowboarder Zhang Jiahao, it is the age at which he first took up the sport. Born in Beijing in 1995, Zhang had worked as a baker before becoming a professional snowboarder
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From Rink to Theater
What to do after exiting the athletic arena is a question many retired athletes ask themselves, including Chinese figure skating pair and two-time world champions Pang Qing and Tong Jian. Coaching is the usual go-to. But the partners-turned-couple ar
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A Star Is Born
Before the Spring Festival, on February 1 this year, nobody could have imagined Bing Dwen Dwen, the roly-poly panda mascot of the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022, would become a breakout star. The chubby lucky charm wearing a transparent shell made
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Pitch Perfect
It was percussionist Li Zhuowen’s first appearance on Guoyue Dadian, a reality competition and grand celebration of China’s national music scene. The show’s hashtag has garnered nearly 300 million views on social media platform Weibo. And Li chose to
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Stepping Out of The Shadows
The sounds of gongs and drums fade into the background as figurines made from animal skins suddenly come to life behind a screen, spinning and jumping, telling children’s stories or grown-up tales of love and hate; call it a movie projection avant la
Beijing Review1 min readRegional & Ethnic
Lit With Tradition
The Lantern Festival falls on the 15th day of the first month in the traditional Chinese calendar—or February 15 this year. Marking the end of the Chinese New Year celebrations, the day fades into the first full moon of the year. People started celeb
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Breaking Boundaries and Setting Records
The Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 officially launched on February 4, with Beijing hosting this year’s edition. With a total of 109 medal events across 15 disciplines, athletes from around the world gathered to compete in a mix of sports including
Beijing Review6 min readSocial Science
Cover Story Flexing The Job Muscle
Soon after graduation, Wu Mengwei, an electronic and information engineering major, followed his passion and became a writer contributing to online novel websites. He usually works five to six hours every night and jots down some 4,000 to 6,000 words
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PEOPLE & POINTS
Xu Mengtao claimed the women’s aerials freestyle skiing gold medal at the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 on February 14. The four-time Olympian received 108.61 points for her final jump with three somersaults, which had a degree of difficulty of 4
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