Innholdsfortegnelse for Vol.64/No.28 i Beijing Review

At the ceremony marking the centenary of the Communist Party of China’s (CPC’s) founding on July 1, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the People’s Republic of China, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, declared on behalf of the Party and the people that through the continued efforts of the Party and the nation at large, China has realized its first centenary goal of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects. This means that the Chinese nation has produced a historic resolution to the problem of absolute poverty in China, and is now marching with confident strides toward the CPC’s second centenary goal of turning China into a great modern socialist country. “If you want wealth, build roads first!” This is a conclusion…

Circular Economy A resource recycling system will see its basic establishment in China by 2025, according to a five-year plan released by the National Development and Reform Commission on July 7. The plan specified that the country’s energy and water consumption per 10,000 yuan ($1,540) of GDP will be lowered by about 13.5 percent and 16 percent, respectively, by the year from the 2020 levels. Efficiency of resource utilization will be greatly improved throughout the five-year period, with the circular economy playing a bigger role in ensuring resource security, read the document. The amount of waste paper and scrap steel utilized is expected to reach 60 million tons and 320 million tons, respectively, by the end of the timeframe, while the industrial output value of the resource recycling industry will…

Mark Levine, a sociologist with Minzu University of China, was invited to attend two major events marking the centenary of the Communist Party of China (CPC), including the grand gathering at the Tiananmen Square on July 1. He is also the author of an upcoming book entitled Singing My China Stories to the World. In an interview with Beijing Review reporter Li Nan, Levine shared his views on President Xi Jinping’s recent declaration that China has built a moderately prosperous society in all respects. This is an edited excerpt of his views: The thing that impressed me most was that The Internationale was the first song at the gala at the Bird’s Nest and the last song at the Tiananmen Square on July 1. On that day, many people were…

Since U.S. President Joe Biden assumed office almost six months ago, his administration has been making efforts to rope U.S. allies into launching a crackdown on China economically, technologically, politically and culturally. Positioning China as a hostile rival, some American politicians have always viewed bilateral relationship as a zero-sum game with one winner and one loser. However, this narrow and extreme mentality will only end up hurting both sides. In stark contrast with the U.S., China has sought to cooperate with the U.S. for win-win results, while shelving differences. President Xi Jinping has already proposed that China and the U.S. build a new model of major-country relationship featuring non-conflict and non-confrontation, mutual respect and win-win cooperation. During his meeting with former U.S. President Donald Trump in 2017, Xi said, “There…

China’s success stems from the nation choosing the right path, meaning that under the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC), Khamphao Ernthavanh, Ambassador of Laos to China, told Beijing Review reporter Tao Xing in a recent interview. She also shared her views on China’s development and what it has brought to the world. This is an edited excerpt of the interview: Beijing Review: How do you see China’s achievements in poverty reduction? Khamphao Ernthavanh: China has secured a complete victory in its fight against poverty and completed the arduous task of eliminating absolute poverty—the first target of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This accomplishment is considered a milestone in the history of the Chinese nation as well as that of mankind, greatly contributing to the cause…

Richard Wolff, an American Marxian economist and professor emeritus of economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, shared his observations on the role of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in China’s development and China-U.S. ties in an exclusive interview with Beijing Review reporter Ma Miaomiao. This is an edited excerpt of his views: On CPC-induced synergy The first book I ever read about China was The Good Earth by Pearl Buck, presenting the stories of poverty and suffering across the Chinese countryside in the early 20th century. What she described in the book actually didn’t take place too long ago, but when you look at what China has achieved over the past years and then compare it to what Buck wrote about, it makes for an incredible feat. Since…

The U.S. regards Chinese news media outlets as part of a “propaganda machine” of the government because they are state-owned. On Twitter, almost all Chinese news agencies and journalists are labeled as “China state-affiliated media,” implying their reports are neither true nor objective. The United States also argues that since its media is mostly privately held, they are “free” and “independent,” and that only these sources are credible. This simple association has been widely accepted as the norm of the global media landscape. However, German author Michael Lüders recently exposed how a small number of elites and interest groups manipulate public opinion through the media in the U.S. in his book The Hypocritical Superpower. A case in point. Buzzfeed was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for a series of false reports…

Chongqing, Yunnan, Sichuan, from city cravings in below-zero temperatures to finger licking fondue-styled provincial penchants, hot flashes of steamy nights flare before the hungry eyes… Yep, we’re talking hotpot. Chinese hotpot (aka huoguo) is one of the most popular meals in China. So where does it actually come from? Why is it so important in Chinese cuisine? What’s in it? Why is it an ever sweltering topic? How does it stand the test of time? Time to dip into the hotness. The hotpot table consists of a simmering metal pot with broth placed at the center of a table, and all raw ingredients placed adorning its flanks so that all guzzlers can add and cook whatever fresh ingredients may flavor their day in the boiling broth. With around 2,000 years…

ASTEROID NAMED AFTER CHINESE PALEONTOLOGIST An asteroid has been named after Chinese paleontologist Zhang Miman (also known as Meemann Chang), with the approval from the Minor Planet Center under the patronage of the International Astronomical Union for her pioneering work in life sciences on July 2. Zhang, born in 1936, is a Chinese paleontologist at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP), the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). She became the first woman to become head of IVPP in 1983. Over the past 50 years, Zhang’s research has contributed significantly to the people’s understanding of the evolution of species on Earth. In 1991, she was selected as an academician of the CAS, and was elected to the position of Foreign Member to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in…

In an interview with Beijing Review reporter Li Nan, William Brown, Academic Director of the OneMBA program at the School of Management, Xiamen University, shared his observations on President Xi Jinping’s recent declaration that China has built a moderately prosperous society in all respects. This is an edited excerpt of his views: I think it was perfect timing—the culmination of 100 years of a Chinese dream. And though the successes President Xi Jinping talked about would have been considered miracles—impossibilities, even—in any other country, they were, I think, foreseeable in China. After the People’s Republic of China was founded in 1949, late Chinese leader Mao Zedong said that farmers could rid themselves of poverty only if they followed a socialist road. While the leadership of many countries talks about solving…

The year 2021 celebrates the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and thus is an apt occasion to remember its innumerable services and countless sacrifices for the prosperity and progress of China and its people. The CPC, established in July 1921, is the world’s largest political party. It is credited with the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, thus signaling the advent of a new age in Chinese history. In the last 70-plus years, the CPC and its leadership have surmounted intractable domestic and international challenges with indefatigable energy, wisdom and foresight. In the face of any crisis, the Party has refreshed its spirit, redefined its role and emerged stronger. Under the CPC’s leadership, China has achieved major accomplishments across all…

Restrictive measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic have triggered concerns among financiers with investment environments across various economies. Which country is most attractive to foreign investment? The answer is China, according to the World Investment Report 2021 released by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development on June 21. According to this report, in 2020, foreign direct investments (FDI) around the world plunged by 35 percent over 2019. Asia was the only region where gross FDI saw a positive growth, with that for China increasing by 6 percent. This growth rate of 6 percent was secured against the backdrop of great changes unseen in the past century plus a once-in-a-century pandemic sweeping the globe. It’s a proof of foreign investors’ confidence in China’s business environment and its overall…

Dong Xueshu, an 86-year-old researcher with the Yunnan Institute of Parasitic Diseases in Yunnan Province, has been studying mosquitoes for seven decades. Dong’s research started in 1956, when a malaria epidemic broke out in Menghai, a county in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan. As there was no effective medicine for treating the disease at that time, Dong, who then worked for the Yunnan provincial epidemic prevention department, and his colleagues were tasked with finding the cause of the disease to stop its transmission. Although the Anopheles mosquitoes were already known to be the transmission medium, there were over 50 varieties of Anopheles mosquitoes in Menghai alone. Finding the specific mosquito types responsible for spreading the disease thus became a matter of the utmost urgency. Dong and his colleagues trapped mosquitoes…