DIVERSITY IN THE WORKPLACE

<正>UN employees come from all over the world. Navigating work efficiently in such a culturally diversified team is by no means a great challenge for each of them.Zhang Rui from China, a program officer at the UN Environmental Program based in Nairobi,Kenya,authorized Beijing Review to publish her thoughts on the issue. Edited excerpts of his article folow     

EMBRACING DIVERSITY

正What will China’s G20 leadership mean for global and African growth fortunes?Although it has been nearly a decade since the onset of the global financial crisis,a lack of confidence and general uncertainty are still sweeping the world economy. The recovery of global growth has been sluggish at best,and world demand remains depressed.Trade growth has been     

VITALITY THROUGH DIVERSITY

正China strives to thread the multicultural fabric of Asiannations into a seamless wholThe explosion in cultural and economic diversity that,today,billions of people around the world are taking part in is a result of a long historical process that is rapidly picking up momentum.As e-commerce develops in China,for example,ordering dates from the Middle East—a     

DIVERSITY,THE XINJIANG DNA

正Through her lens, photographer Hailun Ma allows people to ogle at the beauty of XinjiangBefore she graduated from the School of Visual Arts in New York City, one of the leading art institutions in the U.S., Xinjiangborn photographer Hailun Ma gained a new awareness of her hometown in northwest China. So-called ‘high fashion' is far removed from my own life. I want to rebuild my connection with fashion photography, Ma said.     

LINKED IN

<正>The China-Myanmar pipeline is a vital artery connecting both nations Zayar Oo has never been to China and has little idea of what it is like there.Yet there is a strong link between the 37-year-old villager from Myanmar and the country’s northern neighbor—the Myanmar-China crude oil pipeline which snakes from Made Island on the western     

IN HARM'S WAY

Peacekeeping by the United Nations aims to help conflict-torn countries and to create better conditions for long-lasting peace.China has been actively engaged in UN peacekeeping missions as a responsible stakeholder in the international community.It is the largest personnel contributor to such missions among the UN Security Council’s permanent members.Chinese troops provide military support,medical care,roadwork,transportation,and engineering services in war-riddled regions.These pictures relate to the work and life of Chinese peacekeepers around the world.     

BOUGHT IN CHINA

正Chinese investors get the ball rolling in EuropeStepping back a couple of millennia into ancient China’s Han Dynasty (202 B.C.-A.D. 220), one could observe a round ball stuffed with feathers being kicked about eagerly. The game of cuju, played by aristocrats and peas-     

BACK IN TOWN

正After years of perceived neglect,the United States is reasserting its influence in the Asia-Pacific The United States has shifted its focus to the Asia-Pacific. This momentous move has sparked a     

VIEWS IN NEWS

<正>At the opening of this year’s session of the 12th National People’s Congress(NPC)on March 5,Premier Li Keqiang delivered the Report on the Work of the Government to some 2,900national legislators,joined by members of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference(CPPCC).The report reviews the work done in 2016 and     

FUTURE IN RETROSPECT

This year marks the 50th anniversary of former U.S.President Richard Nixon's historic visit to China and the signing of the Shanghai Communique,laying the political foundations for the formal establishment of bilateral diplomatic ties in 1979.As China-U.S.ties have faced stiff headwinds in recent years.     

REST IN PEACE

<正>Keiko Nakamura,73 and a member of a Japanese war orphans’delegation,kneels down at a cemetery for adoptive Chinese parents in Fangzheng County,northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province,on July 13 during a visit to China.More than 4,000 Japanese children were abandoned by their birth parents during the retreat at the     

RELIEF IN ACTION

A country in mourning is investing all its efforts to help those in nees after a disastrous earthquake in Qinghai     

IN FULL SWING

In July, China Petrochemical Corp. (Sinopec Group), one of the world's largest petrochemical companies, initiated China's first million-ton carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) project in an oilfield in Shandong Province. The project, which will be put into production by the end of this year, is estimated to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 1 million tons per year, the equivalent of planting nearly 9 million trees.     

FORTITUDE IN ADVERSITY

China has pulled together to save lives following a major earthquake that ripped through parts of the country's southwest     

新闻视点

和田7月18日12时许,和田市发生严重暴力恐怖案件。案件发生后,自治区主要领导迅速到达公安厅指挥中心,和田地区启动突发事件应急预案,立即组织公安、武警等力量赶赴现场进行处置。当日13时30分许,事态得到有效控制,事发地社会秩序得以恢复。大力发展经济只能解决人们的生活水平问题,提升人们的涵养和素质还需要发展文化事业,而发展文化事业需要比发展经济更多的耐心。