Beijing Review - 29.08.2019

VOL.62 NO.35 AUGUST 29, 2019

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CONTENTS

Cover Photo: The East Lake Scenic Area

in Wuhan, central China’s Hubei Province,

in November 2018 (XINHUA)

EDITOR’S DESK

02 City of Comprehensive Growth

THIS WEEK

COVER STORY

14 Linked Destinies
Freight trains bring Wuhan

and Europe closer

16 The French Connection
Interview with Consul General of

France in Wuhan

WORLD

20 Candid Dialogue

New China-Japan strategic

talks underway
22 Storm After Sunshine

Japan-ROK tension threatens

economic integration
24 Brexit and Huawei

How will UK’s new prime minister

view Huawei?

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NATION

P.28 | Point of Return

Xinjiang’s de-radicalization efforts

prove successful

BUSINESS

P.34 | Special Area, Special Initiative

Shanghai’s free trade zone gets

an innovative addition

NATION

30 Rural Rebirth

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rural tourism boom

32 Green Gift From the Desert

An arid province becomes

Hong Kong’s veggie basket

BUSINESS

36 Ready for Revision

Drug prices to be readjusted for

steady supply

38 Power of Piecemeal

The rise of the waiting economy

40 Market Watch

CULTURE

44 Adding a New Chapter

Beijing International Book Fair

gets hi-tech highlights

FORUM

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Disease List Be Expanded?

ESSAY

48 Don’t Turn Rights Wrong

What critics overlook in

China’s development

NATION

P.26 | Spearheading

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Shenzhen gears up to be

a new powerhouse

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12 COVER STORY

Being the Change

Wuhan takes the lead in

overall development