Everlasting friendship

    Beijing Review | Jun 17, 2026 at 2:00 AM

    On June 8-9, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese President, paid a two-day state visit to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), his first to the neighboring country in seven years and his first overseas trip this year.

      How a red-crowned crane became an unlikely ambassador for friendship and cooperation between China and the United States

      Beijing Review | Jun 22, 2026 at 2:00 AM

      As California Governor Gavin Newsom and his wife toured the Jiangsu Yancheng Wetland & Rare Birds National Nature Reserve in Yancheng, Jiangsu Province, in 2023, a one-year-old red-crowned crane wandered out of the flock and joined the visiting delegation.