Beijing Review

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::summary Multi-language Chinese news magazine ::

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Field	Value
name	Beijing Review
image	Peking Review October 13 1959 Issue 41.png
image_size	250px
caption	Peking Review front page from 13 October 1959
type	Weekly
publisher	China International Publishing Group
founded	March 1958
political_position	Chinese Communist Party
language	English, Japanese, French, German, Chinese, and Spanish
headquarters	Beijing
website
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| name = Beijing Review | logo = | image = Peking Review October 13 1959 Issue 41.png | image_size = 250px | caption = Peking Review front page from 13 October 1959 | type = Weekly | format = | owners = | founder = | publisher = China International Publishing Group | editor = | president = | chief_editor = | associate_editor = | managing_editor = | news_editor = | campus_editor = | campus_chief = | opinion_editor = | photo_editor = | staff_writers = | founded = March 1958 | political_position = Chinese Communist Party | language = English, Japanese, French, German, Chinese, and Spanish | ceased_publication = | relaunched = | headquarters = Beijing | circulation = | sister_newspapers = | ISSN = | oclc = | website = | free = | order = st | s = 北京周报 | t = 北京周報 | p = Běijīng Zhōubào | w = Pei3-ching1 Chou1-pao4 Beijing Review (), previously Peking Review, is China's only national news magazine in English, published by the Chinese Communist Party-owned China International Publishing Group.

Beijing Review has two overseas branches: the North America Bureau in New York, U.S.A., and the CHINAFRICA Media and Publishing (Pty) Ltd in Johannesburg, South Africa. In addition to the English print edition, Beijing Review also publishes online editions in Chinese, English, French, German and Japanese.

Overview

Founded in March 1958 as the weekly Peking Review, it was an important tool for the Chinese government to communicate to the rest of world. It was published via Foreign Languages Press. The first issue included an editor's note explaining that the magazine was meant to "provide timely, accurate, first-hand information on economic, political and cultural developments in China, and her relations with the rest of the world." The U.S. Postal Service initially restricted distribution of the magazine but the U.S. Supreme Court overturned this policy in Lamont v. Postmaster General. In 1967 the Chinese authorities sent several issues of the magazine, then titled Peking Review, to East Germany.{{cite journal|author=Quinn Slobodian|title=The Maoist Enemy: China's Challenge in 1960s East Germany |journal=Journal of Contemporary History|volume=51|issue=3|page=654|doi=10.1177/0022009415580143|date=July 2016 |s2cid=159954638 |url=https://doi.org/10.1177/0022009415580143|url-access=subscription}}

In October 2020, the United States Department of State designated Beijing Review as a "foreign mission" of China.{{cite web|title=Designation of Additional PRC Propaganda Outlets as Foreign Missions |url=https://www.state.gov/designation-of-additional-prc-propaganda-outlets-as-foreign-missions/|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021173438/https://www.state.gov/designation-of-additional-prc-propaganda-outlets-as-foreign-missions/|archive-date=21 October 2020|access-date=21 October 2020|website=U.S. Department of State}}

References

References

1. "About BEIJING REVIEW".
2. "Beijing Review: About Us".
3. (2004). "Europa World Year". Europa Publications.
4. Xu, Lanjun. (2013). "Mao's Little Red Book: A Global History". [[Cambridge University Press]].
5. (4 March 1958). "Peking Review". Marxists.
6. (21 October 2020). "Pompeo says U.S. designates six more Chinese media firms as foreign missions". Reuters.

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