"These programs are easily understood for audiences from all over the world. The gala has no specific theme, and all we want is that everyone has fun," said BTV gala producer Shi Tao. The Canadian violin-based worldbeat group Barrage played the Chinese...

Shi Tao, vice president of Jingdong Mall (www.360buy.com), said Monday the service will offer more than 80,000 e-books upon being launched, with a goal of offering 300,000 e-books by the end of the year. He said the service is currently being offered...

Putting things into a better perspective, one needs to have a political party affiliation to be a judge in China. As a quid pro quo, it is essential for the judges and the jury to follow the decree of party leadership and perform a variety of functions!

Ethiopian reporter ends up facing the same dilemma, he said. “Should we stay at home and go to jail for nothing, or flee?” CPJ confirmed the deaths of two journalists in Bahraini government custody. Karim Fakhrawi, a founder of the country’s leading...