Royal Wedding Dominates Newspaper HeadlinesAnyone who thinks that no one cares about the Royal Wedding, think again! I've just landed at London from a work trip that began in Sanya where I reported on the BRICS Leaders Summit, via...

Bejing - New fashion capitalBorn in Brussels, made in New York and now here in Beijing. Fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg is an icon of our times.She's just opened a major career retrospective in the Chinese capital.Married first to a prince, and th...

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We may only be a few days into the new year, but I can confidently say that I have watched one of the best films I will watch in 2011. Luca Guadagnino’s I Am Love is actually a 2009 release, but I just got round to seeing it together with a rewatch...

My first resolution of 2011 is to write more on my CCTV blog! Thanks so much for continuing to visit even though I haven't update it much in the past year. A million hits is wonderful because it means taht we have a real platform. here to share ideas, thou...

The ongoing International AIDS Conference is being held in Vienna, Austria, because of its proximity to Eastern Europe and Central Asia where HIV is on the rise. James Chau has been reporting from Vienna all week and we can go live now to the Austrian capita...

 More than 20,000 people marched through Vienna, demanding that human rights be used to reshape the global response to HIV and AIDS. World famous pop singer and longtime activist Annie Lennox led the charge, headlining one of the most historic protests...

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    由张艺谋导演的《图兰朵》要在鸟巢上演了？这就是朋友在电话里告诉我的时候我的脑子里冒出来的想法，而且，很奇怪，我问她我们能不能买到票。结果我们买到了票，还去看了演出。演出非常精彩，同时，也有一点点奇怪。下面就是我这样讲的原因. 我不确定之前是不是看...

Turandot. Zhang Yimou. At the Bird’s Nest?That’s what I thought when my friend told me overthe phone and, curious, I asked her if we could get tickets. We did. We went.And as much as it was beautifully produced, it was also slightly odd.Here’s why....