Sunday, December 07, 2008

World News Review launches Chinese version




World News Review today launched its Chinese version site by joining efforts with another English blogger tvnewswatch. The Chinese site will highlight news and information on the two English blogs which is not available but maybe of interest to readers in China.

The joint initiative, titled Global News Watch (GNW) , is a further manifestation of news having no national boundaries. It aims not only to increase cross-language information exchange, but also bridge communication between Chinese and English-speaking journalists, bloggers, Internet users, and language learners.

There will be a link added to the bottom of any news which is chosen from the two blogs to be translated into Chinese. Meanwhile, readers of the Chinese news will also be directed by a link to the original English version of the story.

GNW is inviting like-minded bloggers, newspeople, readers and linguists to join the scheme. Please get in touch if you can assist in translation, proofreading, editing and e-marketing.

World News Review concentrates on sustainable development issues, blogs what's happening today with further analysis and research, and draws distinctive conclusions to inspire debate and discussion. It reports China to Western readers with information not available in Western media and also looks into China's situation with an international perspective to represent a big picture.

tvnewswatch is a cutting-edge news blog. In some cases, it even beats big names like CNN and BBC in terms of posting of breaking news.

It keeps an eye on broadcast and print media and reports news events by comparing different coverage. In this aspect, it provides a unique insight into bias and different reporting styles. tvnewswatch is unparalleled and stands out as an irreplaceable source of media and journalism research.

Objectivity and timeliness are the two key criteria of good journalism shared by the two bloggers. This has inspired the creation of the joint Chinese site.

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