Ethiopian Airlines ignores turbulence to focus on growth Business Day | IGNORING the furious winds buffeting the global aviation industry, 66-year-old Ethiopian Airlines is investing more than $2,6bn to ensure it capitalises on its location and the ever-increasing interest in Africa from emerging-market giants such as China, India and Brazil. | Ethiopian will be the f...
Robber-rapist jailed after 19 years in China Newstrack India | Beijing, May 19 (IANS) A 53-year-old Chinese who raped a woman on a train between Beijing and Moscow 19 years ago, and who also took part in 13 robberies in Russia, has been sentenced to life in prison. | Jia Xiaoming was also deprived of pol...
Cops go undercover to help women in Shanghai metro Newstrack India | Beijing, May 19 (IANS) Undercover police officers are now patrolling metro trains in Chinese business hub Shanghai to protect women passengers from sexual harassment. | Authorities said such harassment usually increases with warmer weather, a...
Delhi over Mumbai for B-Town filmmakers The Times Of India SHARE | AND | DISCUSSTweetA still from Vicky Donor The Hindi film industry is in Mumbai. Actors and filmmakers live here and have offices in the city. Even the studios are all here. So why are more and more Hindi films now being set and shot in Delhi...
How Aharon Appelfeld chronicled the Holocaust The Independent | The prize was supported again by Arts Council England and Champagne Taittinger, and a formidable shortlist featured, one of which won such strong support that the jurors agreed to give it a special mention: Yan Lianke's dramatic, courageous and lyr...
Short films show strong life during fair China Daily Visitors look at new media exhibits at the eighth China (Shenzhen) International Cultural Industries Fair in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, on Friday. Xuan Hui / for China Daily | ...
Jackie Chan, 58, announces his retirement from action films Joy Online He made his name as a martial arts hero with a comic edge, but after 100 films Jackie Chan has announced he is retiring as an action star. | The 58-year-old admitted he was 'too old' for stunts now and increasing violence in the wider world had put h...
China Film to roll out giant screen technology Screen Daily | China Film Group Corporation has announced that it will start rolling out its China Film Giant Screen (CFGS) technology this year, starting with 15 screens in cinemas in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu and several other Chinese cities. | CFGS is China...
China searches for actor to play model citizen Newstrack India | Beijing, May 18 (IANS) A Chinese movie is finding it hard to find an actor, not taller than 5'10", for performing the role of country's model citizen Lei Feng, Xinhua news agency reported. | A soldier of the People's Liberation Army, Lei died...
Cannes 2012: Chinese Film Executives Look for Global Opportunities The Hollywood Reporter share Getty ImagesCannes Film Festival Meanwhile, China Film Group is looking to expand the number of giant screens it has in the country to challenge Imax. | CANNES - Chinese film industry representatives said here Thursday that they hope for increa...
