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2、speakingEnglish.Itisintendedtoprovidethemostup-to-dateinformationontheworld'sculturalandsocialtrends,Englishteachingservicesandeducationalopportunitiesathomeandabroad.Besidesitsregular16pages,21stCenturycarriesaneight-pagesupplementfocusedonadifferentfieldo
3、fknowledgeineachissue.YouwillfindEnglishCorner,anothersuccessfulsupplement,veryusefulandinteresting.21stCenturyispublishedbyChinaDaily,theonlynationalEnglishlanguagenewspapergroupinChina.ThevideoisaboutChinaDaily.Readthetranscriptiontextwiththefollowingfocu
4、squestionsinmind.1.Whatarethe8newspapereditionsthatmakeuptheChinaDailygroup?2.WhatdoestheFeaturesDepartmentofthenewspaperdo?3.Howmanypeopleareinvolvedintheprocessofwritinganewspaperarticle?MrZhuChinaDailywasofficiallylaunchedin1981,soverysoonweareexpectingo
5、ur17thbirthday,onthecomingJunethe1stwhichhappenstobeInternationalChildren'sDay,andactuallytheideaofhavinganEnglishnewspaperwasinitiatedbyourlatePremierZhouEnLai,who,returningfromtheGenevaconferencein1958,suggestedthatacountrylikeChinaneedsanEnglishlanguagen
6、ewspaper.However,duetovariousreasonstherecouldn'tbesuchanEnglishnewspaperuntiltheendoftheCulturalRevolution,anduntilChinaadopteditsreformandopeningpolicy,sothat'showChinaDailywasstartedin1981.Whenwestarteditwasadailypaperwithonly8pages,nowitisgoingto12pages
7、,notonlythat,ChinaDailyhasbeendevelopingratherrapidlyoverthelast17yearsintowhatwecallanEnglishnewspapergroupwithatotalof8Englishlanguagepublications,sobesidesChinaDaily,whichisadailynewspaperwith12pagesaday,wealsohaveaBusinessWeekly,anauthoritativesourceofb
8、usinessinformationinChina,andaroundtheworld,andtheninBeijingwehavetheBeijingWeekendcateringtotheneedsofforeignersinBeijinglikeyou,andtheninShanghaiwestartedourShanghaiStar,whichisthecountry'sfirstregio
