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• Crossover: Asian movies in Cannes Film Festival
• Lack of female directors sparks controversy in Cannes
• Sneak preview of "Painted Skin 2" haunts Cannes Film Festival
• Gold Prices Fall - Price Watch May 18 - BONTV
• Demanding more transparency-Media Watch May 20 - BONTV
• Beijing cleans its fuel-Media Watch May 19 - BONTV
• Separate, but unequal-Media Watch May 18 - BONTV
• The Japanese royal couple visit Britain - Microblog Buzz May 18 -- BON TV China
• Korean politicians in brawl - Microblog Buzz May 17 -- BON TV China
• Gary Locke and Chinese press - China Take May 18 - BONTV
• Pepsi :no free drinks for fake caps - Biz Wire May 18 - BONTV

Crossover: Asian movies in Cannes Film Festival Posted: 21 May 2012 05:52 PM PDT Cannes is almost half way through now and Hollywood has so far made a strong showing. So what about movies from Asia? Is Cannes going to see a lot of Asian movies over the coming days?

Lack of female directors sparks controversy in Cannes Posted: 21 May 2012 05:46 PM PDT There's controversy in the air at the Cannes Film Festival.The festival's artistic director has defended the woman free short list, saying the movies aren't picked according to who made them.

Sneak preview of "Painted Skin 2" haunts Cannes Film Festival Posted: 21 May 2012 05:37 PM PDT At the Cannes Film Festival in France, Chinese director Wuershan has been giving movie buffs a sneak preview of "Painted Skin 2", the sequel to his 2008 hit thriller.

Gold Prices Fall - Price Watch May 18 - BONTV Posted: 21 May 2012 12:12 AM PDT Gold Prices Fall - Price Watch May 18 - BONTV Go to www.bon.tv to watch the full episode Follow us on Weibo weibo.com The gold market has long been known as a relatively stable market for investment, and now Chinese investors who have always been keen to invest can do so at a cheaper price. From: bontvchina Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 02:16 More in News & Politics

Demanding more transparency-Media Watch May 20 - BONTV Posted: 21 May 2012 01:04 AM PDT Demanding more transparency-Media Watch May 20 - BONTV China's netizens are demanding increased access to more detailed water quality information, after a news report included worrying figures on the quality of urban tap water in China. The original report, published by the magazine Century Weekly earlier this month, revealed that nationwide inspections conducted in 2009 showed only around 50 percent of China's tap water meet national standards, and sparked intense discussion among China's netizens concerned about the quality of urban drinking water. The original story was reposted on microblogs nearly 1 million times within one day of its release. But last week, figures released by the Urban Water Quality Monitoring Center, under the administration of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (MHURD), showed that up to 83 percent of China's urban drinking water is safe to drink. The Director of the Center, Shao Yisheng, said that the figure was from a recent round of quality inspections conducted in 2011, under a set of new standards for the quality of drinking water. The new standards were revised and issued by the Ministry of Health in 2006, and are set to come into effect across China from the beginning of July this year. Shao also said that the water quality inspections carried out between 2008 and 2009 by MHURD revealed that only 58.2 percent of tested water qualified under the new standards. Many have urged related departments to release more details on water quality, such as which cities have water that does <b>...</b> From: bontvchina Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 02:23 More in News & Politics

Beijing cleans its fuel-Media Watch May 19 - BONTV Posted: 21 May 2012 12:29 AM PDT Beijing cleans its fuel-Media Watch May 19 - BONTV Beijing will introduce new fuel standards that municipal officials say are nearly on par with the European Union's Euro V on May 31. All fuel sold by retailers in the Chinese capital will be required to adhere to the new standards, which are expected to reduce sulfur dioxide emissions from 50 to 10 milligrams per kilogram, according to the Beijing Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau. The production of low-sulfur fuel will increase costs, said Fu Xingguo, an engineer at Sinopec Corp, China's largest oil refiner. However, the price of fuel will not be raised in the coming half year. "The new Beijing V standard fuel will greatly reduce the amount of pollutants in the air, including PM 2.5 (particulate matter with a diameter smaller than 2.5 micrometers)," said Li Kunsheng, director of the bureau's vehicle management department. "The capital will become the first to meet the benchmark nationwide." Li also said cleaner fuel will increase engine efficiency and reduce fuel consumption. With more than 5 million automobiles in the city, car exhaust is definitely the major source of PM 2.5 in Beijing, Li said. From: bontvchina Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 02:03 More in News & Politics

Separate, but unequal-Media Watch May 18 - BONTV Posted: 21 May 2012 12:01 AM PDT Separate, but unequal-Media Watch May 18 - BONTV Only students in honors classes can study in classrooms fitted with air-conditioning systems at a local school in Shenzhen, Guangzhou Daily reported Tuesday. Shenzhen Binhe Middle and High School has 11 classes for 10th-graders, and four of them are "honors classes". The newspaper reported that classrooms for regular classes are fitted only with fans, while those of honors classes are equipped with air-conditioning. "The best one of the four honors classes has four air-conditioning systems in its classroom," a student, whose alias is A Ping, told the newspaper. At the Binhe school, students with good scores on the High School Entrance Examination study in honors classes, which is a common practice in China. School authorities usually assign experienced and competent teachers for honors classes, and those elite students are expected to enroll at renowned universities in the country. A Ping said students in regular classes want to buy air-conditioning with their own money, as it is getting hotter. But their request was denied by school authorities, even when the students offered to pay for the electricity. The electricity in honors classes is paid for by the school, according to the newspaper. "The school has a plan to teach students in accordance with their aptitude. It is not appropriate to allow students to buy air-conditioning for themselves. We may be put under investigation by education authorities if we allow such a practice," Binhe school's director of executive <b>...</b> From: bontvchina Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 02:29 More in News & Politics

The Japanese royal couple visit Britain - Microblog Buzz May 18 -- BON TV China Posted: 20 May 2012 11:26 PM PDT The Japanese royal couple visit Britain - Microblog Buzz May 18 -- BON TV China Go to bon.tv to watch the full episode Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com Follow us on Twitter twitter.com What Chinese net users think about the Japanese royal couple. From: bontvchina Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 03:03 More in News & Politics

Korean politicians in brawl - Microblog Buzz May 17 -- BON TV China Posted: 20 May 2012 11:11 PM PDT Korean politicians in brawl - Microblog Buzz May 17 -- BON TV China Go to bon.tv to watch the full episode Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com Follow us on Twitter twitter.com Korean politicians break into fisticuffs with over a hundred taking part in the brawl. From: bontvchina Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 03:39 More in News & Politics

Gary Locke and Chinese press - China Take May 18 - BONTV Posted: 20 May 2012 10:48 PM PDT Gary Locke and Chinese press - China Take May 18 - BONTV Go to bon.tv to watch the full episode Beijing Daily's official Weibo account re-posted a message from a miroblogger called "wood-bell Wei Zhiqi" which read: "Locke lives in a magnificent embassy, drives a bulletproof car and has US citizens pay for his lifestyle. How is this austere? Why does Locke never mention this? Why does he only mention when he buys coffee with coupons and takes economy flights? If this is not showing off, then what is?" The paper also added its own comment saying "Won't Gary Locke please disclose his personal assets." This resulted in a deluge of comments or reposts which pointed out that all US public representatives HAVE to disclose their assets and these are available online. From: bontvchina Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 08:20 More in News & Politics

Pepsi :no free drinks for fake caps - Biz Wire May 18 - BONTV Posted: 20 May 2012 10:14 PM PDT Pepsi :no free drinks for fake caps - Biz Wire May 18 - BONTV Go to www.bon.tv to watch the full episode Follow us on Weibo weibo.com A Chinese soda dealer is suing Pepsi here in Beijing. The court hearing started earlier this week. The Beijing Ruohong Company says that Pepsi refused to offer it "one more drink" as promised. This happened several times, and now Pepsi owes it more than 800 free drinks. Consumers who turn in bottle caps to Pepsi dealers with the winning slogan "one more drink" written on it are allowed, one more drink. But Pepsi says this dealer turned in 865 bottle caps that were fake. From: bontvchina Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 01:17 More in News & Politics