China's government has called on authors and artists to create great works and make China a cultural superpower.
For years, China has been promoting a policy of "indigenous innovation" - favouring domestic firms who develop their own technologies.
But it has also put China on a collision course with major trading partners, some of whom accuse it of unfair trade practices and theft of intellectual property.
A video prepared for a UNICEF event to thank donors and supporters of quake-relief efforts in Sichuan. The video and photos were shot by Diego Herrero and others. Edited by Steve Nettleton and Diego Herrero.
Ma Yan, who as a schoolgirl wrote a diary that gave the world an unprecedented glimpse into the lives of families in rural China, now prepares to move to France to study. We look back at how her diary came to touch so many people around the globe, and at how the legacy of her experience is helping more young children in Ningxia stay in school.
As paramilitaries and leftist guerrillas bring their war to town, citizens of Colombia's oil center ask, Whose side is the government on?