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Construction of CMG’s Copyright Trading Center starts in Shanghai

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4 years ago

August 22, 2020

China Media Group (CMG) on Saturday announced that construction of its Copyright Trading Center at the West Bund Media Port in Shanghai had begun.

The Institute of Urban High Quality Development in New Era started construction at the same time.

The joint effort between CMG, China’s largest media group, and the Shanghai municipal government is intended to make better use of CMG’s abundant media resources, digital platforms and digital productions from the general public, as well as accelerate the development of Shanghai as an international cultural metropolis and a central city for cultural and creative industries.

Shen Haixiong, president of CMG, and Gong Zheng, mayor of Shanghai Municipality, attended the event and delivered speeches.

Relying on the high-quality resources of CMG and the latest technological achievements of 5G+4K/8K+AI media, the Copyright Trading Center will feature three systems: the central system, the copyright asset management system and the industrial operation system.

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and other adverse factors, CMG’s copyright trading has risen significantly recently.

As the first major copyright cooperation project for the Copyright Trading Center, a test version of “CMG Special” was also released on Himalaya Podcast Player. Himalaya, an online audio platform, is home to over 600 million users, or nearly half of the Chinese population.

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EU Cautiously optimistic on Syria engagement – Official

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1 week ago

January 28, 2025

The Gleamer

Irish foreign minister Simon Harris said on Monday that the European Union (EU) “is cautiously optimistic on Syria engagement” but called for more deeper engagement to strengthen relations with the country.

Harris said this at a news conference held at the EU Headquarters in Brussels, the Belgian capital.
“It’s early days, but I think there are signs of optimism. But it is important that we continue to engage.

“I don’t think it would be a good scenario if any other geopolitical actors and forces engage with Syria and for the European Union not to be in a position to intensively engage with them,“ he said.

In her remarks, Ms. Kaja Kallas, the Vice-President of the EU described Syria’s future as fragile but said that the bloc needed to take the right steps.
“But of course, we need to see the right steps as well. Right now, they’re saying all the right words, and they are doing also the right things.

“Therefore, we have this set step-for-step approach, and if they take the steps, then we are willing to take the steps as well,’’ she said.

On the war in Gaza, Harris said President Donald Trump and his team are very much a party to the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas after the intensive work that was put in.

He conceded that the Trump administration put in a lot of effort to arrive at a ceasefire agreement in the days before his assumption of office for a return to the White House.

“I think that was important and there is no doubt that the intensive work invested by the Trump administration played a very significant role in helping to bring about a ceasefire – a ceasefire that has now seen a cessation of hostilities, the killing, and the bombings.

“Also, that has seen the flow and has seen hostages being released. It’s really important that the ceasefire is in place.

“It is also important, though, to acknowledge in that ceasefire agreement itself, it does talk about people being able to return, and therefore, I think it’s important that we’re consistent in the approach that we take.

“The priority, I think, needs to be on implementing to the letter, the ceasefire agreement.”

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