Turning back to New Year festivities, The Beijing News recaps the highlights of Saturday's China Central Television's New Year evening gala, one of the most-watched television shows on Earth.

BBC: China media: New Year haze

The annual Consumer Electronics Show is geek heaven on Earth -- a Super Bowl, Disney World and New York Fashion Week all rolled into one for the techies who flock to Vegas to eyeball the newest gadgets from the world's leading manufacturers.

CNN: What is CES anyway?

It wasn't even about more down-to-earth but vital matters such as how to forge a new relationship with rising China, or rejuvenate the longstanding one with Japan.

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