Reporters Without Borders congratulates Wikipedia for not censoring its own site in order to gain official approval in China: the English-language version has just been unblocked, the Chinese version remains inaccessible for the time being.
University College London has decided to refuse entry to students who haven’t studied a foreign language.
An alternative take on the recent decision in the UK to make language study in high school optional.
The Beijing Emergency Medical Center is recruiting volunteers who speak English and other foreign languages to work the phone lines during the Olympics.
Government leaders in Korea express concerns about the costs and effectiveness of English villages in their country.