Full coverage: World Book and Copyright Day

For more on online reading we're joined in the studio by Professor Teng Jimeng with American Studies Center at Beijing Foreign Studies University, welcome.

Q1. Online reading has been in full bloom in recent years with increasing readers' interests, prevalence of digital devices and expansion of electronic contents. what's the rationale for this growing popularity?

Q2. Some readers are not willing to pay for online contents. Professor Teng, in your opinion, is this trend eroding copyrights protection and the publishing industry?