Passage 1

I am delighted to come to Beijing and share thoughts with my colleagues in the media and my friends from around the globe. Confucius noted that those who seek constant happiness must often change—now, I’m no sage but it is fair to say that we are today confronted by unprecedented change and challenge, and if we don’t adapt and adopt, what Confucius said would be proved true again, and there will be much unhappiness.
    The challenge of fusing past and present is real for media companies. Today we are confronted with an information revolution that is both exciting and unsettling. It is a digital revolution turning traditional business models upside down and creating a new source of wealth, material and social, around the world. However, the digital is a means, not an end. It is a mechanism by which people can transform their lives and to access news and information and entertainment on an unprecedented scale.