CRI's 2016 Excellent Global Commentator awarded

Recipients of CRI's 2016 Excellent Global Commentator Award pose for a group photo with Zhong Junjie, Director of the Publicity Department of Hefei Municipal Government and other municipal officials and Duan Shuang, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of CRI Online in Hefei of east China's Anhui Province. [Photo: CRIENGLISH.com/ Han Jitao]

Written by Ayo Johnson, British journalist and GLG Council Member &Consultant at GLG

15 overseas commentators and columnists received award for   outstanding and consistent contributions to China Radio International.

Mr Zhong Junjie, Member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal   Party Committee and Director of the Publicity Department presented the   Awards at the Administrative Service Centre of Hefei Municipal   Government.

List of Award Recipients:

1. Syed Hasan Javed
2. Nevena Pramatarova
3. Michael Borchmann
4. Viktor Korshunov
5. George Heller
6. Georgios Tzogopoulos
7. Marwan Sudah
8. Nguyen Minhkho
9. John Kirton
10. Madeline Koch
11. Ayo Johnson
12. Georgiou Christopher Aleks
13. Juli Weibel
14. Bruce Connolly
15. Colin Speakman