UNESCO revives Courier magazine

A Chinese edition of quarterly magazine the UNESCO Courier was relaunched on Saturday in Beijing following a 15-year hiatus.

First published in 1948, the magazine is said to have been the only journal Nelson Mandela could access while imprisoned on Robben Island and a feature it ran on Picasso in the 1980s inspired Chinese artists such as Ding Yi, who said it "had opened up new space for artistic creation".

Yet it ceased publication in 2012 citing financial difficulties, and was only revived in April after the Chinese government stepped in offering support.