Questions:

1. How long has the uprising in Syria lasted?

2. Which countries are working on a new UN Council resolution to threaten sanctions against Assad?

3. Why did the rift between the US and Russia intensify last week?

Answers:

1. 15 months.

2. The US, Britain and France.

3. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton accused Russia of supplying Assad with attack helicopters.

About the broadcaster:

Emily Cheng is an editor at China Daily. She was born in Sydney, Australia and graduated from the University of Sydney with a degree in Media, English Literature and Politics. She has worked in the media industry since starting university and this is the third time she has settled abroad - she interned with a magazine in Hong Kong 2007 and studied at the University of Leeds in 2009.

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