SHANGHAI -- Nickelodeon's "SpongeBob SquarePants" will return to China Central Television in January. The children's series first aired on CCTV in 2006. By Alex S. Dai, The Associated Press SHANGHAI — ...

BEIJING — Are you ready, kids? “SpongeBob SquarePants” has swept to the top of the ratings on Chinese state broadcaster CCTV’s Kids Channel. The quirky toon has become the most popular children’s show ...

The project, which will feature such characters as SpongeBob SquarePants, Dora the Explorer and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, will open by 2020 and cost an estimated $1.85 billion. By Georg Szalai ...