On a recent cloudy afternoon in a basement in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, Guan Wenkang and his friends practiced their newly composed melodies.
On the single day of Feb 6 - two days ahead of Chinese New Year - three events featuring Peking Opera, Chinese folk dance, visual arts and fireworks unfolded in New York to welcome the Year of the Monkey. A holiday atmosphere spread over Times Square, the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center and the Hudson River.
A Chinese-led investor group is buying the Chicago Stock Exchange, also known as CHX, to eventually list Chinese companies on it, and also may use CHX's technology and model to start an equities exchange where it is based in China, according to the CEO and chairman of the 134-year-old bourse.
Beijing voiced "regret" on Sunday at the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's disregard of widespread opposition of the international community by launching a satellite with ballistic missile technology.
Rice University students cheer their team wearing T-shirts with the school's mascot name printed in Chinese during a men's college basketball game against Southern Mississippi University on Feb 6 in Houston.
Revellers parade for the Vai-Vai samba school during the carnival in Sao Paulo on Sunday.
In late January, a shipment of 173 kilograms of raspberries grown in Mexico's northwest region was transported to China through a new logistical route, which opened following the meeting of officials from both countries to speed up Mexico's berry exports to the Asian giant.
The US Commerce Department said it will investigate whether China and India are dumping off-the-road tires into the US.
The top of the Empire State Building in Midtown Manhattan will shine in red and gold starting Friday night in a salute to the Chinese Lunar New Year that starts on Feb 8.
Traditional Chinese instruments are becoming increasingly innovative and present on the world stage these days, and now they are tuning in to the US market.
Xu Junqian lists the type of dishes that can be found on the table of every household in Shanghai during the Spring Festival.
Shipping bankruptcy strands ships, roils maritime cargo industry
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