Burnaby, British Columbia, and Guiyang, China have created an artistic corridor between the two cities. They signed a friendship agreement on April 1 in Burnaby to support the bilateral exchange of artists.
The new Chinese consulate general in New York on Friday congratulated the Committee of 100 (C-100) on its 25th anniversary, praising the organization for tirelessly promoting China-US relations.
Across America over the week (from April 3 to 9)
The Hong Kong government has agreed to establish a Future Fund within this year as a long-term savings program. The aim is to boost returns through long-term investment to fund future government spending.
I volunteered as a sales assistant at my local Oxfam shop in North London in 2010 for nearly four months. It was a fairly typical charity shop, selling things such as clothes, shoes, CDs, books and accessories. I would go in a few times a week to work for a couple of hours.
Six-year-old Wang Kanghui was running out of time. The farming couple who adopted him several years earlier had gone into debt trying to cover his medical bills and his ailing heart was not expected to beat much longer.
Cruises are hugely popular among Americans, who make up half of the global market since this form of travel became popular in the early 1980s, but they are only just starting to take off in China.
The first world cruise to depart from China will dock in New York on April 14 (local time), 45 days after departing from Shanghai's Wusongkou International Cruise Terminal at the start of March.
A competition aimed at encouraging innovative business proposals for mobile-based and other Internet start-ups has been launched by IDG Capital Partners.
The central government is testing out some new policies to attract more talented expats to live in cities like Shanghai, part of an ongoing bid to accelerate innovation-driven development in China.
American firms should adapt their products to suit local tastes if they are to prosper in China as consumers increasingly switch to domestic brands, according to the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai.
A terminally ill police officer in California, who initiated the idea of sending get-well wishes to a Chinese policewoman battling cancer, has received similar wishes himself from his Chinese counterparts.
Shipping bankruptcy strands ships, roils maritime cargo industry