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NJ professor reveals origin of chopsticks

[2015-03-11 11:07]

Chopsticks have been around for thousands of years and represent one of the most quintessential symbols of Asian cultures.

Christie's to auction landmark Chinese collection

[2015-03-11 11:07]

Robert Ellsworth, dubbed the "King of Ming," began his career as an art dealer as a teenager, and one of his first acquisitions was a wooden sculpture of the guanyin, the East Asian god of mercy, which he bought at the age of 14.

Shambaugh China essay rebuffed

[2015-03-11 11:07]

Major China experts in Washington have rebutted a controversial essay on China that appeared in last Friday's Wall Street Journal.

De Blasio pressed on Lunar New Year

[2015-03-11 11:07]

A week after he added two Muslim holidays to the school calendar, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is being pressed by New York's congressional delegation and Chinese community activists to keep his pledge to make the Chinese or Lunar New Year an official school holiday.

Previous Years of the Ram have been good for US and China

[2015-03-10 11:22]

Bombarded with non-stop festivities celebrating the Chinese New Year over the past four weeks, I have come to believe one thing about the Year of the Ram: it will see more Chinese enterprises continuing the trend of investing in the Bay Area.

China now No. 3 defense importer

[2015-03-10 11:22]

The Chinese mainland was the world's third-largest defense importer in 2014, according to a report by global consultancy IHS.

China wooing talent back home

[2015-03-10 11:22]

Chinese high-tech talents living in Silicon Valley are being called back to their homeland to launch their own startups and help boost the country's slowing economic growth.

Scroll revives cheongsam beauty in New York

[2015-03-10 11:22]

In fine make-up and vintage high heels, 11 ladies dressed in cheongsams walk before the audience, demure yet sexy. At the "Cheongsam Culture Salon" held at the City University of New York on March 6, the cheongsam - the quintessential ladies' dress of China popularizedinthe 1920 -seems ready to re-blossom in New York City after almost a century.

Deal reflects new 'superhero' world

[2015-03-10 11:22]

China's DMG Entertainment's new partnership with American comic book publisher Valiant Entertainment is a global marketing bonanza for the Beijing-based company, its CEO said.

China to give 10-year visas to Canadians

[2015-03-10 11:22]

Canadians traveling to China will now be eligible for a 10-year visa from the Chinese government.

Apple watch China-friendly

[2015-03-10 11:22]

Apple launched its new smartwatch on Monday, with a couple of nods toward China.

Do you kung fu too?

[2015-03-10 00:00]

Monks from the Buddhist Shaolin temple in Henan province, China, demonstrate their Shaolin Kung Fu during the Cultures of China, Festival of Spring performance in Rio de Janeiro on March 5.

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