US and Chinese leaders aren't inclined to risk a conflict, let alone war, said Kevin Rudd, the new president of the Asia Society Policy Institute and former prime minister of Australia.
It has been more than a year since the killing of a Chinese family of four in their suburban Houston home, with no arrests made in the case.
Chinese communities around the globe are ready to welcome in the Year of the Ram, which will fall on Thursday.
Thursday marks the arrival of the Chinese Lunar New Year, and although thousands of miles and in many cases several generations away from celebrations in the mainland, Chinese communities across the United States also will gather to mark the holiday.
The trade-off between the role of civil societies and government in the protection of the environment was the subject of a lively debate Monday between high school students from China and the United States at the Asia Society.
The Confucius Institute at Portland State University is geared up to promote Chinese culture, taking advantage of the Chinese people's most important festival, the Chinese Lunar New Year, which falls on Feb 19 this year.
Chinese Lunar New Year will move into the big time on Tuesday with a fireworks show over the Hudson River.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York will be celebrating centuries of China's influence on the West in its new China-themed exhibit.
Luxury goods New York department store Bergdorf Goodman, whose annual Christmas window displays are considered among the best in the country, is saluting the upcoming Chinese New Year with a special window.
Despite frigid temperatures, crowds of people from the Windy City area filed into the Chicago Auto Show at the McCormick Center early Saturday morning.
More than 400 people joined host Chinese Consul General in Houston Li Qiangmin to celebrate the Chinese New Year at reception on Feb 13.
Some call it the most exciting week of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) season because of the hordes of celebrities it draws.
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