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Manufacturing hits an 18-month high

[2014-07-25 11:44]

New HSBC data on China's manufacturing activity July beat analysts' expectations, with PMI hitting an 18-month high after months of sluggish growth, signaling recovery in the second-half of 2014.

NY Wheel reels in Chinese EB-5 investors

[2014-07-25 11:44]

The New York Wheel, an observation Ferris wheel planned for Staten Island that will be the tallest of its kind in the world, has so far received $150 million from foreign investors, the vast majority from China in exchange for green cards.

Transformers producers hit with breach of contract suit

[2014-07-25 07:20]

Although the Hollywood blockbuster Transformers: Age of Extinction has been a huge success at the box office in China, it has faced some troubles.

US chipmaker to be deemed monopoly

[2014-07-25 07:19]

China's antitrust regulator will soon announce that Qualcomm has monopoly status in the mobile chip market, an official from the National Development and Reform Commission said on Thursday.

Panda cub Bao Bao will celebrate her first birthday

[2014-07-25 05:18]

Panda cub, Bao Bao, who will celebrate her one-year birthday on August 23, draws curious visitors on Thursday.

Chinese firms eye huge methanol plant for Texas

[2014-07-24 11:15]

Chinese firms are looking into building a $4.5 billion methanol production and deep-port export facility in Shoal Point, Texas City, Texas. If completed, it will be one of the largest plants of its kind in the world.

China, UC-Davis set up food safety center

[2014-07-24 11:15]

On the heels of a food safety scandal that has rocked the fast food industry in China, officials from China's Northwest Agricultural and Forestry University and the University of California-Davis signed a memorandum of understanding on Wednesday in Yingchuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.

Fusion dance wins over TV show judges

[2014-07-24 03:50]

Performing a fusion of ballet and a Chinese fan dance, the Ballet Jasmine Group, a primarily Chinese-American dance troupe from Atlanta, has made it to the finals of the US television program America's Got Talent (AGT).

Chinese, Cuban leaders pledge staunch friendship, reciprocal cooperation

[2014-07-23 10:42]

Chinese President Xi Jinping, accompanied by Cuban President Raul Castro, at the official welcome ceremony at the headquarters of Cuba's Council of State.

Chinese business leader feels at home in Cuba

[2014-07-23 10:08]

For Wang Jianwei, president of the China National Huachen Energy Holdings (Group) Co Ltd (CHC), Cuba is his second home.

Cuban artist seeks threads of humanity

[2014-07-23 09:59]

Cuban artist Asniel "Chuli" Herrera thinks people-to-people relationships are looking up. At least, that’s what he did with his show B-One, an exhibit of 30 works he recently brought to China.

Xi visits old friend Fidel Castro at home

[2014-07-23 09:26]

Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro on Tuesday in Havana, Cuba, the last stop of his four-nation Latin American trip.

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