Health officials — some of whom call overweight and obesity a global pandemic — say that the increasing availability of processed foods is simply overwhelming humanity. Combine that with high-tech sedentary lifestyles and more disposable income and the table is set for packing on extra pounds.
China's top diplomat is scheduled to meet Vietnamese leaders on Wednesday in the highest-level direct contact between the two countries since tensions arose in May over a Chinese oil rig operating in the South China Sea.
China's version of Uber, the web-based minicab service, is planning to go after Chinese customers, especially travelers, in New York and San Francisco with Mandarin-speaking drivers.
With an increasing number of Chinese students attending colleges in the United States, several schools are going to China to meet with the students before they arrive to give them a sense of what's ahead academically and culturally.
China's foreign direct investment (FDI) in the United States jumped 144 percent in the first five months of this year to $2.03 billion, according to the Ministry of Commerce.
China cut its holdings of United States government debt in April for the third straight month, which may reflect a continuing move from US assets, according to an analyst.
A forum on the topic was held by LA Cleantech Incubator in Los Angeles on Monday, with guest speakers sharing their experiences with local clean technology firms interested in getting their products into China.
A list of skills the country needs most and a points-based assessment system for applicants will feature in China's policy on skilled immigration, a senior official said on Monday
The security crisis in Iraq will affect oil prices in China and change the mix of the country's overseas oil supply sources in the long run, energy industry experts say.
The Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden has named Melissa Chiu to be its new director, effective in September.
China's 18,000-kilometer coastline is among the 10 longest in the world and only slightly shorter than the 19,900 kilometer coast of the US. But while Americans flock to the various beaches along both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans this summer, the Chinese will only find limited choices due to the heavy pollution along their nation's shore.
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