China's Ambassador to the US Cui Tiankai (right) presents the calligraphic Chinese character Ji, which was drawn by Cui, to former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger in Washington on Tuesday.
The US financial community is closely watching China's shadow-banking system, concerned whether it will cause China's financial system to collapse, said Ann Lee, a leading expert on China and US economic relations.
Yang Yuanqing, chairman and CEO of Lenovo, was presented the Edison Achievement Award, the first person from Asia to receive one of America's leading innovation awards.
"Every time we leave our office in central Boston, we would see Chinese walking around, lost, looking at maps in English, trying to figure out where they were going. I speak some Chinese and I try to help them, but we realized this was a problem that needed to be fixed for Chinese who arrive in the city and simply want to get around."
In 2001, Elaine Chao became the first Chinese-American woman to join the cabinet of a US president. Eight years later, Barack Obama became the first African-American president of the United States. In 2011, Gary Locke became the first Chinese-American ambassador to China.
The narrowing of the "digital divide" in China combined with the country's growing engineering-talent pool will push it to the forefront of the digital revolution in the years ahead, according to a panelist at a digital technology conference.
Chinese have outspent Russian buyers in acquiring Manhattan real estate for the first time, and the city's real estate brokerages are doing all they can to woo more of them, from hiring China-born brokers to taking classes on the business practices of Chinese.
The narrowing of the "digital divide" in China combined with the country's growing engineering-talent pool will push it to the forefront of the digital revolution in the years ahead, according to a panelist at a digital technology conference.
It has been used piecemeal for dog shows, boat expos, boxing matches, movies and music videos. But no investors have looked at developing the Kingsbridge Armory in the Bronx until now.
California Governor Jerry Brown said that although his state doesn't have the power of the US government, that won't stop him from forging ties with China.
The United States may further ease its visa policy for Chinese tourists, a move welcomed by tourists and travel agencies in China and the US.
The use of Chinese herbal medication is on the rise in the US, and a major hospital is offering patients treatment with traditional remedies found at Chinese pharmacies in Chinese communities.
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