Every two years, the DC Chinese Film Festival brings together young and established filmmakers, film scholars, industry professionals, and festival patrons to Washington DC for a week long treat of rare screenings, cutting-edge panel discussions, and networking events. The festival focuses on new and independent films and is hoped to serve as a cradle for independent Chinese cinema. This year's festival will be held Sept 4-7, it was announced on Sunday.
Los Angeles-based East West Bank (EWB) held a reception in Houston for more than 100 local officials, community leaders and business partners to celebrate its acquisition of MetroCorp, which will give it branches in Houston and Dallas.
When Ao Li saw Manhattan's Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts - the home of the Metropolitan Opera House - for the first time, he cried.
Shirley Young has been a first-hand witness to the great changes in the US-China relationship over the past 35 years.
Despite winning one of the biggest and most prestigious science and math competitions for US teenagers, 17-year-old Eric Chen has no plans to stop there.
DC Chinese Film Festival focuses on new and independent films and is hoped to serve as a cradle for independent Chinese cinema. This year's festival will be held Sept 4-7, it was announced on Sunday.
World Bank President Jim Yong Kim announced measures and called for bold steps to address the poverty and inequality facing the world today.
The two major goals currently driving Chinese investment into the US high-tech sector are increased market share and financial return, but the trading relationship is not without thorns, according to a new report from the Rhodium Group.
Muscatine, a quiet Iowa city of about 23,000 on the Mississippi River, has been busy welcoming some Chinese guests with whom it has formed a new Sister-City relationship. A mayor-led delegation of Zhengding county of southwestern Hebei province in China visited Muscatine last weekend to mark the first anniversary of their sister-city bond.
The decision by Chinese microblog site Sina Weibo to list its IPO on the Nasdaq Stock Market instead of the rival New York Stock Exchange is a big boost for the Nasdaq, coming after its reputation-staining Facebook IPO technical glitch, observers said.
For many of the students from the Shanghai Foreign Language School, this was their first time visiting the United States, let alone New York City. The students were here as part of a cultural exchange program, acting as student reporters and the interview subject of the day was Peter Koo, New York City Councilman.
The decision by Chinese micro-blog site Sina Weibo to list its IPO on the Nasdaq Stock Market instead of the rival New York Stock Exchange is a big boost for the Nasdaq, coming after its reputation-staining Facebook IPO technical glitch, observers said.
Shipping bankruptcy strands ships, roils maritime cargo industry