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.
For San Francisco resident Hedy Durlester, the memory of how her Jewish family escaped from the Nazi-occupied Europe to Vietnam had been sealed up for years. Her parents never wanted their daughter, three years old at the time, to remember the fear they lived through.
There's a growing public awareness of the size of investment between China and the US, as well as greater coverage in the US about trade between the world's two largest economies, according to a panel of financial experts.
When US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel visits China from April 7-10, both sides will find things for celebration and concern.
China has the power to tip the balance in the world's battle against global warming, says a US environmental policy adviser.
An increasing number of Chinese and Chinese-Americans are moving out of Chinatown and into East Harlem, reflecting a "dramatic" change in New York City's population, said Congressman Charles Rangel.
For San Francisco resident Hedy Durlester, the memory of how her Jewish family escaped from the Nazi-occupied Europe to Vietnam had been sealed up for years. Her parents never wanted their daughter — three years old at the time — to remember the fear they lived through.
US environmental policy adviser Paula DiPerna says she is "amazed" at the way the world has "pretty much utterly failed to communicate the upside of dealing with climate change".
There's a growing public awareness of the size of investment between China and the US, as well as greater coverage in the US about trade between the world's two largest economies, according to a panel of financial experts.
China Silicon Valley introduces San Jose mayor's trip to China
He was an unexpected speaker to talk about diplomacy at the Brookings Institution, and at 7-foot-6-inches, he is certainly the tallest speaker ever to speak at the Washington-based think tank.
As scholars and academics continue efforts to encourage the study of China, Pace University, in Lower Manhattan, is trying an alternative tack to promote students' interest in the world's second-largest economy - by subsidizing the chance to study abroad.
Shipping bankruptcy strands ships, roils maritime cargo industry