Trans-Pacific-City, State bonds celebrated

Vincent Gray, the mayor of Washington DC, said that Air China agreed to start a direct non-stop air route from Beijing to Washington's Dulles International Airport beginning on June 10.

Southern hospitality used to attract Chinese

Southern hospitality will attract Chinese investment to a hard-hit region if participants in a US-China manufacturing symposium in Alabama have their way.

A new way to learn Chinese goes back to pictographic roots

The much ballyhooed Chinese language barrier may not be all it's cracked up to be.

Chinese flock to see glass come to life

Representatives from the Corning Museum of Glass (CMoG) met with guests at an event on Thursday in New York City to facilitate a dialogue about the museum's increasing popularity among Chinese tourists.

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A little more than two years ago, a Chinese-American basketball player entered his 39th NBA game. At the end of the game, New York, the world and sports writers would have a new word: "Linsanity", Jack Freifelder reports from New York.

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House of Cards used to teach Mandarin

A New York-based entrepreneur is using the popular American television show House of Cards to teach Mandarin and English to millions of netizens around the globe.

California pol arrested on multiple charges

California State Senator Leland Yee, a Democratic candidate for secretary of state who authored gun control legislation, was arrested Wednesday on a federal complaint accusing him of conspiracy to traffic in firearms and wire fraud.

Job prospects unify towns at US-China parley

For hard-hit towns of the deep US South, the three-day US China Manufacturing Symposium underway in Dothan, Alabama means jobs.

Jeremy Lin teaches kids value of saving money

Houston Rockets player Jeremy Lin joined NBA Hall-of-Famer Calvin Murphy on Wednesday afternoon to conduct a motivational event for 400 students at the Harmony School of Ingenuity.