During the Chinese New Year holiday last month, some 3.6 billion trips were made by different means of transportation - trains, planes, buses and cars - as people moved around China to reunite with families for the most important holiday of the year.
NYC Chinatown Restaurant Week, a two-week-long event showcasing the variety of Asian offerings in Lower Manhattan, gives New Yorkers and food enthusiasts alike an extra reason to explore Chinatown and learn more about the cuisine it offers, according to the event's creator.
A proposed amendment to California's constitution, which would have used affirmative action in determining admission to public universities and caused a backlash among Chinese Americans, is dead for this year.
As China's tourism contribution to the global economy is expected to overtake that of the United State by 2027, China can focus on sustainable infrastructure growth and expand its tourism economy by making it more welcoming to international visitors, according to an industry expert.
For Qiao Ling, a Shanghainese who has lived in Washington for the past few months, one of her wishes is to find an authentic Chinese restaurant exactly like those in her hometown.
Two men's college basketball teams - the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Washington in Seattle (UW) - have announced plans to play a regular season game in China in 2015, which will mark the first time a major US sports league has hosted anything other than an exhibition match in the world's second-largest economy.
Harnessing the energy of ocean waves is a concept that is at least 200 years old, but a clear technology has yet to surface. This week, a startup from China is unveiling a mechanism that might just catch the big wave.
When Helen Wan started writing a book more than a decade ago, she thought it would be a collection of short personal essays about her experiences in the work force as someone who occupied not just one category of "outsider" status, but two: woman and minority.
China's WeChat, the fastest growing mobile social app in the industry, is setting its sights on the US market and says it's committed to offering unique value to brands, charities and education.
Important impediments in the effort to cultivate interest in Chinese art are the issues of accessibility and familiarity, according to a panel of experts assembled by the Asia Society on Sunday in New York.
For 35 years, Beijing and Washington have been working on their relationship. At times, economist Stephen Roach has written, the world's two largest economies resemble a co-dependent couple locked in an uncomfortable embrace. Those bumps in the road, though, are important in fortifying the union.
Shipping bankruptcy strands ships, roils maritime cargo industry