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LA Winds blow into China

[2013-12-24 10:41]

In a 12-day tour that will showcase American classics like "Stars and Stripes Forever" and "When the Saints Go Marching In", Pierce College's Los Angeles Symphonic Winds will bring a distinctively American concert sound to China next week.

'Comfort women' further honored

[2013-12-23 11:18]

A memorial commemorating the "comfort women" of World War II has been added to the Cupertino Department of Public Works' Capital Improvement Program to be reviewed in February.

Troubled BlackBerry teams up with Foxconn

[2013-12-23 11:18]

Stung by mounting losses, struggling smartphone maker BlackBerry is trying to make a comeback by stepping away from making hardware and turning to China's Foxconn Technology to develop and make new BlackBerry devices while the Canadian phone maker focuses on software development.

China still key destination for retailers' expansion

[2013-12-23 11:18]

Despite a slower economic growth, China remains a key destination for international corporations' drive for growth. US retailers that have entered the market with a relatively longer-term establishment in China, in particular, are looking into further expansion in the world's No 2 economy, according to a recent study by credit-rating agency Standard & Poor's.

Gifts from the US now include products to fight smog in China

[2013-12-23 11:18]

Luxury goods, health products and milk powder are among the top gifts Chinese take home from the US for friends or family. Now, with smog plaguing a large part of the world's most populated country, especially in Beijing and Shanghai, air purifiers and masks may soon find a place on that list.

Microfinance business sees IPO as driver

[2013-12-20 13:00]

More than four months ago, China Commercial Credit, Inc (CCC) became China's first US exchange-listed microfinance company.

Amy Tan packs the house in Texas

[2013-12-20 13:00]

Enthusiastic fans packed the auditorium of the Asia Society Texas Center in Houston to capacity on Monday night to hear writer Amy Tan talk about her new book The Valley of Amazement.

China's future through its past

[2013-12-20 13:00]

Contrary to the popular historical narrative that China's exposure to the West in the 1800s hastened a slew of problems for an inward-looking Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), historian Odd Arne Westad argues that the Qing were not only eager to expand outward but benefited immeasurably from Western creativity and knowledge.

Gallery director sees great value in traditional Chinese artwork

[2013-12-20 13:00]

Her presence was felt, without even being there.

Vitamin maker finds new health in New Jersey

[2013-12-20 13:00]

In his office in Freehold, New Jersey, Steven Dai has two display shelves filled with supplement bottles produced by the International Vitamins Corp (IVC), the vitamin and nutritional supplement business that he and six other Chinese investors bought from Inverness Medical Innovations (renamed Alere in July 2010) in 2010.

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[2013-12-20 11:50]

AMC rises 5 percent on IPO day

[2013-12-19 12:02]

AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc (AMC), the movie chain controlled by China's second-richest man, closed higher in its first day of trading after raising about $332 million in an initial public offering.

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