The United States may soon be ceding its title as global economic leader to China, but the Western nation still holds the edge in generating original, innovative ideas. That said, an air of satisfaction with the status quo has infected both individuals and organizations in the US and threatens to hinder the implementation of some of its smart strategies.
A hundred or so elected officials and judges, political candidates and members of the Asian community gathered at Fung's Kitchen in Houston on Monday night to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Repeal of Chinese Exclusion Act.
The PISA results, administered by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, ranked Shanghai first in math, reading and science, among 15-year-old students around the world.
In 2008, Taiwan-born photographer Annie Ling was living in a Chinatown tenement building when a late-night fire took everything she owned.
In a move to promote bilateral tourism during the holiday season, a delegation of tourism officials from Wuhan, the capital city of China's central province Hubei, kicked off a US tour in Silicon Valley.
Shares of Autohome Inc, an online provider of Chinese automotive information, soared 77 percent in first trading on the New York Stock Exchange, following an initial public offering that raised $132.6 million.
It weighs more than five pounds, has 1.5 million words broken into 14 book-length parts in 76 chapters and arranged in two-columned pages and type that, as one reviewer puts it, "if one is no longer young, requires fresh eyes after only a few minutes of reading".
Beijing Automotive Group (BAIC), one of China's biggest automobile companies, hosted a business presentation and career fairat the Westin Seattle on Dec 10.
Michelle Lee, a former Google Inc executive, was officially named by the Obama administration on Wednesday to head up the US Patent and Trademark Office. She will begin her new role Jan 13.
For the past four decades, China has been a supporter of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), which promotes industrialization in developing and transitioning countries.
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