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Asiana crash NTSB hearing delayed by snow

[2013-12-11 11:26]

The snow storm that hit Washington DC on Tuesday caused the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to postpone its planned two days of hearings on the July 6 crash landing of Asiana Flight 214 at San Francisco International Airport.

America's Cup is a win-win for San Francisco host city

[2013-12-11 11:26]

When American billionaireLarryEllison skipped out of a company conference earlier this year to watch his boat Oracle win thefinal race of 34th America's Cup in San Francisco, another far-sighted billionaire was also taking stock of the action.

An inkling of new ink from China

[2013-12-10 11:00]

Featuring 35 artists born in China, a new exhibition at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art presents 70 contemporary works that reinvigorate, subvert and honor the traditional Chinese medium of ink painting.

Fight to preserve Chinatown typical of red tape town

[2013-12-10 11:00]

Guan Zhi had run his barber shop on 6th Street near H Street, NW, in Washington DC's Chinatown since early 1998. It was on the second floor of a building that was accessible through a black steel stairway.

More rules on shadow banks are expected

[2013-12-10 11:00]

Expect more regulation of China's shadow banking in the post-Third Plenum economy, some experts say.

California police department will sign up for Sina Weibo - Chinese 'twitter'

[2013-12-09 11:02]

In an unusual move to reach Chinese immigrants, a California city's police department will be the first in the country to open an account on Sina Weibo, a China-based microblogging website similar to Twitter.

Met star will host recital at Carnegie

[2013-12-09 11:02]

Confucius' Analects say that "at 30, a man should stand firm".

Exchange rates, not inflation, push up Beijing's costs

[2013-12-09 11:02]

It was a surprising headline: "Beijing now second-most expensive location in Asia for expats."

United Way improves traction

[2013-12-09 11:02]

After a 15-year presence in China, United Way, the world's largest privately-funded nonprofit organization, recently launched a new partnership with the Shanghai Charity Foundation to improve school conditions for migrant children.

In 5 years, the world's top winemaker?

[2013-12-06 12:57]

Although Chinese consumers didn't really develop a taste for Western wine until a couple of decades ago, China is predicted to become the biggest wine producer within five years, according to the French National Centre for Scientific Research.

Images of people's anxiety and hope

[2013-12-06 12:57]

Yang Fudong's staged photographs often feel like stills from a film noir, strikingly dreamlike in the stories they imply. In the series Ms Huang at M Last Night, a lovely young woman and her admirers are depicted in black and white in various scenes that emulate the voyeuristic eye of a paparazzo.

Chinese channel debuts in North America

[2013-12-06 12:57]

SimulTV is a pioneering technology with an exclusive Chinese partnership.

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