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Chinese investment in US still faces hurdles

[2013-11-01 12:00]

Chinese investment in the US will likely break another record this year, but a new case study says Chinese companies face tough challenges in the US and have a long way to go to be successful.

58.com's offering signals 'growing demand'

[2013-11-01 12:00]

58.com, touted as the "Chinese Craigslist", made its debut on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday morning and raised $187 million.

Across America

[2013-11-01 11:59]

Benefit held for troubled ex-official

[2013-10-31 11:39]

New York City Comptroller John Liu was one of about 250 supporters who attended a reception that raised just over $100,000 to benefit the Jenny Hou Defense Fund.

A map with many secrets

[2013-10-31 11:39]

In popular history, early-17 th-century China is now recalled as an earthbound empire that had turned its back on both the water and the world.

UC-Davis' new dorms lure students

[2013-10-31 11:39]

For Fiona Wang, a Chinese housewife who is researching California colleges for her high school daughter, UC-Davis ranks in her top three choices for a special reason - its fabulous dorms.

HIV epidemic needs education, not bath house bans

[2013-10-31 11:39]

A Chinese government agency ignited a firestorm recently when it posted a draft regulation on its website requiring public bathhouses, spas, hot springs and saunas to prominently post signs banning "people with sexually transmitted diseases, AIDS and infectious skin diseases".

SUNY recruiting Chinese students

[2013-10-30 10:35]

As the US remains the top choice for Chinese students' overseas study, State University of New York (SUNY) is stepping up its efforts to attract its share of students from China.

IMAX: Coming to a home near you

[2013-10-30 10:35]

IMAX Corporation and TCL Multimedia, one of China's leading entertainment technology manufacturers, announced a joint venture to design, develop and manufacture a premium home theater system. The announcement was made on Tuesday at IMAX headquarters in Santa Monica.

In schooling, China and the US can learn from each other

[2013-10-30 10:35]

China's economic rise has inspired a fair share of hand-wringing about how America might better train new generations for global competition, with a particular focus on parenting and education. Although author and educator Nancy Pine stops short of Tiger Mother-style repudiation of American child-rearing in her new book Educating Young Giants, she does raise a few questions about what Chinese schools have to offer.

Click-n-clink: Amazon sells wine online

[2013-10-30 10:35]

After launching its first shipment of directly imported US wines into China, Amazon China, Amazon.com's branch there, said the wines have received a very good response in the country, especially in Shanghai.

Is Obama's lack of promised transparency really his fault?

[2013-10-29 11:04]

Following his re-election to a second term, President Barack Obama has been facing pressure on a number of fronts - government shutdown, budget talks, Obamacare - the list goes on. A recent report published by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) adds one more item to the list, criticizing the administration's inability to keep its promise to have a transparent government and to provide adequate access to government information to the press.

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