American painter Alexis Rockman isn't sure why director Ang Lee developed an interest in his work, but he is certainly happy Lee chose him to be the "inspirational artist" for the film Life of Pi.
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When current Chinese President Xi Jinping paid a return visit to Muscatine, Iowa, in February of last year, he recalled his fond memories of his trip there in 1985, which was his first visit to the US.
The one-day 2013 Seattle Biz-Tech Summit on Saturday attracted more than 500 attendees, including a veritable A-list of companies from the US and China - Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Facebook, Expedia, Boeing, Oracle, China Telecom, Lenovo, Baidu, ZTE, Tencent, Huawei and many others.
When high-profile Evangelical pastor Rick Warren posted a Facebook image of a "cultural revolution" (1966-76)-era Red Guard captioned with a quippy comment about morning work attitudes in the office last month, Chinese American readers immediately pushed back. A heated exchange followed, in which some compared the use of the image to joking about the Holocaust.
A company headed by a Chinese billionaire is paying $725 million for a banking landmark in New York City's financial district, the latest high-profile US real-estate deal by a Chinese business.
Millennials from China think that is important to be financially independent, there are more opportunities overseas, going to school abroad will improve job prospects after graduation and that the family is important.
When director of China Business Development at Siemens Yukong Zhao was looking into purchasing investment properties in 2009, he met some Americans who had lost their homes.
Social media giant Facebook - whose service has been inaccessible on the Chinese mainland since 2009 - recently held a conference entitled Game On in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province, in an effort to attract local mobile game developers by offering distribution through mobile ads.
Shipping bankruptcy strands ships, roils maritime cargo industry