A group of 12 friends/co-workers currently scattered across New York, the Chinese mainland, Taiwan and Thailand are collaborating to design a dream "accordion-style" city that may be showcased in New York next summer.
China again raised its opposition on Thursday to the United States for its arms sales to Taiwan, a day after the first of a batch of US anti-submarine aircraft landed on the island.
The largest Chinese takeover ever of a US company became official Thursday: Shuanghui International Holdings Ltd completed its $4.7 billion purchase of US pork giant Smithfield Foods Inc.
China's modern history is messy, to say the least. As Orville Schell puts it, "It looks like a series of dead ends, failures, unsuccessful reforms, and halted resolutions." Despite 30-plus years as a China scholar and journalist, Schell admits, "I hadn't been able to really make sense out of it."
The Grammy-nominated songwriter and guitarist will perform songs including Old Dreams, Night in Shanghai and Songstress on the Edge of Heaven.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi attended the 68th session of the UN General Assembly in New York this past week. Wang arrived in New York from Washington on Saturday and met with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday. It's Wang's first time attending the annual UN event since he assumed the new post in March. During the week, Wang met with his counterparts from nations including Egypt, India, Namibia, South Sudan, South Africa, France and Russia on the sidelines of the General Assembly, where he is set to give a speech at the General Debate on Friday afternoon.
"We want to show our appreciation for the Independence Day of China that is coming up on Oct 1," San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee told the group assembled on the balcony of city hall.
Chinese President Xi Jinping expressed his nation's commitment to education in a message to a meeting marking the first anniversary of the United Nations' Global Education First Initiative.
US startups that have high hopes for expanding into China have found a home in San Jose, California.
CBS host Julie Chen's recent confession that she had undergone surgery early in her career to appear less Asian was met with both criticism and praise, including comments from the newly crowned New York-born Miss America, Nina Davuluri, who herself faced a backlash for being the first Indian American to win that title.
Isamu Noguchi's time with Qi Baishi had a deep impact on Noguchi's later work, a connection beautifully demonstrated by a new exhibit at New York's Noguchi Museum.
Shipping bankruptcy strands ships, roils maritime cargo industry
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