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China seen replacing US in 2016 as leading travel market

[2013-08-07 10:50]

Aided by an increase in business-travel spending, the United States will keep its title as the world's leading travel market until 2016 - then China will take over the top spot, according to a report from a travel trade group.

After the crash: a legal morass of tough choices

[2013-08-06 11:00]

US law firms are lining up for Chinese clients who survived the Asiana flight 214 crash-landing in San Francisco a month ago and now want legal help across the Pacific Ocean.
Families of crash victims to sue Asiana in the US

Study peers into future of China's changing supply chains

[2013-08-06 11:00]

Hit with the double whammy of rising wages and a strong RMB, China is no longer the cheapest source for many products, and that's making companies look at shifting production elsewhere, "in search of the 'next China,'" according to recent research from the Wharton business school.

Cards make paying global tuition easier

[2013-08-06 11:00]

China UnionPay recently announced a new partnership with peerTransfer that allows Chinese students to pay their tuitions in their home currency online in more than 300 American universities.

US sorghum lifts Chinese spirits

[2013-08-06 11:00]

Increasing alcohol consumption in China tied to the nation's economic expansion is raising the import of US sorghum, a grain used to make baiju, a traditional Chinese spirit.

Detroit Symphony brings China to NYC

[2013-08-05 13:52]

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra will travel to New York's Lincoln Center this September to perform symphonic and vocal works by the Chinese composer and 2012 Guggenheim fellow Xiaogang Ye, in a concert conducted by Yongyan Hu and featuring Canadian soprano Measha Brueggergosman's first vocal performance in Chinese.

Learning fusion cooking from the roots up

[2013-08-05 13:52]

Diana Kuan grew up with an experiment-prone mother who had no qualms about bending the rules, even when it came to traditional Chinese cooking. Her family ran a Latin-flavored Chinese restaurant in Puerto Rico, and later a Polynesian-style take-out and Chinese bakery in suburban Boston.

Merkle goes fishing for talent

[2013-08-05 13:52]

Merkle Inc, a US customer relationship marketing firm, opened its second office in Nanjing, China on Monday, aiming to boost its tech talent capacity by expanding recruitment in the world's second-largest economy.

Drifting left, Asian American voters still back John Liu

[2013-08-05 13:52]

As City Comptroller John Liu's mayoral campaign forges on in the wake of a federal investigation that led to the convictions of two members of his campaign team for illegally raising campaign funds, New York's Chinese community has reacted with both support and disappointment.

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[2013-08-02 11:36]

Lab to explore wireless tech for trains

[2013-08-02 11:05]

New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) and China South Rail (CSR) have just established a US-based lab to look for breakthroughs in wireless technology on high-speed trains.

Report: China faces world's worst managerial shortage

[2013-08-02 11:05]

China will experience the most severe managerial shortage in the world in the second half of 2013, continuing a five-year trend, according to a survey of executive search consultants.

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