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Food program aims to address security

[2013-08-02 11:05]

The University of Minnesota has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Chinese Academy of Inspection and Quarantine Center on food safety, protection and defense issues.

Smithsonian showcases Asian-Latino links

[2013-08-02 11:05]

This month the Smithsonian Institution presents a festival devoted to the exploration of cultural links between the Asian and Latino communities.

Soybean is king in American exports to China

[2013-08-02 11:05]

China imported $13 billion worth of soybeans from the US in 2012, making it the largest single commodity the US exported to China in terms of value, according to US Soybean Export Council China Director Zhang Xiaoping.

HNA flying high into global market

[2013-08-02 11:05]

Hainan Airlines will soon start to fly to their second city in the US - Chicago.

Chinese art goes public in NYC

[2013-08-02 11:05]

Above New York City Chinatown's busy Forsyth Street fruit market, five photographic banners affixed to a fence depict the obliteration of a colorful watermelon at the mouths of hungry farm animals.

Are Chinese IPOs making a comeback?

[2013-08-01 13:10]

After a cooling off period for Chinese companies making IPO in the US, there could be a gradual comeback underway with one new company scheduled to list later this year.

The income gap is China and US' common domestic foe

[2013-08-01 13:10]

The United States and China - the world's two largest economies - are both facing a tough fight on their own home fronts: ever widening income gaps between the haves and the have nots.

How to fix China's pension system

[2013-08-01 13:10]

China must increase its work force by easing family-planning restrictions and raising the retirement age for women to avoid putting pressure on its pension system, according to a new report.

'Comfort women' get memorial

[2013-07-31 11:22]

The West Coast unveiled its first public memorial to WWII-era "comfort women" in Glendale City, California on Tuesday.

A Chinese trip for foodies and scientists

[2013-07-31 11:22]

Although for many years Chinese cuisine was only prepared within the home or at local restaurants, globalization and the opening up of China have driven a demand for canned, packaged and frozen food products. In the US, the science behind packaging food for mass consumption and distribution has developed over decades; that process is behind in China, where a number of food-safety scandals have made the news in the last few years.

Heads must roll at Yum, crisis-management expert says

[2013-07-31 11:22]

There's only one solution for the public-relations woes in China at KFC's parent company Yum Brands Inc: fire some higher-ups.

Hanergy moves into growing solar-panel game

[2013-07-31 11:22]

Hanergy Holding Group Ltd's acquisition of Arizona's Global Solar Energy Inc - its third buy of a struggling maker of thin-film solar cells in the past year - continues the Chinese company's effort to push deeper into what it sees as a growing market in the troubled solar industry.

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