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Rock music tunes up for smaller cities

[2013-07-30 11:29]

As the music festival scene grows in China, organizers are looking to go beyond first-tier cities like Beijing and Shanghai because they aren't the only places where people want to rock.

Asiana Flight 214 aftermath: ceremonies, tears and lawsuits

[2013-07-30 11:29]

Two San Francisco firefighters who ran towards the flames caused by the crash of Asiana flight 214 on July 6 said they found an injured Chinese teenage passenger on the ground and reported to a supervisor, but the girl was later fatally struck by a fire truck on site.

Memorial to Korean "comfort women" victims causes stir

[2013-07-30 11:29]

The Japanese consulate-general's pressure on South California Glendale City officials to stop the installation of a statue on public land dedicated to World War II-era Korean "comfort women" has some Asian Americans riled.

Comedic opera brings Chinese culture outdoors in New York

[2013-07-29 11:11]

Families, couples and friends gathered under a light canopy of green foliage in New York Friday evening to watch a Chinese comedy.

US-born giant panda, Xiao Liwu, turns one

[2013-07-29 11:11]

It's time to bake a birthday cake, wrap some presents, and take them to the San Diego Zoo on Monday - for the first birthday of a US-born male giant panda.

Myths about what's driving domestic consumption in China

[2013-07-29 11:11]

Since China recently released its second quarter growth rate of 7.5 percent - which was within some economists' predictions - there has been a lot of discussion about "what's next" for the world's major economic engine, which used to generate double-digit growth.

Hisense has high hopes

[2013-07-29 11:11]

Ten years ago, it would have been out of the question for Hong Kong-born Kenneth Lam to give up his job as a Silicon Valley engineer and move to the Chinese mainland.

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[2013-07-26 12:23]

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[2013-07-26 12:23]

'Unsavory' expats tell Chinese tales, in their own words

[2013-07-26 12:12]

After Matthew Polley spent the entirety of his life savings on an ultimately unsuccessful T-shirt venture while studying at the famed Shaolin Kung Fu Center, a local Chinese official proclaimed with great pity: "There is nothing more useless than a poor laowai (foreigner)."

Author explores 'China bashing'

[2013-07-26 12:12]

The debate over China's rise being a "threat" to many Western countries isn't a new topic, but a new book presents some unique analysis for this ongoing discussion.

What's Paris doing here?

[2013-07-26 12:12]

In the late third century BCE, the first Chinese emperor Qin Shihuangdi celebrated the unification of China by constructing palace replicas from each of the six kingdoms he had conquered. Built to two-thirds scale and situated along the banks of the Wei River, each miniature fortress signified Qin's dominance and symbolic mastery of that culture's history.

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