When restaurateur and Vice-TV host Eddie Huang was doing stand-up comedy as "Magic Dong Huang," his favorite set was called "Rotten Banana."
Jadestone's sales exhibit - "From Curiosity to Devotion" - included Chinese art and artifacts, ranging from religious Buddhist statuettes to secular snuff bottles and hand-carved jade objects.
For painter Li Hongtao, whose work is on display this week at the United Nations, creativity is mainly about avoiding repetition.
Once upon a time, Detroit was Chengdu: a fast-growing urban center gearing up to become an auto industry hub, a city where a new vehicle rolled off the assembly line every minute. Today, Detroit is dying.
After rights to the franchise of Emmy-nominated musical/reality phenomenon American Idol were sold to more than 100 countries, the Chinese version began recruiting talented singers in China and the United States.
Creation of a $100 billion contingency fund by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa is a major step in advancing the collective power of the BRICS and will help the international community as well, analysts say.
Foreign aid is rarely simple and often misunderstood, but a sampling of developments involving China indicates the complex nature of its dual role as traditional developing-nation recipient and big-power donor.
Asian American and white women working full time in the US in 2012 earned more than Hispanic, Latina and black women, according to a report.
Economic development and a large population of Chinese speakers continue to attract immigrants from China to Flushing, in the New York City borough of Queens, to live, work and invest.
Some Chinese students at City College of San Francisco have added their voices to campus-wide concerns over accreditation problems at one of the US' largest two-year schools.
Even as US stock indexes hit record highs in recent months, many Chinese businesses eyeing initial public offerings in New York have become increasingly hesitant.
American farmers now grow a wide variety of produce native to China and other parts of Asia, and first-generation immigrants like Lin aren't the only consumers.
Shipping bankruptcy strands ships, roils maritime cargo industry