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China tightens rules on US pork

[2013-03-04 11:22]

US pork exporters are coping with a requirement from China,that the products they ship be verified as not containing the additive ractopamine.

Chinese TV drama says it's no ripoff of Friends

[2013-03-04 11:13]

A new sitcom aired in China in early February features three men and three women in their late 20s and early 30s, hanging out at a Shanghai apartment.

Chinese firms offer rare defense at price-fixing trial

[2013-03-04 11:13]

Multiple-plaintiff civil lawsuits, known as class actions, that claim a foreign company violated US trading laws rarely go to trial, so one that began last week in a New York federal court against two Chinese makers of raw vitamin C offers a chance to break legal ground.

Campus gala

[2013-03-01 12:36]

On campus, scrolls are a portal to history

[2013-03-01 12:36]

Visitors to the gallery at George Mason University's School of Art near Washington may find the Chinese scrolls on display educational, but many probably don't know that all of the scrolls are the handiwork of masters since the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).

Filmmaker strives to showcase spirit of Chinese rock

[2013-03-01 12:35]

In 2006, New York native Maya E. Rudolph went to Beijing and found Chinese rock 'n' roll. In 2012, she returned to make a film about it.

Recalling the voice of the past, in the present

[2013-03-01 12:35]

When the French literary theorist and philosopher Roland Barthes published his influential book, Camera Lucida, in 1980, he was grieving the death of his mother. In search of her likeness, he struggled with the false promise of permanence offered by old photographs. They depicted his mother - and yet, no photo seemed to capture her true spirit, he wrote.

Breathing new life for an ancient instrument abroad

[2013-03-01 12:35]

Chinese pipa player, Wu Man, finds it difficult to say "No" to potential performances and projects, because spreading her native land's music is her life's work.

News in review Feb 22 to Feb 28

[2013-03-01 12:35]

Friday ___________________________ Feb 22

A family legacy of venture capitalism

[2013-03-01 12:35]

Bill Draper said in his book The Startup Game that the meeting with the late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping in 1981 gave him "a sneak preview" of a far-reaching transformation in China.

All eyes on China amid earnings reports

[2013-02-28 11:43]

One question on the minds of investors, analysts and journalists during the US earnings season now in the books is: "What's going on in China?"

VC funds in firms down 40 percent in 2012

[2013-02-28 11:43]

Investment of venture capital in Chinese companies declined significantly in 2012, the result of a chilly market for initial public oJerings of stock, according to Dow Jones VentureSource.

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