IT services' iSoftStone gets dual nod as top employer

IT services provider iSoftStone Holdings Ltd is developing a reputation as a top employer at home and abroad, earning awards from a Chinese human-resources association and a Washington state business newspaper.

Mindray eyes medical-device leadership

Chinese medical-device maker Mindray Medical International Ltd recently displayed enhancements to its DC-8 ultrasound system at an industry conference in Chicago, part of a program to hone the company's competitive edge.

Globally, Pactera hits stride in services

At Pactera Technology International Ltd, a Beijing-based IT services provider that was recently formed from the merger of two rivals, new US employees are told about the spartan origins of the company's expansion.

Airline navigates tricky market

Growing demand led China Eastern Airlines to boost call-handling capacity at its North America headquarters in Los Angeles.

Rock rolls on, with passion, in China

"The world is changing," Cui sang that night, in another song. "It only longs to never change."

Across americas

New niches, locations prove a boon to BoCom

The San Francisco branch of China's Bank of Communications Co has seen strong growth this year and plans to expand into personal banking on the US West Coast.

Solar-panel exporters try to counter US tariffs

Bracing for planned tariffs on their products, Chinese makers of solar-power have cut back production at home and in the United States.
Special: Chinese enterprises in the US

Photos, poetry capture life in evanescent Shanghai

Soon after starting his job as the New York Times' Shanghai bureau chief in 2003, Howard French enrolled in an intensive-Mandarin course.

Expressive art born of 17th-century seclusion

A new exhibition at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art in Southern California gives voice to those who withdrew from Chinese society in pursuit of the reclusive ideal.

Eggs of young Asian women are highly sought in US

The benevolent act of donating human eggs for in vitro fertilization can also mean large sums of money for attractive young Chinese women with math or law degrees in the United States.

Chicago branch boosts Bank of China abroad

Bank of China Ltd plans to open for business in Chicago later this month, bringing the number of US branches to four.Chinese enterprises in the US