Chen Weihua is the Chief Washington Correspondent of China Daily and Deputy Editor of China Daily USA. He is also a columnist, with a particular focus on US politics and US-China relations.
Chen Weihua
Stories about Chinese queuing up for iPhone 6 outside stores in major cities from the US to Europe have filled the news these days, but such a craze is surely not related to any patriotism, such as the fact that the cool smartphone is assembled in China.
The prevalent view about China's economy is that the state sector has been playing an increasingly important or even dominant role. Nicholas Lardy, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, strongly disagrees.
It's a surprise for many Chinese to find out that Americans celebrate Labor Day on the first Monday of September, instead of on May 1 as China and most nations in the world do.
Frequent surveillance and reconnaissance of China's coast by US military planes and ships has long been regarded a major hindrance to improving the bilateral military-to-military relationship between the world's two largest economies.
On Aug 8, 1963, Chinese leader Mao Zedong, asked by American civil rights leader and revolutionary Robert F. Williams, made a declaration in support of African Americans' just struggle against racial discrimination.
It may well be a coincidence, but the 2014 Rim of the Pacific exercise (RIMPAC) ended last Friday, Aug 1, which was also the 87th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army.
Chinese President Xi Jinping wrapped up his nine-day trip to Latin America on July 23, attending the sixth BRICS summit, visiting four nations and meeting more than a dozen leaders from the region.
I was walking on Tuesday from the Hotel Nacional toward the old town in Havana to explore the fascinating city when I ran into the University of Havana, so I dropped by and also looked for the Confucius Institute just outside the campus.
An editor and writer at China Daily USA in New York, William Hennelly is a print and digital media veteran. He previously was managing editor of TheStreet.com financial news website in New York, and has worked at daily newspapers in New Jersey. Hennelly is a journalism graduate of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana.
General manager of China Daily USA's San Francisco bureau. Based in the Bay Area, she covers a wide range of topics including corporate news, Silicon Valley innovation, US-China cooperation in various forms and profiles of interesting personalities, as well as overseeing office operations.
A copy editor and writer with China Daily USA in New York, Chris Davis is a graduate of the University of Virginia and served two years as a volunteer with the United States Peace Corps in Kenya.
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