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.
Cuba is building the Mariel development zone west of the capital city of Havana. The first such zone in the island nation is also wooing foreign investment from around the world.
It was a two-day forum on South China Sea held July 10-11 at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington.
If patriotism has long been said to be outdated, that does not seem to be true among Americans, especially over the last few weeks.
China's Minister of Culture, Cai Wu, was visiting the United States, when he joined the crowds at the National Mall in Washington on Saturday for the 2014 Smithsonian Folklife Festival.
It might be annoying for many that there have not been many good things talked about lately regarding the China-US relationship by either politicians or the news media, but that was not the case on Monday, the first day of the three-day 2014 EducationUSA Forum at the Washington Hilton.
China's 18,000-kilometer coastline is among the 10 longest in the world and only slightly shorter than the 19,900 kilometer coast of the US. But while Americans flock to the various beaches along both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans this summer, the Chinese will only find limited choices due to the heavy pollution along their nation's shore.
Yan Xuetong, a leading Chinese foreign policy scholar, visited the US a week ago trying to find out whether the downturn in China-US relations is going to be a short-or long-term trend, and whether such a downturn is accidental or premeditated.
If you are curious about the art, culture and food traditions in China, but cannot afford the time or money to travel that far to learn about it, then head to the National Mall in Washington for the 48th annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival, where China will be on center stage.
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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