While summer visitors stream into the US from China, travel and tour companies as well as some senators want this fast-growing revenue source included in high-level discussions between the two governments.
Alongside the many questions about self-outed National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, Americans have revived a debate weighing their desire for privacy against their government's post-9/11 intelligence-gathering demands.
Time Warner Inc has formed an investment partnership with Shanghai-based China Media Capital through which the US media giant hopes to expand its Chinese presence.
The global supply of high-quality wheat isn't enough to offset a steep decline in US imports,though wheat prices there are expected to rise in the near term.
In passing a broad, much-amended bill on immigration, the US Senate Judiciary Committee has cleared the way for a full debate in which Asian-Americans will be a vocal proponent.
China's funding of development assistance in Africa has for years concerned stakeholders there as well as Western aid donors because the Chinese government doesn't disclose information about its activities.
The impact of the Boston Marathon bombings is being felt in US politics.
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.
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.
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.
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.