For hard-hit towns of the deep US South, the three-day US China Manufacturing Symposium underway in Dothan, Alabama means jobs.
For decades, China has capped foreign automakers' stakes in joint ventures with domestic car companies at 50 percent.
Economist Stephen Roach has written, the world's two largest economies resemble a co-dependent couple locked in an uncomfortable embrace.
Like the agile basketball star he proved to be, Yao Ming is in the right place at the right time. The 7-foot-6 former Houston Rockets center - a role model for China's youth - is advising the Chinese government on dealing with a population that is increasingly unhealthy and obese.
In business, Rick Snyder says, deals are not the way to success - "It's building a relationship that goes on for years".
The logistics industry isn't one of those sexy ones, like computing or automobiles. As a result, average consumers in China are probably unaware of its role.
She switched to olive oil for cooking because it's "more healthy". And in a nation combating an obesity problem, that's a good thing.
The makeover would alter the US-China relationship but in the wake of the 2008 crisis, both economies face urgent and mutually beneficial rebalancing.
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.