A Danish prince haunted by his father's ghost. A delusional Spanish knight jousting with windmills. A Chinese beauty falling into an enchanted dream next to a Peony Pavilion.
It takes about 20 Chinese parents, 11 elementary schools throughout the Bay Area and a small army of volunteers to stage the series of celebrations planned for the upcoming Chinese New Year, or the Lunar New Year, which will fall on Jan 28.
The United States has been waging wars all over the world trying to deny safe haven to extreme terrorists. But to many Chinese, the US itself has long been a safe haven for a large group of bad guys — corrupt Chinese officials on the run.
For anyone who thinks China and Chinese enterprises lack innovation and creativity, think again.
When Stella Ma and Amy Norman worked at eBay in San Francisco in 2004, the two quickly formed a friendship that eventually led to a startup company that they established five years later.
Ten soldiers from the Australian army, 10 from China's People's Liberation Army, five from the US Army and five from the US Marines were dropped without food or water into the some of the harshest environment Australia's Northern Territory has to offer. Their objective: survive.
Several years ago, many Chinese graduates of universities in the United States - especially those who majored in finance - would try to land jobs on Wall Street and start building their American Dream.
Companies and enterprises in the world's largest economy are stepping up their efforts to develop new markets outside of China and target customers the world over.
Chen Weihua
The biggest news from the shirt-sleeves summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Barack Obama in the Annenberg retreat at Sunnylands in Rancho Mirage, California, in June 2013 was a consensus to build a new type of major country relationship.
It seems that many people still cannot use the word "innovation" when discussing Chinese companies.
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.
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