Couple's $15m to Harvard starts $100m fund for needy
2014-07-17 11:53:54
The billionaire couple who founded Chinese real estate company SOHO China has given $15 million to Harvard University as part of a $100 million endowment they said they are establishing for underprivileged Chinese to attend top universities around the world.
Chinese, US, Brazilian mothers-to-be take part in study
2014-07-16 11:27:16
For generations it has been an accepted fact that babies born in some parts of the world are smaller those born in other places. The wide disparities in the average size of infants at birth have been written off as a matter of race or ethnicity. Until now.
Classic China novel will be AMC series
2014-07-16 11:27:16
It has been more than four centuries since Wu Cheng'en, a poet and novelist from the Ming Dynasty, wrote Journey to the West.
Chinese-American hoopster makes history
2014-07-11 12:06:51
For Quanli Li, it was a big accomplishment for her daughter to be the first Chinese American to play on a US women's basketball team that would win a world championship game. But it was a bigger miracle for her daughter to be alive.
M.Y. China: Tradition with a twist
2014-07-11 11:57:10
Its menu is a balance between traditional Chinese cuisine and a taste of today's China. And then there's the entertainment tossed into the mix. M.Y. China restaurant offers a unique take on modern Chinese food, CHEN JIA reports from San Francisco.
`God father’ of HK art honored for Smithsonian exhibit
2014-07-08 14:49:25
The "godfather" of Hong Kong contemporary art, Danny Yung, was honored by the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office after his installation for the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage successfully finished its run in Washington.
WWII memorial announced for Bay Area
2014-07-08 13:08:56
The WWII Pacific War Memorial Hall, the first overseas anti-Japanese memorial, was launched on Monday in San Mateo, California.
Hong Kong 'godfather' of art gets honor in NY
2014-07-08 11:55:08
The "godfather" of Hong Kong contemporary art, Danny Yung, was honored on Monday by the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office after his installation for the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage successfully finished its run in Washington.
Investing in art, bit by bit
2014-07-08 11:55:08
Buying and selling art - which has the potential to make unheard of leaps in value - has long been the dream of well-heeled investors. But the barriers to getting into the game are formidable. What to buy? Who to buy? How much to spend? When to sell?
Ancient Chinese folktale returns to NYC
2014-07-01 11:38:11
China's world-renowned female percussion group the Red Poppy Ladies is returning to New York City this summer for a three-month run of Mulan the Musical.
China says no evidence of pet link
2014-07-01 11:38:11
There is no scientific evidence that dog and cat treats made in China have caused a rash of pet illnesses in the United States, according to a Chinese government official.
Camp delivers authentic China
2014-07-01 11:38:11
What a better way to learn about a foreign culture than from the people who live and breathe it every day.