Shooting leaves 2 dead, 5 injured in New Orleans

2014-08-11 15:01:26

The US tourist city of New Orleans saw another deadly shooting Sunday night, with two killed and five others injured, including a pair of toddlers, hours after a shooting at a hotel claimed a life and hurt another.

Former Consul comes back to Houston seeking talents

2014-08-11 10:52:29

More than 50 Chinese professors, scholars and students from universities in the Houston area attended a talent recruitment event hosted by Zhang Yiqun, consul for education, for a small delegation of Tongji University on Aug 8.

Ready, Set… Hack!

2014-08-11 10:31:19

More than 140 developers, designers and programmers anxious to showcase their skills and network joined the third US-China iHackathon hosted by Innospring in Silicon Valley on Aug 8.

Let the games begin!

2014-08-11 10:22:37

There were more than 3,000 overseas Chinese attending the 2014 Chinese American Olympics of Northern California hosted by NCCAF.

US college hoopsters tour China

2014-08-11 10:13:21

Summer is usually the time when most college students recharge their batteries before the academic grind starts up again, but for student-athletes the offseason can often be just as busy as the regular school year.

South China Sea proposal unconstructive

2014-08-11 10:12:07

It is simply an unconstructive idea for US Secretary of State John Kerry to call for a "freeze" on actions in the South China Sea at an ASEAN foreign minister's meeting in Myanmar at the weekend.

After 50 years, justice at last?

2014-08-11 05:30:49

New book revisits forgotten case of nine Chinese jailed by Brazil junta.

Salvador conference opens door to closer ties between Brazil, China

2014-08-11 04:23:58

It is important for companies in Brazil and China to have direct communication as a way to further economic ties between the two nations, said Monica Fang, chairman of LIDE China.

New Chilean ambassador to promote tourism, investment with China

2014-08-11 03:26:49

Chile's new ambassador to China will seek greater investment and attract more tourists from the world's second-largest economy. According to Finance Daily, one of Chile's major financial newspapers, Ambassador Jorge Heine, who calls China a "very fashionable" country, expects that during his time in the country he will enhance Chile's national image.

Venezuelans fashion toys to welcome Gaza's children

2014-08-10 10:57:38

As violence rages on in the Gaza Strip, Venezuelan craftspeople gathered Saturday in Caracas to fashion hand-made toys for Gazan children.

US continues airstrikes in Iraq

2014-08-10 09:21:46

The U.S. military on Saturday continued to launch four airstrikes against forces of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Iraq.

US military strikes more Islamic State targets in Iraq: Pentagon

2014-08-09 04:55:47

The US military conducted two additional air strikes against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) targets near the city of Arbil in northern Iraq on Friday, the Pentagon said.