Fang Fenghui, chief of the general staff of the People's Liberation Army, starts his first trip to the United States on Tuesday, as a guest of Martin Dempsey, chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff.
To Donna Wiseman, director of the Confucius Institute at the University of Maryland, the fact that her institute is the first of its kind in the US brings both pride and profound responsibility.
Residents of a neighborhood in lower Manhattan, where last week a 68-year-old Chinese man was beaten and died from his injuries, said they have always been concerned about their safety in the area.
The idea of a show putting an audience to sleep usually horrifies theater directors. But Jim Findlay's surreal take on the epic Chinese novel Dream of the Red Chamber is a real sleeper.
Plans for a new high-tech industrial zone in China's Hubei province are in the works, and government leaders of the city where it will be located are focusing on driving interest, investment and educational opportunities for the project.
Xing Li, 48, gave birth to a pair of twin boys via C-section at a hospital in Beijing at 6:30 am on April 25. She had tried every possible means to get pregnant since 2012, one year after her only son died of heart disease.
The National September 11 Memorial Museum is set to open to public on May 21
Another wildfire near San Diego moves up a hillside near San Marcos, California May 14, 2014.