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.
The Spring Festival has become a synonym for lucrative business opportunities and a platform for new ideas. This year it's basketball's turn.
Chinese communities around the globe are ready to welcome in the Year of the Ram, which will fall on Thursday.
After a string of teen suicides, with the latest one taking place on Jan 24 in the San Francisco Bay Area, the Chinese community and parents are busy conducting workshops and organizing public speaking campaigns to restore a healthy family order and nurture a healthier parent-youth relationship.
As the Lunar New Year, which falls on Feb 19, draws close, Chinese Americans in the Bay Area are gearing up to celebrate the most important festival in Chinese tradition in a variety of formats, be it a galas, concerts or cooking competitions. Their efforts at preserving and promoting the essence of Chinese culture in San Francisco and beyond have far-reaching significance.
For a mom with adolescent children like me, nothing could be sadder than seeing the loss of young lives, especially when those lives are taken away by teens themselves through suicide.
After attending several year-end receptions and kickoff ceremonies for Chinese enterprises-sponsored events, I got the impression they will retain their strong commitment to the Bay Area and beyond in the years to come.
In a recent interview with China Daily, Jerry Yang, the founder and former CEO of search engine giant Yahoo, said Chinese entrepreneurs who want to start new ventures should "focus on a large market opportunity. Furthermore, really recruit the best talent possible. Lastly, look for strong, defensible differentiation: either through deep technology, or time to market, or tremendous ease-of-use."
What kind of Asian American do you want to be? For many Chinese Americans, 2014 was of special significance, and they would call it "the year of political awakening."
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.
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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