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.
No time could be merrier than seeing two of my favorite cities - Hong Kong and San Francisco - vowing to work more closely together. The marriage of the two gateways, as they are inclined to call themselves, should enhance the China-US relationship as a whole.
The development and growth of the China-US relationship could be fulfilled through more close local cooperation between sister states and provinces. Grassroots leaders, it seems, tend to be practical and down to earth.
To many, Apple's announcement last week that it would invest $1 billon in China's car-hailing service Didi Chuxing was surprising. Perhaps an unfamiliar name in the US, Didi is Uber's biggest competitor in China, with around 14 million drivers in 400 cities.
From the Silicon Valley to the world’s most populous nation, “fintech”, a combination of finance and technology, has developed into a booming industry that continues to draw an extraordinary level of funding from investors.
As the Chinese saying goes: a single spark can start a prairie fire. The collective effort and wisdom of determined souls fueled by an unshakeable faith in a mission can also bring about change.
For the 300,000 plus Chinese students currently studying in the United States, perhaps the most important lesson they need to learn comes under the heading of "academic integrity."
There is no scarcity of compelling stories about entrepreneurship in the Bay Area.
Relationship-building between China and the US should be carried out in practical, down-to-earth terms by people who cherish the idea that healthy and strong US-China collaboration across all sectors will benefit not only the world's two biggest economies, but the whole world.
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.
US President Donald Trump visits China
