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.
It looks like a giant four-legged pine cone with a long snout and longer tail. Its scales are sharp and it can roll into a ball when threatened. It has powerful, sharp front claws so long that they have to be tucked under to walk on and it can put out a smell that rivals a skunk's.
Slow processing times may relieve some of the demand for EB-5s, but it doesn't seem likely. After the first three quarters of Fiscal Year 2014, the US Customs and Immigration Service had 10,375 petitions pending.
Superbugs beware.
The rise and fall of photovoltaic cell-maker Wuxi Suntech Power and its failed bid to grow by opening a manufacturing center in Arizona is a cautionary tale for all businesses.
In the weeks leading up to Sept 11, 2001, I was at work on a story about a freak accident that had occurred on one of the elevator cars in the World Trade Center. It was an express car to the 78th floor "Skyway", with 12 investment bankers aboard en route to the high-priced real estate on the 80th to 106th floors.
The current issue of the distinguished British medical journal The Lancet - its fifth China-themed issue and one timed to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the China Medical Board - throws a harsh light on China's health challenges.
Just after China put its second high-definition Gaofen satellite into orbit on Aug 19, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) said that police had used the database of the first Gaofen to discover illegal border crossings from North Korea, poppy plantations in Inner Mongolia autonomous region, marijuana farms in Jilin province and a tanker smuggling oil off the coast of Fujian province.
It's easy to forget that a language barrier is a doubled-edged sword that can cut both ways.
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.
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.
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.
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