A Danish prince haunted by his father's ghost. A delusional Spanish knight jousting with windmills. A Chinese beauty falling into an enchanted dream next to a Peony Pavilion.
It takes about 20 Chinese parents, 11 elementary schools throughout the Bay Area and a small army of volunteers to stage the series of celebrations planned for the upcoming Chinese New Year, or the Lunar New Year, which will fall on Jan 28.
Benjamin Franklin said it best: "Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."
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.
As US President Barack Obama completes his second term, the controversial drone strikes he has dramatically escalated will clearly be part of his legacy.
China has been making waves on the world sporting stage recently, whether it's the latest moves by its professional soccer league to attract world-class talent, or Yao Ming being elected to the basketball Hall of Fame.
While Apple's relationship with China continues to generate blockbuster headlines - investing $1 billion in a ride-hailing service, first quarter sales tanking 26 percent, online book and movie services suspended, CEO Tim Cook visits China for the umpteenth time - one of the company's more subtle attempts to ingratiate itself with China shouldn't pass without due attention.
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.
It's all too easy for some Americans to dismiss the Chinese news media as nothing but government propaganda, as Joseph Nye, a Harvard University professor, mentioned in a talk at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington on May 11.
They call a scenic highway in rural Hebei province "China's Route 66". But one thing its legendary US namesake never had was tolls.
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.
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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