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.
Plants are everywhere, but how much do we really know about them?
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.
It may have taken two Olympic quadrennials, but it looks like California strawberries will be shipping off to China this summer.
Water. Leonardo da Vinci called it "the elixir of life". Yet worldwide, at least a billion people live with no nearby source, according to the World Health Organization, and of the remaining 6 billion people, only 42 percent have either running water in their homes or at least a tap in their yard.
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.
China's space program seems to be heating up. Two days before officially designating China Space Day April 24 (the date of China's first satellite launch in 1970), Xu Dazhe, director of the China National Space Administration, announced that China aims to become a global aerospace power by 2030.
It may not be long before Chinese singers are warbling country tunes on the way to a tractor pull somewhere deep in the province.
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."
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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